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EqualLogic Rated Positive in MarketScope for iSCSI SAN Market

Nashua, N.H.,—August 8, 2006—EqualLogic®, the leading provider of enterprise-class iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions, today announced that Gartner rated EqualLogic “positive”¹ in its MarketScope for the iSCSI SAN Market, 2006, published in June.²  An EqualLogic presentation, featuring Gartner, based on the iSCSI SAN MarketScope,³ entitled “The Future of iSCSI SANs,” is available as a webcast on EqualLogic’s Web site at http://www.equallogic.com. 

“When EqualLogic was founded five years ago, we started out with a vision to simplify networked storage and executed a product design that combines the enterprise performance and reliability of traditional storage systems while eliminating the mind-numbing complexity and burdensome cost – for this we chose the iSCSI protocol as an enabling technology and pioneered a new category of midrange enterprise SANs,” said Don Bulens, president and CEO of EqualLogic.  “We believe EqualLogic’s leading market position today is a testament to the relevance of our vision, the excellence of our execution and, ultimately, the enthusiastic acceptance of our customers.”

Through its successful vision and execution, EqualLogic has created and delivered a dynamic virtual storage solution to more than 1,400 companies of all sizes in 30 countries worldwide.  EqualLogic storage deployments in production today range in size from three to more than 100 terabytes.  The award-winning and data-center-proven PS Series is the only native iSCSI SAN solution to offer a comprehensive and fully integrated standard feature set at no additional cost.  With the recent introduction of PS Series Firmware Version 3.0, these features now include the ability to create and manage multiple virtual pools of storage within a single SAN – allowing customers to optimize tiers of storage for specific business needs.  Each PS Series storage array comes with fully redundant, fault-tolerant hardware and includes automatic storage-management software in a self-contained chassis.  Multiple arrays combine to form a scalable storage grid that expands in capacity as needed without disruption.

In “The Future of iSCSI” webcast, featuring James Opfer, research vice president, storage markets, Gartner, describes how iSCSI SANs are finally a reality and how deployments will migrate from small to midrange companies into large enterprises over time.  The webcast explores the questions of how widely iSCSI SANs will be deployed, whether they provide the promised cost savings, and, finally, the likelihood of them displacing traditional Fibre Channel SANs.  It provides an overview of the iSCSI SAN market while taking a look at iSCSI hardware and software technologies and how they affect users’ deployment of SANs.  In addition, it provides an overview of the leading vendors, their solutions, and their market share.

About EqualLogic
EqualLogic^®, Inc., is the leading provider of intelligent, enterprise-class iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions that enable businesses – from Fortune 100 to small and mid-size organizations in more than 30 countries worldwide – to realize the economic benefits of consolidated, self-managing storage.  The EqualLogic PS Series of storage arrays, based on the company's patented peer storage architecture, is the industry's first automatic storage platform that delivers operational simplicity, comprehensive data management services and high data availability in a single, scalable pool of storage.  EqualLogic's headquarters are located in Nashua, New Hampshire. For more information, please visit http://www.equallogic.com.

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¹According to Gartner, a positive rating means a vendor demonstrates strength in specific areas, but is largely opportunistic. Gartner recommends that customers of the vendor continue investments and that potential customers put the vendor on a shortlist of tactical alternatives.

²Gartner “MarketScope for the iSCSI SAN Market,” 2006, by Robert E. Passmore and Roger W. Cox, published June 7, 2006. The MarketScope is copyrighted June 2006 by Gartner, Inc., and is referenced with permission. The MarketScope is an evaluation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the MarketScope, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest rating. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

³ EqualLogic Presentation, featuring Gartner, “The Future of iSCSI SANs” by Robert Passmore, June 2006. This presentation can be viewed as a recorded webcast, given by featured Gartner Analyst James Opfer, on EqualLogic’s Web site,http://www.equallogic.com


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