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EqualLogic Surpasses 1,000 Customers

Growing Storage Company Successfully Delivers Innovative Midrange Storage Solution to Customers Ready for an Intelligent Alternative to Traditional SANs

London, March 29, 2006 - EqualLogic®, the leading provider of enterprise-class iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions, today announced that more than 1,000 companies in multiple industries worldwide have deployed PS Series SANs. EqualLogic's 1,000th customer, U.S. Geological Survey, has installed a 35-terabyte EqualLogic storage solution as the foundation of the organization's initiative for more efficient IT operations, information sharing and disaster recovery.

EqualLogic's share of the global disk storage market continues to increase, with thousands of systems installed representing more than eight petabytes of primary storage in use today. EqualLogic's ability to provide mid-sized companies with a complete, enterprise-class storage solution that delivers a measurable return on investment has resulted in exponential growth. The company more than tripled its sales in 2005 and expects to expand its share of the burgeoning iSCSI SAN market, which IDC predicts will reach $4.5 billion in 2009 at a compound annual growth rate of 107 percent. ¹

"EqualLogic's rapid growth is fueled by broad market demand for easier-to-manage storage systems," said Don Bulens, chief executive officer at EqualLogic. "Our PS Series storage solutions have achieved widespread acclaim and are being adopted by enterprises of all sizes. We look forward to continuing this momentum and building on our position as an innovator and leader in the market for midrange enterprise storage systems."

In over two years of shipping, EqualLogic has provided IT organizations with a solution that delivers storage consolidation, data protection, high performance and data availability for business-critical applications. EqualLogic serves organizations across all vertical markets, including application service providers, financial services, government, healthcare, higher education, legal services, manufacturing and retail, delivering unprecedented efficiencies in storage management.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is the world leader in the natural sciences, serving the nation by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life. In addition to simplifying USGS's IT operations by consolidating storage at its Reston, Virginia, headquarters, EqualLogic has enabled USGS to replicate its IT infrastructure to a Denver location for disaster recovery. EqualLogic is providing the foundation for agency-wide storage consolidation and reduction in operational complexity.

"EqualLogic has mastered the ability to offer products and services to businesses with a solution that suits the needs of the customer," said Steve Duplessie, founder and senior analyst of Enterprise Storage Group. "1,000 customers in a violently competitive marketplace in that short a time is a spectacular feat and speaks volumes about the products."

EqualLogic's PS Series of storage arrays deliver a complete solution to companies of all sizes, offering a reliable, self-managing, scalable pool of storage that responds nimbly to user demands. EqualLogic's 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. Each PS Series storage array comes with fully redundant, fault-tolerant hardware and includes a complete package of automatic storage-management software in a self-contained chassis.

About EqualLogic

EqualLogic®, Inc., is the leading provider of iSCSI-based, all-inclusive storage area network (SAN) solutions that enable businesses - from Fortune 500 to small and mid-size organizations - to realize the economic benefits of consolidated, self-managing storage. The company's flagship product, the PeerStorage® Array 100E, is the industry's first automatic storage platform that delivers operational simplicity, functional integration, and high data availability in a single, scalable pool of storage. EqualLogic's headquarters are located in Nashua, N.H. For more information, please visit http://www.equallogic.com

¹ Worldwide Disk Storage Systems 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis: Virtualization, Regulatory Compliance, and Cost-Optimized Storage - Pillars for Future Growth, IDC #33477, June 2005.


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