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Nirvanix Named Tech Awards Circle Winner

Posted on: Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 07:40 CST

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Nirvanix, the premier enterprise cloud storage service provider, has been selected as a winner of the Tech Awards Circle, taking Gold in the Enterprise Service category for Nirvanix CloudNAS. Winners were selected by an independent circle of publication reviewers/journalists from nominations based on a broad range of achievements -- from product and technology innovations to talented executive leadership and engineering innovators.

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Tech Awards Circle celebrates the products, services, vendors and individuals making a difference in the industry today. The winners represent a broad range of achievements, from hardware to software to services in consumer/SOHO, SMB, midrange, and enterprise markets. Gold, silver and bronze awards were given out in each category.

"Despite overwhelmingly strong competition, Nirvanix exhibited true industry excellence to be recognized among the top of the Tech Awards Circle," said Kevin Anderson, awards program coordinator. "Our judges were pleased at the level of submissions from all the vendors entering this year's competition, so to be named a winner of this prestigious award is a testament to the quality and innovation unrivaled in the high tech community. We wish them continued success and look forward to them defending their title during the next awards period."

"We are honored that this independent group of journalists has recognized CloudNAS as a best of breed offering in the Enterprise Services category," said Jim Zierick, President and CEO of Nirvanix. "We have worked hard to ensure that our technology enables organizations to solve their most pressing storage challenges while increasing operational efficiency and reducing costs. Winning an independent review such as Tech Awards Circle validates our progress."

Nirvanix CloudNAS is a fast, secure and easy way to gain access to the benefits of cloud storage. As the world's first software-only NAS solution accessible via CIFS or NFS, CloudNAS offers enhanced secure data transfers to any of Nirvanix's globally distributed storage nodes using integrated AES 256-bit encryption and SSL options. Through the Nirvanix CloudNAS, organizations have access to unlimited storage via the Nirvanix Storage Delivery Network with the ability to turn any server on their network into a gateway to the cloud accessible by existing applications and processes.

More information about Tech Awards Circle, including the full list of winners, is available online at http://www.techawardscircle.com or by email at info@techawardscircle.com.

About Tech Awards Circle

Tech Awards Circle was established this year to truly honor the 'best of the best' in technology. Tech Awards Circle is not affiliated with an analyst firm or a media company, both of which are directly supported by tech vendors through consulting relationships or advertising sales, so it is uniquely unbiased and immune to conflicts of interest. Entries are judged by an independent circle of journalists, including product reviewers, each with at least a decade of experience covering technology from consumer electronics to enterprise-class computing. To prevent these judges from being unduly influenced by vendors, they have agreed to remain anonymous. For more information or to be added to the mailing list please visit www.techawardscircle.com.

About Nirvanix

Nirvanix (www.nirvanix.com) is the market leader in enterprise cloud storage and offers a fully managed cloud storage service designed from the ground up for the enterprise. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Nirvanix is privately held and has raised more than $23 million in funding from world-class investors including Intel Capital, Valhalla Partners, Mission Ventures, Windward Ventures, and the European Founders Fund. Nirvanix customers range from Internet startups to Fortune 10 organizations and include Arizona State University, Nero and The Planet, among others.

For more information about the company and its services, visit www.nirvanix.com.

Nirvanix® and CloudNAS® are registered trademarks of Nirvanix Inc. Storage Delivery Network, SDN and Store. Simplify. Save. are trademarks of Nirvanix Inc. All others are trademarks or trade names of their respective owners.

Nirvanix Contact: Contact Agency: Adrian J. Herrera Judy Smith Senior Director, Marketing JPR Communications 619.764.5650 ext. 306 818.884.8282 adrian.herrera@nirvanix.com judys@jprcom.com

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