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Maranti Networks Joins Microsoft Partner Solutions Center (MPSC)

Posted on: Monday, 17 November 2003, 06:00 CST

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Maranti Networks, a leader in providing adaptive storage networking solutions, announced today its participation in the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center (MPSC). The MPSC is a facility designed to bring together world-class technology companies dedicated to the rapid development of secure, end-to-end networking solutions required by Microsoft customers to maintain a competitive advantage in today's marketplace. Maranti's adaptive storage networking technology enables customers to define, stage and deploy data center storage solutions within the MPSC to rapidly validate their enterprise applications. Customers can also benefit by leveraging various storage solutions modeled within the MPSC -- based on Maranti's technology -- to simplify and rapidly deploy Microsoft application solutions.

"Maranti is working within the MPSC to deliver data center storage solutions in a unique multi-vendor environment where enterprise end users can rapidly build and test end-to-end storage solutions to meet their business needs," said Harish Nayak, vice president of marketing, Maranti Networks. "By leveraging the combined expertise available through the MPSC and Maranti's adaptive storage networking technology, customers can efficiently and effectively validate storage solutions for rapid deployment. We're very proud to be working with Microsoft within the MPSC."

"Participation in the MPSC underscores Maranti's commitment to enter the market with reliable, well tested solutions validated by real customer applications with demonstrated ROI," said Nancy Marrone-Hurley, senior analyst, Enterprise Storage Group. "Participation in the MPSC validates Maranti's technology for customers, prospective customers and potential OEMs, giving each the opportunity to see the benefits Maranti's technology provides. The fact that the MPSC has chosen Maranti as a storage infrastructure partner moving forward proves that this is an extremely viable solution that customers should feel comfortable deploying in enterprise environments."

"The MPSC offers our customers the ability to extend Microsoft solutions with MPSC Partner technologies that can help transform and improve their business," said Steve Nielsen, director of the MPSC at Microsoft Corp. "Joining the MPSC demonstrates Maranti's commitment to delivering agile, high-performance solutions to customers, and will greatly help us design, develop and deliver solutions for the storage networking market."

About the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center

The MPSC focuses on leveraging the combined expertise of Microsoft and best-of-breed original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), network equipment providers, independent software vendors (ISVs), independent hardware vendors, access providers, systems integrators and solution providers to create solutions that network service providers can quickly roll out to consumers. With approximately $80 million worth of equipment and resources, the MPSC provides a unique environment where its partners and their customers can test and develop new solutions and services.

About Maranti Networks

Maranti Networks provides intelligent storage networking solutions that enable enterprises to deploy highly scalable, highly available storage networking infrastructures that can significantly reduce the cost and complexity of deploying and managing storage networks. The company's patent-pending technology serves as the foundation for Maranti's application-aware storage-networking platform. Network World magazine named Maranti Networks one of "10 Start-ups to Watch" in 2002. Headquartered in San Jose, California, and funded by Menlo Ventures, Trinity Ventures, and Alliance Ventures, Maranti Networks is poised to deliver an entirely new class of intelligent storage infrastructure solutions. For more information about Maranti products and services, visit http://www.marantinetworks.com/ or call 408-834-4000.

NOTE: Maranti Networks and the Maranti Networks logo are trademarks of Maranti Networks Inc. All other brands, products, service names, trademarks, or registered service marks are used to identify the products or services of their respective owners.

Maranti Networks

CONTACT: Rich Mullikin of Trainer Public Relations, +1-925-779-9115, or
mr@trainercomm.com, for Maranti Networks

Web site: http://www.marantinetworks.com/

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