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iStor Networks(TM) Partners With Master Value Added Resellers to Kick Off Channel Program

Posted on: Tuesday, 25 October 2005, 06:00 CDT

iStor Networks, the leading technology provider of highly integrated, cost-effective iSCSI subsystem storage controllers, is pleased to announce the kick off of their channel program by signing Master VARs AuraGen Technologies(TM) Inc. and RAID Inc.(TM) to integrate their flagship product, GigaStorATX(TM).

"Resellers will further benefit from iStor's all-in-one GigaStorATX solution that replaces iSCSI implementations provided by competitors which generally use two or more iSCSI/TOE/Network chips, two Intel Xeon processors, a three-chip processor chipset, and two SATA RAID controllers, thus improving reliability and cost effectiveness," said Simon Huang, CEO of iStor.

AuraGen Technologies Inc. is a Systems Integrator and Value Added Distributor of data storage products. Their storage-centric approach to today's marketplace provides them the ability to meet the storage needs of any environment. AuraGen Technologies Inc. values the business continuance of the customer's data storage.

"We specialize in 'Best of Class' products, thus our partnership with iStor will enable us to produce an iSCSI storage solution to meet our customers' expectations," said Dennis A. Amancio, Director of Sales, AuraGen Technologies Inc.

RAID Inc.(TM), in business since 1994, is a managed storage services provider (MSSP) and designs customized storage systems and solutions. RAID Inc.'s flagship service, StorageWatch(R), is the industry's only real-time monitoring and managed storage service which reduces customers' total cost of ownership by reducing operational costs associated with maintaining and administering storage systems while increasing data availability.

"RAID Inc. is partnering with iStor because the feature set and performance of the product are cutting-edge in the storage industry," said Bob Picardi, COO, RAID Inc. "I don't know of any other eight-port iSCSI product available on the market today and believe iStor's future product road map is extremely exciting and addresses where the market is headed."

"We have found that customers now consider iSCSI a viable alternative to FC and it is emerging rapidly within companies of all sizes. ESG feels that iStor Networks will enable OEMs and VARs to aid small and medium-sized businesses with its high-performance, cost-effective iSCSI storage solutions," said Tony Asaro, Senior Analyst for Enterprise Strategy Group.

The companies will integrate iStor's GigaStorATX, a highly integrated storage controller solution designed to conform to the ATX form factor specifications. This allows organizations like AuraGen Technologies Inc. and RAID Inc. to use off-the-shelf PC Server and Storage ATX enclosures to build high-performance, feature-rich, power-efficient and cost-effective iSCSI RAID storage solutions. The GigaStorATX enables the opportunity of creating block-based, cost-effective RAID storage solutions by utilizing the latest storage industry technologies.

iStor Networks Inc. will be participating as a sponsor of Storage Networking World 2005 in Orlando, Fla., from Oct. 24 through 27 in Booth #15.

For more information on this release, please contact: Jennifer Sparks, Chief Marketing Advisor, iStor Networks, jsparks@istor.com.

AuraGen Technologies(TM) Inc. was established in 1999 and has headquarters in Costa Mesa, Calif., and is a Systems Integrator and Value Added Distributor of data storage products. AuraGen Technologies Inc. has partnerships with many top manufacturers in the technology sector. These relationships allow us to offer the right solution at the right price to our customer. Our relationships include: Seagate, Fujitsu, Maxtor, Western Digital, Kingston Technology, StorCase Technology, Sony, IBM, Intel, Sun Microsystems, SGI, Adaptec, Xyratex, StorageTek, Overland, StoreAge, Digidata, Exanet, Isilon, Compellent, IQstor, Plasmon, KOFAX, DotHill, LSI Logic, and many more. For more info, visit www.auragentech.com.

iStor Networks Inc. was founded in early 2002 and based in Irvine. iStor Networks(TM) leverages its core R&D competency in storage and network technologies, ASIC design and massive parallel processing to provide reliable, available and scalable storage products.

The company's mission is to provide storage products that enable OEMs, VARs and System Integrators to deliver cutting-edge, value-added storage networking features to any organization. More information is available at: http://www.istor.com.

RAID Inc.(TM) is a managed storage services provider (MSSP) and designs customized storage systems and solutions. RAID Inc.'s flagship service StorageWatch(R) is the industries only real-time monitoring and managed storage service which reduces customers total cost of ownership by reducing operational costs associated with maintaining and administering storage systems while increasing data availability. Since 1994, RAID has been devoted to researching and developing leading-edge technologies while providing 24-hour support services to become one of the industry leaders. RAID specializes in solving compute, application, and disaster recovery needs with a unique platform combining hardware, software, and services. For more info, visit www.raidinc.com.

Source: Business Wire

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