LeftHand Networks Completes Citrix Ready Vendor Verification on XenServer; Providing...

LeftHand Networks Completes Citrix Ready Vendor Verification on XenServer; Providing Increased Data Protection and Flexibility for Virtual Environments

BOULDER, Colo.--(Business Wire)--
LeftHand Networks(R), the leading provider of highly available
iSCSI SANs that optimize virtual environments, announced today that
its iSCSI SANs are now Citrix Ready(TM) vendor verified with Citrix
XenServer(TM) 4.1. LeftHand Networks iSCSI SANs complement Citrix
XenServer 4.1, providing customers with highly available server and
storage solutions for their data center environments.

Powered by SAN/iQ(R) storage software, LeftHand Networks' iSCSI
SAN solutions deliver a rich, fully-integrated feature set, advanced
data protection, centralized management and a best-in-class solution
for optimizing performance and manageability in virtual server
environments. By allowing customers to assign and allocate storage
resources virtually against a pool of physical storage devices, the
SAN can be easily scaled up to any required capacity or performance
level without incurring any downtime. This flexibility makes LeftHand
Networks' iSCSI SANs an ideal complement to Citrix Systems' virtual
server infrastructures.

"The full benefits of virtual server environments are realized
when used in combination with a shared storage solution that provides
data protection and availability. With more applications per server
and the increased loads inherent in a virtual environment, it's more
important than ever to ensure that a business' data is available and
protected," said Barry Davis, vice president, business development,
for Citrix Systems.

"LeftHand Networks' iSCSI SANs deliver unprecedented data
protection and storage system manageability for virtual environments,"
said Larry Cormier, vice president of marketing, LeftHand Networks.
"Citrix XenServer 4.1 offers a powerful and easy-to-use server
virtualization infrastructure that fully leverages LeftHand Networks'
storage and SAN management capabilities."

LeftHand Networks iSCSI SANs Optimize Virtual Environments

"The virtualized iSCSI SAN from LeftHand Networks adds significant
power to our Citrix XenServer solutions," said Paddy Harrington, vice
president of technology and CIO of Covisia, a Citrix channel partner.
"The combination of LeftHand Networks' iSCSI SANs and XenServer 4.1
allows us to provide our customers with a complete virtual environment
that is flexible, protected and easy to manage. LeftHand's SAN is a
must for anyone who wants a highly available virtualized environment."

LeftHand Networks' iSCSI SAN and Citrix XenServer 4.1 provide an
ideal storage solution for virtual environments due to SAN/iQ's rich
storage virtualization layer. Customers can combine virtualized
storage on a LeftHand Networks' iSCSI SAN with Citrix XenServer 4.1
virtualized servers to streamline both storage and server
infrastructure management. In addition, capacity planning is easier
and less time consuming, accommodating changes in the storage pool
quickly and easily while maintaining a highly available environment
that keeps applications up and accessible. With LeftHand Networks
certified iSCSI SANs combined with XenServer 4.1, customers can
benefit from a number of enterprise-class capabilities including:

-- Quick, Efficient Deployment of Virtual Servers: Citrix
XenServer 4.1 enables the creation of new virtual machines to
meet increasing infrastructure demands in the production data
center or to create new environments for software development
and testing. LeftHand Networks iSCSI SANs complement the
process by allowing users to clone storage volumes almost
instantaneously and with minimal additional use of storage.

-- Zero Downtime: The Citrix XenMotion feature in XenServer is
migrated by running virtual machines with the operating
systems and applications from one physical server to another
with zero downtime, allowing users to balance workloads or to
perform server maintenance without affecting service levels.
LeftHand Networks iSCSI SANs offer similar storage
functionality, allowing volumes to be moved from one cluster
to another with zero downtime and without modifying the
XenServer environment.

-- Uniform Business Continuity: XenServer Resource Pools provide
uniform business continuity for all applications by grouping
servers in different physical locations together into a pool
whereby virtual machines can be moved from one site to another
in the event of the loss of an entire data center. LeftHand
Networks Multi-site SANs allow organizations to distribute the
storage pool in the same manner, providing for full data
availability under the same circumstances.

About LeftHand Networks

LeftHand Networks(R) pioneered IP-based storage area networks
(SAN) in 2001. SANs built using LeftHand's SAN/iQ(R) software are
uniquely able to distribute and protect data across a cluster of
industry-standard storage servers. The company's patented architecture
increases data availability, allows users to start small and grow the
SAN seamlessly, and simplifies management. The LeftHand SAN is ideal
for storage and server consolidation, multi-site SANs, and disaster
recovery. LeftHand SANs are available in the U.S., Canada and
throughout Europe. For more information, contact LeftHand at
info@lefthandnetworks.com.

About Citrix Ready

Citrix Ready identifies recommended solutions that are trusted to
enhance the Citrix application delivery infrastructure. All products
featured in Citrix Ready have completed verification testing thereby
providing confidence in joint solution compatibility. Leveraging our
industry leading alliances and partner eco-system, Citrix Ready
showcases select trusted solutions designed to meet your various
business needs. Through the online catalog and Citrix Ready branding
program, you can easily find and build a trusted infrastructure.
Citrix Ready not only demonstrates current mutual product
compatibility, but through our continued industry relationships also
ensures future interoperability. Learn more at www.citrixready.com.

Citrix(R), Citrix Ready(TM) and Citrix XenServer(TM) are
trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its
subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and registered
trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Ignite Consulting
Linda Dellett, 303-439-9398
Kathleen Sullivan, 303-439-9365
LeftHand@igniteconsultinginc.com

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