StarWind Software Becomes HP Business Partner

BURLINGTON, MA, Apr 07 (MARKET WIRE) --
StarWind Software, a global leader in storage virtualization and iSCSI
SAN software, today announced it has joined the HP technology alliance
program, HP Developer and Solution Partner Program. StarWind Software will
work closely with HP to provide small and medium business customers the
best performing and most cost-effective virtual storage solution on the
market. By becoming an HP partner, StarWind is further enhancing its
relationship with HP and is taking the step to integrate its StarWind
iSCSI SAN software with HP servers such as HP ProLiant DL 380 G6 and HP
BladeSystem to provide its channel partners with more choices and
flexibility for their customers' SAN and virtualization deployments.

"We are excited to work closely with HP to provide our joint solutions to
customers. HP customers can now run StarWind software on high-performance
HP servers for disaster recovery and virtualization projects," said Zorian
Rotenberg, President and CEO, StarWind Software. "Our partnership with HP
not only broadens our reach but also provides HP customers with one of the
most advanced, reliable and affordable iSCSI SAN software solutions
available today."

StarWind iSCSI SAN Server 4.0, is a cost-effective, open iSCSI SAN
software solution that can be installed on a high-performance server such
as the HP ProLiant DL 380 G6, converting it into a reliable, powerful,
and full-featured SAN. Designed to work with leading virtualization
solutions such as VMware ESX, StarWind iSCSI SAN software supports the
full line of HP ProLiant servers listed within VMware ESX Hardware
Compatibility List (HCL). The combination of HP Proliant DL 380 with its
hot-plug, high-performance, serial-attached SCSI (SAS) disk drives and
StarWind iSCSI SAN software is an ideal choice for high I/O and
transactional applications such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft
Exchange Server, and Oracle. StarWind also supports HP-UX Unix iSCSI
software initiator.

HP's Developer & Solution Partner Program (DSPP) provides partners with
technical and marketing assistance, designed to create new revenue and
market opportunities for HP's Business Partners and provide customers with
robust fully tested solutions. The partnership provides StarWind with
access to HP's customers and partners and assures HP customers that
StarWind iSCSI SAN has passed rigorous testing with HP servers.

HP customers can download StarWind iSCSI SAN 4.0 trial at the company
website www.StarWindSoftware.com which takes less than 20 minutes to
download and install.

About StarWind Software Inc.

StarWind Software is a leading global provider of storage virtualization
and Open iSCSI SAN solutions. StarWind Server is an iSCSI SAN software
that converts any Windows Server into a reliable, powerful and scalable
SAN and is designed for use with solutions such as VMware ESX and VMware
ESXi, Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 and Microsoft
Windows Server clusters for databases applications such as Oracle,
Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SharePoint Server.
StarWind is an affordable iSCSI SAN solution and combines an ease of use
with enterprise-class features such as Mirroring and Replication, CDP and
Snapshots, Thin Provisioning and Virtual Tape Library (VTL). Since 2003
StarWind has been a pioneer in the iSCSI SAN industry and the solution of
choice for thousands of global customers, in over 50 countries serving
small and midsized businesses (SMB), governments, and regional
offices/branch offices (ROBO) of Fortune 1000 companies.

StarWind Software and the StarWind logos are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of StarWind Software Inc. or its affiliates in the U.S. and
other countries. Other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks
of their respective owners.

Media Contact:
StarWind Software Inc.
John Welch
1-617-449-7717
media@starwindsoftware.com

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