VeriStor Unveils Storage and Virtualization Vendor Certification Program

New VeriStor Certified Technology Partner Program Validates Vendors that
Demonstrate Exceptional Technology Differentiation, Company Stability and
Customer Support

ATLANTA, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- VeriStor Systems, the Southeast region's
leading enterprise data storage solution provider, today announced its
"VeriStor Certified Technology Partner Program," a certification program
designed to validate solutions from multiple storage and virtualization
hardware and software vendors for optimal use in an enterprise-class
implementation. The certification program validates solutions that demonstrate
exceptional characteristics in terms of technology differentiation, company
stability and customer support while meeting VeriStor's stringent criteria for
true high performance, reliability and exceptional value.

"At VeriStor, we know that our customers require tried-and-proven storage and
virtualization solutions that deliver a rapid return on investment," said
Ashby Lincoln, CEO, VeriStor. "Yet, we also know that too many traditional
vendors haven't lived up to this promise. By validating solutions in our
state-of-the-art technology labs and through real-world customer
implementations we can assure that the solutions we deliver have been
optimized to meet business requirements, not just technology challenges. When
we put the value of our name behind those vendors we deem to be 'VeriStor
Certified' solutions, customers have confidence knowing that their product
choices have met and surpassed stringent validation criteria."

A VeriStor Certified Product demonstrates exceptional characteristics in terms
of technology differentiation, company stability, and customer support. In
specific, a VeriStor Certified Product exhibits strong scalability,
performance, availability and ease of use, along with low acquisition and
operating costs. To date, products from the following vendors have received
the VeriStor Certified distinction:
- 3PAR - Nexsan
- BakBone - OnStor
- C2C - Overland Storage
- CommVault - QLogic
- Compellent - Riverbed
- Data Domain - Spectra Logic
- Dell/EqualLogic - Tek-Tools
- Exagrid Systems - Texas Memory Systems
- F5 - Veeam
- Isilon Systems - Vizioncore
- HP/LeftHand Networks - VMware

"Compellent is pleased to be recognized as a VeriStor-certified vendor," said
Brian Bell, vice president of sales, Compellent. "The VeriStor validation
process further demonstrates Compellent's commitment to not only delivering
enterprise-class virtualized storage technologies to end-users, but also the
dedication we have to providing those solutions through our business partners
and our all-channel sales model."

Vendors who participate in the VeriStor Certified Technology Partner Program
have been validated in the VeriStor Labs facilities and in real-world customer
implementations. With over 30 vendors represented, the VeriStor Labs facility
contains the most extensive mix of next-generation storage and virtual
infrastructure products and technologies in the Southeast US. In addition to
its certification and support functions, the VeriStor Lab provides customers
with the opportunity to see and experiment with the wide variety of solutions
validated by VeriStor for use in a technically superior storage and
virtualization architecture.

Learn more about the VeriStor Certified vendor certification program on the
VeriStor Certified Technology Partner webpage.

About VeriStor Systems, Inc.
VeriStor Systems is an enterprise data storage and virtualization solutions
provider and consulting organization headquartered in Atlanta, GA. VeriStor's
integrated solutions include Storage Area Networks (SANs), Network Attached
Storage (NAS), iSCSI, Storage and Server Virtualization, Backup and Recovery,
Data Replication, Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Compliance
Archiving. With more than 350 customers, VeriStor specializes in enterprise
and mid-market companies in all industries including financial services,
manufacturing, healthcare, education and federal, state and local government.
More information can be found at http://www.veristor.com/.

SOURCE VeriStor Systems

Jana Calano, VeriStor Systems, Inc., +1-678-990-1593 ext: 125,
jcalano@veristor.com; Erin Jones, E.S. Jones Public Relations for VeriStor,
+1-704-664-2170, ejones@esjonespr.com