SynchroNet Picks DataCore Software to Provide Storage Virtualization to Davis Hamilton Jackson & Associates and Northwest Assistance Ministries

DataCore Highlights SynchroNet`s Momentum in the Lone Star State and Profiles
Two New SynchroNet Customers Using DataCore Storage Virtualization for Total
Virtualization Infrastructures
HOUSTON & FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
DataCore Software, a leading provider of storage virtualization software, today
announced that new partner SynchroNet is seeing unprecedented success by putting
DataCore in the center of all virtualization projects. "The bottom-line for our
customers is that DataCore gives them a very cost-effective entrance into
virtualization," states Gordon Wingate, president, SynchroNet. "Storage has
always been the piece of the virtualization puzzle that makes virtualization a
big investment to bite off for most companies. DataCore has changed that -
making the storage aspect both cost-effective and highly reliable."

SynchroNet customer - Northwest Assistance Ministries

With DataCore storage virtualization software, customers gain storage hardware
flexibility and improved disk space utilization. Importantly, DataCore users do
not have to spend a lot of time and money ripping out and replacing perfectly
good disks to set up a shared storage infrastructure. A case in point is
Northwest Assistance Ministries (www.namonline.org), a new DataCore and
SynchroNet customer.

Northwest Assistance Ministries (NAM) is a one hundred-person staffed,
community-based, non-profit organization that provides nine critical social
services programs to the Houston area - offering a food bank, a clothing store,
a women`s shelter, a children`s learning clinic, a basic human services program,
meals on wheels, senior services, and more. Rather than each church in northwest
Houston duplicating services when it comes to caring for the underprivileged,
the churches formed NAM as a cooperative in which they could pool their
resources to offer these necessary services collectively to roughly 120,000
households.

What prompted NAM to "go virtual" was the fact that the IT Department knew it
needed to do a hardware refresh and was looking at a very cost-effective way to
migrate to an infrastructure that was easier to manage so that they could cut
operating costs. The IT team at NAM comments that prior to DataCore they were
having persistent problems with their tape backup drive failures. The team was
looking for a solution to provide consistent backups for all of the
organization`s databases as well as local disk drive data.

"We are absolutely devoted to doing the most with the funds we are given,"
explains Pampi Bartels, IT director, Northwest Assistance Ministries. "DataCore
has provided the answer for us - dramatically increasing our backup ability as
well as serving as a cornerstone of our virtualization environment and our
continuity plan going forward."

NAM has migrated physical servers to VMware - virtualizing multiple servers thus
far onto a VMware host platform (an HP DL185), supported by a DataCore SAN that
also runs on an HP DL185 server. Now the donor database, the volunteer database
(both Blackbaud Raiser's Edge), the financial database (Blackbaud Financial
Edge) and a client database all run on the virtualized infrastructure along with
SQL server and Microsoft Office.

SynchroNet customer - Davis Hamilton Jackson & Associates

DataCore storage virtualization software lets users provision, share,
reconfigure, migrate, replicate, expand and upgrade storage without slowdowns or
downtime. It eliminates storage-related disruptions, performance bottlenecks and
funding roadblocks that jeopardize virtualization projects. A case in point is
Davis Hamilton Jackson & Associates - "DHJA" - (www.dhja.com), another new
DataCore and SynchroNet customer. Houston-based DHJA is an institutional asset
management firm founded in 1988. Along with many other Houston-based businesses,
DHJA started to reassess its business continuity strategy after Hurricane Ike
hit in September of 2008. Along with these continuity needs, the firm had a
number of physical servers that were "end of life." DHJA knew it needed the
business continuity and it knew that it had to replace aging hardware.

Prior to becoming a DataCore partner, SynchroNet introduced the financial
services firm to virtualization and put a plan together that initially involved
deploying a traditional, hardware-based storage area network (SAN). Once the
economic downturn hit in full force, however, the firm could not cost-justify
paying the high cost of a hardware-based SAN.

Business Continuity-driven: Meeting Business Objectives with DataCore

"Once we had engaged with DataCore as a partner and understood the power of
portable, software-based, storage virtualization, we revisited the project with
DHJA and informed them that we could do the entire virtualization project for
the cost of what the hardware SAN alone would have cost," explains Wingate. "The
upshot is that we have been able to deploy a total virtualization deployment
encompassing both virtualized servers using VMware as well as virtualized
storage with DataCore for what a traditional hardware SAN would cost."

Now DHJA has fully virtualized VMware servers running on two hosts. An HP DL185
server runs DataCore SANmelody as the SAN, serving up storage to those two
VMware hosts. These virtualized servers reside in SynchroNet`s data center,
whereas one server still resides at DHJA`s main location for Active Directory
domain control. In total, eleven (11) physical servers have been reduced now to
just four as a result of this virtualization initiative. The system is currently
running 11 virtual machines (VMs) and supports a user community of 30 users. A
20 megabyte (MB) metro fiber connection connects DHJA to the data center.

Very shortly, this deployment will encompass VMware virtualization workstations
too, which is currently in a pilot project. Once that goes live, wherever DHJA
employees are working they will be able to access their systems through this
fully virtualized, SynchroNet-hosted IT infrastructure.

"DataCore has been the solution to a substantial cost versus needs conundrum for
DHJA," comments Gary Montgomery, IT Director, Davis Hamilton Jackson &
Associates. "The financial markets do not pause because Houston is facing a
major storm or because our building happens to be on fire. We have to move when
the market moves and downtime is simply not an option when you are managing
billions of dollars of someone else`s money. DataCore and SynchroNet have given
us a cost effective means of meeting the needs of our clients without
compromising the quality of our hardware, the integrity of our data, or our
ability to provide business continuity under all conditions."

Virtualization`s Third Dimension - Storage Virtualization

"By switching over to the DataCore model the whole project became incredibly
cost-effective," concludes Wingate. "For the cost of just replacing a few
servers, DHJA now has a full, high-availability infrastructure. DataCore has
made embracing virtualization a very easy decision for this customer." What
SynchroNet has recognized is that DataCore storage virtualization software
overcomes the major storage-related obstacles and upheaval that slow down or
stop virtualization projects from getting off the ground or being successful
when deploying a virtual infrastructure.

Link: DataCore Takes Virtualization to the 3rd Dimension.

About SynchroNet

SynchroNet is a specialized provider of virtualization, data center, managed IT,
and business continuity solutions for mid-sized enterprises and small businesses
preparing for growth. For over 20 years we`ve been helping companies use
technology to optimize the productivity and profitability of their businesses
while alleviating the risk of service disruption.

We work closely with industry leaders such as DataCore Software, VMware, Cisco
Systems, Microsoft, HP, and other important players so that we can provide our
clients with access to an information pipeline acutely attuned to rapidly
changing technology developments. Visit www.synchronet.com.

About DataCore Software

DataCore Software develops the storage virtualization software needed to get the
highest availability, fastest performance and maximum utilization from storage
resources in physical and virtual IT environments. It provides the critical 3rd
dimension on which the success of server and desktop virtualization projects
hinge, regardless of the models and brands of storage devices used. For more
information, call (877) 780-5111 or visit www.datacore.com.

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