SEPATON Leads Pure-Plays with the Most Complete Offering among Enterprise Open Systems Virtual Tape Libraries, According to Independent Research Firm

S2100-ES2 recognized among top open systems products as having "one of the most scalable architectures of any open systems VTL"

MARLBOROUGH, MA - February 11, 2008 - SEPATON, Inc. today announced that the company was cited as a "leader" in the open systems virtual tape library market by Forrester Research, Inc., leading other 'pure-plays' with the most complete product offering.  In the January 2008 Forrester Wave: Enterprise Open Systems Virtual Tape Libraries, Q1 2008 report, SEPATON's S2100-ES2 was recognized among top open systems products as having "one of the most scalable architectures of any open systems VTL"  and the highest marks for scalability, resiliency and manageability.

SEPATON was among twelve open systems virtual tape library vendors that Forrester invited to participate in its Enterprise Open Systems Virtual Tape Libraries, Q1 2008 Wave report completed in January. Forrester thoroughly evaluated these vendors across 58 criteria, broken down into three main areas: current offering, strategy, and market presence.

Stephanie Balaouras, Forrester Research senior analyst and author of the Enterprise Open Systems Virtual Tape Libraries Wave report, wrote: "SEPATON leads pure-plays with the most complete offering.  SEPATON has one of the most scalable architectures of any open systems VTL." She added, "It also supports a large number of tape emulations, host connectivity, and performance...SEPATON has a very resilient architecture, with significant redundancy in its underlying disk subsystems and excellent replication capabilities."

Availability of Report
The Independent Forrester Wave report on Enterprise Open Systems Virtual Tape Libraries, Q1, 2008 is available to subscribers at www.forrester.com.  Reprints will also be available at www.sepaton.com.

About SEPATON, Inc.
SEPATON helps enterprises reduce risk and improve operational efficiency in the data center with the industry's fastest, most scalable virtual tape library solution. Built on our patented ContentAware architecture, SEPATON products enable enterprises to consolidate and protect information by deduplicating, backing up and restoring petabytes of data at wire speed without disruption to their existing infrastructure. We combine these products with proven methodologies and in-depth services expertise to deliver a measurable return on investment. For additional information call 508-490-7900 or visit www.sepaton.com.

Contact:

Beth Winkowski

 

SEPATON, Inc.

 

978/649-7189

 

bwinkowski@sepaton.com

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