Exagrid Is The Second Most Installed Disk-Based Backup Appliance With Data Deduplication According To New Research From TheInfoPro

ExaGrid Systems, Inc.(http://www.exagrid.com), the leader in cost-effective and scalable disk-based backup solutions with patented byte-level data de-duplication, recently announced that results from the TheInfoPro's new Wave 11 Storage Study show that ExaGrid Systems is the second most in-use disk-based backup with data deduplication appliance vendor cited by respondents in mid-size enterprises.

"The results of our Wave 11 interviews with storage professionals show that the mid-size enterprise space considers disk-based backup with data deduplication to be among the most immediately needed storage solutions, and that ExaGrid, debuting in the study as the number two in-use back-up target vendor, is a player with rising prominence in the midsize enterprise category," said Robert Stevenson, managing director of Storage Research for TheInfoPro.

TheInfoPro is an independent research network and leading supplier of market intelligence for the Information Technology (IT) industry.

TheInfoPro's Storage Study details technology adoption trends and timeframes, management techniques and vendor performance data for the storage industry.

ExaGrid stands out among vendors in this market. Key differentiators include the following:

• Highest Performance and Scalability:ExaGrid is the only vendor with a scalable, GRID- based architecture which maintains a short backup window as data grows.
• Content Aware Reporting:ExaGrid is the only vendor in the mid-size enterprise space with backup job aware reporting, which allows customers to maximize their deduplication benefit and lower costs.
• Real-world Customer Successes:ExaGrid has more than 70 customer success stories - more than all of the other disk-based backup with deduplication vendors combined - available for download on its Web site via: http://www.exagrid.com/why_exagrid/customer_success_stories.asp.
• Most Cost-effective Deployments:ExaGrid prides itself on providing a high performance product available at some of the best prices in the industry.

"ExaGrid has established itself as the performance and scalability leader in the rapidly growing disk-based backup with deduplication market, said Marc Crespi, vice president of Product Management, ExaGrid Systems. "The fact that ExaGrid has emerged in TheInfoPro's Wave 11 study as the second most in-use vendor demonstrates that customers are increasingly choosing our scalable, high-performance GRID-based architecture over the less scalable legacy products in the market."

About TheInfoPro
TheInfoPro (TIP) is an independent research network for the Information Technology (IT) industry. Through a peer network of over 1600 of the world's largest buyers and users of IT, including Citigroup, FedEx, McGraw-Hill, MasterCard, Pfizer, Vodafone, PepsiCo, JPMorgan Chase, and Harvard University, TIP delivers detailed budget, vendor performance and technology roadmap data without spin or bias. Known as the "voice of the customer," TIP helps IT professionals, technology providers, and institutional investors make sound decisions on technologies, vendor relationships and investments. Founded in 2002 by alumni of Gartner, Giga, EMC, and Bell Labs, TIP is headquartered in New York City, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, and Boston. For more information, visit www.theinfopro.net.

About ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
Located in Westborough, Massachusetts, ExaGrid is the leader in cost-effective disk-based backup solutions. A highly scalable system that works with existing backup applications, the ExaGrid system is ideal for companies looking to quickly eliminate the hassles of tape backup, while reducing their existing backup windows. ExaGrid's innovative approach minimizes the amount of data to be stored by providing standard data compression for the most recent backups along with byte-level data de-duplication technology for all previous backups. Customers can deploy the ExaGrid system at a primary site and secondary sites to supplement or eliminate offsite tapes with live data repositories or for disaster recovery. For more information,visit: www.exagrid.com. ( http://www.exagrid.com./ )

SOURCE: ExaGrid Systems, Inc.