StoreAge to Provide Storage Virtualization Management to Bosch European Computing Centers

MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001--StoreAge Networking Technologies has announced today an agreement with Robert Bosch GmbH, the leading German manufacturer of electrical appliances, to deploy its SVM(TM) Storage Virtualization Manager in Bosch's European computing centers.

The deployment is effected with the active assistance of BASIS, StoreAge's strategic partner in Germany. The driving factor for this decision was Bosch's rapid increase in storage requirements and the need to resolve the storage management problems arising from such growth.

The SVM provides a uniform and centralized management view of all the enterprise's installed disk systems supplied by a number of different manufacturers. The SVM contribute significantly to the cost-effective management of Bosch's storage resources. Planning processes and configuration modifications, which took up several days, are being accomplished in a matter of hours.

``We are pleased to be selected by Bosch for the Storage Virtualization Manager and its associated advanced applications'', said Dani Naor Director of Business Development for StoreAge. ``Storage virtualization is the single most significant improvement in storage technology over the past several years. The ability to implement heterogeneous storage networking solutions using multiple storage devices enables our customers to effectively centralize the SAN management function and enjoy a significant reduction in their overall storage cost. Together with BASIS, we are delivering the industry's most reliable and scalable storage networking infrastructure to the German market, enabling SAN customers to keep pace with the exponential growth in storage requirements''.

Mr. Moerder, manager of Bosch's European Computer Center noted: ``our initial data indicate significant savings and much improved operational efficiencies. We expect the SVM to provide us with increased benefits when we complete the deployment in all our major European computing centers.''

BASIS Advanced Information Technologies of Munich supplies the required SAN components and supports Bosch with planning, overall design and system integration for this project. The initial phase includes the networking of over 100 servers with over 15TB of storage in a fully redundant high availability configuration.

About BASIS

BASIS Advanced Technologies LTD, was founded in 1995 and is based in Munich (Germany). BASIS has taken a leadership position in storage management and data recovery solutions. The main business goal of BASIS is to provide state of the art storage technology solutions to European enterprises.

BASIS is focused on the design and deployment of large heterogenous SAN solutions, with emphasis on storage virtualization, backup and archiving. For further Information: http://www.basis-gmbh.de

About StoreAge

StoreAge Networking Technologies Ltd. (www.store-age.com) is a privately held company founded in 1999 as a spin-off from IIS Intelligent Information Systems (NASDAQ:IISL - news) and since then obtained over million of equity investment from major strategic as well as leading financial groups. The Company has offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA and Haifa, Israel.

StoreAge develops and provides innovative storage technology and products with a focus on Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture. StoreAge is a technology leader in storage virtualization using an asymmetric design implemented through a SAN appliance approach.

The Company seeks to increase and expand its cooperation with major OEM partners, storage systems integrators and storage service providers to deliver advanced storage solutions to the enterprise market.

StoreAge is a member of both the US and the European Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and of SNIA's IP Storage Forum.

For further information please contact: Dana Cohen, Tel +972-4-820-3454 email: info@store-age.com

Contact:

     StoreAge Networking Technologies
     Dana Cohen
     Tel: +972-4-820-3454
     info@store-age.com

The Virtualization Experts

BASIS was founded in 1995 and is based in Munich (Germany). The main business goal of BASIS is to provide state of the art storage solutions to central european enterprises, thereby reducing complexity and ownership costs.

BASIS is focused on the design and deployment of large heterogenous storage solutions, with emphasis on storage virtualization, Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and disaster recovery (DR).

BASIS works closely with the leading vendors of the storage networking industry to deliver comprehensive, interoperable, end-to-end solutions for managing heterogeneous storage networks.

For further Information please visit: http://www.basis.biz

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