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Network World Names EqualLogic Customer Olin College an Enterprise All-Star Award Winner

September 26, 2006
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NASHUA, N.H. --(Business Wire)-- EqualLogic(R), the leading provider of enterprise-class iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions, today announced that Network World has named The Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering as a 2006 Enterprise All-Star Award winner for its iSCSI SAN project, which used EqualLogic's PS Series storage arrays. Olin College, which offers an engineering education that bridges science, technology, enterprise and society, deployed a PS Series SAN to support its complex and growing network environment while remaining efficient and cost effective.



The Network World Enterprise All-Star Award program recognizes exceptional use of network technology to further enterprise business objectives. For the 2006 award - the second annual - Network World editors selected 40 enterprise IT organizations representing the best, most innovative application of network technologies in eight IT categories, including storage and network management. These award-winning network IT projects are profiled in Network World's Signature Series Enterprise All-Star Issue, published September 25 and available online at www.networkworld.com/allstar/2006.

"Olin College showed true innovation in a network IT environment by deploying an iSCSI-based SAN to address the rapidly growing storage requirements of its institution," said Beth Schultz, editor of Network World's Enterprise All-Star Issue. "The project resulted in reduction of costs for additional and replacement servers by approximately 45 percent and a reduction in annual incremental backup systems by approximately 50 percent. As a result of these accomplishments, we are proud to recognize Olin College as a 2006 Network World Enterprise All-Star Award Winner."

"EqualLogic's PS Series SAN has had a very positive impact on our faculty's ability to innovate and meet the growing needs of our students," said Joanne Kossuth, chief information officer and associate vice president of development at Olin College. "We were impressed with the PS Series' fully integrated feature set, redundant hardware and hot-swappable components that gave us the high data availability of enterprise storage. As a forward-thinking institution, we seek technology solutions that break traditional models to address today's evolving operational requirements. EqualLogic's technology fits our way of thinking."

EqualLogic delivers a dynamic virtual storage solution to companies of all sizes, offering a reliable, self-managing, scalable pool of storage that responds automatically to users' demands. The award-winning and data-center-proven PS Series is the only native iSCSI SAN solution to offer a comprehensive and fully integrated standard feature set at no additional cost. Each PS Series storage array comes with fully redundant, fault-tolerant hardware and includes automatic storage management software. Multiple arrays combine to form a scalable storage grid that expands in capacity as needed without disruption.

"Network World's recognition of the real-life accomplishments of customers like Olin College is a helpful validation of innovative technologies and practices for other IT organizations," said John Joseph, EqualLogic's vice president of marketing. "EqualLogic is dedicated to giving both large and small customers a dynamic alternative to traditional storage products, enabling them to serve their unique missions with greater flexibility."

About EqualLogic

EqualLogic(R), Inc., is the leading provider of intelligent, enterprise-class iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions that enable businesses - from Fortune 100 to small and mid-size organizations in more than 30 countries worldwide - to realize the economic benefits of consolidated, self-managing storage. The EqualLogic PS Series of storage arrays, based on the company's patented peer storage architecture, is the industry's first automatic storage platform that delivers operational simplicity, comprehensive data management services and high data availability in a single, scalable pool of storage. EqualLogic's headquarters are located in Nashua, New Hampshire. For more information, please visit http://www.equallogic.com.

About Network World

Network World, Inc., the Leader in Network knowledge, empowers Network IT Executives through education, information and community. Network World, an IDG company, is the leading provider of news, analysis, reviews, events and education on information technology. Network World publishes the leading newsweekly, Network World, hosts the most active online community (www.networkworld.com), and produces educational seminars and events worldwide. Network World's portfolio of strategic marketing programs provides marketing and agency professionals with the tools to generate high-quality leads, optimize marketing campaigns, and create new revenue opportunities.

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