Rainfinity's RainStorage Wins Crossroads 2003 A-List Award

RainStorage Recognized for Simplifying Network Storage Management

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 27, 2003 - Rainfinity, the leading provider of non-stop access for storage, security and Internet resources, today announced that the company's RainStorage™ product received a Crossroads 2003 A-List Award for storage management in NAS environments. The Crossroads A-List Awards recognize the new technology products and services best at delivering business results. Rainfinity was acknowledged for its plug-and-play storage management appliance's ability to provide uninterrupted data access while moving data between network attached storage (NAS) devices.

"Historically, companies have avoided the headache of migration by systematically underutilizing NAS storage devices and over time this has created a web of inefficiencies," said Nina Lytton, president of Open Systems Advisors, Inc. "RainStorage customers are realizing the larger goal of reducing the cost of storage through better capacity utilization and load balancing."

RainStorage simplifies NAS storage management by enabling data mobility. Data is made mobile and can be moved across NAS devices dynamically to support capacity management and load balancing without interrupting client or application access. RainStorage easily integrates into the network fabric with no changes required to clients, application or storage subsystems. The result is better storage utilization, performance, increased availability, and eased IT workload.

"The Crossroads A-list award evaluation criteria is based on providing business value, not just a demonstration of hot technology, making the Crossroads A-List Awards even more significant today," said John Schroeder, president and CEO at Rainfinity. "This award also reflects the importance of the problem RainStorage directly addresses - simplifying NAS storage management - while enabling our customers to achieve cost-effective results in a challenging economy."

About the Crossroads A-List Awards and Open Systems Advisors, Inc.
Sponsored by Open Systems Advisors, Inc., the Crossroads A-List Awards signal that a provider has successfully combined three elements critical to mainstream adoption: strategic focus; a viable product or service offering; and, most importantly, consistent business results for its customers.

Founded in 1989, Open Systems Advisors, Inc. (OSA) provides a real-world perspective on using new technology in business. OSA's research is based on an ongoing and in-depth dialogue with hundreds of seasoned IT executives and business leaders who are using emerging technologies to achieve business results. OSA reports the Crossroads Decisions, confers the Crossroads A-List Awards and produces the Crossroads Conferences.

For additional information, contact the company at: Open Systems Advisors, Inc., 24 West Cedar Street, Boston, MA 02108, 617.367.3063, www.crossroads-osa.com.

About Rainfinity
Rainfinity's patented award-winning products provide high availability and optimized performance of networked resources, from Internet connections and security to networked attached storage. Rainfinity's solutions plug and play into existing environments, simplify deployment and administration, and significantly reduce costs.

Rainfinity solutions are deployed across industries by customers such as AT&T, Bayer Corporation, Dresdner Bank, Harvard Medical School and Qantas Airways, Ltd. Strategic partners include Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd., Hewlett Packard Company, Microsoft, Network Appliance, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Symantec Corporation. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. More information is available at www.rainfinity.com.

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