Press Release

Attune Systems Backs Aberdeen Group’s Independent Virtualization Report

Reducing Data Center Complexity is the Main Reason Customers are Adopting Storage Virtualization

Santa Clara, Calif. – March 21, 2007 – Attune Systems, Inc., a provider of enterprise-class file virtualization solutions, today announced the company is supporting the recent Aberdeen Group end-user survey on storage and server virtualization. The highly educational report reveals that more customers are turning to virtualization to ease data center headaches such as the need to improve utilization rates, reduce data center complexity and manage costs. Tiered storage implementation, controlling rapid capacity growth and non-disruptive data migration also made the list of top business drivers.

Aberdeen surveyed more than 140 end-users. One of the top benchmark report’s key findings is that 47% of companies surveyed either are evaluating or plan to adopt storage virtualization within 6 to 18 months. Furthermore, results concluded that 28% of the overall respondents have already deployed storage virtualization.

Click here to access the Aberdeen virtualization report

“Our survey illustrates the growing interest end-users are showing for this leading-edge virtualization technology and it is clear that its advantages such as time and cost savings are concrete,” said Sonia R. Lelii, storage research analyst at Aberdeen Group’s Information Management practice. “With the growing awareness, press articles and announcements in the storage virtualization arena – especially in file virtualization – this is an ideal time to market such a solution.”

“We are glad to support Aberdeen’s independent customer research efforts and to help the market understand the benefits of virtualizing existing, heterogeneous storage environments,” stated Daniel Liddle, Attune’s vice president of marketing. “It’s gratifying to see that the results we are getting from our own customer-based Maestro Symphony Reporting™ are resonating in the findings of yet another independent research authority.”

“The Attune Symphony reports are a great tool for resellers. They provide a comprehensive discovery, analysis, management and optimization analysis of our customers’ heterogeneous storage resources,” said Chris St. Thomas, president of Nsight Technologies in Tampa, Florida. "The results from our previous implementations align with Attune’s findings and by offering our customers the opportunity to better understand their environments, it also gives them a higher return on their prior storage investments.”

About Attune Systems
Attune Systems’ solutions reduce file management complexity for enterprise storage environments while slashing operating costs and increasing scalability. The company’s flagship product, the Maestro File Manager, is a file virtualization appliance that helps IT administrators discover, analyze, manage and optimize their existing, heterogeneous file storage resources without impacting end users. Attune’s investors include Alloy Ventures, GF Private Equity Group, LLC, QTV Capital, Rock Creek Capital, RWI Ventures, Shea Ventures, and Shoreline Venture Management. For more information, please call 877-GO-ATTUNE (877-462-8886) or visit the company’s website at www.attunesystems.com.

About Aberdeen Group (a Harte-Hanks Company)
Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen for insights that drive decisions. For additional information, visit Aberdeen www.aberdeen.com or call (617) 723-7890, or to learn more about Harte-Hanks, call (800) 456-9748 or go to www.harte-hanks.com.

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