StarWind Software Inc. Counted Among Top Finalists for 2011 Network Computing Awards

StarWind Software Inc. is nominated for Storage Product of the Year for Starwind Enterprise HA iSCSI SAN for 2011 Network Computing Awards

Burlington, Mass. – February 10, 2011 - StarWind Software Inc., a global leader and pioneer in iSCSI storage, today announced it has been selected as a finalist for the Network Computing Awards in the Storage Product of the Year award category.

The Network Computing Award recognizes StarWind Software Inc. for the quality and value of its innovative iSCSI SAN storage solutions that help customers manage primary data and backups for physical or virtual server and desktop environments. StarWind helps solve customers’ toughest data protection challenges with one of the most powerful SAN storage solutions available. StarWind uses an open storage architecture which eliminates “vendor lock in”, reducing SAN hardware costs and protecting investments by allowing SAN performance to scale more than traditional shelf based SANs. Overall ease of use in StarWind allows IT departments to lower labor costs for storage and backup administrators so IT can focus on growing and supporting more profitable business initiatives.

“We are honored to be selected as a finalist for this prestigious award. It’s fascinating to see the recognition StarWind is gaining as our team constantly works hard to create and deliver innovative iSCSI SAN solutions,” said Artem Berman, CEO of StarWind Software. “Our latest release includes seamless and fast high availability storage node failover which eliminates a single point of failure at the SAN controller level.”

“We owe this nomination to our growing network of Channel Partners and our end user customers. Their feedback over the past eight years has driven us to strive for excellence both in terms of hardening and maturing our software, and to ensure our sales model is fair and competitive.” added Roman Shovkun, Chief Sales Officer of StarWind Software.

Presented annually, the Network Computing Awards recognize the companies, products and services that have most impressed readers of the UK’s longest established computer networking publication. Awards will be presented in a number of categories, with winners and finalists chosen from a pool of vendors.

Version 5.5 of the StarWind Enterprise HA iSCSI SAN, with the new Heartbeat feature guarantees zero data loss or downtime, eliminating a single point of failure on the SAN. The full featured trial version takes less than 20 minutes to download and install, and is available for download from StarWind’s website: www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind

About the Network Computing Awards
The Network Computing Awards were set up to recognise the hardware, software and services - and the companies behind them which have most impressed the readers of Network Computing. These readers are responsible for buying, specifying and using networking solutions at organisations throughout the UK. What they think really matters to the supplier community. That’s why these awards, now in their fifth year, are so highly respected.

About StarWind Software Inc.
StarWind Software is a global leader in storage management and SAN software for small and midsize companies. StarWind's flagship product is SAN software that turns any industry-standard Windows Server into a fault-tolerant, fail-safe iSCSI SAN. StarWind iSCSI SAN is qualified for use with VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer and Linux and Unix environments. StarWind Software is focused on providing small and midsize companies with affordable, highly availability storage technology which previously was only available in high-end storage hardware. Advanced enterprise-class features in StarWind include Automated Storage Node Failover and Failback, Replication across a WAN, CDP and Snapshots, Thin Provisioning and Virtual Tape management.

Since 2003 StarWind has pioneered the iSCSI SAN software industry and is the solution of choice for over 30,000 customers worldwide in over 100 countries, from small and midsize companies to governments and Fortune 1000 companies.

For more information on StarWind Software Inc. visit: http://www.starwindsoftware.com

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