CommVault Introduces QiNetix: First Integrated Data and Storage Management Platform.

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OCEANPORT, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2002

CommVault:

-- Combines Data Protection, Availability, Migration, Storage Resource and SAN Management Products Into Single Automated Platform

-- Reduces Complexity, Saves Time, Allows Customers to Optimize Storage Use and Organization

CommVault(R) Systems Inc., a provider of unified enterprise data management solutions today introduced its CommVault(R) QiNetix(TM) (ki - net - iks) platform that integrates data protection, availability, migration, storage resource and SAN management software solutions.

Built on the proven CommVault common technology engine that moves, manages and catalogues data, the QiNetix platform delivers integrated data protection, availability, migration, storage resource and SAN management products into a single automated platform with a global catalogue and index. The interaction and integration of these components delivers many business and operational advantages, such as: superior ROI, better use of storage resources, higher staff productivity, maximum data availability and reduced Total Cost of Ownership.

"CommVault's QiNetix suite gives users the ability to set policies and let the software do the heavy lifting. The real breakthrough is the active integration of `do-something' software modules; backup, migration and quick recovery, with discovery and reporting tools," said Steve Duplessie, founder and senior analyst, Enterprise Storage Group. "The software decides where to put things based on the attributes associated with the data and application itself."

QiNetix is based on the concept of a Qualitative Information Network (QiN): self-managing storage networks based on data-centric business and operational objectives that map to the treatment of application data. This dynamic approach keeps enterprise data highly available and accessible. With minimal human intervention, the QiNetix network will enforce corporate policies to protect data everywhere, use outcome predictions to optimize storage usage and organization, and unify data and storage management. Only through the union of traditionally separate data movement and data management point solutions can IT organizations cost-effectively achieve their business, operational and financial objectives.

"QiNetix is the only data and storage management platform that delivers a truly integrated, application-centric solution, not disparate point level products that are glued together on the surface," said Bob Hammer, CommVault president and chief executive officer. "We applied our extensive data and storage expertise to design a platform that exceeded today's customer demands -- they can now keep data highly available with automated data and storage management. Our goal was to simplify our customers' environmental complexities and reduce their costs -- and we've done that with QiNetix."

About QiNetix

The QiNetix platform is based on five separate products: backup & recovery, data migration, quick recovery, SRM and SAN management. Customers can run point solutions or add solutions to an installed CommVault point solution when they need them, at a fraction of the time, effort and money required by competitors' separate point products. The CommVault Common Technology Engine (CTE) makes this possible -- an underlying software foundation that gives CommVault software the unique ability to implement a meta-policy approach. The CTE translates Quality of Service directives into actionable policies at the software product/module level. The CTE utilizes a standards-transparent exchange of information via API interchange, CIM and XML to allow customers to plug the QiNetix software into their current virtualization and storage strategies. With meta-policies, customers can use QiNetix's application-down approach to drive their storage devices and share intelligence about the storage infrastructure. This architecture and shared module strategy delivers substantial benefits:

- Less administration cost since storage infrastructure

visualization and management is integrated with data movement

functions

- Better data availability because entire stack can be managed

from application viewpoint

- Decreased storage related costs since migration, availability

and data protection solutions can dynamically share resources

- Reduced training and administration because all solutions

share a common interface and operational approach

- Less environmental complexity

- Single vendor for support of migration, availability, access

and data protection solutions

- Lower acquisition cost versus comparable data protection point

solutions from other vendors

About CommVault Systems

CommVault Systems provides unified enterprise data management solutions to ensure high performance data protection, universal availability and simplified management of complex storage networks. The company's singular focus is creating and implementing fast, reliable and easy-to-use solutions to meet customers' data management requirements. The company's software products seamlessly ensure the reliable, rapid restoration of files, business-critical applications and today's most popular databases. Information on CommVault is available on the World Wide Web at www.commvault.com or by calling [phone]. CommVault's corporate headquarters is located in Oceanport, New Jersey in the United States.

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