ESG Lab Celebrates its Third Anniversary and 50th Project.

MILFORD, Mass. -- ESG Lab, which is celebrating its third anniversary this month, has been one of the most successful service offerings in the history of ESG. With over 50 projects completed within the last three years, ESG Lab has delivered excellent results for our customers. ESG conducted a client survey in which 97 percent of ESG Lab customers rated the service "Excellent" while the other 3 percent told us we were "Very Good." When asked whether they would participate in another ESG Lab project, 93 percent said "definitely" and the other 7 percent said "probably." ESG is proud of ESG Lab not only because of its success, but even more so because of the success it has brought our clients.

"Our sales and support team tells us that the ESG Lab reports make a real impact," said Kris Newton, the Global Director of Analyst Relations at Network Appliance. "Thousands of copies of the ESG Lab report on Network Appliance's iSCSI offering were downloaded from our NOW support site and netapp.com. Those reports helped get our team and our customers up to speed on the simplicity and value of iSCSI running on a Network Appliance System."

Isilon, a leader in clustered NAS storage systems located in Seattle Washington, was the very first ESG Lab client and is a satisfied repeat customer. Brett Goodwin, the VP of Marketing and Business Development had the following to say. "ESG Lab is unique in the storage industry. This is a veteran team of storage industry visionaries who command both a strategic and deep technical understanding of the storage market and Isilon's role in driving next generation clustered architectures. Brian Garrett has a robust engineering background and is trusted by Isilon's product development team. Tony Asaro understands the technology and how it applies to solving real customer problems. Our initial engagement with ESG Lab has blossomed into a close and valued long-term relationship with ESG. They know our solutions inside and out based not only on meetings and PowerPoint presentations but with first hand knowledge and hands-on experience with our products. ESG has also provided Isilon with highly valued advice on our product roadmap and strategy. It's more than just the service - it's the people."

"ESG Lab Validation reports are one of the most valuable sales and marketing tools that we have," said Brian Biles, the VP of Product Management at Data Domain. "Our customers value third party test results. ESG Labs has the skills required to test emerging technologies and publish the results in a way that is credible and meaningful for end-users."

"ESG Lab tests storage products as a customer would," said Brian Garrett, the Technical Director of ESG Lab, "We illustrate and explain how the technology works and why it matters. Our reports are created with IT professionals in mind."

"As an IT professional, it's clear to me that ESG Lab understands our needs," said Michael Passe, Storage Architect at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. "I like the fact that these guys do hands-on testing and can explain storage technology in a way that makes sense for our business. We consider ESG Lab to be objective experts that help to validate our strategies and decisions."

The role of ESG Lab reports is to validate and educate people on the value of storage solutions through hands-on analysis. ESG Lab has validated over 50 storage projects in the past three years including SAN, NAS and CAS storage systems, data protection solutions, storage management software, virtual tape libraries and more. ESG Lab Validation reports are freely available at www.enterprisestrategygroup.com/ESGPublications/ReportListings.asp.

About ESG

Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) is a leading industry analyst firm that provides strategic guidance and unmatched service to technology vendors, IT professionals, venture capitalists, and institutional investors. The Enterprise Strategy Group evolved from the Enterprise Strategy Group, and now offers products and services focused on application infrastructure and information security while it continues to set the tone for storage and information management. Enterprise Strategy Group sets itself apart from legacy analyst firms and boutiques by continuing to build its excellent reputation of assisting clients to make strategic business and IT decisions.