Storability Introduces Industry's First Commercially Available Storage Services Delivery Platform.

Business/Technology Editors

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2001

Innovative Turnkey System Allows Customers to Gain Control Over

Complex Storage Environments

Register for Storability's Webcast Featuring Its AssuredStorage

Management System at http://www.itworld.com/itwebcast/storability

Storability, Inc., the world's leading provider of Automated Storage Assurance Services, today announced release of the AssuredStorage(SM) Management System (ASMS), the industry's first commercially available storage services delivery platform. ASMS empowers customers to simply and effectively deploy storage as a utility service.

Based on Storability's industry leading AssurENT(SM) Architecture, ASMS provides the technology, documented best practices, and knowledge needed to improve and simplify the measurement, management, and operation of complex, heterogeneous storage infrastructures, unlocking real business value. ASMS is specifically designed for service providers who want to add storage services to their portfolio of other service offerings, and for enterprise IT organizations making the move to an internal service provider model. Customers receive rapid return on investment in the form of decreased storage management costs, increased utilization, improved efficiency and higher quality of service.

"ASMS represents a breakthrough approach in the storage industry," said Matthew Westover, Storability CEO. "This is the first tool specifically designed to manage storage as a service - allowing customers, finally, to fully extract business value from their storage investment."

ASMS can be deployed within the enterprise firewall, and operated by the customer's own IT staff. As an option, customers can also choose to have Storability's operation experts manage the infrastructure remotely on a short or long-term basis.

ASMS collects vital information on day-to-day operations and provides in-depth reporting and knowledgebases. Using state-of-the-art rules-based artificial intelligence and Storability-developed smart agents, these systems provide proactive monitoring of disparate hardware and software components, immediate identification of failures, and problem tracking and recording.

With ASMS, customers get a single, centralized view of the entire heterogeneous storage infrastructure, across multiple platforms and locations, via Storability's secure AssuredStorage(SM) Navigator web-based portal. The AssuredStorage Navigator provides up-to-the-minute and retrospective reporting for operational status, performance monitoring and trending, capacity planning, and storage utilization for departmental chargebacks. Navigator provides both dashboard and drill-down views, regardless of the underlying hardware environment.

"The enterprise wants and needs to become its own service provider. And xSPs today want to add storage services to their portfolio of other service offerings. Storability's AssuredStorage Management System can show these companies the way," said Steve Duplessie, Senior Analyst at Enterprise Storage Group.

Storability's experts provide complete implementation of the management system, including all hardware and software. Each system is based on well-documented best practices, which are implemented and delivered to the customer. In addition, the Storability team will transfer all knowledge about the system, so the customer's internal staff can efficiently manage the technology. Customers can expect to go live with ASMS within 30 days of delivery.

Storability provides on-going maintenance for all ASMS technology. Storability can also contribute 1st, 2nd, or 3rd level support by serving as an adjunct or extension of the customer's existing storage management staff either on an on-going basis, or as required by events that create staffing constraints.

ASMS is available immediately. For more information, a free webcast entitled "Seize Control of Your Storage" detailing specific ASMS benefits for service providers and enterprise is available for viewing. To register, please visit http://www.itworld.com/itwebcast/storability/.

About Storability, Inc.

Storability is the world's leading provider of storage system delivery platforms and automated storage management services. Storability offers customizable and cost-effective storage solutions that can be delivered on-site, off-site, or a combination of both. Our customers benefit from greater control over their environment, reduced storage management costs, enhanced quality of service, and optimized IT productivity - without compromising security or control. For more information, please visit www.storability.com, email [e-mail], or call 508-229-1700.