Fusion-io Announces Atomic Series - Higher Performance and Maximum Capacity for Optimized Efficiency

SAN FRANCISCO, June 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO) today announced Atomic Series, the newest flash memory platform featuring breakthrough innovations that achieve unparalleled performance and double the capacity on the smallest available NAND footprint for appliance and server environments. Companies both big and small, from small and medium enterprises (SME) to the Fortune 500 and hyperscale, all rely on Fusion-io to accelerate their applications.

"Patience is no longer a virtue in a world where we expect information at our fingertips with ever increasing velocity," said Fusion-io CEO and Chairman of the Board Shane Robison. "Latency is the new dial up. Our newest advancements in flash memory with the release of Atomic Series ensure that data flows seamlessly and with greater speed, efficiency and reliability by accelerating data-driven applications."

Atomic Series is built on foundational technology achievements with the latest third generation Fusion-io memory-based architecture. Flash powers applications that demand more performance and less infrastructure. Architected for application acceleration through innovative software advancements, Atomic Series delivers much higher performance than typical SSDs in a fraction of the space, making it a perfect fit for a broad range of applications including database and cloud applications, big data analytics, and hyperscale workloads.

"Speed is critical to most any application, whether it is a doctor's immediate request for patient data, a retailer's need for fraud detection or an individual's desire to share and connect special moments," said Jeff Janukowicz, research director at IDC. "To meet this need for speed, businesses require solutions that can accelerate the flow of information and this positions companies, such as Fusion-io, to capitalize on this growing demand."

More than 7,000 customers in over 80 countries look to Fusion-io to reduce latency and speed the flow of data-driven applications. With deep vertical industry offerings across education, financial services, government, healthcare, media and entertainment, online services, retail and telecommunications, and a breadth of strong global technology partnerships, Fusion-io continues to transform infrastructure and industries. Atomic Series embodies the entirety of the company's track record of delivering industry leading flash solutions. For more information on Atomic Series, please visit: http://www.fusionio.com/atomicseries/.

Atomic Series is available through the company's diverse partner network that includes top-tier original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), technology resellers, distributors, service providers and integrators. Pricing for Fusion-io products is available from the company's server partners and authorized resellers. For more information, please visit: http://www.fusionio.com/partners/.

ABOUT FUSION-IO
Fusion-io accelerates the data-intensive applications that enrich our lives. As the industry leader, we provide the most advanced portfolio of flash memory products for small businesses to the world's largest data centers. More than 7,000 customers in over 80 countries look to our solutions to increase performance, speed and reliability while reducing latency, inefficiencies and cost. Along the way, we are redefining the datacenter—all flash—to handle today's most complex big data applications. More information about Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO) is available at http://www.fusionio.com.

NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements concerning the potential benefits of the Fusion Atomic Series. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions regarding future events and business performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained, anticipated, or implied in any forward-looking statement, including, but not limited to, the risk that users of Fusion-io's products may not realize the expected benefits, and such other risks set forth in the registration statements and reports that Fusion-io files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on the Investor Relations section of our website at www.fusionio.com.  You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.  Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that the future results, levels of activity, performance or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur.  Fusion-io undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason after the date of this press release.

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