TwinStrata and PEER 1 Team Up to Deliver Enterprise Class Cloud Storage

NATICK, Mass. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TwinStrata, Inc., the leading innovator in iSCSI SAN, data protection and disaster recovery solutions using cloud storage, today announced it has achieved Bronze Partner Program status with international hosting provider, PEER 1 Hosting (TSX: PIX), further demonstrating TwinStrata's continued commitment to supporting the industry's key cloud storage providers along with their customers.

"TwinStrata's CloudArray provides access to the best of what cloud storage technology is all about," said Tim Varma, vice president of product development for PEER 1 Hosting. "Since many businesses are not comfortable with separating primary data storage from applications, CloudArray makes enormous sense. Features such as intelligent and dynamic caching, plug and play iSCSI protocols and a seamless integration with existing backup software makes it easy for businesses to adopt without business interruption or change. Combined with the reliability and scalability of our CloudOne Storage platform, our customers have immediate access to enterprise-class storage that is low cost, low risk and easy to implement."

With the addition of TwinStrata, PEER 1 Hosting has further strengthened its storage partner ecosystem. TwinStrata provides simple and secure access to PEER 1 Hosting's CloudOne Storage platform for a customer's specific offsite data protection and disaster recovery needs.

"Economic uncertainty, keeping pace with technology and having access to adequate capital are very real challenges for today's SMBs," said TwinStrata CEO Nicos Vekiarides. "Our vision at TwinStrata is to deliver data protection and storage solutions that are easy to deploy, simple to use, with functionality and cost-efficiencies that were once the realm of enterprise organizations. PEER 1 is a leading cloud provider who shares our vision. Together, we are introducing a 'zero friction' entry point to an enterprise-class storage infrastructure in the cloud that is adaptable, affordable and easy to implement."

"According to recent ESG research, 80% of the users we surveyed will spend at least some of their 2011 budget in IT infrastructure cloud services, with close to half reporting moderate to significant spending on cloud Infrastructure as a service," said Terri McClure, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. "ESG believes the economics for businesses to deploy offsite data protection and storage are compelling and considers this partnership good for the market as it directly addresses end-user needs for simple, secure, and affordable offsite storage expansion."

PEER 1 Hosting solutions and services are available from TwinStrata today. For more

Information, please visit www.twinstrata.com/cloudarray, email [email protected] or call 508-651-0199.

About PEER 1 Hosting

PEER 1 Hosting is one of the world's leading IT hosting providers. The company is built on two obsessions: Ping & People. Ping, represents its commitment to best-of-breed technology, founded on a high performance 10GB SuperNetwork(TM) connected by 17 state-of-the-art data centers, 21 points-of-presence and 10 colocation facilities throughout North America and Europe. People, represents its commitment to delivering outstanding customer service to its more than 10,000 customers worldwide, backed by a 100 percent uptime guarantee and 24x7x365 FirstCall Support(TM). PEER 1 Hosting's portfolio includes Managed Hosting, Dedicated Servers under the ServerBeach brand, Colocation and Cloud Services. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with European operations headquartered in Southampton, UK. PEER 1 Hosting shares are traded on the TSX under the symbol PIX. For more information visit: www.peer1.com or www.peer1hosting.co.uk.

About TwinStrata, Inc.

TwinStrata is an innovator in iSCSI access to cloud storage for enterprise-class offsite data protection, file/archive storage, and disaster recovery/business continuity solutions. TwinStrata's CloudArray virtual appliance enables companies of all sizes to simply and economically leverage the scalability and efficiency of cloud storage while maintaining the availability, performance and security of local storage. CloudArray virtual appliance software runs on leading hypervisors and supports all file and operating systems, and  delivers substantial advantages over traditional off-site storage solutions, including a pay-as-you-go model, unlimited elastic capacity, local performance, in-cloud snapshots, dynamic caching, automated policies, AES256 bit encryption, and continuous access to data. For more information about TwinStrata and CloudArray software, visit www.twinstrata.com.

SOURCE TwinStrata, Inc.