TwinStrata Named 'Champion' in Info-Tech Research Group's Cloud Backup Vendor Landscape Report

NATICK, Mass., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TwinStrata, Inc., the leading innovator in data storage and data protection solutions leveraging cloud storage, today announced it is listed as a "Champion" in Info-Tech Research Group's Cloud Backup Vendor Landscape report. The report, released last week, examines cloud backup vendors and their solutions and is aimed at IT leaders and storage managers tasked with selecting an offsite, or cloud-based, backup solution as well as any organization looking to reduce capital expenditure and administrative burden on backup storage or enhance disaster recovery capabilities.

"The enterprise cloud backup market is still nascent but it is gaining traction and creating opportunities for vendors like TwinStrata," said John Sloan, Lead Research Analyst at Info-Tech Research Group. "The 'Champion' designation is our top honor and is reserved for vendors that receive high scores for most evaluation criteria, offer an excellent value, have a strong market presence, are trend setters in the industry, and provide appropriate solutions for small, medium, and large businesses alike. TwinStrata CloudArray offers features that we believe define an enterprise-class cloud backup solution."

Info-Tech Research Group Vendor Landscape reports recognize outstanding vendors in the technology marketplace. Assessing vendors by the strength of their offering and their strategy for the enterprise, Info-Tech Research Group Vendor Landscapes pay tribute to the contribution of exceptional vendors in a particular category. Products are evaluated on features, affordability, usability, and architecture, while vendors are weighed on viability, strategy, reach, and channel. Those that receive high scores for most evaluation criteria, offer excellent value, have a strong market presence, and are trend setters for the industry are listed as Champions.

"We're honored to be recognized as a 'Champion' by Info-Tech Research Group in such a highly competitive space as cloud backup," said TwinStrata CEO Nicos Vekiarides. "We see cloud backup as a great entry point to all of the benefits of cloud storage and a stepping stone to the multi-site storage infrastructure of the future. CloudArray brings zero-friction enterprise storage to the masses with affordable software and enterprise-class hardware appliances. Offering petabytes of storage capacity in an unprecedented footprint as small as "Zero"U with accessibility virtually anywhere for disaster recovery – on-site, off-site or in the cloud – CloudArray is truly revolutionary."

For more information or to view a copy of the Info-Tech Research Group Cloud Backup Vendor Landscape report, visit http://www.infotech.com/.

About Info-Tech Research Group

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About TwinStrata, Inc.

TwinStrata is an innovator in enterprise-class data storage, data protection and disaster recovery/business continuity solutions using cloud storage. With TwinStrata CloudArray, companies of all sizes can simply and economically leverage the scalability and efficiency of cloud storage while maintaining the availability, performance and security of local storage. CloudArray software and hardware solutions support all file and operating systems, and deliver substantial advantages over traditional off-site storage solutions, including a pay-as-you-go model, unlimited elastic capacity, local performance, in-cloud snapshots and disaster recovery, dynamic caching, automated policies, AES256 encryption, and continuous access to data. For more information about TwinStrata and CloudArray visit www.twinstrata.com.

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