TwinStrata Earns Top Scores for Value, Product Features in Info-Tech Research Group Cloud Backup Gateway Report

NATICK, Mass., July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TwinStrata, Inc., the leading innovator of cloud-based data storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions, earned top marks in Info-Tech Research Group's new report "Vendor Landscape: Cloud Backup Gateways."

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• TwinStrata was given Best Overall Value award for "coupling its impressive product with an appealing price," said the Info-Tech Research Group Research Document.
• TwinStrata CloudArray^® was the only product in the report given an overall score of "exemplary."

Along with its high scores in product breadth and affordability, TwinStrata was recognized by Info-Tech Research Group as an "Innovator" in the Cloud Backup Gateway market. The Innovator category exists to identify vendors that have demonstrated innovative product strengths which act as their competitive advantage in appealing to niche segments of the market. According to the firm, these vendors are poised to emerge as "Champions."

Info-Tech Research Group Vendor Landscape reports help enterprise IT decision-makers identify a short list of vendors for their IT programs depending on their needs. Only those vendors which Info-Tech Research Group would recommend to its clients are included; TwinStrata was one of only six vendors assessed in the report.

"We are proud to be recognized as a leading innovator among this group of elite vendors," said Nicos Vekiarides, chief executive officer at TwinStrata. "The Info-Tech results validate our focus on meeting customer needs through our industry-leading feature set, broad solution partner ecosystem and flexible pricing models. We are pleased to have been rated top honors in both value and overall product; it's a testament to what we deliver to our customers every day."

"Ideal for mid-market clients, TwinStrata boasts a highly practical solution that takes advantage of off-site replication," John Sloan, lead research analyst at Info-Tech Research Group said in the report. "On a relative basis, TwinStrata maintained the highest Info-Tech Value Score™ of the vendor group. Vendors were indexed against TwinStrata's performance to provide a complete, relative view of their product offerings." The average Value Score of all vendors was 69.2 compared to TwinStrata's score of 100.

The report also cites TwinStrata customer Darryl Enfield, Director of Information Systems at Plug Power Inc., as saying, "TwinStrata has been great to work with – they made an exceptional effort to understand our business and needs, and then work with us in translating those needs into their product line. I'd rate them one of the top five companies I've ever worked with, from a pre-sales perspective to actually running the product."

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.

The report titled "Vendor Landscape: Cloud Backup Gateway" is available for free download from TwinStrata's website at www.twinstrata.com/info-tech.

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About TwinStrata CloudArray
CloudArray virtual or physical appliances take minutes to configure and integrate public cloud, private cloud and local or remote storage devices into flexible "Cloud SANs" that provide unlimited storage, continuous data protection, tapeless offsite backup, instant disaster recovery, and branch office storage consolidation.

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 visit TwinStrata.com or call +1 508-651-0199.

About Info-Tech Research Group
With a paid membership of over 25,000 members worldwide, Info-Tech Research Group (www.infotech.com) is the global leader in providing tactical, practical Information Technology research and analysis. Info-Tech Research Group has a fourteen-year history of delivering quality research and is North America's fastest growing full-service IT analyst firm.

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