Blade Company Verari Creates New Storage Group Business Unit

Verari
Systems, developer of energy efficient data center and
desktop consolidation platforms utilizing independent blade-based
compute and storage solutions, announced the formation of the
Verari Systems Storage Group. The new business unit targets the needs
of the high-growth Web 2.0 and Grid markets with high density, power
and cooling efficient, blade-based storage solutions.

In addition, Verari announced it is appointing Kevin McGrath, current
Senior Vice President of Engineering, to oversee and manage the Storage
Group business unit. McGrath has an extensive background in storage
systems hardware and software development that includes tenure at
companies such as Amdahl, BMC Software, Legato Systems, and EMC.

“In 2007, Verari successfully distributed blade-based storage for the
Web 2.0 marketplace, shipping over 30 petabytes of storage which
represents more than half of the company’s revenue,” said Mark Bowker,
Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. “With over 50 petabytes of storage
shipped to date, Verari has seen the vast potential opportunity that
Web 2.0 requirements create and it is set introduce a new business
division focused on dense computing and storage capacity to meet these
distinctive needs.”

“Verari is leveraging the success of our award-winning SB5255
DataServer for the BladeRack 2 X-Series in the Web and large
enterprise space to create a new generation of storage solutions,” said
David B. Wright, Chairman and CEO. “Web 2.0 companies face exponential
storage growth as they introduce new offerings or enter new markets to
achieve competitive differentiation. Our new Storage Group is poised to
provide solutions that will enable these companies to rapidly deploy
scalable, data center and energy efficient storage products that are
purpose-built for their unique market requirements.”

Organizationally, the Storage Group will include a team of dedicated
engineers as well as product management and product marketing
resources. The Storage Group will be closely coupled with Verari’s core
engineering organization to optimize solutions for current and future
BladeRack 2 X-Series platforms and FOREST container solutions. Sales
and support capabilities will continue to be delivered through Verari
Systems’ global organization.
“We are building this new business unit around the customers and
markets that it serves, not the products it creates,” said Dan Gatti,
Senior Vice President of Marketing. “Customers expect us to deliver
three things in our storage blade architecture: solutions with high
density footprints in the market, energy efficiency, and acquisition
costs at a price point that makes sense for high volume deployments.”

Verari
Systems, Inc.