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Onaro SANscreen continues domination of storage industry awards
Onaro SANscreen™ Continues Domination of Storage Industry Awards
SANscreen Wins MVP Award for “Most Innovative Product” and MITX Award for “Outstanding Achievement”
BOSTON, Mass. – June 13, 2005 - Onaro, Inc., the pioneer of change management software for storage networks, today announced its SANscreen Predictive Change Management software is a winner in the Most Innovative Product category of the 2005 Most Valuable Product (MVP) Awards Program. The program is sponsored by InfoStor and the Association of Storage Networking Professionals (ASNP). Onaro’s SANscreen also received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange (MITX) in the category of Data Management. The company was honored in two separate ceremonies on June 7 and June 8, held in Long Beach, CA and Boston, MA respectively.
These awards mark the sixth and seventh honors this year that Onaro SANscreen has received for the value its Predictive Change Management technology delivers to large organizations with complex storage environments.
"That prestigious organizations like InfoStor, ASNP and MITX recognize SANscreen’s innovation and value to IT echoes the tremendous ROI that our customers quickly gain from automated SAN Change Management,” said Andrew Bird, vice president of marketing, Onaro, Inc. “Predictive Change Management – the ability to anticipate the impact of changes across an entire SAN before implementation – has become recognized as an essential enterprise storage strategy. SANscreen prevents errors that cause downtime and allows storage organizations to operate their storage networks with complete confidence and high application availability."
The MVP Awards Program recognizes the "best of the best" of storage networking products in the industry, as determined by storage end-users. This prestigious awards program is co-sponsored by two user-focused organizations – InfoStor, the leading storage-specific publication for enterprise storage professionals, and the Association of Storage Networking Professionals (ASNP), the first worldwide organization dedicated to the needs of storage networking users. In the Most Innovative Product category, winners were selected by industry analysts and ASNP's 2000 members.
"InfoStor congratulates Onaro on winning the Most Valuable Product award in the Most Innovative Product category," said Dave Simpson, Editor-in-Chief of InfoStor magazine. "It’s important to note that the winners were determined by votes cast by InfoStor’s end-user readers and members of the ASNP – all of which are end users – based on their own stringent criteria."
The MITX Technology Awards recognize innovative technologies developed in the New England area, as well as the individuals and organizations responsible for driving these advancements. SANscreen was recognized not only for its innovative technology, but also for the value Onaro is bringing to a diverse set of customers.
"For the second straight year we were able to assemble the region’s top technology minds into one room and honor those individuals and companies whose achievements were truly exceptional," said Kiki Mills, Executive Director of MITX. "The volume and quality of companies that submitted this year is really a testament to the evolution and continued growth that this region is experiencing in innovative and exciting technologies."
These awards are the latest in a series of recent, prestigious distinctions that recognize the value Onaro delivers to customers. These include:
- 2005 eWeek Excellence Award for Enterprise Storage Software
- Best in Show in Storage Area Network Management Software at the 2005 Network Storage Conference
- 2004 Product of the Year for Storage Management by STORAGE magazine and SearchStorage.com
- Top Ten Private Companies in the Winter 2004 by Byte & Switch
- 2004 InfoWorld 100 award for State Street Global Advisors’ (SSgA) application of SANscreen
About ASNP
The ASNP's mission is “to build a worldwide community of storage networking users and to provide members with valuable educational programs and professional development opportunities.” ASNP provides an open forum for members to discuss real-world problems and solutions related to storage networking. Through its regional chapters, annual meeting, and online portal, ASNP offers extensive training and professional development opportunities.
About InfoStor Magazine
InfoStor is the leading monthly publication dedicated solely to storage coverage. Its worldwide audience of 50,000 readers includes IT storage managers and storage professionals in the channel, including value-added resellers (VARs), storage/systems integrators and OEMs. For more information, please visit http://www.infostor.com.
About MITX
The Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) accelerates business opportunities and professional development for those who seek to create business advantage through the innovative application of technology and services. Serving more than 2,500 members, from multiple industries including Internet, nanotechnology, interactive marketing, healthcare, and financial services, MITX is the region’s premier association for thought leadership, technology trends, building business relationships and professional training and development. MITX also offers its members the chance to promote their companies to targeted audiences throughout sponsorships, speaking opportunities and networking. MITX is headquartered in Boston. For more information please go to www.mitx.org.
About Onaro, Inc.
Onaro is the pioneer in Change Management for SANs, enabling enterprises to quickly and effectively manage changes and growth in complex Storage Area Networks with absolute confidence through SANscreen® Monitoring and Predictive Change Management software. SANscreen is currently deployed at some of the world’s largest SANs. Onaro is a privately held company backed by leading investors Newbury Ventures and Cedar Fund. For more information, please visit www.onaro.com.
