Permabit CTO Headlines Two Sessions at SNW

Jered Floyd to Frame the Main Storage Debate and the New Frontier for Data Deduplication at Key Industry Event

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — October 6, 2009 — Permabit Technology Corporation, the leading innovator of value tier storage solutions for the enterprise, today announced that Permabit’s CTO will deliver the following presentations at Storage Networking World (SNW) being held at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge, in Phoenix, AZ on October 12 – 15, 2009:

Panel Title: Primary Storage: The New Frontier for Data Deduplication Moderator: Arun Taneja Panelists: Jered Floyd, Val Bercovici, Carter George and Peter Smails Date & Time: Tuesday, October 13 at 2:10 p.m. PT About this session: All panel experts of this session have implemented some form of primary storage capacity and will explain how the technology is used differently from technology used for backup storage. In addition, the panelists will address concerns of users when deciding whether or not to consider primary storage optimization. Presentation Title: Framing the Main Storage Debate Speaker: Jered Floyd Date & Time: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 3:05 p.m. PT About this session: Storing static data on primary storage, whether it’s mainframe disk, tier 1 SAN, or NAS, represents one of the most costly and inefficient uses of IT resources, yet not only are the levels of data being stored this way not dropping at a substantial rate, they are actually growing in many cases. Recent studies have shown that enterprise storage costs continue to rise as organizations grapple with how to migrate data efficiently and safely from older systems to a more cost effective model. Exacerbating the issue, particularly in the mainframe scenario, is the dwindling number of qualified engineers. As many industries look to phase out their mainframe disk and other tier 1 storage platforms that they have held on to longer than usual due to the economic climate, they are running against the clock to complete these migrations before their hardware reaches its end of life, not to mention the dwindling resources available to perform the actual migrations.

About Permabit
Permabit delivers next generation disk–based archiving solutions that dramatically reduce primary storage costs by greater than 10 times. Enabled by patented storage technology, the Permabit Enterprise Archive™ provides a massively scalable disk archive. The resulting costs storage costs are a fraction of what it takes to manage tape or optical storage. Permabit Enterprise Archive provides advanced data protection and reduction technologies that offer decades of reliable information access. Permabit was founded in 2000 by a technical and business team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been deploying industry leading archive solutions since 2004. For more information, visit: www.permabit.com.

About SNW
SNW is the world’s largest event for IT executives/managers, vendors, channel partners, press and analysts involved in storage, data center, infrastructure, and business continuity.

At SNW, attendees can choose from over 150 educational sessions and network with peers from around the globe, plus visit with top solutions providers in the world’s largest Expo devoted to storage and related technologies. This event is an opportunity to quickly gather reliable, firsthand, practical knowledge can be put to work right away. To learn more, please visit: www.snwusa.com.

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