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Acopia Wins "Storage Product of the Year" for 2006
June 30, 2006
Lowell, MA - June 30, 2006 - Acopia Networks ®, the pioneer of Adaptive Resource Networking products, today announced that its Adaptive Resource Switch (ARX®) series has been selected the Storage Product of the Year for 2006 at the annual Techworld Awards. Acopia's ARX switches were selected 1st from a group of six leading storage category finalists, out of a record-breaking number of product nominations. The Storage Product of the Year Award recognizes Acopia's ARX products for outstanding technical excellence, innovative functionality, leading performance and customer's return on investment.
"Acopia is deeply honored to have been selected for the Storage Product of the Year Award, out of such a prestigious group of storage industry finalists", said Christopher P. Lynch, President and CEO of Acopia Networks. "This kind of recognition further validates the strengths of the ARX products, the uniqueness of the solution, and the dramatic impact the ARX is having on our customers."
Acopia's award-winning ARX products embed file virtualization technology into the network to simplify the management of file storage and greatly improve the scale, performance and availability of existing NAS and file server infrastructure. Acopia's customers today include a growing list of Fortune 500 companies such as Merrill Lynch, Toshiba, Warner Music Group, Raytheon and Goldman Sachs.
Techworld's Storage Product of the Year for 2006 is the second industry distinction Acopia has received in less than a month. Early this month, Acopia's ARX was recognized as a Most Valuable Product finalist in the 2006 MVP Awards, sponsored by InfoStor and the Association of Storage Networking Professionals (ASNP).
About Techworld
Techworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, research and event company. A privately-held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers including Bio-IT World, CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World, and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo®, Macworld Conference & Expo®, DEMO®, and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com. See www.techworld.com/awards2006 for more information about these awards.
About Acopia Networks
Acopia Networks is the innovator of Adaptive Resource Networking products, a new class of file switches that uniquely solve the problem of managing unstructured data in the global enterprise. Acopia's Adaptive Resources Switches (ARX) allow customers to improve performance and better utilize existing file server infrastructure. The products also provide non-disruptive data replication, migration, and capacity balancing across multiple NAS devices, thereby reducing management overhead and accelerating business workflow in the process. Information about Acopia's products and services can be found at www.acopia.com.
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Zenas Hutcheson
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Acopia Networks, Inc.
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