San Francisco, CA - September 26, 2006 — Wasabi Systems today announced that the latest Wasabi Storage Builder® for IP-SAN software solution is being exhibited in the Newisys® demonstration booth within the Intel Digital Enterprise Zone, booth number 412, at the Intel Developers Forum (IDF) at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, September 26-28. Newisys is demonstrating complete IP-SAN solutions running on Newisys storage appliances. These platforms are based on Intel® ATX/EATX Motherboards. These industry-leading Newisys storage solutions include 4 and 12 drive configurations.
“IDF is a significant industry event that brings together developers, OEMs and solution providers to learn about the newest technologies available on Intel platforms,” said Frank G. Logan, Wasabi Systems President and CEO. “This is an excellent venue to introduce our collaboration with Newisys. With Wasabi Storage Builder compatible with Newisys’ storage ODM products, we have an exceptional solution for OEMs, VARs and systems integrators.”
“Newisys storage designs solve real customer problems such as data protection, data availability and speed of access,” said Barry Hutt, Newisys Director of Product Strategy and Market Development. “With Newisys collaborating with companies such as Wasabi, storage appliance solutions are now available that provide the price/performance and value customers want, with the simplicity of deployment and ease-of-use that they demand.”
The Wasabi Storage Builder family of products offer complete, turnkey software solutions that enable storage design companies to create IP-SAN and NAS storage appliances. Modular and scalable, Wasabi Storage Builder is an advanced software platform that is available today for creating IP-enabled networked storage devices. Wasabi Storage Builder is compatible with all IETF compliant initiators and has been validated with initiators available with Wasabi Certified® BSD, Microsoft Windows, MAC OS X and various Linux distributions.
About Newisys, a Sanmina-SCI Company
Newisys, Inc., is an innovative design company developing and manufacturing easy-to-deploy computer and storage technology for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). A Newisys partnership provides the highest-level quality design synchronized with the world’s most comprehensive global manufacturing infrastructures and supply chain through the manufacturing prowess of Sanmina-SCI. For more information, visit www.newisys.com.
About Wasabi Systems
Wasabi Systems provides software solutions to OEMs designing networking and network storage equipment. Built on a best of breed Open Source foundation, Wasabi’s platforms and components offer state-of-the-art functionality and robustness intended to accelerate product time to market. Through partnerships with the leading semi-conductor manufacturers including AMD, AMCC, Intel, IBM, Freescale, Marvell & Toshiba, Wasabi offers complete ready-for-market reference designs for IP-SAN, NAS, Firewall, VPN, WAN, WLAN and WiFi applications. Wasabi’s investors include Intel Capital, Hudson Venture Partners, Newlight Associates and Himalaya Capital.
