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MUSTANG ENGINEERING HONORED WITH BEST PRACTICES AWARD
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CASTLE ROCK, CO. April 7, 2004 – SANZ (OTCBB: SANZ) and NuView, Inc.® of Houston, TX announced that their mutual customer Mustang Engineering received the “Best Practices in Storage” award in the Data Lifecycle Management category from IDG's Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). The Data Lifecycle Management award exemplifies solutions and processes that manage information over its lifecycle. Mustang Engineering, a member of the multinational Wood Group PLC (LSE: WG), is an independent services provider to the domestic and international oil, gas and chemical industries.
Mustang Engineering wanted to move non-critical data off their primary storage, a high-performance NetApp® Filer cluster, to cheaper storage. When Mustang approached SANZ with their need to automate the management of inactive data, SANZ’s recommendation was NuView’s File Lifecycle Manager™ (FLM), a policy-based data management solution that manages the lifecycle of file data on Network Appliance™ (NASDAQ: NTAP) storage systems. FLM allows administrators to analyze, classify, block, move, organize and delete file data using policies that reflect business objectives.
"We were running out of capacity on our primary NetApp Filers and yet we knew that over 40% of the files were not accessed in over a year,” said Gene Atteberry, Mustang Engineering’s Manager of Information Systems. “We found FLM easy to deploy and simple to operate. Within minutes, we were able to create various policies that enabled us to migrate the files to nearline storage without disrupting the users and applications. FLM enabled us to create a tiered storage architecture, thereby helping us reduce the cost of storage."
“SANZ’s goal is to help our clients dramatically reduce storage management expenditures while improving overall service levels. We are particularly proud to win in this category as it represents the next wave in enterprise data management infrastructure,” said George Crump, Vice President of Technology Solutions for SANZ. “While many in the storage industry are talking about Data Lifecycle Management, few are actually implementing it and fewer still are in production.”
Rahul Mehta, CEO of NuView, Inc., said, “SANZ has often led the charge in bringing pioneering IT solutions to end-users. Mustang Engineering is representative of SANZ’s forward-thinking customer-base that continuously seeks efficiencies in data management towards reducing infrastructure costs. We sincerely appreciate the support SANZ has provided NuView in delivering FLM to the early adopters of Data Lifecycle Management solutions.”
About the “Best Practices in Storage” Awards Program
The “Best Practices in Storage” Award Program honors companies with unique storage solutions in five categories: Systems Implementation, Storage Reliability and Data Recovery, Innovation and Promise, Industry Regulation Compliance and Corporate Governance, Data Lifecycle Management. Two co-winners and one honorable mention in each category will receive their awards at an onstage Awards Program at Storage Networking World Spring on April 7, 2004.
About SANZ
SANZ Inc. is a nationwide storage consulting and system integration firm focused exclusively on the design, deployment and support of intelligent data management. By utilizing a unique StorTrust(TM) process, SANZ is able to deliver solutions that enable data driven corporations and government agencies to maximize the value of their IT investments and secure their business-critical environments. SANZ's EarthWhere(TM) is a spatial data provisioning application that stores, manages, processes and delivers customized spatial imagery. SANZ is a subsidiary of SAN Holdings.
For additional information, contact Marie Gordon, SANZ Director of Marketing, 610-350-0303 or mgordon@sanz.com. Learn more about the company at www.sanz.com.
For media relations contact Heidi Juell of Origin Communications, 719-785-9900 or heidi.juell@origincom.com.
For additional information about EarthWhere, contact Mark Hardy, General Manager Geospatial Solutions & Services, 303-660-3933, ext. 201 or mhardy@sanz.com.
For investor relations information, contact Ronald Both of Liolios Group Inc., 949/574-3860 or ron@liolios.com.
About NuView
NuView, Inc., headquartered in Houston, TX, is a leading provider of storage management solutions that simplify the management of distributed file storage. In partnership with some of the world's leading companies, including Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP), NuView is delivering enterprise software that makes it easier for companies to find and manage the information they need while reducing the cost and complexity of networked storage management. Information about NuView's solutions can be found at www.nuview.com.
File Lifecycle Manager™ (FLM) is a policy-based data management solution that manages the lifecycle of files located on high-performance NetApp storage systems. FLM enables IT to perform various data management actions on their file data based on data's access patterns, attributes, location and other business-relevant parameters. Importantly, FLM allows lifecycle management activities to remain transparent to users, thereby preventing any downtime.
For more information, contact Apurva Patel, NuView, Inc., 281-497-0620 or apurva@NuView.com.
About Computerworld
Computerworld, the “Voice of IT Management,” is the most trusted source for the critical information needs of IT management. Through its weekly print publication, Computerworld.com website, focused conference series and custom research, Computerworld’s integrated offerings form the U.S.-based hub of the world’s largest (58-edition) global IT media network. Computerworld has won more than 100 print and online awards for editorial and design excellence in the past five years, including a Jesse H. Neal Award for “Best News Coverage,” 22 ASBPE awards and BtoB Magazine’s “Media Power 50” in 2003. In print since 1967, Computerworld currently has a guaranteed rate base of 180,000, a total print audience of 1,869,000 (according to IntelliQuest CIMS v.10.0), and an online audience of over 900,000 unique monthly visitors (according to DoubleClick). Breaking news and resources for IT management are available at www.computerworld.com.
Computerworld 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(R), Macworld Conference & Expo(R), DEMO(R), and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com.
About the Storage Networking Industry Association
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a not-for-profit organization made up of more than 300 companies and individuals spanning virtually the entire storage industry. SNIA members share a common goal: to set the pace of the industry by advancing the adoption of storage networks as complete and trusted solutions. To this end, the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education and services that will propel open storage networking solutions into the broader market. For further information, visit http://www.snia.org.
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:
Certain statements in this press release constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties. The Company intends that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other applicable federal securities laws. Any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made, represent management’s best judgment as to what may occur in the future. However, forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and important factors beyond the control of the Company that could cause actual results, performance, achievements or and events to differ materially from historical results of operations and events and those presently anticipated or projected. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: the rate of growth in the market for data storage products generally and for the types of products we sell in particular; the continued and future acceptance of the products we sell; the presence of competitors with greater technical, marketing and financial resources; our ability to promptly and effectively respond to technological change to meet evolving customer needs; our ability to successfully expand our operations; and our success at integrating with our own operations the operations and management of any business we acquire. Additional factors are discussed in the Company’s Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2002, its Form 8-K dated April 4, 2003, and its other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to which reference should be made.
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