STORAGE CAPACITY MANAGEMENT PLANNING SAVES ORGANIZATIONS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR IN POWER AND COOLING

Storage Capacity Management Software from MonoSphere Cuts Power and Cooling Costs in Half

Redwood City, Calif. – Dec 18, 2007 – MonoSphere Inc., the creator of award-winning storage capacity management software, today announced that medium and large organizations using its latest storage capacity management software can save millions of dollars in power and cooling while significantly reducing capital expenditures. The real-world calculations were done using the example of an organization with 2.5 petabytes of storage at 40 percent utilization and a cost of $20,000 per terabyte. As a result of implementing the Storage Horizon® software from MonoSphere, the company would realize power and cooling savings of $3 million over the three-year lifespan of the hardware and cut the capital expenditures in half while storage utilization would double.

According to Gartner, by 2008, 50 percent of current data centers will have insufficient power and cooling capacity to meet the demands of high-density equipment. From this perspective, the need for comprehensive capacity management planning that leads to major power and cooling savings should be vital to any organization.

“When evaluating storage capacity management software, most companies consider the immediate capital cost savings achieved by purchasing less hardware, because of increased utilization that is the result of systematic capacity management,” said Frank Kettenstock, vice president of marketing at MonoSphere. ”While this is immediately visible and substantial, some companies may not realize that the power and cooling savings are also very significant, allowing organizations to allocate the money to other projects.”

The Storage Horizon software from MonoSphere is a comprehensive storage capacity management solution that does not require installation of software agents on application servers; the system deploys in only a few hours and immediately collects and analyzes storage data, providing a view of current and forecasted storage usage. Pricing is determined by the number of terabytes managed.

About MonoSphere
MonoSphere provides agent-less storage capacity management software that enables Global 3000 companies to forecast, plan, and optimize their storage capacity.  Providing unprecedented visibility into an organization’s storage resources, MonoSphere’s award-winning Storage Horizon software dramatically reduces spending on storage infrastructure.  With headquarters in Redwood City, Calif., the company is venture-backed by top-tier investors Intel Capital, ComVentures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.  For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.monosphere.com.

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