MONOSPHERE® ADDS BEAR DATA SYSTEMS TO ITS AUTHORIZED PARTNER NETWORK

Redwood City, Calif. – March 18, 2008 – MonoSphere Inc., the creator of award-winning storage capacity management software, today announced that BEAR Data Systems, an IT infrastructure solutions and services provider, has joined the MonoSphere® Authorized Partner Program. As a member of the program, BEAR Data will be adding the MonoSphere Storage Horizon software to its product line, as part of the company’s continuous efforts to offer its customers storage solutions that optimize their existing environments, decrease future capital spending, and reduce the provisioning and administration workload of storage teams.

“We see a tremendous customer need for a comprehensive storage capacity management software solution. By becoming a MonoSphere Authorized Partner, we can now offer our customers increased visibility into their current and future storage utilization, helping them get more out of their existing investments while allowing them to make informed decisions for future purchases,” said BEAR Data CEO Don James. “We are looking forward to implementing the Storage Horizon software from MonoSphere in our customers’ environments, because it complements our existing solutions and services, and helps our clients understand what is going on in their data centers at any moment, without making unnecessary investments.”

“We are pleased to have Bear Data, the award-winning IT solutions provider, join our network of partners,” said Ralph Hubregsen, vice president of sales at MonoSphere. “Our joint customers can now take advantage of the wide range of IT solutions and services from Bear Data combined with the powerful MonoSphere storage capacity management software for better IT planning and significant savings.”
The MonoSphere Authorized Partner Program is built on a formula combining Storage Horizon technology with partners’ storage infrastructure expertise to deploy unparalleled solutions that generate significant CapEx savings for end users.  MonoSphere provides support for partners throughout the implementation process and beyond – through training, feedback and industry expertise – ensuring that the joint customers derive the greatest benefit from their use of Storage Horizon.  More information on becoming a MonoSphere Authorized Partner can be found at http://www.monosphere.com/partners/index.html

About BEAR Data Systems, Inc.
BEAR Data Systems, Inc. helps clients architect, optimize and support mission-critical IT infrastructures. Specializations include unified communications, advanced networking, storage, datacenter, database and wireless solutions. With five offices throughout the West Coast, BEAR Data also helps business with IT staffing and support contract management services.  In 2007, BEAR Data was awarded the “Newcomer of the Year” award and ranked as the 13th fastest growing company in North America by VARBusiness. BEAR Data has also been awarded the Cisco Customer Satisfaction Excellence Award three years in a row.  BEAR Data combines expert engineering resources, best-of-breed technologies and superior customer service to deliver high performance IT solutions on-time and on-budget.

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, Velocity Interactive Group, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.  For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.monosphere.com.

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