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1 Passmore, R., Cox, R., (2006, June 7). MarketScope for iSCSI SAN Market 2006. Gartner Group Market Analysis.

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Corporate Overview

Intelligent IP SANs Made Simple StoneFly is an iSCSI pioneer, offering cost-effective, field-tested IP SAN solutions. With the scalable architecture of the intuitive StoneFusion platform, Stonefly IP SANs are ideal for storage deployments for all organizations. StoneFly focuses on IP SANs and enterprise-wide infrastructure solutions ranging from primary storage, secondary storage, integrated disk-to-disk backup and disaster recovery solutions. According to a recent Gartner1 report, StoneFly is an influential iSCSI vendor with a promising rating.

StoneFusion Storage Virtualization The award-winning StoneFusion® Intelligent Network Storage Platform (NSP), StoneFly’s patented storage networking architecture reduces the total cost of ownership by lowering management costs and increasing storage utilization. By adding block level storage intelligence to the IP network, StoneFusion powered Storage Concentrators deliver all the benefits of managed SANs: including increased storage utilization through resource consolidation, storage provisioning, centralized access control, volume management, and advanced storage services including clustering, mirroring, and snapshotting. At its heart is a robust storage virtualization engine that enables provisioning of physical storage resources in to virtual volumes. StoneFusion has been designed to integrate across the StoneFly product line ranging from Integrated Storage Concentrators (ISCs), to OptiSANs and Voyagers. With StoneFusion the power of IP SANs is at your fingertips.


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Corporate Overview

Intelligent IP SANs Made Simple StoneFly is an iSCSI pioneer, offering cost-effective, field-tested IP SAN solutions. With the scalable architecture of the intuitive StoneFusion platform, Stonefly IP SANs are ideal for storage deployments for all organizations. StoneFly focuses on IP SANs and enterprise-wide infrastructure solutions ranging from primary storage, secondary storage, integrated disk-to-disk backup and disaster recovery solutions. According to a recent Gartner1 report, StoneFly is an influential iSCSI vendor with a promising rating.

StoneFusion Storage Virtualization The award-winning StoneFusion® Intelligent Network Storage Platform (NSP), StoneFly’s patented storage networking architecture reduces the total cost of ownership by lowering management costs and increasing storage utilization. By adding block level storage intelligence to the IP network, StoneFusion powered Storage Concentrators deliver all the benefits of managed SANs: including increased storage utilization through resource consolidation, storage provisioning, centralized access control, volume management, and advanced storage services including clustering, mirroring, and snapshotting. At its heart is a robust storage virtualization engine that enables provisioning of physical storage resources in to virtual volumes. StoneFusion has been designed to integrate across the StoneFly product line ranging from Integrated Storage Concentrators (ISCs), to OptiSANs and Voyagers. With StoneFusion the power of IP SANs is at your fingertips.


2000

* Founded

* StoneFusion v2* i2000 Released* i3000 Released

* GSA Contract Extended* StoneFlex and OptiSAN-HD Introduced* Certified with VMWare and Citrix* StoneFusion v6.1 and SAN Encryption Released* Named CRN Emerging Vendor

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

* Info World Technology of the Year* Replicator CDP Introduced* StoneFusion v4 Released * ValueSAN and OptiSAN Introduced

* Signed European Distributor* CRN Emerging Vendor * Certified with Sun, emBoot and XenSource* StoneFusion v6 Released* ISC v2 Introduced* Awarded Virtualization Patent

* Stonefusion v6.2 and 6.3 Released* Voyager Introduced* SSD Support Introduced

* Acquired by DNF Storage* StoneFusion v4.3 and v5 Released* ISC and HSC Introduced* 10G IP SANs Introduced* i4000 Introduced* OptiSAN v2 Introduced

* StoneFlex USS and QUSS Released* Voyager TSC Released

* Backup Advantage Introduced

* i1000 Released

Corporate Overview

© StoneFly, Inc. All rights reserved. All features, hardware and software performance specifications are subject to change without notice. StoneFly Inc., Storage Concentrator and the StoneFly logotype are trademarks of StoneFly, Inc. U.S. Patent No. 7,302,500; 7,555,586; and 7,558,885. All other brands, product names, company names, trade names, trademarks, and service marks used are the property of their respective owners.

THE STONEFLY ADVANTAGEStoneFly is one of the earliest vendors in the iSCSI space, designing its products during the first wave of iSCSI. As a result, Stonefly customers have been deploying StoneFusion based solutions since 2002. The StoneFusion powered IP SANs offer key features including active/active clustering, storage virtualization, snapshots, encryption and asynchronous and synchronous mirroring. StoneFly solutions are cost-effective, and offer a range of deployment options to fit every deployment.

SOLUTIONSStoneFly’s cost-effective IP SANs are integral to storage consolidation efforts, server virtualization implementations, email archiving initiatives, layered disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.

AFFILIATIONS AND PARTNERSStoneFly is a member of the Storage Networking Industry Association [SNIA] and the IP Storage Forum sub-committee. StoneFly partners with industry leaders including Intel, Microsoft, VMware, Citrix/Xen, Sun Microsystems, emBoot, and Qlogic.

StoneFly Products and SolutionsThe Voyager product family enables the flexibility to start small, and scale up to support 128 SAS, SATA or SSD disks for versatile IP SAN performance. The OptiSAN product line features active/active clustering, load-balancing, integrated IP SAN management and high availability for mission critical applications. The Integrated Storage Concentrator (ISC) product line is a cost-effective easy to deploy IP-SAN-in-a-Box, offering storage and management integrated into a single chassis.

StoneFly CustomersStoneFly customers are in wide-ranging industries ranging from government, education, non-profit, Fortune 1000, media, entertainment and high technology. StoneFly customers include information technology pacemakers including the San Antonio Spurs, Public Broadcasting Service, Catholic Charities, Nancy’s Specialty Foods and more.

ABOUT STONEFLYStoneFly, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, was founded in April 2000 to deliver upon the vision of simple and affordable storage consolidation and disaster recovery protection through its pioneering IP SAN solutions. In 2006, Dynamic Network Factory (dba DNF Storage) acquired StoneFly (re-incorporated as StoneFly, Inc). StoneFly is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynamic Network Factory, a leading maker of high-performance network attached storage, storage area networks, RAID and iSCSI systems. StoneFly continues to develop appliances to transform IP Networks in to IP SANs and expand into OEM and embedded markets with the intuitive StoneFusion Operating System. www.stonefly.com.

San Diego Office6191 Cornerstone Court, #105San Diego, CA 92121

Phone: 510.265.1616Fax: 510.265.1565

StoneFly, Inc.www.StoneFly.com www.iSCSI.com

Headquarters21353 Cabot BlvdHayward, CA 94545

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