[June 06, 2005] ExaGrid Founder and CTO to Address the Storage World Conference 2005; Dave Therrien Will Discuss Data Protection Strategies; ExaGrid Selected as Finalist for MVP Awards Tweet WESTBOROUGH, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- June 6, 2005 -- ExaGrid Systems, innovators in Self-Protecting Storage, today announced that Founder and CTO Dave Therrien will be a speaker as part of the "Data Protection Summit" panel at the Storage World Conference 2005. Additionally, ExaGrid's Advanstor storage and data protection solution has been named a finalist in the "Most Innovative Product" category of the Most Valuable Product (MVP) Awards Program. Winners will be announced at the show, which is being held at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California from June 7 through June 9. ExaGrid will be showcasing Advanstor in Booth #328. Mr. Therrien will join industry luminaries from Computer Associates Intl., Njini, Inc., Revivio, Inc., Rocksoft, Inc., VERITAS Software Corporation and Taneja Group on the Data Protection Summit panel, and present his views on how mirroring (synch or a-synch), point-in-time copy, journaling, snapshot copy, incremental or differential backup align with current end-user data protection strategies. During the discussion, Mr. Therrien and the panel will tackle topics that include virtual tape library (VTL), continuous data protection (CDP) and content addressed storage (CAS). As a pioneer in Self-Protecting Storage systems, Mr. Therrien will provide his unique perspective on the major trends - including hardware commoditization and emerging virtualization and grid technologies - that are enabling organizations of all sizes to more cost effectively and efficiently address the data protection imperative. -0- *T WHO: Dave Therrien, Founder and CTO of ExaGrid Systems WHAT: Data Protection Summit Panel WHEN: Wednesday, June 8 at 4:00 p.m. PDT WHERE: Storage World Conference 2005 Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA Room 104C www.storageworldconference.com *T Members of the media and market research communities interested in meeting with Mr. Therrien at the Storage World Conference 2005 are invited to contact Bryan Grillo at CHEN PR ([email protected], 781-466-8282, ext. 29). About ExaGrid Systems ExaGrid Systems, an innovator in Self-Protecting Storage, provides the industry's most comprehensive integrated storage and data protection solutions. Targeted at midsized organizations, ExaGrid's Advanstor products simplify and automate data protection, while reducing costs. The company is privately held with funding from top-tier investors Highland Capital Partners and Sigma Partners. ExaGrid Systems can be reached at www.exagrid.com or by calling 508-898-2872. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]