Azlan, Enterprise Division of Tech Data GmbH & Co. OHG, is the Latest to Join StarWind Worldwide Distribution Network

Wakefield, MA – May 15, 2013 - StarWind Software Inc., an innovative provider of iSCSI SAN software, announced today that they have extended their distribution channels. The company has made an agreement with Azlan, Europe’s leading value-added distributor of enterprise networking, server, storage and software solutions. This agreement gives Azlan rights to distribute StarWind’s full line of iSCSI SAN and VM Backup software solutions in Germany and other European countries.

StarWind’s storage virtualization solutions, designed for VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer virtual environments, run on any standard physical or virtual server, and create fault-tolerant and high-performance shared storage (SAN/NAS) within minutes. Providing true high availability and disaster recovery, they are affordable for SMBs, and can meet the needs of the most demanding enterprise customers with regards to capacity, performance and scalability.

“Azlan’s extensive network of value-added resellers will definitely provide us with the market penetration we seek to reach our full sales potential,” said Artem Berman, Chief Executive Officer of StarWind Software. “We are confident that their significant experience, excellent knowledge of European virtualization markets, and their highly qualified team will help us to boost our position in the marketplace.”

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StarWind Extends the List of OEM Relationships to Deliver Advanced, Comprehensive, High Performance Solution to SMBs

Wakefield, MA – April 8, 2013 - StarWind Software Inc., an innovative provider of storage virtualization software and VM backup technology, announced today that it has signed a strategic Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partnership agreement with WD, a world leader in external storage and connected home solutions. Under the terms of this agreement, the released software upgrade v1.5.7.30 adds the new ability for WD Sentinel™ DX4000 small office storage server to act as an iSCSI target. The support for iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN) with newly introduced iSCSI target capability is powered by StarWind™.

With the integrated solution, customers will benefit from a comprehensive set of mission critical storage services, including active-active failover, mirroring, replication, snapshot, and a key-based authentication feature to ensure an unparalleled level of business continuity, off-site disaster recovery capability, and total storage access security.

“As we consider OEM partnerships to be a very important aspect of our strategy, we are very pleased to partner with WD to further expand the StarWind storage virtualization solution across a broader range of markets.” said Artem Berman, Chief Executive Officer of StarWind Software. “We are confident that the WD Sentinel DX4000 storage server working in conjunction with StarWind iSCSI SAN will enable high performance, scalable, and cost-effective business continuity environments.”

StarWind is one of the finalists in the Datacentre Storage Software Product of the Year category that have been shortlisted by a judging panel of respected editors

Wakefield, MA – April 8, 2013 - StarWind Software Inc., a leading provider of storage virtualization software, today announced that a panel of esteemed editors and industry analysts selected its storage virtualization solution, StarWind iSCSI SAN & NAS, as a finalist for the prestigious Datacentre Solutions Awards 2013 in the Datacentre Storage Software Product of the Year category.

The Datacentre Solutions (DCS) Awards reward products, projects, and services, as well as honor companies and teams operating in data centre fields. The DCS awards also recognize the achievements of end-users, channel partners, and vendors.

StarWind reached the final of the DCS Awards after demonstrating the positive impact of its storage virtualization software on the data centre. StarWind iSCSI SAN & NAS provides the fault-tolerant and high performance shared storage that delivers high availability (HA), improved data protection, and simplified storage management, thereby making all the benefits and advantages of virtualization affordable even for SMB customers.

“It is a great achievement to have been shortlisted for the Datacentre Solutions Awards,” said Artem Berman, Chief Executive Officer of StarWind Software. “Our finalist status validates the strong competitive advantage and measurable ROI that StarWind iSCSI SAN & NAS provides. We look forward to the award announcement in May and wish all the finalists good luck throughout the public voting period.”

The final award decision will be determined by online public voting through May 9, 2013. The winners will be honored on May 23, 2013, at a black tie award ceremony and program at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel and Conference Centre London Kensington.

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StarWind has been nominated as a finalist for The Storries X (The Storage Awards) in the category of Storage Virtualisation Product of the Year

Wakefield, MA – April 2013 - StarWind Software Inc., an innovative provider of storage virtualization software, announced today that the company has been named as a finalist for The Storries X (The Storage Awards 2013). StarWind’s virtualization software, StarWind iSCSI SAN, is nominated in the category of Storage Virtualisation Product of the Year.

Every year, Storage Magazine, the UK based magazine that focuses on the software industry in the fields of storage, backup, archiving and compliance, disaster recovery, data deduplication, NAS devices and other IT-related news, holds the prestigious “The Storage Awards” that recognize the industry’s top leaders for their achievements during the past year. Apart from the editor’s selections, the awards are given based on readership votes. Readers may go online and vote on the featured nominees. Last year, the 2012 Awards saw in excess of 8,500 readers voting (41,000+ votes cast in total) for their favorite products, people, and companies.

StarWind has been nominated for its StarWind iSCSI SAN software that provides the key component required for the virtualization environment in order to eliminate its vulnerability – the fault-tolerant shared storage that delivers high availability (HA), improved data protection, and simplified storage management.

StarWind is up against 14 other nominees in the Storage Virtualisation Product of the Year category, including Dell, IBM, DataCore, and NetApp.

“StarWind Software continues to be recognized throughout the industry for its ability to deliver the efficiency, enhancements, and simplification in storage virtualization,” said Artem Berman, Chief Executive Officer of StarWind Software. “We are pleased to be once again honored for our achievements by being named a finalist in The Storage Awards 2013.”

The winners of The Storage Awards will be announced on June 6, 2013 at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London.

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