AppIQ Demonstrates Leadership in Managing Heterogeneous Storage Infrastructure at Storage Networking World, Spring 2005

Business Wire, April 11, 2005

PHOENIX -- This week at Storage Networking World (SNW), Spring 2005 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, Arizona, AppIQ(TM), Inc., a leading provider of software solutions that enable data storage to be managed as a business-focused IT utility, will again demonstrate its leadership in managing multi-vendor data storage infrastructure. Enterprise IT organizations will see numerous examples of how AppIQ software reduces the costs of managing growing storage capacity while improving storage service quality and data availability.

--AppIQ StorageAuthority(R) Suite, the company's award-winning storage area network (SAN) management and storage resource management (SRM) solution family, will be featured in the SNW Interoperability & Solutions Demo. Showcased in the exhibit's Storage Management theme area, AppIQ's management software will demonstrate how the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) can be used to deliver standards-based provisioning, monitoring, and reporting on storage systems, fabric switches, and tape libraries from multiple storage vendors, including ADIC, Brocade, EMC, Engenio, IBM, HP, McDATA, NetApp, and Xiotech. As a prerequisite for participating in this demo, AppIQ played an instrumental role in SMI-Lab5, a highly recognized collaborative event held at the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Technology Center in Colorado. SMI-Lab5 is helping accelerate the delivery of SMI-S-compliant products from SNIA member companies to simplify the management of heterogeneous storage infrastructure.

--OEM versions of AppIQ's management software will be demonstrated throughout the SNW expo in the exhibits of AppIQ's strategic OEM partners:

--Engenio will demonstrate Storage Performance Analyzer, Powered by AppIQ, in Booth G12.

--Hitachi Data Systems will demonstrate Hitachi HiCommand(R) Storage Services Manager, Powered by AppIQ, in Booth P16.

--HP will demonstrate HP Storage Essentials, Powered by AppIQ, in Booth P10.

--SGI will demonstrate SGI InfiniteStorage(TM) Resource Manager, Powered by AppIQ, in Booth G13.

--Sun Microsystems will demonstrate Sun StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager Advanced Applications, Powered by AppIQ, in Booth P8.

--AppIQ will provide its own guided tours of AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite in Booth G9.

--AppIQ Vice President of Marketing Tom Rose will present "Six Steps to Building an ILM Foundation" as part of the Deployable Solutions Track at 4:55 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13. Mr. Rose will discuss the business drivers for Information Lifecycle Management (ILM); how to ensure the success of ILM projects; and why SRM and SAN management solutions are essential cornerstones for ILM. He will further explain a Six Step Methodology to implementing ILM.

For more information about the conference, visit http://www.snwusa.com.

About AppIQ

AppIQ(TM), Inc. is a leading provider of open Storage Area Network (SAN) management and Storage Resource Management (SRM) solutions. Customers worldwide in almost every industry rely on AppIQ software to simplify the management of storage infrastructure, reduce operational costs, and synchronize IT resources with business needs. AppIQ StorageAuthority(R) Suite and "Powered by AppIQ" solutions are "Enabling the storage utility"(TM) for today's data-intensive enterprise by seamlessly integrating storage resource visualization, provisioning, monitoring, reporting, and policy-based automation, and by correlating the availability of business-critical applications with SAN configuration, capacity, and performance. AppIQ products are sold across all continents through strategic OEM partners Engenio, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, SGI, and Sun Microsystems, and a global network of resellers. AppIQ is based in Burlington, MA, USA. For more information, visit www.appiq.com.

(C) 2005 AppIQ, Inc. AppIQ and "Enabling the storage utility" are trademarks and StorageAuthority is a registered trademark of AppIQ, Inc. in the United States and in other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.