Isilon Announces Certification

SEATTLE -- Isilon(R) Systems (NASDAQ:ISLN), the leader in clustered storage, today announced that Isilon IQ is the industry's first clustered storage system to receive certification of interoperability with NetVault(R): Backup from BakBone Software. Isilon Systems can now provide customers with a reliable storage solution that integrates with BakBone's enterprise-class data protection software and scales to meet the demands of the large and rapidly growing stores of digital content and other unstructured data proliferating in the enterprise.This certified integration enables companies to improve their data protection operations and tap into their critical information to accelerate businesses and realize breakthroughs.

Isilon's clustered storage systems have been tested with BakBone's NetVault:Backup data protection solution and together, the technologies enable customers to rapidly deploy, manage and secure mission-critical storage environments. Targeted for the network data management protocol (NDMP), the solution provides automated integration and backup of unstructured data and digital content with a seamless interface to manage data between the online environment and the archived storage library, ensuring quick accessibility and retrieval by users throughout the enterprise.

"We are pleased to partner with Isilon to provide joint customers with BakBone's award-winning, heterogeneous data protection solution," said Jeff Drescher, Director of Product Management, BakBone. "Our NetVault: Backup software proved to be a strong fit for Isilon's clustered storage systems, and will provide customers with a complete solution to proactively manage the many different types of unstructured data in their enterprise environments, ultimately ensuring data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity."

Isilon Systems Inc.