ONStor and Hammer Announce Distribution Agreement
NAS Gateway provider and storage specialist joins forces to provide compelling enterprise-class storage solution for the SME market

CAMPBELL, CA – June 6, 2006 - As part of the continuing drive to grow its range of complete, enterprise-class solutions, leading storage specialist, Hammer, has confirmed an agreement to distribute ONStor’s NAS Gateways . ONStor, the leading manufacturer of NAS Gateways for file storage consolidation, selected Hammer to strengthen its channel strategy.

“This is an important development for us, as we look to add further value to our RAID offerings,” confirms Hammer solutions manager, Paul Hickingbotham. “Unlike traditional competitors, who typically include NAS Gateways as part of a broader proprietary storage solution, ONStor’s highly scalable, open systems approach enables customers to deploy the storage of their choice.

“In line with our overall business development strategy therefore, this means that we are able to add ONStor enterprise-class NAS Gateway appliances to any of our vendors’ storage products to tailor an enterprise-class NAS solution to fit each client’s specific needs.”

The agreement also recognises the general move away from a strong reliance on tier one products in meeting customers’ storage requirements. “There is an increasing demand for products which offer similar or better performance at lower cost,” confirms Hickingbotham. “With ONStor, we are able to satisfy those customers looking for a strong feature set at a highly competitive price point.”

For his part, ONStor’s UK Managing Director Gerald Sommariva sees the agreement with Hammer as a vital step towards the Company’s goal of establishing a significant presence in the UK market. “As our products form part of a complete solution, it is essential that we build an effective indirect channel. Hammer’s unrivalled reputation, strong customer base and single-minded storage focus makes it the perfect distribution partner as we look to expand our business.”

“In short, the feature-rich ONStor solution outscales and outperforms the competition and is supported by Hammer’s complete service wrap-around,” confirms Hickingbotham. “All this adds up to a compelling offering for the increasingly important SME market,” he concludes.

About ONStor
ONStor is the leader in enterprise-class NAS Gateways that consolidate file services on multi-vendor storage. ONStor storage solutions dramatically reduce management costs by providing customers with the most easily scaled storage environment, and reduce capital costs by delivering the freedom and flexibility of the industry's most interoperable platform. ONStor products and technology are offered by leading system integrators and resellers worldwide. All products are backed by a host of support offerings and by ONStor's uncompromising commitment to customer service. More information about ONStor can be found at www.ONStor.com or by calling toll-free 877-2ON-STOR (877-266-7867).