Diligent Technologies Signs Global Reseller Agreement with Sun Microsystems

Diligent Technologies Corporation, a leading provider of
enterprise-class de-duplication and data protection solutions, today
announced that it has entered into a global reseller agreement with
Sun Microsystems to resell the ProtecTIER(TM) suite of solutions
(enterprise and mid-range configurations) through both its direct
sales teams and the channel.

Data de-duplication is arguably the hottest emerging storage
technology and is reshaping the nature of data protection. Diligent's
ProtecTIER is the first and only proven de-duplication solution to
meet the challenging demands of enterprise data centers. Diligent and
Sun already have joint ProtecTIER customers - some with over 1 PB of
physical storage under management.

"This is another big win for Diligent," says Heidi Biggar, analyst
at the Enterprise Strategy Group. "It is a further testament to the
strength of the ProtecTIER solution in both midsize and especially
large data centers where there have been some questions about the
ability of de-duplication technologies in general to meet the rigors
(in terms of both performance and reliability) of these types of
environments."

Diligent's ProtecTIER, offered in configurations to meet both
enterprise and mid-range enterprise needs, is a proven de-duplication
solution that offers the combination of the following per-node
attributes: 400 MB/s inline throughput; up to 1 PB of physical
capacity; and fine-grain data/source agnostic de-duplication algorithm
that provides 100% data integrity.

"Data de-duplication in enterprise data-centers is a significant
technological challenge, requiring specialized architecture, combining
scalability, flexibility and resilience. Our cumulative experience
successfully serving this market, and the references we've obtained
over 18 months of production deployments continue to be determining
factors in customers' and partners' decisions to adopt ProtecTIER,"
said Doron Kempel, Chairman and CEO of Diligent Technologies. "We are
excited about the partnership with Sun and the opportunity to offer
ProtecTIER to their growing customer base."

About Diligent Technologies Corporation

Diligent delivers scalable, proven, enterprise-class disk-based
data protection solutions. Diligent's ProtecTIER(TM) platform, powered
by HyperFactor(TM), a game-changing inline data de-duplication
technology, enables customers to protect more data while recording
less of it, all without disrupting existing policies, practices and
procedures in their data center. Diligent's solutions and professional
services are available through its reseller and partner channels along
with sales, service and R&D support located worldwide. Information on
Diligent Technologies is available on the World Wide Web at
www.diligent.com, tel: +1-508-663-1300 or e-mail: info@diligent.com.

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