Leading Industry Analyst Firm Names FilesX a ”Cool Vendor” in Data Protection

Vendors Selected for the Cool Vendor Report are Innovative, Impactful, and Intriguing

FilesX Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive next-generation data protection and disaster recovery solutions, has been included in the “Cool Vendors in Data Protection, 2008” report by Dave Russell, et al., Gartner, Inc., published on March 21, 2008.

The mission at FilesX is provide customers with the power to instantly recover any type and amount of data, anywhere in the organization, from any previous point-in-time, no matter what happens to cause a loss of data.

FilesX has proven the value of its solutions with over 100 customers in healthcare, financial services, government, education, and other industry verticals.

“We are very pleased that a major industry analyst like Gartner has recognized FilesX as a Cool Vendor by including us in its report,” said Jimmy Garcia-Meza, CEO at FilesX. “The Xpress Restore® solution suite represents the next generation of data protection platforms. The demand for elimination of backup windows, for fast, granular recovery of lost data in central and remote sites is rapidly accelerating. Xpress Restore® delivers the ability to instantly recover mission critical information with a comprehensive, easy-to-use, yet cost-effective solution suite for data centers and remote office protection. Our expanding customer base demands speed, flexibility, and ease of use without the costs of expensive hardware based solutions. We will continue to lead the charge in Instant Application and Data Recovery Everywhere.”

About Gartner’s Cool Vendors Selection Process

Gartner’s listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose. Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enabling users to do things they couldn’t do before; Impactful, having, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, having caught Gartner’s interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

Gartner clients can access the “Cool Vendors in Data Protection, 2008” report at http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=628308&subref= simplesearch (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser’s address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)

About FilesX

FilesX, Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive next-generation data protection and disaster recovery solutions, enabling global enterprises around-the-clock protection of mission critical applications in data centers and remote offices. FilesX’ unique CDP On-Demand™ technology allows customers to meet their RPO and RTO objectives on a per-application basis. By blending continuous, frequent and scheduled protection engines, Xpress Restore® allows customers to ensure business continuity while reducing hardware, bandwidth and labor costs. FilesX is headquartered in Newton, MA.

FilesX is a proud member of the Hewlett Packard Information Management and Storage Partner Program, the Integrity Solution Builder Program and the BladeSystem Solution Builder Program; has achieved IBM Server Proven, System Storage Proven, Ready for Tivoli Software, and Built On IBM Advantage Express accreditations; and is a Microsoft Gold Partner.

For more information about FilesX and its Xpress Restore® solutions, visit http://www.filesx.com or download the new whitepaper “Next Generation Data Protection for Mid-Sized Companies” at http://www.filesx.com/forms/wp-msc.asp.

Contacts

Murray|Sagl PR
Jacqueline Sagl, 978-265-3663
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FilesX
Richard C. Vining, 617-581-6367
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