WysDM Makes “Short List" For Techworld Awards

May 28, 2007; 02:34 AM

WysDM Software, Inc., the leading provider of innovative data protection management (DPM) solutions, announced today that Techworld has named WysDM for Backups^TM as a finalist for its Storage Management Product of the Year Award for 2007.

The Techworld Awards recognize the highest standards of achievement and are considered a benchmark in the computer industry. Companies and their products are evaluated based on strategy, creativity, innovation and effectiveness. The awards ceremony and gala dinner will be held at Gibson Hall, Bishopsgate, in the heart of the city of London, England on Wednesday, June 27, 2007.

“WysDM for Backups demonstrated the distinguishing features of a product finalist based on innovation, creativity and proven effectiveness,” said Max Cooter, editor, Techworld. “Our mission is to help customers identify those companies and products that will deliver the most strategic value for IT. WysDM for Backups received strong scores in each of our criteria areas."

“Being named a finalist for the Techworld Awards Storage Management Product of the Year is truly an honor,” said Alan Atkinson, CEO, WysDM Software. “Recognition from a trusted source like Techworld is further validation that our WysDM for Backups solution delivers the strategic value customers need to ensure the integrity and reliability of their data protection infrastructure."

More information about the Techworld Awards can be found at the web site: www.techworld.com/awards.

About WysDM

WysDM is the industry’s first and only data protection management (DPM) supplier to offer detailed, custom analysis of the entire data protection environment, providing the most comprehensive insight into past, present and future data protection reliability, performance and compliance. Founded in 2001 by a team of storage and software executives from Goldman Sachs, Micromuse, and StorageNetworks, the company has established significant traction on the customer, partner and technology fronts. Its flagship product, WysDM for Backups^™, uses the company’s patent-pending Cross-Domain Correlation^™ technology to enable system administrators and IT teams to analyze information collected from network, storage, system, and application domains to provide the most comprehensive, real-time backup analysis available. For more information, visit www.wysdm.com.