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posted on 19 May 2008 13:38

LOS GATOS, Calif., May 19, 2008 – Hifn™ (NASDAQ: HIFN), the catalyst behind storage and networking innovation, today announced that Dallas Digital Services (DDS), a recognized Value-Added Storage Reseller and service provider of enterprise-level, mission-critical Storage Solutions, has joined the Hifn Channel 100 Partner Program.

DDS, based in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, will resell and integrate Hifn’s award-winning Swarm™ iSCSI storage appliances for its customers in industries such as manufacturing, telecommunications, government and education.

“We’ve already had great response to the Swarm appliances based on showing it to end users with IP infrastructures, and we’re seeing more traction now for Hifn encryption products as well since regulatory compliance is impacting many of the industries we serve,” said DDS Vice President Howie Evans. “The overall cost and ease of use make Hifn products a no-brainer, and the Hifn team is committed to supporting their channel partners.”

Analyst firm International Data Corp. (IDC) has projected that iSCSI will be about 25% of the overall storage market opportunity in 2011 with approximately $6 billion in revenues from iSCSI.  As the demand for iSCSI storage supporting both SAN and NAS increases, the Hifn Swarm series provides DDS with a means of meeting the needs of small and large customers alike. Swarm combines storage features in a size and scale appropriate for a small business, but at a competitive price for larger environments that require multiple units. When customers have an IP infrastructure in place, DDS can easily install additional appliances as the company grows.

“DDS has an excellent reputation for trouble-free integrations since every DDS storage specialist personally installs what they sell. Attracting a partner of this caliber is significant for Hifn because it speaks to both our commitment to our partners’ success with products that have unbeatable feature sets and impressive price/performance standards,” said John Matze, Vice President Business Development at Hifn.

As a member of Hifn’s Channel 100 Partner Program, DDS will enjoy resources such as training webinars, lead generation, product spiffs, joint customer visits with Hifn storage experts, discounted demo units, public relations and telemarketing support, and event and marketing program support based on sales volume.

About Swarm IP SAN Appliances from Hifn
The Swarm is a series of IP SAN appliances that delivers the benefits of storage networking to small and mid-sized business that want encryption, storage consolidation, centralized management, automatic backup, high availability and seamless integration with the Microsoft operating environment. The Hifn Swarm Series of iSCSI storage appliances provides an ideal IP SAN storage alternative to complex and costly Fibre Channel products with up to 9.75 terabytes of RAID-6 protected storage along with a full suite of storage services, including encryption, replication, point-in-time copy backup used for Windows Volume Shadow copy Service (VSS)-consistent snapshots and multipath I/O for high availability active-active configurations. Swarm IP SAN solutions are available now starting at $8,995. For more information please visit: http://www.hifn.com/appliance.

About Dallas Digital Services
Founded in 1996 as an on-site service provider for enterprise level Fortune 500 companies, DDS has grown into a recognized Value-Added Storage Reseller and service provider of enterprise-level, mission-critical storage solutions. DDS provides sales, installation and 24x7 on-site services to end-users and has direct relationships with industry leading manufacturers of data storage products.

Key relationships include Pillar Data Systems, Iron Mountain, Overland Storage, Qlogic, Hitachi, HP, Hifn SUN, and EMC. DDS is a recognized leader in the storage industry. It provides its customers with high-end storage products, and backs them with professional on-site installation and maintenance to ensure that mission critical data is safe and recoverable.
 
About Hifn
Hifn (NASDAQ:HIFN) delivers the key channel and OEM ingredients for 21st century storage and networking environments. Leveraging over a decade of leadership and expertise in the development of purpose-built Applied Service Processors (ASPs), we are a trusted partner to industry leaders for whom infrastructure innovation in storage and networking is critical to success. With the majority of secure networked communications flowing through Hifn technology, the 21st century convergence of storage and networking drives our product roadmap forward. For more information, please visit: www.hifn.com.

^{[Formatted by Paul Warren.]}