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MARANTI NETWORKS JOINS MICROSOFT PARTNER SOLUTIONS CENTER

Maranti Networks, a leader in providing adaptive storage networking solutions, announced its participation in the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center (MPSC). The MPSC is a facility designed to bring together world-class technology companies dedicated to the rapid development of secure, end-to-end networking solutions required by Microsoft customers to maintain a competitive advantage in today's marketplace. Maranti's adaptive storage networking technology enables customers to define, stage and deploy data center storage solutions within the MPSC to rapidly validate their enterprise applications. Customers can also benefit by leveraging various storage solutions modeled within the MPSC -- based on Maranti's technology -- to simplify and rapidly deploy Microsoft application solutions.

"Maranti is working within the MPSC to deliver data center storage solutions in a unique multi-vendor environment where enterprise end users can rapidly build and test end-to-end storage solutions to meet their business needs," said Harish Nayak, vice president of marketing at Maranti Networks. "By leveraging the combined expertise available through the MPSC and Maranti's adaptive storage networking technology, customers can efficiently and effectively validate storage solutions for rapid deployment. We're very proud to be working with Microsoft within the MPSC."

"Participation in the MPSC underscores Maranti's commitment to enter the market with reliable, well tested solutions validated by real customer applications with demonstrated ROI," said Nancy Marrone-Hurley, senior analyst at Enterprise Storage Group. "Participation in the MPSC validates Maranti's technology for customers, prospective customers and potential OEMs, giving each the opportunity to see the benefits Maranti's technology provides. The fact that the MPSC has chosen Maranti as a storage infrastructure partner moving forward proves that this is an extremely viable solution that customers should feel comfortable deploying in enterprise environments."

"The MPSC offers our customers the ability to extend Microsoft solutions with MPSC Partner technologies that can help transform and improve their business," said Steve Nielsen, director of the MPSC at Microsoft Corp. "Joining the MPSC demonstrates Maranti's commitment to delivering agile, high-performance solutions to customers, and will greatly help us design, develop and deliver solutions for the storage networking market."