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FileTek's Award-Winning StorHouse Data and Access Management Software Now Runs on IBM AIX Platforms

Rockville, MD (February 16, 2005) - FileTek, Inc., a data access and management software company, today announced that it has ported its award-winning StorHouse® software components to IBM's AIX platform. This port facilitates StorHouse operation in IT environments where AIX is the customer standard.

StorHouse is a comprehensive data storage and access management system specifically designed to administer massive amounts of structured and unstructured fixed content, historical data, and their associated backups. StorHouse technology combines industry-leading, scalable storage devices and Open System processors with specialized storage management, file system interface, and relational database management system (RDBMS) software components

The ported StorHouse software components, StorHouse/SM, StorHouse/RM, and StorHouse/BW, perform the following functions.

StorHouse/SM, the StorHouse storage management component, controls a virtual hierarchy of storage devices, including RAID, ATA disk, massive arrays of idle disks (MAID), optical, and tape to provide a single view of storage to client applications. Because of this virtualization, users never need to be concerned about where data resides. StorHouse/SM is also responsible for automating critical system management tasks such as data migration, backup, replication, retention, and recovery.

StorHouse/RM, the StorHouse relational database management component, works in conjunction with StorHouse/SM to specifically administer the storage, access, and movement of relational data. Features include ODBC, SQL, and ESQL interfaces; high-speed FTP data load and unload utilities for moving information to and from StorHouse databases; and direct, row-level access to data from any StorHouse-managed device.

StorHouse/BW is a comprehensive database extension system for aged SAP Business Intelligence (SAP BI) data. Managed through an SAP-created graphical user interface (GUI), StorHouse/BW provides all features of StorHouse/SM and StorHouse/RM, plus enhanced SAP BW performance, operation, cost-effectiveness, and data availability. Because StorHouse is highly integrated with SAP BI, a key capability of the SAP NetWeaver technology platform, as a fixed content database, users can access the system seamlessly through standard SAP BI query and reporting tools.

John G. Burgess, FileTek's Chief Technical Officer and Vice President of Development, remarked, "FileTek's objective is to make historical, or aged, data readily available throughout its useful lifecycle. Our StorHouse product supports many features that promote data availability, including enhanced MAID operation and data redundancy capabilities. Now, with StorHouse operating on Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX platforms, FileTek can deliver these and other StorHouse benefits to more customer installations worldwide."

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