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WhipTail Technologies Inc., a provider of solid-state drive (SSD) Tier 0 storage appliances, recently announced that it has been selected as Sprout Award winner from Everything Channel. The Sprout Awards spotlight companies that are in the earliest stages of promising technology and product development in areas including Client application, Client hardware, Server application, Server hardware, Cloud computing, Storage, Networking, Wireless, Mobility, Social Networking, Consumer Electronics and more. The award program was created in conjunction with The Sightline Group to recognize leading technology startup companies. The Sprout Awards were revealed at XChange '09, taking place August 17-20 at the Gaylord National Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Available in capacities up to 6TB, all WhipTail appliances are manufactured as a 2 rack unit (2U) – making WhipTail the highest-capacity SSD tier 0 appliance available to mid- to large-sized enterprises, with the smallest footprint. WhipTail is best suited for enterprises with poorly performing databases, over-taxed virtualization storage pools and underperforming email systems.

When compared with traditional storage, the WhipTail SSD appliance:

• Accelerates the delivery of data by a factor of 10
• Reduces report run time by a factor of 10
• Provides up to a 90 percent energy savings
• Reduces the data center footprint by 60 percent
• Reduces database report generation and load time by 90 percent

"While WhipTail Technologies is a young company, the technology on which the company was founded had been a work in progress for many months beforehand," said Ed Rebholz, CEO of WhipTail Technologies. "It's been just eight months since the official company launch, and with the channel being such a key component of our go-to-market strategy, we are honored to be recognized by Everything Channel and The Sightline Group as a Sprout Award winner. This honor further underscores the value we are bringing to the industry in bringing a one-of-a-kind solution to the market – with increased performance at an affordable price point. With WhipTail, enterprises no longer need to resort to heavy investments in magnetic disk to combat the effects of disk contention and latency."

"We created The Sprout Awards to introduce promising new technologies to marketplace and learn why they are on track to become the next hot company," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. "All of the startups and technologies that were introduced to us were very impressive. However, the WhipTail SSD Tier 0 storage technology was the cream of the crop. We congratulate them on a job well done and wish them continued success as they bring their technology to market."

The Sprout Award winners were chosen by the CRN editorial department and the CRN Test Center. Selection criteria was based upon a variety of aspects such as the type of product or service, the compelling story of the background of their founders, to the back-story of "born in a garage" or "designed on a coffee shop napkin."

About WhipTail Technologies, Inc.
WhipTail Technologies, based in Summit, N.J., provides SSD tier 0 storage appliances designed to drastically reduce disk contention and access times – allowing database or virtualization servers to process more data in dramatically less time. WhipTail, a patent-pending solid-state storage appliance that accelerates the delivery of data by a factor of 10 when compared to traditional storage, is the company's flagship product. WhipTail's technology combines the latest high-tech storage hardware with expert software to maximize throughput and simplify management of transaction-intensive and mission-critical applications. For more information, visit www.whiptailtech.com.

About The Sightline Group
The Sightline Group offers sales and marketing strategy, execution assistance and product launch expertise across numerous consumer technology product categories. The firm works with clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. The firm has earned an unparalleled reputation for forging vital alliances. Using its strong relationships with key executives across all major channels -- retailers, e-commerce vendors, catalogers, VARs, SIs and OEMs -- the Sightline Group can quickly introduce clients and their products to the right people. Past clients include Logitech, iRobot, Acer, Qualcomm and Eye-Fi. For more information, visit sightlinegroup.com.

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)
Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for managing and accelerating technology sales. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results.

About United Business Media Limited
UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities - from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists - with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, visit www.unitedbusinessmedia.com

SOURCE: WhipTail Technologies Inc.