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DataCore Software Partners With Emergent OnLine to Extend Virtualization and VMware Solution Focus

Partnership Provides Emergent OnLine Customers a Cost-effective Way to 'Go Virtual' for Data Storage Networking Infrastructures

FORT LAUDERDALE - August 2, 2005 — DataCore Software today announced that it has formed a new partnership with Emergent OnLine, a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) covering Virginia and the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. Emergent is a leading virtual infrastructure solution provider, having earned the highest levels of technical certifications from VMware, Microsoft, Provision Networks, Citrix, and DataCore Software. Virtual infrastructure has provided an entirely new area for Emergent OnLine to develop business and this is where the reseller now sees the majority of its new sales growth. After being as successful as they were with Citrix, Emergent OnLine sought to repeat the same success via VMware. But they also wanted to deliver additional value by offering a compelling advantage for storage.

"We have been very successful in selling VMware, but we knew we had a hole in our virtual storage story," said Paul Ghostine, Co-Founder and CEO, Emergent OnLine. "By bringing DataCore into the picture, we are able to be more successful selling VMware since we provide users with a far more complete solution for server and storage consolidation. It's the affordable way to add flexibility to servers and disks, and we are now able to offer the next level of 'going virtual' as part of our general mission in being a virtual infrastructure provider."

"Emergent OnLine has grown their user base by providing cost-effective infrastructure solutions that optimize utilization and deliver the flexibility to rapidly respond to changes, which is what they already do with VMware and Citrix," said George Teixeira, CEO, DataCore Software. "DataCore gives them the same model applied to storage. It's the logical next step in building flexible infrastructures that go beyond servers to deal with rampant data storage growth. Emergent adds tremendous value in technical expertise, consulting and service, since they understand software and the new models and methods that can greatly improve network services to users."

Emergent OnLine focuses on delivering virtual infrastructure solutions to their customers; however, historically the storage piece was not a well-developed area of Emergent's expertise. Emergent has seen significant growth in its VMware business, which has driven the need for more flexible disk storage solutions. In most cases, customers had to install a costly storage area network (SAN) to ease the allocation of disks to servers. Emergent sought to address the user need for an affordable SAN solution since serving and deploying disks had become as critical as servers. Whereas Emergent has historically sold traditional storage arrays and SANs in conjunction with the sale of VMware, it found that DataCore's products met the new requirements demanded by their user base: lower cost, full storage networking services and the flexibility to respond rapidly by serving storage where needed and when needed. DataCore fundamentally does to disk storage what VMware does to servers - that is, increase utilization and simplify deployments. DataCore does so while providing the lowest cost SAN solution in the marketplace.

The DataCore Software relationship began with Emergent targeting small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with DataCore's lower cost SANmelody product and the three-month old partnership has already resulted in multiple sales to date. More recent opportunities uncovered by Emergent OnLine have also opened up the need for DataCore's higher-end SANsymphony product.

The bottom-line for customers is that the smaller and medium-sized enterprises that Emergent OnLine sells to are now capable of deploying the types of technologies that in the past were only available to larger enterprises. The DataCore Software-Emergent OnLine partnership delivers virtual infrastructure, including disaster recovery and business continuance, to the SME world. Moreover, smaller enterprises can utilize these technologies to realize the benefits of consolidation, including cost-savings associated with administering a consolidated environment whereby both hardware support costs and software licensing fees are reduced.

"The sale of VMware with associated services is significantly lower in overall cost when combined with DataCore Software for the storage piece as opposed to traditional storage solutions, which lack the needed flexibility and openness," said Ghostine. "Because VMware and DataCore both take a hardware independent approach, this allows users to maximize their hardware purchases and resources over a long period of time."

About Emergent OnLine
Based in the heart of metropolitan Washington's Dulles Technology Corridor, Emergent OnLine has been a leader in the technology-consulting arena for more than a decade. We are redefining the marketplace again by adding innovative capabilities to better serve the needs of our mature and emerging clients. Occupying a coveted position as a leading IT consulting integration firm, Emergent delivers a range of IT solutions, coupled with extensive industry experience. Our mission is to partner with our clients to leverage the use of best-of-breed enabling technologies, in order to improve productivity, reduce the Total Cost of Ownership and maximize Return On Investment, with the ultimate objective of creating and sustaining a strategic competitive advantage. For more information, visit www.go-eol.com.

About DataCore Software
DataCore Software fundamentally changes the economics of managing storage. DataCore's disk server software easily adds capacity expansion and centralized storage management for Windows, UNIX, Linux, VMware, MacOS, and NetWare systems. DataCore is privately held with corporate headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For more information, visit www.datacore.com.

DataCore, the DataCore logo, SANsymphony, SANmelody, SANmaestro and Powered by DataCore are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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