Sandisk FlashSoft With Virident System for PCIe SSD Systems

SanDisk Corporation is working with Virident Systems, Inc. a supplier of PCIe flash storage
solutions, to combine Virident hardware technology with FlashSoft  software from SanDisk.

The SanDisk-Virident collaboration includes co-marketing, sales
cooperation, joint testing, validation programs, support and services
assistance.

Both FlashSoft software and Virident FlashMAX PCIe cards are available
for Linux, Windows Server and VMware vSphere environments, giving customers the
ability to use this complementary solution to boost storage execution in a
variety of platforms.

"SanDisk’s enterprise software business is keenly focused on
improving hardware performance on SanDisk and non-SanDisk platforms alike,"
said Greg Goelz, VP and GM, Enterprise Storage Solutions. "Working with
Virident allows us to reach a greater number of customers with a broader set of
solutions aimed at improving the performance of servers and storage devices."

The two companies  have conducted performance tests showing that a FlashMAX I PCIe card using FlashSoft software can accelerate the
performance of certain Microsoft SQL Server workloads by nearly 700% versus
storage based on a HDD array. The goal of the collaboration is to provide the
companies customers easy access to the performance gains provided by the
combined hardware-software solution.

"Virident FlashMAX is industry renowned for superior,
sustained performance over time and across diverse workloads," said
Shridar Subramanian, VP, product marketing at Virident. "Now the
Virident FlashMAX storage solution is further complemented by FlashSoft
software. We are looking forward to further expansion of our customer base with
this partnership, as we continue to provide superior support and service for
our joint customer base."

"This collaboration between Virident and SanDisk is good news
for customers who want the benefits of SanDisk’s caching software, as well as
the reliable performance of Virident’s storage-class memory for the caching
hardware platform," said James Bagley, senior analyst, Storage
Strategies NOW. "The relationship between the two companies serves as a
proof point to SanDisk’s enterprise solutions strategy and Virident’s commitment
to ecosystem partnerships to deliver a complete enterprise hardware and
software solution to a growing customer base."