SGL chooses Sanbolic's clustered file system Melio FS for FlashNet clusters

NAB, Las Vegas, Booth SU11926
14th April 2008

Software Generation Limited (SGL), a leading provider of content archive and storage management software for media and entertainment, has announced a technology partnership with Sanbolic, Inc., a leading developer of software to simplify and share SAN storage. SGL has selected Sanbolic's Melio FS as the underlying Clustered File System for its FlashNet Clusters used for data archive installations. Sanbolic's Melio FS will be part of the SGL FlashNet Cluster demonstration at NAB 2008 in Las Vegas, at booth SU11926.

SGL FlashNet, the company's content storage and archive management software, is used as an integrated part of workflow systems from many of the major solutions providers to control the backup and retrieval process of news and documentary material, which is stored within its archive. For high-availability and failover, multiple FlashNet servers are clustered through Sanbolic's Melio FS, increasing reliability and security of the storage management solution. Melio FS is a clustered file system that allows multiple servers attached to a common storage pool to work in active-active mode and process data simultaneously.

The SGL FlashNet Cluster solution including Melio FS is tested and certified, and is compatible with all the 3rd party systems FlashNet is currently integrated with, such as Avid Interplay, Thomson Grass Valley Aurora, Harris Invenio and Blue Order MediaArchive. The integrated solution has been installed at major customers worldwide such as CBS, RTS Belgrade, GMTV, TVB Hong Kong, WWE, WTTG, Sky Italia, NBC News, BBC and the Bulgarian National TV.

"We are delighted to announce this partnership with Sanbollic at NAB today. FlashNet's high levels of redundancy, scalability and unrivalled data transfer capability fit seamlessly into any environment, regardless of existing architecture," commented Bernie Walsh, SGL's Sales Director. he added, "This integration further highlights SGL's commitment to broadcasters looiing for a fully integrated, fail safe content and storage management solutin."

"Sanbolic is pleased to have been chosen as a file system vedor for th FlashNet Cluster solution, and to see SGL introduce this advanced proven joint cluster technology to broadcasters worldwide," says Eva Helén, President and co-founder of Sanbolic, Inc.

Sanbolic software currently supports Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft windows Vista, windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

SGL's VP Americas, Mickey Charles, will present a paper at The Creative Storage 2008 Conference on Tuesday April 15th at 1.15pm. The session, entitled Content Delivery and Archiving Digital Storage, will be held in Room N119 in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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Additional information:

Software Generation Limited is a privately held archive management software company headquartered in Fareham, England. SGL has been in business since 1989 and its flagship FlashNet product is installed in over 4,500 customer sites around the world.

Sanbolic, Inc is a Watertown, MAssacusetts-based company that provides software for simplifying and sharing SAN storage. Sanbolic's product expands the cability of Windows applications by allowing SAN storage to be easily administered, expanded and reasigned, while supporting shared data access to improve application availability and/or application scalability. Further information about Sanbolic can be found on its website www.sanbolic.com.
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