Kazeon Named “Cool Vendor” by Leading Analyst Firm

Vendors Selected for the “Cool Vendor Report” Are Innovative, Impactful, and Intriguing

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (MARKET WIRE)—April 3, 2006—Kazeon, the leader in information classification and management, today announced it has been named one of Gartner’s “cool vendors” in their “Cool Vendors in the High Performance Workplace,” report by Toby Bell, et al, which was released on March 15. Kazeon was one of eight vendors highlighted in the report, which “reflected a spectrum of technologies -- collaboration, information access, messaging, e-learning and metadata markup-that help create and maintain a high-performance workplace.”

“Kazeon is delighted to be highlighted by Gartner in this unique report. When you consider all the companies that Gartner speaks with, we feel to be named as one of its eight cool vendors is truly an honor” said Sudhakar Muddu, CEO and co-founder of Kazeon. “We believe this reflects that we’ve created something extraordinary that delivers tremendous value to our partners and customers. We look forward to continuing our focus on helping enterprises realize the cost advantages of tiered storage, address their legal discovery needs and reduce the data security risks of unmanaged files.”

Kazeon is delivering integrated solutions that simplify the management of files scattered across enterprise networks. The Kazeon Information Server IS1200 is a scalable, award-winning product that integrates data classification, charge-back reporting and file migration. It is an ideal solution for automated data migration, tiered storage and archiving deployments. Kazeon’s SnapSearch and Recovery software delivers unmatched support for file recovery from online backups as well as rapid search for compliance and legal discovery. And, Kazeon’s unique ability to selectively index the content across hundreds of file servers can quickly identify and contain data security risks hidden within unmanaged files.

Kazeon is pioneering the integration of advanced storage and content technologies to help customers deal with explosive storage growth, complex compliance requirements and broad legal discovery challenges. The IS1200 is the first storage management product in the industry to enable granular content extraction and storage search across the entire network. It’s unique data movers can be triggered from pre-defined policies or directly from search and report result screens. In the past six months, Kazeon has announced key partnerships with both Google and Network Appliance, delivering comprehensive solutions for searching, cataloging and managing the millions of files stored in enterprise networks.

About Gartner’s Cool Vendors Selection Process

Gartner’s listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.

Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn’t do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner’s interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

About Kazeon

Kazeon simplifies the management of files stored across diverse enterprise networks. Our scalable and innovative approach to data classification, reporting and file migration enables the appropriate alignment of data for large-scale tiered storage and archiving deployments. Kazeon delivers unmatched support for storage search, compliance, legal discovery and data security applications through a unique ability to selectively index content within files. The result is improved cost effectiveness for your storage infrastructure and reduced risk from unmanaged files.

Kazeon was founded in 2003 and has received more than $23M in funding from investors including Clearstone Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures and Goldman Sachs. Kazeon is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

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