BOWIE, Md., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Plan B(TM) Technologies (PBT), a leading full service IT solutions provider, announced today that it has joined as a member of the NeoPath Networks Channel Partner Program. PBT has incorporated NeoPath's Network File Management (NFM) offering as part of the company's product portfolio to address the growing demand for NAS virtualization solutions. The NeoPath Networks Channel Partner Program supports resellers throughout the entire sales cycle to meet the increasing demand for its NFM offering.

"NeoPath brings a unique solution for administrators looking to manage their file storage environment," said Donnie Downs, CEO for PBT. "NeoPath's NAS virtualization system allows customers to easily perform large-scale data migrations, painlessly implement a tiered storage environment, and institute a virtual global file namespace."

The NeoPath Channel Partner Program includes a range of partner-support benefits, including in-depth product training and pre-sales technical support to ensure that the design and implementation of NeoPath NFM solutions satisfies each enterprise customer's unique business requirements.

"PBT is a recognized leader in deploying comprehensive data storage infrastructure solutions across its customer base," said Ed Callan, vice president, marketing for NeoPath. "PBT is a perfect partner as we continue to expand our presence to deliver solutions that add real value for customers by optimizing existing storage capacity and slashing management costs without impacting end users."

NAS VIRTUALIZATION -- VITAL KEY FOR TIERED STORAGE MANAGEMENT

NeoPath's File Director(TM) is the industry's most advanced NFM solution designed to enable non-disruptive file migration and tiering across heterogeneous storage environments. The NeoPath File Director allows customers to optimize file storage management, reduce the cost of ownership and accelerate the return on their IT investment.

As a part of a comprehensive file management strategy, organizations need to move data between storage tiers based on usage patterns and data significance. For IT administrators, migrating data and implementing tiered storage management has largely been out of reach due to costly down time and added management complexity. NeoPath's NAS virtualization solution simplifies and automates these tasks -- enabling IT administrators to transparently address management and utilization challenges without having to bring systems down, or impact users who need constant access to their data.

About Plan B Technologies

Plan B(TM) Technologies, is a unique Information Technology Engineering company that delivers an incomparable comprehensive practice of design, implementation, and support. Plan B Technologies provides quantifiable results from IT business investments and uses technology-focused solutions to leverage information assets across the enterprise. Plan B(TM) Technologies offers the highest level of professional and engineering services, boasting more than a decade of best practices spanning the mission critical areas of network access, storage solutions, security & compliance as well as a full complement of support services. For more information please visit http://www.planbtech.net/.

About NeoPath Networks

NeoPath Networks is the leading provider of network file management (NFM) solutions. The company's NFM solutions simplify and automate the management of unstructured file data, increasing storage scalability and efficiency, and reducing operational costs. NeoPath's flagship product, File Director(TM), enables companies to easily perform large-scale data migrations, seamlessly implement a tiered storage environment, and institute a virtual namespace for ease of file management. Founded in 2002, NeoPath has Fortune 500 customers spanning multiple industries including ISPs, ASPs, financial services, manufacturing, and federal government. For more information, please contact NeoPath Networks at 650-691-7700 or http://www.neopathnetworks.com/.

CONTACT: Ed Callan of NeoPath Networks, Inc., +1-650-691-7758, or
ed.callan@neopathnetworks.com; or Sabrina Sanchez of Ventana Public Relations,
+1-925-875-1968, or sabrina.sanchez@ventanapr.com, for NeoPath Networks, Inc.

Web site: http://www.planbtech.net/

Web site: http://www.neopathnetworks.com/

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