2011 Q 2 SIOS Partner Meeting April 19

2011 Q 2 SIOS Partner Meeting April 19, 2011

Agenda • Q 1 results and overview • New plans/tools for eval documentation and licensing • Product Development Process, Partner Role & Current Road Map • New Sales & Support Tools • Training & Certification • Eval Guides & Documentation • Golden Pitch & Value Proposition • Newsletter Review • Sales Webinars

SIOS Non-OEM Transactions 2008 Region 2010 Mar 2011 YTD # Deals Amount 5 $157, 329 5 $144, 826 2 $ 70, 886 0 $0 >50 K 2 $138, 544 0 $0 >100 K 1 $148, 350 0 $0 3 $479, 094 1 $219, 000 8 $444, 223 5 $144, 826 5 $549, 980 1 $219, 000 >25 K 0 $0 >50 K 0 $0 1 $84, 675 1 $98, 000 >100 K 0 $0 Total 0 $0 1 $84, 675 1 $98, 000 >25 K EMEA Amount Total APAC # Deals >25 K Americas Deal Size 2009 1 $34, 100 1 $30, 840 0 $0 >50 K 1 $74, 400 0 $0 1 $70, 903 0 $0 >100 K 0 $0 1 $163, 724 0 $0 Total 2 $108, 500 1 $30, 840 2 $234, 627 0 $0 Grand Totals 10 $552, 723 6 $175, 665 8 $869, 282 2 $317, 000

Global March and Q 1 Sales Result Actual $K Mar Renewals 82% -14% 106% 94% 53% -20% Renewals 111% 43% 72% 4% New Lic + Sppt 141% 277% Renewals 230% ++++% Total 150% 345% New Lic + Sppt 56% -28% Renewals 45% 7% Total 53% -19% New Lic + Sppt Total 216% Total SIOS (J + C) 115% New Lic + Sppt APAC Y on Y Growth Total EMEA % Plan New Lic + Sppt Americas Q 1 72% 11% Renewals 63% 10% Total 70% 12%

Global Q 1 Forecast Accuracy (Target is 95% - 120% of Forecast) Actual $K Q 1 Forecast Q 1 Actual % of Forecast New Lic + Sppt Renewals 148% 96% 102% Renewals 1050% Total 118% New Lic + Sppt 104% Renewals 75% Total 92% New Lic + Sppt Total 70% New Lic + Sppt SIOS (J + C) 101% Total APAC 114% New Lic + Sppt EMEA Renewals Total Americas 94% 95% Renewals 98% Total 97%

Global April and Q 2 Sales Outlook Commit $K Most Likely % Plan Y on Y Growth New Lic + Sppt 76% 19% 105% 64% Renewals 54% -1% 82% 51% Total 72% 16% 100% 62% New Lic + Sppt 63% 8% 93% 60% Renewals 77% -4% 92% 15% Total 66% 4% 92% 46% New Lic + Sppt 148% 397% 208% 597% Renewals 33% ++% 67% ++% Total 139% 406% 196% 616% New Lic + Sppt 69% 4% 78% 18% Renewals 65% -22% Total 68% -6% 74% 2% New Lic + Sppt 75% 20% 96% 54% Renewals 64% -15% 73% -3% Total 71% 8% 89% 34% Apr Americas EMEA APAC SIOS (J + C) Total Q 2 Apr Q 2

Q 2 2011 Support/Documentation Update Bob Williamson Bob. Williamson@us. sios. com

Documentation and Support Wiki http: //wiki. us. sios. com

Technical Documentation Reorganized Updated Search Optimized Hyper-Linked Print by Section Comments can be left for SIOS documentation team who will immediately address any issues

Process for Partner Licenses 2 Step Improvement Step 1: a)Reduce number of license files (. lic) that are provided b)Organize software and licenses by OS platform c)Provide README file that maps. lic file names to products Step 2: Utilize standard software ordering and licensing process for partner NFR licenses

Product Roadmap Update April 2011 David Abercrombie Product Management

Disclaimer The information on the new product release is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion. 12

Product Release Plan • After the 8. 0 release, the desire is to engage in 6 month release cycles with an annual major releases and bi-annual minor feature/maintenance releases.

SPS for Linux V 7. 3 – February 2011 • • • Support for Red. Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Support for hardware and software watchdog timers Automated subscription licensing renewal notification and license updates Enhanced support for STONITH Using IPMI Maintenance Updates V 7. 4 – July 20111 • • IPv 6 (IP resource protection, comm path, LK node management) NFSv 4 support RHEL 6. 1 support Maintenance Updates 1 Features and Dates are Tentative and Subject to Change

SPS for Windows V 7. 2 – February 2011 • • Integrates Life. Keeper for Windows and Data. Keeper 7. 2 Updated support for Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM) Updated support for Microsoft SCVMM Updated support for File Server Resource Manager - Quotas Automatic creation of a Data. Keeper Volume Resource in WSFC Subscription-based licensing support New CHANGEMIRRORENDPOINTS Command for Added Efficiency Maintenance updates V 7. 2. 1 – May 20111 • • SDRS improvements Data protection improvements 64 -bit performance counters Maintenance Updates 1 Features and Dates are Tentative and Subject to Change

Application Recovery Kits My. SQL – Q 2 2011 NFS – Q 3 2011 • • • Maintenance updates Postgre. SQL – Q 2 2011 • Maintenance updates Sybase – Q 2 2011 • • Customer DB login/password Maintenance updates NFSv 4 support Maintenance updates SAP – Q 3 20111 • • SAP Certification Enhanced process monitoring Usability enhancements Maintenance updates LVM – Q 2 2011 • • LVM Tag support Maintenance updates 1 Features and Dates are Tentative and Subject to Change

8. 0 Focus Areas Application Availability • • Maximizing uptime of business critical applications by protecting application components and data Application-specific monitoring to improve situational awareness Simplicity • Reducing time-to-value by simplifying deployment and configuration tasks • Reducing TCO by providing a single “pane of glass” through which to manage app availability Scalability • Flexibility to scale out across physical, virtual and cloud-based resources • High performance to support scaling up Enterprise Readiness • Extensibility to leverage existing enterprise systems and business processes • Platform independence and reduce overhead and impact to apps and infrastructure Intelligence • End-to-end mapping of applications and dependencies to respond intelligently to application failures • Managing Recovery Point, Recovery Time Objectives, SLAs SIOS CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE

Roadmap - Linux Features and Dates are Tentative and Subject to Change • • • Failover performance improvements Simplicity • Deployment Simplification (LK, ARK installers) • Automatic scale-out (P-V, P-C, V-C and V-V resource migration ) • CLI/REST API • VMware integration • Replication status and performance reporting • Granular roles/permissions • Enhanced Logging • Web-based GUI • Cloud management plugin interface • v. Center interface • Advanced application health monitoring • Intra- and inter-node conditional resources relationships • Resource weighting and node capacity • Data and application traceability • Analytics Scalability Enterprise Readiness Intelligence 3 Q 2011 4 Q 2011 Reporting engine IT-SCM policies and reporting Application Dashboard Disaster Recovery Management (DRM) 1 H 2012 SIOS CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE 2 H 2012

Features and Dates are Tentative and Subject to Change Roadmap - Windows • Deployment Simplification • • • Replication performance improvements • Automatic scale-out (P-V, P-C, V-C and V-V resource migration ) • CLI/REST API • VMware integration • Replication status and performance reporting • Granular roles/permissions • Enhanced Logging • Web-based GUI • Cloud management plugin interface • v. Center interface • MSCS/WSFC integration enhancements • Data and application traceability • Analytics Simplicity Scalability Enterprise Readiness Intelligence 3 Q 2011 4 Q 2011 Reporting engine IT-SCM policies and reporting Application Dashboard Disaster Recovery Management (DRM) 1 H 2012 SIOS CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE 2 H 2012

Features and Dates are Tentative and Subject to Change Roadmap – Platforms • RHEL 6 • Windows Server 2008 R 2 SP 1 • RHEL 6. 1 • SLES 10, 11 updates • Asianux 3. 0 • RHEL. Next • SLES. Next • Windows. Next • v. Sphere 4. 1 • KVM • v. Sphere 5 • v. Sphere. Next • Hyper-V. Next • KVM. Next • NFSv 4 • Enhanced Fusion-IO support • SAS Multi-path • Enhanced VSS support • EMC, IBM, HP, Net. App storage system support currency • Cluster Shared Volumes Operating Systems Virtualization Storage 1 Q 2011 2 H 2011 SIOS CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE 2012

Product Update April 2011 David Abercrombie Product Management

Product Development Process • Repeatable process for capturing, evaluating and delivering product features to meet the needs of the market • Requests are evaluated consistently • Main criteria is BUSINESS VALUE • Ensures prompt and clear communication between Product Management and requirement sources

Process in a Nutshell Product Management Sales Customer Support Technology Partners Engineering • State the requirement – Business Partners • The desired timeframe for delivery of the feature – Customers • Sources Request Submission Define the feature. What problem does the customer/prospect face? Detailed use cases are extremely valuable. Date by which this feature must delivered to realize specified revenue Value – – – Revenue opportunity and timeframe for realizing the revenue Market trend that, if addressed, will drive revenue Business impact if the request is not completed in the desired timeframe (revenue loss) Business Justification PM Acceptance Request Assessment Project Review Board Commitment to Plan Product Delivery

Assessment Criteria – Strategic Fit – Customer Need/Spend – Competitive Advantage Risk • Business Value – Revenue Potential – Revenue Realization – Investment Required • Risk – Technical Feasibility – Ability to Deliver • Resource Contention Business Value Market Value Resource Contention • Market Value

Approval Process

Q 2 2011 Field Engineering Update: Enablement Tools Tony Tomarchio Tony. Tomarchio@us. sios. com

Enablement Materials/Tools Training & Certification • SIOS now offers cloud based training programs • Products: Data. Keeper, Data. Keeper Cluster Edition, SPS Linux • Content: Delivered via Web. Ex • Lab Exercises: Delivered through Cloud. Share • Duration: 2 days (generally) • Certification Exams at the end of the course New Evaluation Guides • 2 New SPS Linux Guides – Available on Partner Portal (Courseware) • My. SQL cluster with Data Replication • Postgre. SQL cluster with Shared (i. SCSI) Storage • Step-By-Step guide to planning for, installing, configuring and common test cases for SPS. Ideal for lab/demo setup. • New Data. Keeper Eval Guide

Enablement Materials/Tools License Key Guides • License key files on the FTP site have been cleaned up and organized • Organized by OS • Duplicate/Discontinued license files removed • New OS consolidated license files generated • Guide: see license_key_guide_v 3. pdf – maps each filename to product/description Competitive Documents • 2 new Data. Keeper competitive briefs • Data. Keeper vs. Double. Take performance comparison • Data. Keeper vs. Microsoft DFSR • White. Paper: Advantages of SPS in a VMware Environment

Enablement Materials/Tools Golden Pitch Slide Decks • Updated slide decks now available on the Partner Portal • SPS for Linux • Windows Solution Overview (SPS, DK/DKCE)

Reminders from Q 1 Webinar: Linux / Windows Solution Webinars • • 60 minute webex sessions hosted 1 st / 3 rd / 5 th Tuesdays @ 10 am PST Solution Overview and LIVE demonstration Attendee Chat / Q&A Full Schedule and Registration at: • http: //sios. webex. com , or • http: //us. sios. com/Upcoming_Events_62. htm New Product Recordings • SPS for Linux Presentation and Demo – 53 minute recording with index • SIOS Website, click “Resources” • Available under both “Demos” and “Recorded Webinars”

Reminders from Q 1 Webinar: Utility: LKHealth. Check • Tool to aid in preparing for your SPS for Linux deployments • Check for missing pre-requisites or common configuration issues prior to install. • Give to customer, have them send the output back for review • Self-updating • Please send feedback/issues to tony. tomarchio@us. sios. com • Get it at: http: //ftp. us. sios. com/pickup/LKHealth. Check. zip

STC News. Letter

News. Letter Response Report

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