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SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Verari Systems®, developer of platform-independent blade-based computing and storage solutions, today announced that its BladeRack® 2 SB5255 DataServer has been selected as the Bronze winner of the Product of the Year award in the Small Servers category by TechTarget’s SearchDataCenter.com. The blade-based hybrid server and storage system was renowned for its ability to minimize network bottlenecks and enhance performance demanded by Web 2.0 applications.

“The winners of this year’s SearchDataCenter.com awards represent a shift in the industry towards efficiency without sacrificing performance and we are proud to be recognized for our innovative approach,” said David B. Wright, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Verari Systems. “By combining a server with storage in a single footprint, Verari is able to present data center managers with energy savings and improved floor space utilization that translates into a significant reduction of the total cost of ownership of enterprise computing systems.”

Very cool and well done to Verari Systems, the more options as a user I have, the more I can find the right combinations of hardware and software that I can put together for my business which has to be a good thing for innovation in the market and the end user.