Sonasoft Signs Partnership Agreement with Integra Micro Systems

Sonasoft Corp., provider of SonaSafe integrated backup, high availability and disaster recovery software, signed a partnership agreement with Integra Micro Systems to ramp up its product development efforts. Integra Micro, based out of Bangalore, India has tremendous experience in software development and services.

Sonasoft provides a high-availability and disaster recovery solution, protecting data from hardware/software failures and human errors. Sonasoft’s software is the focused solution for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and Windows servers incorporating the latest design for disk-to-disk backup; it is the most efficient and effective integrated solution available in Backup and Replication.  The SonaSafe Replication / Hot-Standby feature is one of the most cost effective solutions in the market; clients are able to realize tightly integrated Backup/Recovery and Replication capabilities in a single attractively-priced product.
 
“Integra Micro is a well established company with more than twenty five years of experience in software development and providing services. We were looking for a partner who would help us to ramp up our product development efforts especially in the area of Email Archiving and e-Discovery. Integra Micro is a company that brings immense experience and knowledge in software development and services. We are really excited about this partnership” noted Andy Khanna, President & CEO at Sonasoft.

“Sonasoft brings tremendous knowledge in backup/recovery, high availability and disaster recovery for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and Windows Servers. We’re confident that this partnership will be mutually beneficial to both the companies and to our customers. The partnership will combine the skills of the two companies to provide a competitive Mail Archival and related solutions to customers all over the world.”said Mahesh Kumar Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, Integra Group.

Integra Micro Systems (P) Ltd
Integra Micro Systems is a group of companies with over two decades of experience in the development of computer software technology and applications. With a proven track record of developing, marketing, and supporting its own products, Integra today specializes in offering software development services in diverse areas, and products to customers world-wide.

Integra offers world-class cutting-edge software products and services in networking, telecom, embedded systems, and the wireless Internet. Device drivers and interfaces, open source software, utility software, and enterprise software are a few more areas in which Integra offers its services. Integra also distributes computer peripherals of reputed manufacturers and packaged software, offers additional services in document conversion and document imaging. For more information, please visit www.integramicro.com

About Sonasoft
Sonasoft Corp. automates the disk-to-disk backup and recovery process for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and Windows Servers with its groundbreaking SonaSafe® Point-Click Recovery® solutions. SonaSafe is the only product that provides an integrated backup/recovery and replication solution for Exchange and SQL servers. Designed to simplify and eliminate human error in the backup and recovery process, SonaSafe solutions also centralize the management of multiple servers and provide a cost-effective turnkey disaster recovery strategy for companies of all sizes. <br>
For more information, please visit www.sonasoft.com<br><br>
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ONSET Ventures Leads $6.1 Million Series B Investment in Network-based Timing Developer Brilliant Telecommunications

Funding strengthens Brilliant’s new product development and global expansion efforts

Campbell, Calif. January 28, 2008 – Brilliant Telecommunications, Inc. (Brilliant), a developer of next-generation network synchronization and time solutions, today announced it has secured $6.1 million in Series B funding, bringing Brilliant’s total raised capital to $13.2 million. ONSET Ventures led the round with participation from Asset Management, Draper Associates, Draper Richards, and additional strategic investors. Series B funds raised will be used to expand sales efforts, support on-going field trial and deployment activities.

“This financing round provides the opportunity for Brilliant to augment our product development efforts as well as expand market penetration in the US and internationally.” said Dr. Charles Barry, president and chief executive officer, Brilliant Telecommunications. “The continued confidence shown by our investors ensures that we will continue to realize our vision of delivering timing solutions for today’s TDM-based networks while offering a migration path to IP-rich technologies and lead the way for carrier-class IP backhaul networks.”

Brilliant Telecommunications has developed an innovative approach to deliver timing and synchronization solutions required for the next-generation of bandwidth hungry, revenue generating, time-sensitive applications such as streaming video, interactive gaming, IPTV and VoIP. Brilliant’s hardware platforms coupled with the company’s service level agreement (SLA) performance and monitoring software, provide a complete edge-to-core solution for the service provider that are deployable, manageable and affordable. Brilliant offers a full spectrum of highly accurate timing products which include network timing servers and clients, OEM modules, licensable intellectual property core technology and network management systems.

Brilliant has entered into major engagements with multiple mobile telecommunications market leaders, providing timing solutions that ensure handoffs, reduce dropped calls and enable femtocells that work seamlessly anywhere in the IP backhaul network.

“We are pleased with the traction Brilliant has been gaining with telecommunications service providers, domestically and abroad,” said Susan Mason, general partner, ONSET Ventures, and Brilliant board member. “This underscores the market potential for Brilliant’s technology to conquer the challenges faced by the network today and in the future”

About ONSET Ventures
ONSET Ventures specializes in providing “venture craftsmanship”–an ideal mix of start-up, follow-on, and intellectual capital to entrepreneurs and early-stage technology ventures, to help transform world-class ideas into sustainable and valuable businesses. The firm has backed over 100 companies since 1984 and now has more than $700 million under management. Based in Menlo Park, California, ONSET focuses exclusively on information and medical technology-based start-ups, and has a long history of successful ventures in each of these sectors. www.onset.com

About Brilliant Telecommunications
Founded in 2004, Brilliant Telecommunications designs, develops and distributes a family of network timing, management and synchronization solutions, including carrier-class network time protocol (NTP) and precision time protocol (PTP) servers, Primary Reference Sources (PRS), and Building Integrated Timing Supplies (BITS). These highly accurate end-to-end timing network solutions deliver Service Level Agreement (SLA) monitoring and management capabilities, in addition to providing timing and synchronization to the most time-sensitive applications in legacy and next-generation IP networks.

For more information please visit www.BrilliantTelecom.com