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[October 08, 2008]

PLASMON: Plasmon and IBM Jointly Develop New Fibre Channel Connectivity for IBM i Customers to Provide Reliable and Compliant Archival Solutions

(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:08102008

Cambridge, UK -- Plasmon (LSE:PLM), the trusted source in archiving
systems, today announced the joint development of a new Plasmon optical
library that provides Fibre Channel connectivity to IBM i customers. As
part of this development effort, Plasmon and IBM will provide IBM Power
Systems customers running IBM i with an optical archiving option that
offers efficiency, longevity, and reliability.

By introducing Fibre Channel connectivity, Plasmon is proactively
responding to future i customer requirements by ensuring that these
customers will be ready to make the anticipated transition to a Fibre
Channel interface. The joint development effort will also provide i
customers with the ability to share one Plasmon G-series library
between partitions or servers running i. This agreement is a further
expansion of the long-standing relationship between IBM and Plasmon.

"We are pleased to partner with Plasmon in providing a Fibre Channel
optical library attachment for i customers," said Jim Herring,
Director, Power Systems. "With the industry acceptance of Fibre Channel
connectivity, this partnership provides our archive storage customers
with a clear upgrade path for integrated and easy-to-use optical
library solutions on the latest Power Systems running IBM i. The
additional capability for sharing Fibre Channel optical libraries
between multiple hosts will introduce attractive new options for
optical library users."

"Enabling an easy transition path for i customers and opening up
optical archiving solutions to more IBM customers are the drivers
behind the latest engineering work between IBM and Plasmon," said
Steven Murphy, CEO, Plasmon. "Our joint development will ensure that
customers can deploy a best practice 3-2-1 archive architecture: 3
copies of all data, archived on at least 2 different media types, with
a minimum of 1 copy on secure offline media. We feel this is an
excellent match for IBM's own goal of offering customers the options
they need to evolve and grow their business." In addition to building a
new Fibre Channel optical library, Plasmon will continue its
relationship with IBM in providing leading edge archival solutions for
their customers. In fact, Plasmon has significantly expanded routes to
market for G-Series libraries in IBM FileNet, Tivoli, and i operating
system environments with new distribution and reseller partnerships and
a renewed focus on channel sales for the offering. G-Series libraries
are certified as "IBM System Storage Proven".

About Plasmon

For more than 21 years, Plasmon has partnered with leading
organisations worldwide to implement long-term archiving solutions.
Plasmon provides customers with a proven methodology for establishing
and managing enterprise archives as part of their IT and business
processes. Plasmon solutions are designed specifically for long-term
archiving without a product agenda and offer customers choice and
flexibility to help them manage data growth, reduce archive complexity,
enhance operation efficiencies, reduce cost and mitigate governance
risk.

Founded in 1987, Plasmon PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange
(LSE: PLM) and is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom with
offices globally.

Plasmon and UDO are registered trademarks of Plasmon Plc.

CONTACT: James Farquharson, Goode International Ltd
Tel: +44 (0)1491 873 323
e-mail: james.farquharson@goode.co.uk
Sally Fisher, Plasmon
Tel: +44 (0)1763 262 963
e-mail: sfisher@plasmon.co.uk
WWW: http://www.plasmon.com

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