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Flash-Optimized Hybrid Storage Pioneer Recognized for the Innovation and Market Potential of its Solutions for B2B Cloud and Infrastructure.

San Jose, Calif. -- July 30, 2013 -- Nimble Storage, the leading provider of flash-optimized hybrid storage solutions, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners. Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global 250 signifies leadership amongst peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players in the global Silicon Valley. Nimble was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value and media buzz. Last year, Nimble was selected by AlwaysOn as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 People’s Choice winners.

“We are honored to be recognized for our innovation in technology. Our efficient enterprise storage solution allows our customers to quickly realize the benefits of using our flash-optimized hybrid storage arrays when building both public and private clouds. Enterprises do not have to compromise on performance, capacity, ease of use, or price when deploying our storage solutions,” said Suresh Vasudevan, Nimble Storage CEO.

Nimble's CS-Series storage arrays solve the industry's most pressing storage issues: reigning in storage complexity, reducing costs and implementing affordable backup and recovery. The company's products are based on its patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL™) hybrid storage architecture. CASL is a game-changing architecture designed to seamlessly integrate high-performance flash memory with low-cost, high-density drives to deliver breakthrough performance for business-critical applications, integrated backup and disaster recovery, and stress-free operations.

The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2013 list. Nimble Storage and the AlwaysOn Global 250 companies were honored at AlwaysOn’s 11th annual Innovation Summit at the Computer History Museum on July 23, 2013. This two-day executive gathering highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. Innovation Summit identifies the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.

“This year’s AlwaysOn Global 250 is seeing an unprecedented shift from desktop to mobile. Concurrently, innovators in the cloud are making it possible for an entirely new generation of application and software solutions to enter the technology marketplace. The enterprise world has endured a long ramp-up to the cloud as well as finally accepting that mobile is here to stay. Now businesses are demanding even more robust, secure applications with which to run their operations—anytime, anywhere,” says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. “The Global Silicon Valley is rising to this challenge with unfettered enthusiasm, providing business management solutions, IT infrastructure and elegant, stable applications. Coupled with bleeding-edge consumer adoption of the latest and most powerful media applications, the companies on this year’s AlwaysOn Global 250 represent the highest-growth opportunities in today’s private company marketplace.”