TAMPA, Florida, April 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Provides Customers With Advanced New Content Quota Management 
Technology

NORTHERN, global providers of flexible, easy to administer storage
resource management software solutions, today makes two important
announcements. First, the release of a new version of Northern Storage Suite
that is tailored to the needs of EMC(R) Celerra(R) IP storage system
customers and second, the availability of this new version through EMC
Select. This will enable customers to purchase state-of-the-art content quota
management software from Northern directly from EMC and its partners. EMC
Select helps customers easily acquire all the required components that
comprise an information infrastructure.

EMC will offer 'Northern Storage Suite for EMC', a new version of
Northern's best-in-class content quota management and storage resource
management solution that leverages EMC storage technology.

"With EMC Select, our overarching goal is to make it easier for our
    customers to deploy high-performance storage solutions to meet their
    business objectives," said Justin Bartinoski, Manager of the EMC Select
    program. "By combining Northern's technology with EMC's leading
    systems, software and services, we will be able to provide our
    customers with additional advance IP storage capabilities."



Northern Storage Suite for EMC gives companies the opportunity to extend
their information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy; integrating scalable
and high-performance content quota management. Major changes such as the
ability to lock quotas without the need to manipulate security metadata serve
to deliver enterprise-class content quota management functionality.

Inclusion in EMC Select validates the market success of Northern's
software solution and reinforces Northern's commitment to continue to enhance
the product to meet changing customer needs. It also marks a significant
milestone in the company history.

"Northern has never been in a better position to deliver the benefits
    of active content management to a global audience," said Thomas
    Vernersson, Northern's CEO. "Our membership in EMC Select and the
    strength of our new technology will combine to resolve a long standing
    challenge for a great number of companies -- realizing efficient
    storage management at the user level."



ABOUT NORTHERN STORAGE SUITE

Northern Storage Suite is a software solution that enables organizations
to manage user-generated data -- making efficient storage usage a part of
business culture. Specifically, Northern Storage Suite delivers:

-- Storage Quotas: Hard control over directory size and usage by user, or
       soft control for monitored growth and enhanced accountability

    -- File Blocking: Preventing specific file types from being saved,
       extension-based real-time scanning and scheduled binary-level scanning
       preserve system performance

    -- User Self-management: Distribution of interactive user-centric reports
       that detail an individual user's largest, oldest, duplicate and media
       files

    -- Enterprise-wide Reporting: Identification of how resources are
       currently being used and how they will be used in the future; regular
       updates, analysis and strategy recommendations

    -- Storage Chargeback: Billing and reporting to spread cost awareness and
       encourage storage efficiency



Northern Storage Suite for EMC will be generally available in May from
EMC and its partners through EMC Select.

ABOUT NORTHERN

Northern is an international software company specializing in the
development of reliable, flexible, and easy to use storage resource
management software solutions. The company serves a global market through its
five bases of operations, Tampa [US], Stockholm [Sweden], London [UK],
Biarritz [France], and Munich [Germany]. Over 28,000 organizations in 56
different countries and more than half of the companies on Fortune Global 100
use Northern software solutions to take control of their storage situation.

Northern Storage Suite is available through resellers worldwide,
authorized distributors and from Northern directly. Customers in North
America should contact Northern [U.S. Operations] at +1-800-881-4950 or
sales@northern.net. Customers in other parts of the world should visit
Northern's Reseller page on www.northern.net to find their local Northern
software supplier, or contact Northern [European Operations] at
+46-8-457-50-00.

EMC and Celerra are registered trademarks of EMC Corporation

Web site: http://www.northern.net