LONDON, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --     Clearpace, the data archive store specialist,
http://www.clearpace.com is today launching a cloud-based archive service for
structured data - RainStor.

RainStor http://www.rainstor.com allows users to instantly
retire legacy applications and archive structured data to the cloud while
keeping data secure and instantly accessible. Using Rainstor, organisations
can eliminate the layers of cost associated with managing legacy
applications: no more software licenses, servers, storage or data centre
costs, and the expensive resources needed to keep legacy applications running
can be redeployed.

RainStor compresses data by 40x before transferring encrypted
data files to private archives in the cloud using the Amazon Simple Storage
Service (S3), providing rapid load times. RainStor supports unlimited full
SQL access to the archived data files using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
(EC2) through industry standard reporting tools and interfaces. The private
archives are immutable and protected at all times using AES 256-bit
encryption and SSL protocols ensuring archived data is always secure and
immediately available.

"Legacy applications distract IT resources from mission
critical applications, yet increased regulation and business requirements
dictate that historic data must be preserved and accessible," says John
Bantleman, CEO of Clearpace. "RainStor's fully query-enabled, cloud-based
data archive service requires no upfront investment allowing users to adopt a
pay-as-you-use storage model based on the volume of data that is sent to the
cloud.

"The current economic imperative is to get cost out of the
data centre and do more with less. We believe that the RainStor service
delivers a new dimension to the cloud computing market by providing instant
application retirement as a fully managed service," added Bantleman.

In April, Clearpace launched the first archive store for
structured data to run as a virtual appliance. The NParchive virtual
appliance has been designed to run on virtualization platforms from VMware,
Microsoft and Xen.

RainStor's capabilities are wrapped into an all-inclusive fee
of $1 per gigabyte per month based on how much data is sent to the cloud.
Rainstor is offering a free 90 day trial to users of the service.

About Clearpace

Clearpace Software Ltd is a software company that provides data archive
store solutions for the long-term retention of structured data within the
enterprise. Clearpace has become a pioneer in the database archiving market
by providing archive stores that are the optimal destination for inactive
data that has been removed from production systems.

The Clearpace NParchive software enables organisations with large and
growing data estates to massively reduce the cost and complexity of storing
historical information while making archived data easily accessible for
regulatory, legal and business purposes. Using NParchive, companies are able
to store as much as 60x more historical information on commodity hardware.
Clearpace serves a variety of industries, including Financial Services,
Telecommunications, Energy, Utilities, Pharmaceuticals, Retail and the Public
Sector.

For more information visit http://www.clearpace.com

About RainStor

RainStor is a cloud-based archiving service for simply, securely and
cost-effectively preserving historical structured data. The RainStor archive
service enables companies to send an unlimited amount of inactive data from
databases or event logs to a hosted storage platform where it can be retained
and searched on demand.

RainStor compresses data by 40x before transferring encrypted data files
to the cloud, providing rapid load times and reduced storage cost, while also
supporting full SQL access to the archived data files using industry standard
reporting tools and interfaces.

RainStor is delivered on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) basis, leveraging
cloud infrastructure. The RainStor cloud archive service requires no upfront
investment offering a pay-as-you-use model based on the volume of raw data
that is sent to the cloud. Rainstor is provided as a service by Clearpace
Software.

For more information visit http://www.rainstor.com

Contacts details

Richard Botley, Chameleon PR: +44(0)207-680-5500