GreenBytes® Inc., a developer of next generationhigh-performance, energy-efficient data storage solutions, today announced that it hasbeen chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen East Top 50 winners. Inclusion inthe GoingGreen East 50 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changingapproaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenchedplayers. GreenBytes was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industryexperts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential,commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

The energy requirements for data storage are enormous. For every watt used to power astorage device, another watt must be invested to cool it. GreenBytes has leveraged itsbreakthrough proprietary technology to create next generation storage architecture thatdramatically reduces power consumption and increases density, allowing companies toreduce the carbon footprint of their information. “Being selected by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen Top 50 winner is a tremendous honor for GreenBytes,” said Matt Aitkenhead, vice president, product marketing and technicalalliances for GreenBytes. “Our purpose built hardware, combined with GreenBytes’cutting-edge inline deduplication technology, as well as MAID and other power efficiency intelligence, allows for the lowest energy consumption per terabyte footprintavailable anywhere. Game-changing innovations in data storage will play a large role inthe green technology revolution, and GreenBytes’ GB-X Series of high-performance,energy-efficient inline deduplication storage appliances represent a quantum leap forward in the technology’s evolution.”