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posted on 29 May 2008 23:12

SAN JOSE, Calif.—May 29, 2008 -- Pillar Data Systems, the leading provider of Application-Aware storage systems, today announced that ScripNet selected the Pillar Axiom™ storage system as the platform to effectively manage its business data and key applications in its production environment.

As a company on the forefront of technology, growing 20 percent on average year over year, ScripNet needed a solution that would help streamline and manage its storage environment. The company turned to Pillar because of its Quality of Service (QoS) functionality, which matches storage service levels with the varying requirements of business applications, the cornerstone of Application-Aware Storage™.

A nationwide pharmacy benefit manager that works with large healthcare and government organizations, ScripNet manages approximately 30,000 prescriptions per month. The company needed a reliable system that was able to deliver high levels of performance and availability. ScripNet deployed a Pillar Axiom 300 in its physical and virtual server environments to help better manage and store information within its Oracle database.

“ScripNet is revolutionizing the pharmaceutical industry as one of the first to move to a paper-less system. Pharmacies can now bill ScripNet electronically, saving time and money, and most importantly, helping injured workers get their prescriptions quickly,” said Bob Maness, vice president of worldwide marketing, Pillar Data Systems. “We are very pleased ScripNet chose Pillar to ensure that its records are easily accessible, especially as the company is enjoying such high growth rates.”

“As ScripNet continues to grow and our customers were asking us to meet additional regulatory compliance issues, we knew we needed a flexible, reliable storage infrastructure that would meet these demands,” said Dennis Sponer, CEO and president, ScripNet. “We were looking for a system that would integrate nicely into our newly virtualized server environment, and we wanted a storage platform that would not require additional expense associated with legacy storage systems. The Pillar Axiom was the perfect fit. It’s as if this storage system was designed for virtualized server environments.”

About Pillar Data Systems

Founded in 2001, Pillar Data Systems develops Application-Aware Storage systems for midsize and enterprise organizations. With the highest utilization rates in the storage industry, the Pillar Axiom solution is the most efficient storage system on the market today. The Pillar Axiom cuts administrative time and total cost of ownership by more than 50 percent as well as provides the only storage system that can differentiate services based on application priority. Designed from the ground up as the only true Application-Aware Storage system, the Pillar Axiom allows users to match multiple application characteristics to the appropriate service levels within a single storage platform. Pillar Data Systems is privately funded by Tako Ventures, LLC, the venture arm of Larry Ellison. The company is headquartered at 2840 Junction Avenue, San Jose, California 95134. The company can be reached on the Web at http://www.pillardata.com, by phone at 408-503-4000 or by email at sales@pillardata.com.

About ScripNet

ScripNet is one of the fastest growing pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies in North America, providing PBM services to over 2,000,000 employees through pharmacies in all 50 states. ScripNet electronically processes prescription drug claims for workers’ compensation, which allows insurance carriers, large self-insured companies, municipalities, managed-care organizations, and third-party administrators to participate in better cost control and increased efficiency for pharmacists, and offers more convenience for injured workers. ScripNet offers a drug utilization review program that improves patient care, reduces fraud and abuse, and cuts administrative expense. ScripNet is a three time winner of Inc. Magazine’s annual listing of the 500 fastest growing privately held companies in the nation.

^{[Formatted by Paul Warren.]}