Founded in 1996, ApplianceWare provides software solutions for the rapidly growing Network Attached Storage (NAS) market. ApplianceWare's software enables OEM's, Value Added Resellers (VARS), and Systems Integrators to offer highly integrated NAS server solutions that are reliable, feature rich, scalable, and provide high performance. ApplianceWare's NAS specific software is a complete operating system and storage management application that allows network administrators to easily and cost effectively deploy, configure, manage and maintain multiple NAS servers in complex, heterogeneous network environments.

Originally founded as REALM Information Technologies in Atlanta by its President and CEO, Stacy Kenworthy, the company has been a consistent development leader in the Linux community. As a founding board member of Linux International and a sponsor of several Linux development efforts, the company has been at the forefront of Linux advancements into the server and appliance markets.

With the early success of the company's Optical NAS software "ApplianceWare," the company progressed into the rapidly growing HDD NAS market. Early adoption of its software allowed the company to concentrate all of its resources specifically on NAS solutions. Following the heels of this success, REALM relocated from the east coast to California in 1999 and changed its name to the more industry-familiar ApplianceWareTM. Continual development of advanced NAS features and greater performance has allowed ApplianceWare to position itself as a leading software provider to the burgeoning Mid-Range NAS sector.

Backed by investors including Wit Soundview, Inc., Oppenheimer Funds, Scudder Kemper Investments and Sidus Investment Management, ApplianceWare is headquartered in Fremont, California, placing it strategically in the midst of valuable technology resources from Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and East Bay communities.

Today, ApplianceWare employs 48 people in three locations, including a development center in Minsk, Belarus and an Asia Operations Center in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The company's software enjoys a growing reputation for its unparalleled performance, extreme reliability, and comprehensive feature set, all factors, which have assisted the Asia sales operation to recently secure significant deals with EpoX Computers' 3Ds division and eStorage during its first month of operation in 2001.

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