Overland Storage SnapSAN 5000 Wins Best New IT Hardware Award at Golden Bridge Awards

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 12, 2012) - Overland Storage (NASDAQ: OVRL), the trusted global provider of effortless data management and data protection solutions across the data lifecycle, has been awarded the highest honor of Gold Winner for the Golden Bridge Awards in the best new IT hardware category for its SnapSAN 5000 product. The annual Golden Bridge Awards program encompasses the world's best in organizational performance, innovations, products and services, executives and management teams, women in business and the professions, innovations, case studies, product management, public relations and marketing campaigns, and customer satisfaction programs from every major industry in the world.

The SnapSAN 5000 is the highest performing SnapSAN solution to date. Whether in a virtualization, private cloud or compliance environment, the SnapSAN exceeds the application-driven performance and uptime requirements demanded from even the most complex IT environments. Delivering advanced features such as high availability, SSD acceleration and tiered storage management, the SnapSAN enables companies of any size to seamlessly manage, grow and protect their critical business data. 

"It's an honor to be named the Gold Winner in the best new IT hardware category by Golden Bridge Awards," said Jillian Mansolf, SVP Global Sales and Marketing, Overland Storage. "The SnapSAN 5000 was designed to provide businesses with optimal performance, flexibility, and reliability without creating additional layers of data storage management complexity. Winning this award is a testament to Overland's continued commitment to deliver the industry's most cutting edge data storage solutions."

More than 40 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated and their average scores determined the 2012 Golden Bridge Business Awards winners. For a complete list of 2012 Golden Bridge Awards winners, visit: http://www.goldenbridgeawards.com/world/index.html.

About Overland Storage
Overland Storage is the trusted global provider of effortless data management and data protection solutions across the data lifecycle. By providing an integrated range of technologies and services for primary, nearline, offline, archival, and cloud storage, Overland makes it easy and cost effective to manage different tiers of information over time. Whether distributed data is across the hall or across the globe, Overland enables companies to focus on building their business instead of worrying about data growth. Overland SnapServer, SnapSAN, NEO Series and REO Series solutions are available through a select network of value added resellers and system integrators. For more information, visit www.overlandstorage.com.

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