Tel Aviv, Israel — October 6th, 2008   GED-I Ltd, a leading provider of storage encryption/security solutions, announced that the “GSA 2000 – AIO” has successfully completed interoperability testing with the IBM System Storage DS3000 family of products to become an IBM System Storage Proven solution. GED-I’s GSA 2000 can be used for data encryption to meet compliance guidelines, regulatory requirements and business optimization needs utilizing the IBM System Storage DS3300 and DS3400 storage devices.  This solution will allow the DS3000 to be utilized as the storage element in an encryption environment that utilizes the GED-I encryption and encryption key management.   GSA 2000 is a storage security appliance, used to secure storage data in Real Time. GED-i Ltd presents the ultimate security for storage devices utilizing multi layered security implemented as GED-I Security Appliance (GSA) product family. Storage data security based on plain encryption is not satisfactory due to storage device’s inherent vulnerabilities: known data structure, huge volume of data, data recovery technologies and the retractable storage disks. GED-i Ltd is the only company that offers suitable level of security to Storage Data, utilizing unique technology that overcomes the inherent vulnerabilities of the storage devices, utilizing 3 layers of standard encryption (AES 256) and proprietary methods   "Achieving IBM System Storage Proven interoperability is another validation for GED-I’s storage security products. Our ability to work with multiple storage platforms would now give us the competitive advantage to work in truly heterogeneous environments". Said David Saar, GED-I’s Ltd CEO.   About IBM System Storage Proven Program The IBM System Storage Proven program is an interoperability qualification program in which leading companies work with IBM to qualify products or solutions that interoperate with the broad portfolio of IBM System Storage products. Whether it is a total solution, product part or popular configuration, when a customer sees the IBM System Storage Proven emblem, they'll know the offering has been pre-qualified to interoperate with IBM storage.   About GED-I’s Ltd GED-I Ltd develops and markets Storage Data Security/Encryption solutions for the Enterprise and SMB markets. The company’s products based on the company's unique patent pending technology, delivers data security that overcomes the inherent vulnerabilities of storage devices

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