CloudByte, the first company to provide dynamically selectable storage performance on industry-standard hardware, announced today that the company was a winner of the 2013-2014 Cloud Awards Program in the Best Cloud Infrastructure category.

Identifying and celebrating excellence in the field of cloud computing, the Cloud Computing Awards program encourages entries from across the entire globe - the US, Canada, Australasia and EMEA regions. More than 200 organizations entered this year. Categories included Best Cloud Infrastructure, Data Innovation of the Year, "Best in Mobile" Cloud Solution, Most Promising Start-Up and Best Software as a Service.

Cloud Awards organizer Larry Johnson said: "We are extremely pleased to endorse CloudByte, giving added value to its clients, disrupting business models and leveraging cloud technologies to be the best of the best."

"We are pleased to be recognized for our work in the cloud service provider space," said Greg Goelz, CEO of CloudByte. "This award validates our accomplishments in helping cloud service providers compete with and differentiate from industry leaders such as Amazon."

This is the second recognition for CloudByte this month. Earlier this month, Storage Magazine and SearchStorage.com named CloudByte a Product of the Year finalist.

About the Cloud Awards

The Cloud Awards is an international program, which has been recognizing and honoring industry leaders, innovators and organizational transformation in cloud computing since 2011. The awards are open to large, small, established and start-up organizations from across the entire globe, with an aim to find and celebrate the pioneers who will shape the future of the Cloud as we move into 2014 and beyond. Categories include the Software as a Service award, Most Promising Start-Up, and "Best in Mobile" Cloud Solution. Finalists were selected by a judging panel of international industry experts. For more information about the Cloud Awards please visit http://www.cloud-awards.com/.

About CloudByte

Targeted to the needs of cloud service providers - public and private - CloudByte's patent-pending storage software solutions deliver dynamically selectable performance for each application or tenant. By providing unified block, file, and direct attached storage, CloudByte eliminates inefficient and costly storage silos and enables scaling from a single site to distributed cloud environments without disruption. Established in 2010 and managed by technology executives from companies such as Cisco, HP, IBM, NetApp, Novell, and SanDisk, CloudByte is venture-backed by Fidelity Worldwide Investment, Nexus Venture Partners and Kae Capital. For more information, visit www.cloudbyte.com or follow www.twitter.com/cloudbyteinc.

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