Isilon Positioned in Leaders Quadrant of Magic Quadrant For Midrange And High-End NAS

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Evaluation Based on Isilon's Vision and its Ability to Execute

SEATTLE - March 19, 2010- Isilon® Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN) today announced the company has been positioned byGartner, Inc.in the Leaders quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Midrange and High-End NAS Solutions." According to this report:

"Vendors in the Leaders quadrant have the highest scores for their ability to execute and completeness of vision. A midrange and high-end NAS vendor in the Leaders quadrant has the market share, credibility, and marketing and sales capabilities needed to drive the acceptance of new technologies. It demonstrates understanding of market needs, is an innovator and thought leader, and has well-articulated plans that customers and prospects can use in designing their storage infrastructure and strategies."

"Enterprise demand for scale-out NAS continues to accelerate, as leading businesses have come to recognize its compelling performance, scalability and cost-reduction benefits for a broad range of mission-critical applications, workflows and processes," said Sam Grocott, vice president of marketing, Isilon Systems. "We believe Isilon's position in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner's Magic Quadrant further recognizes the enterprise-readiness of our innovative scale-out NAS solutions, which deliver on-demand scaling of storage resources to align directly with the rapidly evolving needs of today's data-intensive IT environments."

Isilonscale-out NASdelivers increased performance for file-based data applications and workflows, from the highest performance, I/O-intensive applications, to primary and secondary storage, to nearline archives, all from single file system architecture. Powered by itsOneFS®operating system, Isilon IQ creates a unified pool of highly efficient storage providing at least 80 percent storage utilization, enabling enterprise businesses to reduce capital and operational costs, while maximizing the value of their mission-critical information.

To read the full version of Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Midrange and High-End NAS Solutions" please gohere.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted March 15, 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the Leaders quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Isilon Systems

Isilon Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN) is the proven leader in scale-out NAS. Isilon's clustered storage and data management solutions drive unique business value for customers by maximizing the performance of their mission-critical applications, workflows, and processes. Isilon enables enterprises and research organizations worldwide to manage large and rapidly growing amounts of file-based data in a highly scalable, easy-to-manage, and cost-effective way. Information about Isilon can be found athttp://www.isilon.com.

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