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SIA Trains Security Project Experts at Intransa HQ

SAN JOSE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 4, 2008 - Intransa, the global leader of shared, scalable and simple external IP storage solutions, will host the Security Industry Association’s (SIA) Certified Security Project Manager (CSPM) program at the company’s headquarters in San Jose beginning September 8, 2008.

The goal of CSPM is to certify individuals who have demonstrated proficiency in every aspect of project management as it relates to security systems. “The SIA is the leading proponent of professionalism and standards among manufacturers, security dealers and integrators,” commented Jeff Whitney, vice president of marketing for Intransa. “We are proud to not only be members but to be able to support the organization and its candidates by hosting this important class.”

The CSPM program consists of a self-study course covering five modules that are completed in advance by each participant. The self-study is followed by five days of instructor-led classroom. Major modules include: Security Project Management; Estimating Security Projects; Contracts, Codes and Risk Management; Project Financial Management; and Managing the Project Team. CSPM programs are open to security practitioners as well as professionals from manufacturers, integrators and dealers.

“The security industry will benefit greatly from the growing number of CSPM certified practitioners,” said Whitney. “The skills learned in this program are important as new technologies, such as IP, displace the familiar analog systems of the past, bringing both new challenges and many new benefits.”

SIA’s Certified Security Project Manager (CSPM) designation comes from the physical security industry’s only certification program for security project managers, a rapidly growing discipline. It promotes the professional accreditation of project managers involved in the design and installation of security systems.

Intransa’s Gary Fort, senior systems engineer, will participate in the certification program. For questions regarding completing future CSPM programs, Fort and Whitney are among sixteen Intransa executives, technical team members and employees attending the ASIS International Atlanta event, September 15-18. They can be located at the Intransa booth, #541 and will be available to provide more details on the program from a participant and sponsor perspective.

About Intransa

Intransa, Inc. is the leading innovator of shared, scalable and simple external IP storage solutions for video and IT storage. A single DVR can benefit from Intransa storage, increasing reliability and retention while reducing video surveillance cost.

Based in San Jose, CA, Intransa offers scalable, high performance security-grade storage with outstanding availability and price/performance, with built in Set-and-Forget Management for proven ease of use. The company’s Video Storage Administrator toolkit is the first in the industry to configure external storage for use in video surveillance and other physical security applications without requiring extensive IT storage knowledge for maximum benefit. Instead, the VSA is configured using familiar frame rate, resolution, retention period and other physical security terms.

Beginning as a 3Com spin-off, Intransa has been shipping shared IP network storage solutions since 2003. Intransa IP storage is available worldwide through authorized StorPartner security and systems integrators. Intransa is an Axis Communications Applications Development Partner, Cisco Ecosystem Provider, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and VMware Technology Alliance Partner along with many other industry partnerships through our StorAlliance Technology Partner program.

Intransa believes and supports industry standards, and is a member of the Security Industry Association, the Storage Networking Industry Association and its green storage initiative, and The Green Grid organization for green IT. Intransa employees are also members of ASIS International and the ASIS Physical Security Council.

For more information about Intransa and our industry-leading sharable, scalable and simple external IP storage solutions, to locate a StorPartner security and systems integrator, or to join the StorAlliance Technology Partner program, please visit us at www.intransa.com.

Intransa, EdgeBlock, BuildingBlock, PerformanceBlock, Security-Grade IP Video Storage, DynaStac, StorStac OS, StorManager, StorStac Snapshot, StorAR, StorCluster, the 3Rs for Video, the 3Ss of IP Storage, Set-and-Forget Management, StorSupport, StorWarranty, StorAlliance and StorPartner are registered names and trademarks of Intransa, Inc. All others are the property of their respective holders.

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