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25 April 2013

WANdisco plc

First 'Big Data' Customer Win

- WANdisco secures first customer for its Hadoop Big Data products -

- Tier 1 UK telecoms operator selects WANdisco Hadoop Console and Non-Stop NameNode -

Sheffield, UK - WANdisco (LSE: WAND), a provider of high-availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data and distributed software development, is pleased to announce that it has secured the first sale of its ground-breaking, Enterprise class Big Data solutions.

WANdisco's first Big Data customer is a Tier 1 UK telecoms operator with operations in Britain and around the world. This customer will use WANdisco's Big Data solutions to ensure 100 percent uptime for its business critical data storage facilities, which are both numerous and distributed across multiple geographies.

Under the terms of the agreement, the customer will utilise both WANdisco's Hadoop Console - which is plug-and-play software to deploy, manage and monitor enterprise-class Hadoop clusters - and its Non-Stop NameNode - which is WANdisco's flagship Big Data product and the only 100 percent uptime solution for Hadoop. 

The NameNode server is the most problematic potential 'single point of failure' for organisations that use Hadoop to manage Big Data. It is this problem that WANdisco's solutions address. Should one NameNode within a cluster fail, WANdisco's solutions ensure that others in the cluster automatically take over. This means that users of WANdisco's solutions can be confident they will enjoy zero downtime and zero data loss, even in the event of a natural disaster at a storage site or during planned site maintenance.

Whilst the financial details of the contract will not be disclosed, WANdisco can confirm that the customer has signed a standard twelve month subscription licence agreement.

Confirming the deal David Richards, Chairman and CEO of WANdisco commented:

"This is a real landmark for all of us at WANdisco. For many months we have talked passionately about the opportunities open to us in the Big Data arena and in the past few weeks we have rolled-out a truly unique set of enterprise products to help capture this opportunity. Today, we have taken the first, exciting step toward proving that the opportunity is real. This first customer win serves as clear evidence that some of the world's largest, most innovative companies know they must get to grips with the Big Data challenge and - perhaps even more importantly - are prepared to trust WANdisco to help them do that."

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About WANdisco plc

WANdisco (LSE: WAND) is a provider of enterprise-ready, high-availability software solutions that enable globally distributed organizations to meet today's data challenges of secure storage, scalability and availability. WANdisco's products are differentiated by the company's patented, active/active data replication technology, serving crucial high availability (HA) requirements, including Hadoop Big Data and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). Fortune Global 1000 companies including AT&T, Motorola, Intel and Halliburton rely on WANdisco for performance, reliability, security and availability. For additional information, please visit www.wandisco.com.

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