May 17, 2007

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed opens new and expanded Sonasoft headquarters in Almaden

Almaden’s Sonasoft Corp-oration announced that it has expanded its research and development (R&D) office headquarters facility to accommodate the fast-growing company.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, along with San Jose Councilmember Nancy Pyle and Sonasoft executives, participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 3 at the Sonasoft San Jose facility at 6489 Camden Avenue.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, along with San Jose Councilmember Nancy Pyle and Sonasoft executives, participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 3 at the Sonasoft San Jose facility at 6489 Camden Avenue.

“Supporting driving industries to stay here and grow here is a top priority of my administration. Sonasoft is a driving industry software company that we’re proud to have housed in San Jose. Its presence and expansion in San Jose is testament to the fact that San Jose remains ranked as the top community of innovators in the U.S. and continues to attract the most talented engineers and scientists from all over the world. I wish Sonasoft President and CEO Andy Khanna and his employees the very best of luck in the future” said Mayor Chuck Reed.

Sonasoft is expected to achieve increased growth in 2007 and beyond based on recent performance. The company grew by 150 percent in revenue and added nearly 200 new customers in 2006. Sonasoft products not only received great acceptance in the Small and Medium Business (SMB) marketplace but also with enterprise customers. Sonasoft products have also received excellent traction in Europe and Asia.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Council Member Nancy Pyle with Garrett Rajkovich, Dr. Japra, Andy Khanna, and W.Patrick Kelley (behind Andy.) Photo by Jaya Gautam

“We are extremely happy to be expanding in San Jose. Our facility here will serve as the R&D driver for our global operations and marketplace presence. We are thankful to Mayor Reed and other local officials for helping to ensure our path to success. The city of San Jose has given us tremendous support and allowed us to develop and build a product that is winning market share,” said Andy Khanna, president and CEO, Sonasoft. “Sonasoft’s solution is getting rave reviews from customers and experts in the field. We are the only company that provides a fully integrated solution, and customers really like our offering. And, with San Jose’s supply of world-class talent at our doorstep, we have the necessary brainpower to grow and continue to attract top global innovators.”

Sonasoft Corp. automates the disk-to-disk backup and recovery process for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and Windows Servers with its groundbreaking SonaSafe® Point-Click Recovery® solutions. SonaSafe is the only product that provides an integrated backup/recovery and replication solution for Exchange and SQL servers. Designed to simplify and eliminate human error in the backup and recovery process, SonaSafe solutions also centralize the management of multiple servers and provide a cost-effective turnkey disaster recovery strategy for companies of all sizes. For more information visit www.sonasoft.com.