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KOM Networks and Nishan Systems Form Technical Partnership

Palm Desert CA, USA - April 09, 2001
KOM Networks and Nishan Systems today announced that they have signed a technical agreement to work together with their complementary technologies, KOM Networks' leading storage virtualization software, KOMworx®, and Nishan's IPS 3000 Series of storage switches, to provide a total storage virtualization solution for hardware and software.

The KOMworx® enterprise-wide storage management product allows organizations to integrate multiple data storage devices, media, software applications and hardware components seamlessly across an entire network into one homogeneous virtual storage space.

The IPS 3000 Series allows organizations to deploy a robust, high-speed storage network using readily available Gigabit Ethernet and IP network infrastructure products. Using Storage over IP™ technology (SoIP™), the IPS 3000 Series transparently connects native Fibre Channel hosts and devices to an IP SAN.

"This strategic alliance with Nishan Systems provides the customers of both companies with continued access to the best available technology in storage virtualization. Used together, these technologies will deliver higher levels of data integrity, accessibility, and manageability," said KOM Networks President Jeffrey Dale. "KOMworx® acts in a complementary fashion with Nishan's IP storage products and together they provide a total storage virtualization solution."

"We are pleased to be entering into this alliance with KOM Networks, in the rapidly expanding field of storage virtualization," said Randy Fardal, vice president of marketing at Nishan Systems. "It is an excellent way for our companies to work together and to expand our relationship over time."

The market for storage networking products is expected to exceed $2 billion over the next two years, according to IDC.

About KOM Networks

KOM Networks, founded in 1969, is the world leader of innovative storage management software solutions. Pioneers of Data Protection & Retention, KOM Networks' products provide Compliance, Archiving and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) to over 10,000 installations globally. KOM Networks products are delivered through a worldwide network of value-added resellers, strategic partnerships and alliances.

KOM Networks' easy-to-integrate products let you Simply Manage, Protect, and Serve STORAGE, The Way You Want It. For more information please visit www.komnetworks.com.

About Nishan Systems

Nishan Systems, the world's first supplier of native IP storage solutions, builds storage networking products based on IP and Ethernet, the worldwide networking standards. Long-thought impossible, Storage over IP (SoIP™) is a broad-based revolution, led by Nishan, to use the ubiquitous Internet Protocol (IP) and Gigabit Ethernet to rapidly transfer large blocks of data between servers and storage devices. The highly reliable and manageable SoIP SAN fabric extends seamlessly from the data centre to the metro area and beyond. And perhaps most significant, Nishan's SoIP products are fully compatible with the millions of LAN, MAN, and WAN routers and switches already installed and mastered by IT professionals. Nishan Systems, a full voting member of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), is based in San Jose, California, and can be reached at www.NishanSystems.com, and at 408-519-3700.