Nexsan and Legato Team to Deliver Joint Data Protection Solutions

LEGATO Becomes Newest Member of Nexsan's Strategic Solutions (S²) Program

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., March 23, 2004 - Nexsan Technologies and LEGATO Software, a division of EMC, today announced a joint world-class solution that provides data access, availability and protection to customers utilizing Nexsan's InfiniSANT line of disk-based storage solutions with LEGATO's information protection, intelligent data management, availability and email management solutions - including NetWorker® and its DiskBackupT Option (DBO), DiskXtender®, EmailXtender® and RepliStor®. With the announcement, LEGATO becomes the latest member of Nexsan's Strategic Solutions (S² ) Program.

The combination of Nexsan's hardware and LEGATO's software allows customers of S² partners and resellers to obtain complete data protection, availability and email management solutions. The combined solution provides next-generation backup and recovery performance, reliability and high data availability for the industry's most demanding storage and data delivery applications.

"We are pleased to be working with LEGATO as part of our S² Program," said Brendan Kinkade, Vice President of Marketing at Nexsan. "It is important to us to partner our award-winning product line with other leading providers to create even more value for our customers, and having LEGATO's award-winning software products in the fold more than satisfies that need."

"As the leader in open software for Information Management, working with leading hardware vendors is critical to accommodating the diverse needs of our customers' storage environments," said Jocelyn Johnson, director of solutions marketing at LEGATO. "Joining Nexsan's S 2 Program and providing our suite of data access, protection and availability software with Nexsan's disk-based storage helps us meet this need and further provide our customers with solutions that help them achieve their goals while lowering TCO."

For software and hardware manufacturers that complete the S² process, benefits include special pricing on the Nexsan products to be integrated into their solution, referrals to channel partners, co-marketing opportunities, and cooperatively produced white papers and collaterals. Total solutions will carry a "Nexsan certified" designation and be included in the Nexsan's award-winning family of products.

About LEGATO
LEGATO Software, a division of EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), is a global provider of open, enterprise-class software solutions and services for Information Management - helping organizations simplify management and control of Information, and enable business continuity and compliance at the lowest TCO. LEGATO's information protection, automated availability, and messaging management solutions are delivered through a worldwide network of strategic partnerships and alliances, as well as a direct sales force. The division's headquarters are located at 2350 West El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040; (650) 210-7000; fax: (650) 210-7032; Web site: www.legato.com.

About Nexsan Technologies
Nexsan Technologies, headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., is the leader in innovative and correct-cost storage solutions. The company creates and delivers award-winning, storage-centric hardware and application-based solutions worldwide through one of the most diverse and established networks of professionals in the storage industry. Next-generation Nexsan storage products are designed for corporate, graphics, medical imaging, animation and special effects, real time/event monitored/on-line/off-site storage, Internet delivered content, digital film and video, financial online transaction data, music and voice, video security, and document imaging. For more information, please see the company's website at: http://www.nexsan.com.

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