Nexsan and Arkivio Announce Intelligent, Turnkey Automated Storage Management Solution

"Arkivio first to become a Nexsan Strategic Solutions (S²) Program partner"

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., June 9, 2003 - Nexsan Technologies, the leader in innovative storage solutions, and Arkivio, Inc., a leader in data resource management, today announced they will jointly develop and market a complete automated storage management solution incorporating Nexsan's advanced disk-based storage systems and the ARKIVIOTM auto-stor storage management software. Arkivio is the first company to qualify and become a Nexsan Strategic Solutions (S²) Program Partner.

The Arkivio-Nexsan partnership will result in an ideal product for resellers that deliver complete data management solutions incorporating data resource management and policy-based automation. Advanced disk-based storage is rapidly becoming the top choice for a variety of industries and applications, including digital film/video/audio, imaging and analytics, and transaction-intensive financial environments.

The Arkivio-Nexsan solution evaluates and classifies data over its lifecycle and automatically and seamlessly migrates files from heterogeneous SAN/NAS/DAS environments to the Nexsan systems according to pre-defined policies. Customers benefit from reduced cost per managed terabyte of storage as they increase utilization of the Nexsan cost-correct storage systems, as well as improved productivity levels by automating storage management tasks such as data storage discovery, analysis, and migration. The joint solution will carry a "Nexsan certified" designation and be included in the company's award-winning family of products.

Nexsan's InfiniSAN line of disk-based storage solutions delivers the latest in form and function now. The InfiniSANTM ATAboyTM series provides enterprise-class features and functionality in a low profile, correct-cost expandable package. Unquestioned reliability results from utilizing redundancy and the latest advancements in RAID technology, while Nexsan's Extreme Intelligence Software, NexSCAN TM, provides sophisticated centralized management and monitoring of all Nexsan subsystems.

Nexsan's award-winning ATAboy2 ATA disk-based technology provides "next generation" performance, reliability and high data availability for the industry's most demanding storage and data delivery applications. Utilizing storage virtualization, the InfiniSAN ATAboy2 ATA disk-based systems scale from a correct-cost, entry-level solution while providing unchallenged expandability and superior fault tolerance supporting the storage industry's most demanding midrange to enterprise-class applications.

About ARKIVIOTM auto-stor
ARKIVIOTM auto-stor automates the discovery of data and storage resources in DAS, NAS, and SAN environments without requiring installation of server agents. Administrators are able to measure in real time the changing value of their storage and data resources, organize and prioritize storage resources by type, cost, or make/model, as well as monitor and report on available and used capacity on servers, in directories, volumes, and storage groups. In addition, ARKIVIOTM auto-stor gathers critical information about the changing value of data within the enterprise, and automatically and intelligently matches data to the most appropriate storage resource. Its Policy Automation Engine (PAE) proactively resolves storage management issues without the need for manual intervention. PAE searches all data and volumes across the network and intelligently migrates files from high-cost storage to low-cost storage or from over-utilized storage to under-utilized storage, according to policies and thresholds set by the administrator.

About Arkivio
Arkivio, Inc., a leading enterprise software company offers storage management automation solutions designed to minimize administration and infrastructure costs while optimizing IT resources. The company's ARKIVIOT auto-stor redefines storage management for medium-sized businesses to large enterprises by enabling them to profile the criticality of their data within its lifecycle in order to automate its placement on the most appropriate storage volume across heterogeneous DAS/NAS/SAN environments. Customers benefit from improved tracking and utilization of storage assets based on cost and improved productivity levels by automated corrective actions in response to administrator-define polices and alerts - driving the cost per managed terabyte of storage to its lowest possible level, while providing significant ROI. For more information, visit http://www.arkivio.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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