Mary Folkerds
Corporate Communications
612-828-5936
maryf@xiotech.com

Kelli Trask
Shandwick International
612-346-6114
ktrask@shandwick.com

XIOtech®, a virtual storage pioneer and manufacturer of the first architected storage area network (SAN) MAGNITUDE™, together with Novell, Gadzoox, VERITAS Software and Exabyte will demonstrate a complete, enterprise SAN at BrainShare, Novell's premier IT event held this week in Salt Lake City.

The demonstrated solution, which was recently tested in the VERITAS SAN Integration Lab (iLAB), will include Novell NetWare servers running NetWare Cluster Services (NWCS), which is Novell software designed to maximize network uptime. The servers will connect to 1.6 terabytes of storage within the XIOtech MAGNITUDE SAN through a Gadzoox Capellix 3000 Modular Fibre Channel switch. The data generated by the server clusters will be backed up to Exabyte's X200 SAN-ready tape library through the use of VERITAS Backup Exec software.

"Ensuring interoperability of all components in a SAN architecture remains paramount to the broad acceptance of SANs in the marketplace," said Richard Blaschke, executive vice president of marketing for XIOtech. "The functionality and interoperability of this joint solution from five industry leaders shows that complete SAN solutions are deliverable to customers today."

"The centralization of data in a SAN solution dramatically improves backup operations by removing the complexity involved in backing up distributed data storage," said Robin Purohit, director of product management for SAN and clustering for VERITAS Software.

"The complete solution offered by the five partners, and recently tested in our iLAB, will

allow our customers to immediately take advantage of the freedom that an open SAN can deliver," continued Purohit.

"Our commitment to developing the SAN market focuses on state-of-the-art technologies and products which we believe lead the market in open-system interoperability. By achieving a broad level of compatibility in the industry, we can help enable the ease-of-integration that is essential to the successful deployment of SANs," said Dave Tang, vice president of marketing for Gadzoox. "This demonstration is a powerful step in extending SAN technology across the enterprise. The integration and certification of all five vendor's products into a complete solution gives our customers comfort in knowing that interoperability issues will never enter into the picture."

"BrainShare is a perfect forum for this type of demonstration. The goal in hosting this type of IT event is to raise awareness for attendees of the potential for Net services-enabled applications," said Michael Bryant, director of product marketing for Novell. "This solution is a significant step toward training attendees on a complete enterprise SAN that includes everything from servers on the front end, to data backup on the back end, and everything in between."

BrainShare is being held from March 26-31, 2000 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The complete SAN solution featuring products from XIOtech, Novell, Gadzoox, VERITAS Software and Exabyte will be demonstrated in the Novell Technology Lab.

XIOtech Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: SEG), designs, manufactures and markets architected Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions that are tailored to the unique information storage needs of business. The XIOtech MAGNITUDE SAN is based on XIOtech's exclusive Real-Time Data Intelligence (REDI) Storage Architecture, which is the first in the industry to implement storage virtualization. Storage virtualization removes complexity and interoperability issues, increases data availability and manageability, and allows the MAGNITUDE to scale to accommodate storage needs today and well into the future. The MAGNITUDE, along with a comprehensive suite of application-specific storage software, the REDI Software Family, makes storing, managing, safeguarding and retrieving data on heterogeneous computing platforms easy and cost-effective. Founded in 1995, the company's customers include many industry leaders in the fields of finance, Internet, service, healthcare, education, government and imaging. For more information, visit XIOtech's Web site at www.xiotech.com, call (612) 828-5980 or email info@xiotech.com.

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