archived press 2003
Sanbolic and ATTO Technology Announce Product Certification and Interoperability
Extending SAN Data Sharing Solutions with Kayo and Melio FS

Watertown, Mass. and Amherst, NY, January 28, 2003 - Sanbolic, Inc. and ATTO Technology, Inc., announced today the completion of product certification of ATTO's ExpressPCI FC 3300 host bus adapter (HBA) series and the ATTO FibreCenterTM 3400R/D 2-Gigabit hub with Sanbolic's Kayo volume sharing software and Melio FS file system.

The combination of ATTO's hardware and Sanbolic's software provides customers with an easy to use SAN solution with field proven technology. Kayo provides volume level data sharing capabilities for customers in Windows based workgroup environments, and is a seamlessly integrated solution that allows multiple workstations to simultaneously read and write to a centralized storage system. Melio FS is a highly scalable, shared journaling file system that will provide heterogeneous operating system support. Melio FS will be used in shared or clustered workgroup environments where performance and simultaneous access to data is a requirement of the workflow process, in storage administration and scalable NAS environments where management and scalability are of importance, as well as in intense grid-computing applications handling heavy transactions, where reliability and capacity are the main priorities.

"By working with leading ISVs like Sanbolic in ongoing interoperability efforts, ATTO is able to improve customers' return on investment by reducing the time and resources required to set up and maintain their SANs," said Sherri Robinson, ATTO Technology's Markets manager.

The ATTO ExpressPCI FC 3300 is a 2-Gigabit optical Fibre Channel HBA offering up to 400 MB/sec. performance in full-duplex mode. Only ATTO host adapters offer a unique blend of hardware and software advantages that enhance the performance and reliability of SANs. Efficiencies found in ATTO's microcode allow the host adapter to quickly and reliability deliver data to transactional-intensive Enterprise applications and bandwidth-intensive Rich Media applications so the highest level of corporate productivity can be reached. The ATTO FibreCenter™ 3400 R/D is a 2-Gigabit zoned Fibre Channel hub featuring advanced management, product modularity and high availability.

"ATTO's hardware technology is a good fit for our products. As interoperability remains a problem in storage area networking, extensive testing is the only way we can guarantee solid product combinations to our customers. We are pleased with the results of ATTO and Sanbolic product tests, and we will encourage our customers to use the combined solutions for high performance and reliability," says Eva Helén, vice president of business development at Sanbolic.

About ATTO Technology, Inc.
ATTO Technology, Inc., is a global leader in Fibre Channel, SCSI and IP storage and storage- infrastructure solutions for Content Creation and Enterprise environments. Since its founding in 1988, ATTO has been designing, manufacturing and marketing award-winning solutions specifically for data-intensive applications. ATTO distributes its products worldwide through original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), distributors, VARs and system integrators. For more information visit www.attotech.com.

About Sanbolic, Inc.
Sanbolic, Inc. is a privately held company incorporated in 2000 and located in Watertown, Massachusetts. Sanbolic, Inc. is providing the market with the latest software for sharing and access of data. The product offerings are Kayo, volume sharing software, and Melio FS, a shared file system with heterogeneous operating system support for storage systems. Sanbolic distributes its products worldwide through a network of distributors, OEMs, VARs and system integrators. For more information visit www.sanbolic.com.

Sanbolic, Kayo and Melio FS are registered trademarks of Sanbolic, Inc. All other company and product names contained herein are trademarks of the respective holders.

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