archived press 2002
Chaparral Network Storage and Sanbolic Announce Strategic Relationship
RAID Storage and Volume Sharing Solution for the Windows NT and 2000 Market

Boulder, Colorado, and Watertown, Mass., July 1, 2002 - Chaparral Network Storage, Inc., a developer of specialized appliances that deliver data across global storage networks, and Sanbolic, Inc. a developer and manufacturer of advanced software for shared storage announced today an expansion of their strategic relationship. The relationship brings a highly functional, RAID storage volume sharing product to the Windows NT and Windows 2000 market.

Chaparral will integrate the Sanbolic volume sharing software into their industry leading StratisRAID storage products. The integrated software solution, RAIDar™ Access Manager, provides SAN users with volume sharing capabilities and allows them direct access to all data on the storage through fibre channel connection. The improvement of the data management and accessibility across the SAN will create a time saving and cost effective storage environment.

"The integration of RAIDar Access Manager into Chaparral RAID solutions will fulfill the Windows market demand for a highly functional and cost effective storage solution," said Cooper Cowart, Chaparral Network Storage vice president of marketing. "Sanbolic's software is a perfect compliment to our StratisRAID storage systems which provide an unprecedented value to Windows NT and Windows 2000 customers."

"We are pleased that Chaparral has chosen Sanbolic as a strategic partner. Offering complete SAN solutions with data sharing software in combination with their StratisRAID systems shows that they understand and meet their customers' needs," says Eva Helén, vice president of business development at Sanbolic.

The agreement enables Chaparral Network Storage to distribute an integrated software solution in its StratisRAID storage solution to Windows NT and Windows 2000 customers worldwide. RAIDar Access Manager will be available to purchase in the third quarter through its distributors and resellers in the United States, Europe and Pacific Rim.

About Chaparral (www.chaparralnet.com)
Chaparral Network Storage, Inc., a privately held company headquarters in Boulder, Colo., designs and markets storage appliances that provide simple solutions to common storage networking problems. Chaparral specializes in advanced performance devices that deliver data efficiently within the network, and sells protocol bridges, data routers, RAID controllers and disk array appliances that are network-ready. Chaparral's storage networking appliances feature SCSI and FC connectivity, easy device configuration and management tools, and tested interoperability with leading SAN products and storage resource management software. Chaparral's family of 2Gb Fibre Channel appliances allows any system administrator to build high performance storage networks on a manageable budget. Chaparral's solutions are available through select storage OEMs, resellers, and distributors worldwide.

About Sanbolic (www.sanbolic.com)
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. Kayo is available worldwide, through a network of resellers and system integrators Melio FS will be available in 2002.

The following terms are trademarks of Sanbolic, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries: Sanbolic, Kayo, Melio FS. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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