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Sanbolic Partners with Pi-Solution at IBC 2002, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pi Solution Signs Distribution Contract and Shows Sanbolic Product as Part of Advanced Broadcast Demo at IBC

Watertown, MA and Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 13, 2002 - Sanbolic, Inc. developer and manufacturer of software and file system for applications used in storage networks today announced that they have signed an agreement with distributor Pi-Solution in the Netherlands. Pi Solution will resell Sanbolic products as part of their Pi XStreamFC solutions, targeted at broadcast, post production and educational customers, through their European reseller channel.

Pi Solution's Pi XStreamFC incorporates the latest 2Gbit network technologies in combination with universal file access and HTML Asset management. Designed as a turnkey system, Pi XStreamFC revolutionizes the way users can access, share and find digital media assets across operating systems, departments and across the web. Featuring cutting edge technologies such as soap peer-to-peer command networking, and Sanbolic's shared journaling file system, in their demonstrations during IBC, Pi XStreamFC provides answers to today's high-speed networking demands.

"We are pleased to have found a partner that understands both system and application technology and provides their customers with complete solutions," says Eva Helén, VP of Business Development at Sanbolic, Inc. "Pi's extensive experience in the early SAN adopter markets such as broadcast is essential for us in bringing our file system to market."

"Sanbolic's cutting edge software applications continue to push the frontier of workflow management," says Quinton Maloney, Marketing Director at Pi Solution. "Sanbolic's commitment to creating a universal file system access enables Pi to continue to push frontiers in developing and distributing turnkey hardware and software solutions that increase Return on Investment for digital production assets."

Sanbolic aims at meeting the increasing requirements of applications used in workgroup and enterprise environments. Sanbolic's shared journaling file system, Melio FS, reduces production time by providing multiple paths to the data, whilst keeping throughput capacity. Melio FS uses point-to-point connection between servers and data on the storage, it keeps journaling logs for redundancy purposes, and uses advanced locking mechanisms not to interfere with the workflow. The file system provides unlimited scalability, and LAN integration through support of NFS and CIFS.

About Sanbolic, Inc.
Sanbolic, Inc. is a privately held company incorporated in 2000 and located in Watertown, Massachusetts. Sanbolic, Inc. provides the market with software for sharing and access of data. The product offerings are Kayo, volume sharing software, first released in 2000, and Melio FS, a shared file system with heterogeneous operating system support. Melio FS is currently in candidate release stage and is scheduled to start shipping in its first version during Q4, 2002.

About Pi Solution
Pi Solution manufactures and distributes unique, turnkey, hardware and software storage solutions designed for creating, editing and repurposing of high-resolution graphics, video, film and audio assets. Together with its authorized Resellers across Europe, Pi Solution implements complete digital asset management solutions for high intensity networking environments.

With Headquarters in the Netherlands, Pi Solution offers European wide consultation, logistics, technical support and on site maintenance programs.

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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