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Sanbolic, Inc. Selected by James W. Sewall Company to Provide Clustered File System for SAN/NAS Storage Solution

Watertown, MA – April 5, 2005 - Sanbolic, Inc. has been selected by James W. Sewall Company, a leading provider in the GIS (Geographic Information System) services industry, to provide Melio FS, Sanbolic’s advanced clustered file system, to integrate their enterprise Storage Area Network and Network Attached Storage solution.

Melio FS (File System) allows multiple NAS heads to have concurrent access to one file system on SAN storage. The system can be scaled modularly by adding servers or storage to the cluster. The Melio-based NAS solution eliminates the need for replication or manual file migration, and since any server can handle any file request, it eliminates the need for passive fail-over servers. This greatly simplifies the management and reduces the operational cost of the SAN/NAS solution. Sewall is headquartered in Old Town, Maine, and is expected to grow their storage to 25 TB storage and add additional NAS heads by the end of the year.

According to Eva Helen, Vice President of Business Development at Sanbolic, "Sewall is known in the industry for high standards of quality. To meet the needs of its customers, the company needs the most advanced, reliable, and cost-effective technology. We are proud to have won the business through a detailed and demanding evaluation process. We are committed to the GIS community and appreciate the opportunity to work with Sewall, a major GIS service provider."

Sewall CTO Steven Lambert said "Sanbolic's Melio FS software provides us with the flexibility we need to manage and deploy our SAN/NAS resources much more effectively in our highly dynamic production environment. Sanbolic was very responsive in working with us to ensure compatibility and performance with our major applications."

About Sanbolic, Inc.
Sanbolic, Inc. is a privately held company located in Watertown, Massachusetts. Sanbolic’s products address the growing customer need for tools that simplify data storage management, increase system flexibility, and enable high bandwidth shared access to data. The product offerings are Melio FS, an advanced symmetrical cluster file system and LaScala, a symmetrical cluster volume manager. Sanbolic distributes its products worldwide through a network of distributors, OEMs, VARs and system integrators. Further information about Sanbolic can be found on its website www.sanbolic.com.

About James W. Sewall Company
Founded in 1880, Sewall has provided comprehensive GIS consulting services to government, utility companies, and the forest industry since the 1970s. Sewall's expertise in GIS project implementation is supported by 50 years' experience in aerial photography and landbase mapping and 30 years' experience in data conversion and application development. An ESRI Business Partner of the Year 2004 (Northeast Division), Sewall operates out of four offices in Maine, New York, Kentucky, and North Carolina. For more information, please contact Lisa Schoonmaker at 207-827-4456 or visit www.jws.com.

Sanbolic, Kayo, LaScala, 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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