'Focus Award' for Xiotech From Garland Independent School District; Award Recognizes Xiotech's Leadership in Providing Storage Solutions for Educational Organizations.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Xiotech(R) Corporation today announced that Garland Independent School District (ISD), one of the largest independent school districts in Texas, has honored the company with its "Focus Award." The award cites Xiotech's Magnitude 3D(TM) storage solution and the company's extraordinary service in implementing and supporting it.

In early 2004 Garland ISD decided to overhaul and consolidate their data center. They needed a solution that would be easy for them to use, be reliable and help them contain costs. Garland selected Xiotech's Magnitude 3D storage area network (SAN) for the backbone of their new data center. "Magnitude 3D exceeded all of our expectations," said Steve Rickard, manager open systems at Garland ISD. "This award recognizes Magnitude 3D's simple installation as well as its ease of use and minimal maintenance requirements."

Xiotech is the recognized leader in providing innovative, scalable network storage solutions for educational organizations. Magnitude 3D offers K-12 schools and universities storage that is easy to deploy, manage and grow over time. In addition, Magnitude 3D delivers enterprise-class resilience and scalability with the industry's lowest storage total cost of ownership. Xiotech's education customers include the Hurst-Euless-Bedford, Ysleta and McKinney school districts.

"When it came time to update the district's data center, the implementation of Magnitude 3D was flawless," said Mr. Rickard. "The SAN is easy to use and reliable. I can do all of the storage maintenance myself. It's a snap!"

"Xiotech is committed to providing school districts with easy to use and affordable storage solutions," said Mike Stolz, executive vice president of marketing at Xiotech. "Magnitude 3D is the ideal solution for school districts that need a powerful and reliable SAN without the management headaches and complexity of other systems."

About Xiotech

Xiotech(R) makes information storage easy to manage. Since 1996 over 1350 small-to-medium enterprises have taken advantage of Xiotech's easy-to-use and highly resilient storage management solutions. The company's products include Magnitude 3D(TM) 3000, Magnitude 3D 1000e, and TimeScale(TM) Rapid Restore. Current customers include Merrill Lynch, Bechtel, Lucent, Hibernia Bank, and St. Vincent Hospital. Xiotech also partners with industry leaders such as Brocade, Cisco, McDATA, Microsoft, and Novell. In 2004 Xiotech achieved record 25% revenue growth, and was named the fastest growing technology company in Minnesota by Deloitte & Touche in 2003. Over the preceding five years Xiotech has grown almost 5,000%. Xiotech is based in Eden Prairie, Minn. For more information, visit www.xiotech.com, email [e-mail], or call toll free 1.866.472.6764.

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