ADIC Talks Data Consolidation in Technology Forums: Educational Program Focuses on Intelligence in Storage Environments.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2003

Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) is inaugurating a series of educational briefings in major North America cities to help IT executives and storage integrators understand the latest technology available today for managing data in enterprise environments and trends that will be important for the future of storage management.

The Data Consolidation Forums, which feature ADIC executives and technical specialists, focus on advances in hardware, software, and storage architectures which let IT departments manage and protect their digital assets more effectively, achieve higher utilization rates from their existing storage resources, and reduce their overall management costs.

"Consolidation is one of the major forces helping drive the enterprise toward greater productivity by allowing the better use of storage resources -- both capital and human," said Peter van Oppen, ADIC CEO. "We are sponsoring these sessions because we believe that having the most current information about the tools and techniques that make consolidation easier and more effective is an essential part of the knowledge base that all IT managers and integrators need to excel in their jobs."

The Forums cover techniques for consolidating data in storage network environments, using file systems and policy based data placement to manage the retention of digital assets throughout their life, and integrating intelligent management capabilities into data protection solutions. They deal with issues central to IT departments that support standard business processes as well as with concerns unique to specialized, large data-set environments associated with science and engineering, seismic exploration, and intelligence applications.

The first three ADIC Data Consolidation Forums are being held in the following locations:

Houston, Texas June 12

New York, New York June 24

Washington, D.C. June 26

For information about space availability and program agendas, call 800/850-ADIC.

About ADIC(R)

Advanced Digital Information Corporation (NASDAQ:ADIC) is a leading provider of Intelligent Storage(TM) solutions to the open systems marketplace. ADIC is the world's largest supplier of automated tape systems using the drive technologies most often employed for backing up open system, client-server networks.(1) The Company's storage management software and storage networking appliances provide IT managers innovative tools for storing, managing and protecting their most valuable digital assets in a variety of disk and tape environments. ADIC storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers and OEMs, including Cray, Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, IBM and Sun. Further information about ADIC is available at www.adic.com.

(1) ADIC is a registered trademark and Intelligent Storage is a

trademark of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All

other trade or service marks used in this document should be

considered the property of their respective owners. Market

share from: IDC 2001 worldwide revenue and unit market share

data for all automated systems using DLT, SDLT, LTO, 8mm or

AIT drives; and Gartner Dataquest, 2002 Tape Automation

Systems Market Shares, F. Yale, April 2003.