ADVISORY/ CLARiiON To "Focus On Fibre" At COMDEX Fall '98.

ADVISORY...for Mon.-Thurs. (Nov. 16-19)

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     When: November 16-19, 1998

     Where: Room N220, 2nd Floor Meeting Room Complex
            Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC)
            Las Vegas, Nevada

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CLARiiON Comdex Fall `98 Highlights:

CLARiiON Technology Showcase

CLARiiON will be showcasing its industry-leading FC5000 Series of full Fibre Channel storage solutions in switched, heterogeneous Storage Area Networks (SANs), in detailed benchmark models, and in conjunction with its CLARiiON Navisphere storage management software as well as, giving a sneak-preview of new unannounced technologies in its by-invitation-only Technology Showcase (Room N220, LVCC).

CLARiiON TeraCLIN Demonstration

CLARiiON will be participating in a demonstration of TeraCLIN, a project created to demonstrate the scalability and performance of Data General's Enterprise NT Server platform, Microsoft SQL Server 7, and ActiveX modularity. The one-terabyte medical data warehouse system will be stored on a full end-to-end CLARiiON FC5000 Series Fibre Channel disk array to demonstrate the archival of select clinical information collected daily by healthcare facilities. This presentation will be shown in the Data General Corporate Booth #4624 in the LVCC.

Fibre Channel Loop Community (FCLC)

CLARiiON will be participating in the FCLC Press Event, Monday, November 16 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., as well as showcasing its scalable full Fibre Channel storage solutions and Navisphere centralized storage management software for the duration of the week in the FCLC Suite (Room N246, LVCC).

CLARiiON TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE TOURS/CONTACT INFORMATION:

CLARiiON Technology Showcase tours are available by appointment only, Monday through Thursday, during show hours. To schedule your personal tour, to have information sent to you, or for any additional questions, please contact Nicole Gorman, CLARiiON Public and Consultant Relations Manager, at 508/480-7203 or [e-mail], or Kevin Bourke, Brodeur Porter Novelli, at 617/587-2864 or [e-mail].

About CLARiiON:

With more than 75,000 disk arrays and over 4 petabytes (4,000 terabytes) of usable RAID-protected storage shipped, the CLARiiON Advanced Storage Division of Data General Corporation is the leading supplier of advanced storage solutions to major computer system manufacturers, value-added storage resellers, and system integrators around the world. CLARiiON's high-availability solutions are based on its Multidimensional Storage Architecture(tm) and feature a full range of flexible, scalable products for UNIX and Microsoft Windows NT platforms, including SCSI arrays, end-to end Fibre Channel arrays, and enterprise storage management software. For more information about CLARiiON and its enterprise storage solutions, call 1-800-67-ARRAY, email [e-mail], or visit the web site at www.clariion.com.

Data General Corporation, with headquarters in Westboro, Massachusetts, specializes in servers, storage systems, and related software and services for customers worldwide. The company reported revenues of $1.5 billion for fiscal 1998. Additional information on Data General Corporation, its products, and its services is available at www.dg.com.

CLARiiON is a registered trademark and Navisphere is a trademark of Data General Corporation. All brand and product names appearing in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.