ADVISORY/The Gilder/Forbes Telecosm Conference: BlueArc CTO Geoff Barrall to Discuss Storage and Disaster Recovery.

News/Assignment Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Nov. 6)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHO:    Dr. Geoff Barrall, CTO & Senior Vice-President, Engineering,
        BlueArc Corporation
          BlueArc delivers the world's highest performance, enterprise
        class network storage systems (www.bluearc.com)

WHAT:   The Gilder/Forbes Telecosm Conference
          The Gilder/Forbes Telecosm Conference is an invitation-only
        event for business leaders from telecommunication, technology,
        investment, and public policy to debate global issues and
        opportunities.

          Topic: Storewidth vs. the Terror: Distributed Storage and
        Disaster Recovery

          Panelists include:

          --  Moderator:
              --  Niel Robertson, Technology Advisor, Exodus
                Communications; Technologist in Residence, Softbank
                Venture Capital

          -- Speakers:
              --  Dr. Geoff Barrall, CTO & Senior Vice President,
                Engineering, BlueArc Corporation
              --  Keith Brown, Director of Strategy & Technology,
                Network Appliance, Inc.
              --  Joshua Coates, CTO & Co-founder, Scale Eight, Inc.

          -- Commentator:
              --  Avi Freedman, Vice President & Chief Network
                Architect, Akamai Technologies, Inc.

WHEN:   Tuesday, November 6, 2001 at 9:50 a.m. PT
          Interviews available with Dr. Geoff Barrall before or after
        the panel discussion.

WHERE:  The Gilder/Forbes Telecosm Conference
          The Fairmont
          950 Mason Street
          San Francisco, California
          http://www.forbes.com/conf/telecosm/agenda1.shtml