ADVISORY/Z-Force, Inc. to Present Its Revolutionary Storage Networking Architecture at the RBC Capital Markets System Area Networks Conference.

News & Assignment Editors/High Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Jan. 7)

RBC Capital Markets System Area Networks Conference

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Network Attached Storage Start-Up Selected to Present Business and

Industry Vision at Investor Conference

Who:     Z-force, Inc., the inventor of an entirely new product
         category called a "file switch" that will revolutionize the
         performance, scalability, manageability and price points of
         network-attached storage (NAS). Gary Johnson, president and
         CEO, will present the company's vision and business plan.

What:    Gary Johnson will present the benefits of Z-force's
         revolutionary file switch product, as well as discuss the
         company's successful demonstration of the world's largest
         single NAS file system and the first heterogeneous NAS Array
         infrastructure. Z-force joins an elite group of public and
         private companies that will present during the 2003 System
         Area Networks Conference. RBC Capital Markets is hosting this
         two-day conference for institutional investors and venture
         capitalists.

         The Wall Street Transcript, which has provided readers with
         interviews of Wall Street professionals and corporate leaders
         for more than 38 years, published a special report for the
         RBC Capital Markets conference. It includes an in-depth
         question-and-answer interview with Gary Johnson and can be
         viewed at www.z-force.com.

When:    January 9, 2003, 10:30a.m.

Where:   The Plaza Hotel, New York City

About Gary Johnson

Gary's 20-year career brings Z-force significant expertise scaling rapidly growing organizations, creating innovative business strategies, and successfully raising more than $100 million in capital. His experience includes executive, general management, marketing and engineering management positions in the networking and PC markets. Before founding Z-force, Gary was president and CEO of S3 Incorporated, a NASDAQ-listed global leader in multimedia accelerators for the PC market. Prior to his CEO position, Gary was general manager with responsibility for the bulk of the company's revenue-generating products. During Gary's tenure, S3's revenue grew over 400 percent to over $400 million, and the company was named by Inc. Magazine as the 7th fastest growing company in America. Prior to S3, Gary founded two start-up business units in the networking and telecommunications space -- the last as general manager of the wireless networking (IEEE 802.11) group at National Semiconductor Corporation. Previously, he held engineering management positions at British Telecom Research Labs in the United Kingdom, where he began his career. Gary has served on a number of advisory boards and boards of directors, including Avian Communications, Nanuk Networks, TuneTo.com, and Silicon Valley Networking Lab (SVNL). He holds a bachelor's degree with honors (equivalent) in Electronic Engineering, DeMonfort University, England with First Class Honours and is a Chartered Engineer.

About Z-force, Inc.

Z-force, Inc. is the inventor of an entirely new product category called a "file switch" that will revolutionize the performance, scalability, manageability and price points of network-attached storage (NAS). Z-force was founded in 1999 and has offices in Laguna Hills, Calif. and Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, visit: www.z-force.com.

Editor's notes:

-- Z-force is a registered trademark of Z-force, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders.

-- Editors interested in an interview with the company should contact: Erika Powelson, [phone], [e-mail]