ATG Cygnet Names President, CEO for U.S. Operations; Bruce J. Bergman, Experienced Executive in Computer Networking and Storage, Joins Leading Supplier of Automated Storage Library Systems.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 1995--ATG Cygnet Inc., a leading supplier of automated optical storage library systems, today announced the appointment of Bruce J. Bergman as president and chief executive officer. Bergman has more than 30-years of experience in the computer industry, including executive positions at two publicly traded computer networking companies and 12 years with Control Data Corporation's computer storage businesses.

With the addition of Bergman, who was also named to the board of directors of the profitable company, ATG Cygnet Inc. will accelerate a program to secure investment financing to fund ongoing product engineering and development of the company's robotic, multimedia storage library systems, and expand marketing programs for existing and new products.

"The opportunities for expansion and profitable growth available to us worldwide require a strong management presence at each of the ATG Cygnet companies," said Bernard Meffre, the previous president of ATG Cygnet Inc., and current chairman and president of ATG Cygnet S.A. (the French-based manufacturer of 12-in. optical disk drives and media). "Bruce Bergman's ability to manage growth, his understanding of the dynamics of extremely competitive markets, and his experience in U.S. financial markets, will help us to meet both the immediate and long-term goals of ATG Cygnet."

Ranked by Dataquest as the largest U.S. supplier of automated library systems for 12-in. optical drives (32 percent of the 1994 worldwide market), ATG Cygnet Inc. is positioned to grow rapidly as computer industry trends drive market demand for reliable, very high-capacity storage technologies. The company's new Cygnature Series library, which supports 1/2-in. tape drive, CD drive and 5.25-in. optical technologies, was named as the "Showstopper" Hardware Product at this year's annual AIIM Show and Conference. Scheduled for initial customer shipment late this year, the new library is designed for segments of the computer storage industry that are forecast to show strong growth through the end of this decade.

"The growth of computer networking and movement towards using large database systems as warehouses of corporate information are predominant trends that translate into increasing demand for advanced storage solutions," said Bergman. "ATG Cygnet's proven ability to deliver secure and reliable, terabyte-capacity robotic storage systems puts the company in a solid position to capitalize on these trends. I am very pleased to have the opportunity to manage this growth and, ultimately, open the company to new investors."

Bergman, 54-years old, was most recently president and CEO of Proteon, Inc., a $100 million supplier of network attachment and internetworking products based in Westborough, Mass. He joined Proteon in 1993, after a ten-year tenure as president and CEO of Xylogics, Inc., a company he took public in 1987. From 1971 to 1983, Bergman was employed in Control Data Corporation's OEM Storage Divisions and was general manager of the $125 million peripherals systems business of that company from 1981 to 1983. Bergman received his BSEE from the University of Minnesota in 1964, and an MBA from the University of Southern California in 1971.

ATG Cygnet Inc. is a ten-year old, international supplier of mass storage solutions. The company's robotic library and storage systems products are sold to OEMs -- including AT&T, BULL, IBM, ICL, Siemens-Nixdorf and UNISYS -- and resellers worldwide. The GD 9001/S WORM digital optical drive and media, manufactured by ATG Cygnet S.A., provides dual-sided storage capacity of 10.2 GB (5.1 GB per side) per disk cartridge. ATG Cygnet large format storage libraries, which support every major type of 12-in. optical drive now available, include the expandable Series 1800 family and the Advanced Storage Module, a one or two-drive storage subsystem equipped with WORM drives from ATG Cygnet or Philips LMS, or REWRITABLE (magneto-optic) drives from Nikon.

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