Alacritech and Ciprico Accelerate Digital Media Delivery; Companies Offer Simple, Cost-Effective Solutions for Multi-Platform Shared Storage Networks.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2002

Alacritech(R), Inc., the innovator of network accelerator solutions that enable fast and efficient servers and storage systems, and Ciprico, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPCI), a provider of storage and system solutions for digital media applications, today announced that the two companies are providing Ethernet-based solutions to accelerate digital media workflow and increase the performance of workstations in digital media environments. Alacritech's 1000x1 Single-port Server and Storage Accelerator and Ciprico's new DiMeda(TM) 2400 Digital Media Appliance(TM) deliver the performance previously only available in Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs), and offer the simplicity of plug-and-play solutions and the cost advantages of Gigabit Ethernet.

Customers using Alacritech's 1000x1 Single-port Server and Storage Accelerator in multiple workstations to attach to the Ciprico DiMeda 2400 Storage System benefit from breakthrough file access performance levels in critical digital media applications. The Alacritech Gigabit Ethernet Accelerator, based on the company's patented SLIC Technology(R), is the only solution capable of significantly accelerating both IP storage and standard Ethernet traffic. SLIC Technology is the TCP/IP offload and acceleration architecture proven to deliver the most efficient, top-performing server and storage traffic acceleration possible. "Alacritech's SLIC Technology helps Ciprico's DiMeda 2400 Digital Media Appliance store and retrieve files with the performance and quality of service required from multi-user digital media applications," said Gerry Johnsen, Ciprico senior product manager. "We have witnessed significantly improved quality of service and 30% reductions in CPU load while running high-performance digital video editing applications."

"With the proliferation of Ethernet and the emergence of iSCSI, we're seeing significant customer interest from the broadcast and entertainment markets, which require multi-platform support and true file sharing, yet would like to avoid the cost and complexity associated with existing solutions," said Barry Haaser, vice president of marketing, Alacritech, Inc. "Alacritech's high-performance acceleration technology is well-suited to work cohesively with Ethernet-based storage products like Ciprico's new DiMeda appliance to significantly speed applications in shared storage environments."

About Ciprico, Inc.

Ciprico (Nasdaq:CPCI) designs, manufactures and markets storage and system solutions for digital media applications within the broadcast and entertainment, military and government, and enterprise markets. Ciprico solutions combine storage, networking and computing technologies to simplify and accelerate digital media workflows. Ciprico is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. More information is available at www.ciprico.com or by calling 1-800-727-4669.

About Alacritech, Inc.

Alacritech, Inc. was founded by Larry Boucher, creator of the SCSI interface, to deliver upon his vision of eliminating the server bottleneck. Today, Alacritech is the innovator of network accelerator solutions that enable fast and efficient servers and storage systems. Alacritech's complete line of high-performance server and storage accelerators is based on the company's patented SLIC (session-layer interface card) Technology to optimize the performance of servers, network-attached storage and iSCSI storage devices. SLIC Technology is the first fully compatible and scalable technology to offload network protocol processing, primarily TCP/IP, from software on the host system to silicon on the adapter. Based in San Jose, California, Alacritech is privately held. Alacritech is a member of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance and the Storage Networking Association (SNIA) and a founding member of the SNIA IP Storage Forum. For more information about Alacritech and its products, please visit the company's Web site at www.alacritech.com.

Note to Editors: Alacritech, the Alacritech logo, SLIC Technology, and the SLIC Technology logo are registered trademarks of Alacritech, Inc. in the United States. Ciprico is a registered trademark of Ciprico, Inc. All other trademarks the property of their respective owners.