Artecon Wins Recognition Award from the American Electronics Association's San Diego Council; Network Storage Leader Honored for Achievements in Computers, Peripherals and Software.

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1998--Artecon, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARTE), a global leader in high-availability open systems network- and server-attached storage solutions, has won the prestigious 1998 Electronics Industry Recognition Award from the San Diego Council of the American Electronics Association (AEA) in the category of Computers, Computer Peripherals and Software.

The annual award was presented at the AEA's San Diego Electronics Industry Recognition Awards ceremony held Oct. 19, which honors companies that have demonstrated strong financial growth, product innovation and service to the communities of San Diego.

"This was the strongest field of finalists that we have had," said event co-chairman Robert Weaver, partner in the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP. "The winners stand out as truly outstanding companies in a community of great high-tech firms. It was a challenging year for the judges, as we had so many strong companies."

"Artecon is very proud to receive this honor from the AEA's San Diego Council," said James Lambert, president and chief executive officer of Artecon, in accepting the award at the La Jolla Marriott Hotel. "Over the past year we have faced many challenges and successes, including the acquisition of two companies, which has positioned us as one of the world's largest third-party open systems, independent storage companies serving both the PC-LAN and Unix markets."

The American Electronics Association's San Diego Council represents more than 175 technology-based businesses, and nationally the AEA represents over 3,000 companies.

Founded in 1984, Artecon designs, manufactures, markets and supports a broad range of enterprise storage solutions to satisfy the high availability, performance and capacity requirements of the open systems market. On March 31, 1998, Artecon completed a merger with independent RAID storage vendor Storage Dimensions, creating one of the world's largest open systems, independent storage companies serving the PC-LAN and Unix markets. The combined company's products consist of server-attached as well as network-attached storage systems. In addition, the company's EXTREME product line includes disaster-tolerant RAID systems for telco Central Office and Internet applications.

Artecon has a Japan-based subsidiary and a Europe-based subsidiary with offices in France, England and the Netherlands. The company also operates through reseller and distributor channels worldwide. Additional information on Artecon can be found on the Internet at http://www.artecon.com.