Articulent Inc. Extends Professional Services to South Central U.S.; Leading Storage Management Company Opens Dallas, TX Regional Headquarters.

Business/Technology Editors

HOPKINTON, Mass. and DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 23, 2000

Articulent Inc., a leading storage management services company, today announced the opening of its South Central U.S. regional headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Providing a wealth of industry experience, with methodology and process control expertise in all aspects of storage management, Articulent's Dallas office will serve as the regional center for Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas. Articulent has appointed Bob Boggan as Regional Sales Manager for the South Central Region.

The opening of the Dallas office is the first step in Articulent's plans of continued growth and commitment to expanding its consulting and integration services to its current and potential customers in the South Central region and throughout the United States. The regional headquarters will provide professional services and sales to fast growing companies in major metropolitan areas such as Dallas, Houston, Austin, New Orleans, Kansas City, St Louis and Tulsa.

"Expansion is a key step toward our goal of providing customers with the professional services and storage expertise they need to meet their business goals," said Ernest Parsons, President of Articulent Inc. "Our presence in Dallas, and throughout the South Central U.S. region, is evidence that we are committed to expanding our services, increasing our resources and geographic boundaries, and becoming a full-service storage management company."

For over 10 years, Articulent has excelled in delivering value-added resources for storage solutions. The company will build on this expertise to nationally offer enhanced services in two focused practices: business continuance and storage architecture. The company has developed mature and well defined consulting and implementation capabilities in areas such as Storage Area Networks (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Resource Management (SRM).

Articulent's expansion is fueled by the company's impressive growth over the last five years in both customers and new employees. The company has been profitable since its founding and, since 1995 has experienced growth in revenues of more than 700 percent, (55% compounded annual growth rate). Articulent expects to double its size by the end of the year and is slated to open additional regional centers in Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles. The South Central region will see expansion with a district office in Houston in early October and a district office in Kansas City scheduled to open in January 2001.

Articulent's Dallas office is already active in the area's professional community. Teaming with industry leaders McData and VERITAS, Articulent will host a seminar on the "Value of an Enterprise Storage Utility" at the Prestonwood Country Club, Tuesday, August 29, 2000. For more information, please contact the Dallas office at 14001 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 770 Dallas, TX 75240, or call 972.386.4644.

About Articulent

Articulent is a leader in storage management services, enabling companies to store, protect and manage business-critical information. Since 1989, Articulent has provided professional services, specialized consulting, implementation, and critical infrastructure solutions to fast-growing companies that manage an increasing volume of data. Headquartered in Hopkinton, MA, Articulent has offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Dallas, New York and Philadelphia. For more information, please visit www.articulent.com or call 800.323.8839.