Atempo Taps Bell Microproducts to Launch Atempo's ''Select Partner Program'' for Value Added Resellers in North America.

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Atempo, Inc., a leader in data protection for information lifecycle management (ILM), today launched its Select Partner Program with the announcement of a distribution partnership with Bell Microproducts, Inc. (Nasdaq: BELM), a leading value-added provider of storage products and solutions. Bell Microproducts will offer its enterprise value added resellers Atempo's complete product portfolio including Atempo Time Navigator(TM), Atempo Assentor Suite, and Atempo LiveBackup.

Atempo's Select Partner Program is designed to enhance the ability of its partners to solve customer's critical data protection problems, compete in the market place with an innovative best-in-class product and achieve solid gross margins. In addition to sales materials and technical support, the program offers training and certification on the design, configuration, installation, and maintenance of its solutions.

"Time Navigator, a superior and highly deployable data protection product, is now available in the North American market through leading distributors, such as Bell Microproducts. Reselling Time Navigator can be a great VAR business opportunity," said Dan Tanner, Founder of networked storage consultant/analyst firm ProgresSmart (www.progressmart.com). "In general, data protection hasn't kept pace with firms' modern data storage and archiving needs, and enterprises are increasingly demanding better solutions sporting faster recovery times. Time Navigator excels at meeting their needs."

Atempo Time Navigator unifies snapshot management, replication and advanced disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) virtual library technologies into its high-performance data protection architecture. Atempo Assentor Suite provides policy-based archiving of business-critical information held within Microsoft Exchange. Atempo LiveBackup is the ideal CDP solution to protect the critical information stored on all the desktops and laptops within the enterprise. Using Atempo's products, local and remote computers will continuously and seamlessly benefit from the most advanced data protection available.

"Time Navigator is a superb data protection product that the North American market is ready and waiting for, and is now available through Bell Microproducts," said Gary Gammon, senior vice president of Enterprise Sales & Marketing for Bell Microproducts. "One of the main benefits of Time Navigator is that it can scale from a few servers or a departmental workgroup to a multi-location enterprise network, and yet a user can rapidly restore a single file from any point in time, from any storage media."

"We are partnering with the one of the most highly respected storage distributor in the U.S., whose expertise best compliments our strategy to penetrate critical IT markets," said John Meaney, VP/GM for North America, Asia and Global Alliances of Atempo. "Bell Microproducts and Atempo share a common passion for delivering advanced and innovative data protection solutions that help solve real business challenges for enterprises worldwide. Atempo's Select Partner Program is designed to provide our partners with the products, support, and marketing tools they need to grow their sales and profits."

About Bell Microproducts

Bell Microproducts is an international, value-added provider of a wide range of high-technology products, solutions, and services to the industrial and commercial markets. The company's offering includes semiconductors, computer platforms, peripherals, and storage products of various types including desktop, high-end computer and storage subsystems, Fibre Channel connectivity products, RAID, NAS and SAN storage systems, back-up products, storage management software, and extensive support, integration and installation services. Bell Microproducts is an industry-recognized specialist in storage products and is one of the world's largest storage-centric value- added distributors.

The company's products are available at any level of integration, from components to subsystem assemblies and fully-integrated, tested and certified system solutions. The company adds value with a broad range of services including testing, software loading, kitting, mass storage system integration, and computer system integration. Trained and certified technical personnel complete each of these processes at Bell Microproducts' ISO 9001:2000 facilities. Bell Microproducts markets and distributes more than 125 brand name product lines, as well as its own Rorke Data storage brands, to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract electronic manufacturing services (EMS) customers, value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators in the Americas and Europe. More information can be found in the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the Bell Microproducts Web site at www.bellmicro.com.

About Atempo

Atempo is a leader in data protection for information lifecycle management (ILM). Atempo's Time Navigator(TM) data protection suite delivers comprehensive data security and unparalleled recovery performance, enabling users rapidly and accurately restore data from any given point in time. Time Navigator provides the infrastructure enabling enterprises to achieve their ILM objectives, including compliance with new regulatory requirements. Founded in 1992, Atempo has more than 2300 customers worldwide, with a sales and support network exceeding 100 resellers. The company's dual headquarters are in Palo Alto, Calif., and Paris, France. For more information visit: www.atempo.com.

Atempo and the Atempo logo are trademarks, and Time Navigator is a registered trademark of Atempo S.A. and Atempo, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.