Aurora Technology to Resell Tricord Systems' Lunar Flare NAS; NAS Product Certified with Aurora's PACS Pack Medical Imaging Solution.

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2002

Tricord Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRCD) -- developer of the revolutionary Illumina(TM) clustering software and Lunar Flare(TM) appliances -- today announced a reseller agreement with Aurora Technology, Inc., a provider of radiology image-viewing technology. Aurora has certified Lunar Flare NAS as a tethered storage solution and will bundle the product with their PACS Pack(TM) offering.

"We're pleased to add Aurora Technology as a reseller in the medical imaging arena," said Keith Thorndyke, CEO of Tricord Systems. "Our work with partners in the digital imaging industry, and particularly with Aurora, evidences the value of our scalable, reliable, clustered NAS solution in the imaging field. Signing Aurora, a significant player in the medical market, also represents an important step in our strategy of deploying our products in application-specific markets."

Tricord's Lunar Flare NAS clustered storage is designed to address the requirements of content-hungry applications, such as medical imaging. The Tricord approach reduces up-front acquisition costs, simplifies deployment, and offers users simple management, fault tolerance, and scalability.

Aurora's new PACS Pack(TM) offerings are complete starter packages geared toward medical centers, community hospitals and specialty clinics. Diagnostic and clinical viewing, image distribution, archiving, and remote viewing are included in Aurora's PACS Packs.

"Lunar Flare NAS is the right storage solution for our new PACS Pack," said Bob O'Brien, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Aurora. "Our product is targeted at small-to-mid-size medical facilities, so the ability to start small and grow the storage is ideal. But, as in any medical environment, availability of the images is paramount. The fault tolerance built in to Lunar Flare NAS means the storage component of PACS Pack meets our customers' stringent requirements for reliable access to radiology images. Using Tricord's Lunar Flare NAS gives our users the fault tolerance and scalability normally found in higher cost SAN systems in a much easier to use implementation."

About Tricord's Lunar Flare(TM) NAS

Lunar Flare NAS is a scalable, fault tolerant clustered appliance that is radically easy to grow, manage and use. Enabled by Tricord's patented Illumina(TM) software, multiple Lunar Flare NAS appliances aggregate to create a cluster, managed as a single resource. Clusters of up to 16 appliances provide seamless scalability up to almost four terabytes. Designed for growing e-businesses, midsize companies and workgroups, this unique solution allows administrators to add storage with no downtime, no user interruption and nearly effortless administration.

About Aurora Technology, Inc.

Founded in 1994, Aurora Technology, Inc. has developed radiology image viewing technology incorporated into FDA approved, DICOM-compliant diagnostic radiology workstations and distribution software. The Company operates on the premise that its open technology architecture can deliver high-end PACS solutions at budget-conscious prices. It provides standard and custom configurations of workstations, archives, storage, and distribution systems specifically for community hospitals, clinics and imaging centers. Aurora Technology is the cost-effective link in the management of radiology image and patient information flow.

About Tricord Systems

Tricord Systems, Inc. designs, develops and markets clustered server appliances and software for content-hungry applications. The core of Tricord's revolutionary new technology is its patented Illumina(TM) software that aggregates multiple appliances into a cluster, managed as a single resource. Radically easy to deploy, manage and grow, Tricord's products allow users to add capacity to a cluster with minimal administration. Appliances are literally plug-and-play, offering seamless growth and continuous access to content with no downtime. The technology is ideally suited for applications including general file serving, virtual workplace solutions, digital imaging, and security. Tricord is based in Minneapolis, MN with offices in Colorado, California and Georgia. For more information, visit www.tricord.com.

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