Auspex Launches Global Business Partners Program, Names Seasoned Industry Executive to Head Team; Channel Sales Executive Paul J. Loucas Named Auspex Vice President.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2000

Adding momentum to its sales and marketing organization, Auspex Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq: ASPX) the technology leader in Network Attached Storage (NAS) server solutions, has launched its Global Business Partners program. It will establish and support a broad range of alliances with OEMs, resellers and system integrators.

Paul J. Loucas joins Auspex as vice president of Auspex Global Business Partners. Loucas, who joined the company in July, is from RAND Worldwide, Toronto, a CAD integrator and Network Appliance reseller. At RAND he was vice president of IT hardware enterprise solutions.

With more than 20 years of related senior sales management experience, Loucas is responsible for defining and managing the channel sales strategy, as well as driving revenues for all business partners worldwide.

Auspex Chairman and CEO Gary J. Sbona said, "Paul's appointment represents the latest in our series of top-level management appointments to the Auspex team. A strong channel partners program provides an opportunity for Auspex that Loucas will address."

"This program enables Auspex to leverage a major competitive advantage focused applications engineering support," said Loucas. "Auspex's ability in this arena is key to establishing winning long term relationships and one of the reasons I joined the company. Combining Auspex's enterprise product releases with a renewed marketing and sales effort will position the company to expand rapidly in selected markets."

"Paul is a key member of our senior management team," said Sbona. "He brings a strong track record of successes in entering new markets and developing successful partnership alliances."

Prior to his work with RAND Worldwide, Loucas spent seven years at Data General where his senior management positions included general manager of U.S. channels and managing director of its federal division.

The company's Global Business Partners program will support alliances in both federal government and commercial target markets such as the semiconductor, software development, oil and gas exploration, automotive, aerospace, communications, publishing, entertainment, animation and financial services industries.

About Auspex

Auspex is the Network Attached Storage (NAS) server choice of Fortune 1000 customers in the semiconductor, software development, oil and gas exploration, automotive, aerospace, communications, publishing, entertainment, animation, and financial services industries. Its products are designed for storage applications requiring secure NT and UNIX data sharing from a single data image, server consolidation or continuous network data availability. The company excels in enterprise-level (multi-terabyte) NAS solutions and services. Learn more about Auspex at www.auspex.com.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially include: delays in the implementation of changes in delivery models, increased competitive environment and pricing pressures, delays in product rollout schedules, component shortages, slow acceptance for new form factors, employee retention, disruptions related to restructuring actions, the financial condition of resellers, delays in new systems implementation, operational inefficiencies related to sales cycles, equity investment volatility, and emerging market political or economic instability. Further information on the factors that could affect Auspex's financial results is included in Auspex's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including the latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and the latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.