BJ Services Picks BiTMICRO Networks' Solid State Flash Disk Solutions as Data Storage for Oil and Gas Pipeline Inspection Equipment.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2002

E-Disk's High Capacity, Superior Performance, High Reliability and

Extreme Agility Cited as the Key Elements Behind BJ's Decision

BiTMICRO Networks, Inc., a premier supplier of high performance solid state flash disk storage devices and storage management solutions, today announced that BJ Services, a leading provider of pressure pumping and other oilfield services for the petroleum industry worldwide, has selected E-Disk(R) as the flash disk storage for Geometry Inspection tools capable of mapping/monitoring pipelines.

BJ Services Geopig is a unique tool within the pipeline inspection industry that provides operators with three-dimensional geographic information via inertial navigation and sonar caliper measurements. This allows operators to assess the dynamics associated with slope instability, subsidence, overburden, frost heave, river crossings, free spanning, overburden and temperature and pressure changes. Pipeline dents, buckles, wrinkles and bending strain are also measured with very high degrees of accuracy.

Having established an unrivalled position throughout the worldwide pipeline industry as leaders in the development of Geometry Inspection tools capable of mapping/monitoring pipelines, BJ Services has now expanded its operations to include corrosion assessment of pipelines using Magnetic Flux Leakage measurement techniques.

BJ Services has an extensive track record worldwide and employs some of the most experienced and qualified personnel in these areas. The equipment fleet is the largest of its kind and has been designed to allow work to be performed in any region of the world in both onshore and offshore environments.

"BiTMICRO's solid state storage solutions provide our business core a cost-effective way to improve reliability and performance, while offering flexible choice of interface. This essentially improves the data robustness for our whole products," said Wing Eng of BJ Pipeline Inspection Services. "BiTMICRO offers us the choices we require with excellent support. They have been able to deliver as promised."

"BiTMICRO is at the forefront of solid state storage and we continue to bring new solutions to the market. We offer an integrated range of storage products based on our technological strengths designed to cost-effectively and reliably suit the needs of our customers," commented Rudy Bruce, BiTMICRO Networks President. "With Pipeline Inspection Services' 'use-what-you-need' approach to storage, its decision in process-selecting our solutions further validates that our customers are maximizing their storage dollars with our product offering."

About E-Disk(R) Solid State Drive Solutions

The E-Disk(R) solid state drive solutions are ideally suited for mission critical storage applications that require high system uptime and very reliable operations either in a harsh environment of extreme temperature, shock, and vibration or for commercial applications. With instant access time and superior read and write transfer rates, the E-Disk(R) flash drive addresses the need for high capacity, high-speed data processing and environmental resiliency.

Besides having higher performance, the desired small form factor, reliability (2 million hours MTBF), and ruggedness (16.4 G rms and up to 1000 Gs of operating shock), BiTMICRO's E-Disk offers additional security and data protection features required by these applications and not offered by any other flash disk solid state drives. Its unmatched performance, 99.999 percent availability and 100 percent data integrity plus its available high capacities make BiTMICRO's E-Disk flash drive the ideal storage device solution for all mission-critical applications.

The E-Disk flash drive product family is a 'plug and play' solution that has been tested on all major platforms. The E-Disk is fully compatible with Linux, Solaris, Windows, MacOS and LynxOS. Other supported operating systems include, but is not limited to: AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, NetBSD, OS/2, QNX, VxWorks, SCO Unixware and Open Server, Solaris X86, and Tru64.

The E-Disks(R) solid state drive solutions are offered with SCSI, IDE/ATA or Fibre Channel interfaces in 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch HDD footprints and 19-inch rackmount configurations.

About BiTMICRO Networks

BiTMICRO Networks, Inc., a privately held California corporation, is the world's premier supplier of high performance solid-state disk, flash drive, and storage management solutions. BiTMICRO's solutions offer unmatched performance, data availability, and manageability across a spectrum of platforms from entry systems to super computers. Their engineering methods, expertise and flexible system architecture bring to their clients highly reliable and upgradeable storage solutions and also address custom-design application requirements.

For more BiTMICRO E-Disk(R)technology information, visit Web site at http://www.bitmicro.com or contact BiTMICRO at 45550 Northport Loop East, Fremont, CA 94538 USA. Sales Telephone: +510-74E-DISK / [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail].

About BJ Services Company 

BJ Services Company (NYSE: BJS) is a leading provider of pressure pumping and other oilfield services serving the petroleum industry worldwide. The Company's pressure pumping services consist of well stimulation, cementing, sand control, coiled tubing and downhole tools services used in the completion of new oil and natural gas wells and in remedial work on existing wells, both onshore and offshore. These services are provided through domestic and international locations to customers in most of the major oil and natural gas producing regions of the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

The Company is one of the largest suppliers of casing and tubular services in the U.K. North Sea and is continuing to expand these services into several of the major oil and natural gas producing regions. The Company provides commissioning, leak detection and inspection services to refineries, pipelines and offshore platforms and also provides specialty chemical services to the oil, gas refining and petrochemical industries in the United States.

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