BiTMICRO Networks and Azzurri Technology Fortify Strategic Partnership Alliance.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Embedded Systems 2002

NUREMBERG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2002

Azzurri Leverages on E-Disk Unmatched Reliability and

Performance to Deliver Cutting-Edge Solid State Disk

Storage Technology to European Market

BiTMICRO Networks, Inc., announced today at the Embedded Systems 2002 Conference being held in Nuremberg, Germany, that it has entered into a stronger strategic partnership alliance with Azzurri Technology to meet the growing demands for BiTMICRO's E-Disk(tm) solid state disk storage solutions in Europe.

The partnership truly represents and embodies the recognized core strengths and the added-value both companies can provide to European customers in industrial/embedded, medical, aerospace/avionics, military, direct attached storage (DAS), network attached storage (NAS), storage area networks (SAN), redundant array of independent disks (RAID) and portable computers.

"Leveraging partnerships is the key to successful global competition. Azzurri continues to accelerate our business supply chain management initiatives to our valued customers that result in an increasing adoption of our technology in Europe by major manufacturers who are embracing our storage solutions' stability and the versatility they offer. Azzurri has been instrumental in achieving our goals and accurately convey our brand into the future," said Rudy Bruce, Founder and President of BiTMICRO.

"BiTMICRO's solid state storage solutions add value and deepen our relationship with our customers. Our partnership demonstrates perfect synergism as both of our companies focus our strategy to deliver new ways to leverage technology, sustained by outstanding technical know-how and support, that gives our customers a competitive edge," commented Stephen Cavanagh, Founder and European Systems Director of Azzurri.

"Securing the European market with a viable and proven technology that has incredible upside is a great advantage. BiTMICRO's storage solutions have allowed us to exploit additional market opportunities that we have targeted, giving us greater reach and penetration into these niches," added Cavanagh.

Azzurri Technology offers a wide range of cutting-edge products and specialist systems integration solutions, combined with engineering and production capabilities to their leading manufacturers and high technology customers. Because of its extensive knowledge and experience in the telecom, military, aerospace and industrial markets, Azzurri is capable of providing complete service and project management from initial specification to final delivery.

To date, Azzurri is the preferred integration partner for technology driven system solutions. They are Europe's fastest growing technical distribution group, with a fantastic and unprecedented growth from zero to $65 million sales in three years. Azzurri operates in the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy.

BiTMICRO's agreement with Azzurri provides customers in Europe with access to E-Disk solid state disk storage solutions that employ proven, flexible and compatible architectures. Based on patented and advanced FlashBus(tm) technology, BiTMICRO's storage solutions offer fast, scalable and highly reliable access to information even under severe environmental conditions.

BiTMICRO's flash disks are an excellent fit with the demands of Azzurri's customers because the solutions are built to cost-effectively support what their marketplace continues to experience. Computers have become more ubiquitous and the use of standardized computers in a wider variety of environments has led to a growing realization of the need for a more reliable and ruggedized storage systems.

The E-Disk technology is fully tested with Linux, Solaris, Windows, MacOS and LynxOS. It also supports AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, NetBSD, OS/2, QNX, VxWorks, SCO Unixware and OpenServer, Solaris x86 and Tru64.

Azzurri Technology and BiTMICRO Networks are exhibiting their product offerings at the Embedded Systems 2002 Conference, Hall 12, Booth D13; February 19-21, 2002 in Nuremberg, Germany.

To contact Azzurri Technology, call [phone] (UK) or [phone] (Germany) or visit http://www.azzurri.com.

For BiTMICRO Networks E-Disk technology information, call +510-74E-DISK / [phone] or visit http://www.bitmicro.com.

Note to Editors: E-Disk(tm), FlashBus(tm), BiTMICRO(tm) and BiTMICRO Networks(tm) are trademarks of BiTMICRO Networks, Inc. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.