BlueArc Appoints Jeff Allen to Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development; Former Vice President at EMC and Sun Microsystems Lends Storage Networking Expertise to BlueArc.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2002

BlueArc Corporation, provider of the world's highest performance enterprise-class network attached storage (NAS) systems, today announced that Jeff Allen has been appointed to the position of senior vice president of strategy and business development. Allen brings more than 25 years of technology experience to BlueArc, including tenures at Sun Microsystems and EMC, where he led the creation of the industry's first open storage solutions. Allen's strategic insight, extensive industry experience and entrepreneurial spirit will play a key role in steering BlueArc into new markets while sustaining the company's technology leadership.

"BlueArc is fortunate to have an individual of Jeff's caliber to help guide our organization. He is a world-class executive whose industry knowledge and experience will be invaluable in rolling out our next-generation network attached storage solutions," said Gianluca Rattazzi, chairman and CEO of BlueArc. "Jeff is a change agent in our industry, and his addition to the BlueArc executive team strengthens our company's position as the technology leader in enterprise network attached storage."

Jeff Allen is a recognized leader in the storage industry, having led the creation of the industry's first open storage solutions as vice president of marketing at EMC. Prior to joining BlueArc, Jeff held key positions within Sun Microsystems as vice president of Network Storage Marketing and most recently vice president of Global Network Storage Sales. Other key posts held in his career include time with Unisys Corporation and Convergent Technologies.

"Enduring architecture is everything. BlueArc has really changed the rules for scalable high-performance storage networking, leapfrogging the market by moving processor-bound software into re-programmable hardware with its SiliconServer(TM) architecture. The result is lower TCO, scalable systems performance and a time-to-market advantage for customers," said Jeff Allen. "I am thrilled to be given the opportunity to work with an organization like BlueArc, delivering this exciting new technology to customers with unequaled performance and service."

About BlueArc Corporation

BlueArc Corporation delivers the world's highest-performance enterprise-class network attached storage system. BlueArc's systems are designed to simplify the way our enterprise customers design and build their storage infrastructures, allowing them to fully exploit their networks while dramatically lowering their total cost of ownership. BlueArc is able to provide products with groundbreaking speed, scalability and low total cost-of-ownership as a result of its unique SiliconServer architecture. This revolutionary technology removes the bottlenecks that limit performance in other network storage systems on the market today. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, Calif. with UK operations based in Bracknell, England. More information on BlueArc is available on the Internet at www.bluearc.com or by calling 866/864-1040.