CMS to Increase Presence in European Marketplace with New Channel Partnership.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2003

CMS Peripherals(R) Inc., the leader in backup and hard drive solutions for notebook and desktop computers, today announced a partnership with Transtec, a leading European IT systems manufacturer. With headquarters in Germany, Transtec will market and sell the CMS line of ABSplus automatic backup systems to its end customers and other European IT resellers.

Transtec currently offers workstations, servers, storage systems and network equipment to business end-users. The CMS ABSplus systems will be an ideal complement to these offerings, providing Transtec customers with an easy solution for automatic backup and disaster recovery. With Transtec locations in Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, CMS will achieve wide visibility for its advanced backup and storage solutions.

"This partnership allows us to pursue our goal of increasing CMS' presence in the European marketplace, while allowing Transtec to expand its portfolio of innovative solutions," said Ken Burke, president of CMS Peripherals. "The CMS ABSplus systems will also benefit Transtec customers by providing them with a return on their IT investments as a result of the ABSplus' ability to protect and restore data without assistance from the IT department."

Availability

The ABSplus is available for both notebooks and desktops and supports backup, archival and restoration of data with one of the market's lowest total cost of ownership. The portable ABSplus is available with a choice of PCMCIA, USB 2.0 or FireWire interfaces and comes standard with a 3-year warranty in capacities ranging between 20GB and 80GB. The desktop ABSplus is available in capacities ranging between 40GB and 250GB with either FireWire or USB 2.0 interfaces and includes a 3-year warranty.

The ABSplus product family is compatible with both Windows (98SE/Me/2000/XP) and Mac OS X operating systems. All of CMS' solutions are available through major distributors, corporate resellers, mail order and direct from the company's Web site, www.cmsproducts.com.

About CMS Peripherals

With more than 4 million CMS storage solutions installed in more than 90 countries, the complete line of CMS storage products includes Automatic Backup Systems for notebooks and desktops, notebook hard drive upgrades and data transfer kits, and high capacity desktop hard drives. For more information, contact CMS Peripherals Inc., 3095 Redhill Avenue, Costa Mesa, Calif. 92626, Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone]. For European-based inquiries, contact CMS Peripherals Inc., 4 Hop Garden Road, Hook, Hampshire, England RG27 9SU, Phone/Fax: [phone]. CMS is available on the Web at www.cmsproducts.com.

Note to Editors: CMS Peripherals Inc. is a registered trademark. Any other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.