COPAN Systems Appoints Priyan Guneratne as VP of Engineering and Roger Archibald as VP of Marketing and Business Development; Storage Industry Thought Leaders Bolster COPAN's Executive Team.

LONGMONT, Colo. -- COPAN Systems, a leading provider of complete storage solutions that unlock the value of long-term data, today announced the appointments of Priyan Guneratne to vice president of engineering and Roger Archibald to vice president of marketing and business development. Guneratne will head the company's leading-edge engineering, program management, research and development teams, while Archibald will oversee the company's marketing efforts.

After serving as senior director of engineering at COPAN Systems since August 2003, Mr. Guneratne assumes his position as vice president with more than 20 years of engineering and management experience. Prior to COPAN, Guneratne served as vice president of engineering and operations at Storage Engine, where he was instrumental in leading the development of several high-end storage products, as well as negotiating key OEM deals with major customers. While establishing Storage Engine's manufacturing operations, he took the company toward ISO 9000 certification in less than one year.

Mr. Archibald brings nearly 30 years of technology marketing experience, having held senior level positions at Hewlett-Packard, Compaq and StorageTek. Previously, Archibald consulted for several start-ups. While at HP, Archibald was part of the team that was able to merge the HP and Compaq product sets into a single integrated offering, while maintaining and growing market share. Earlier in his career, Archibald played a key role in the development and introduction of the HP LaserJet printer.

"COPAN is pleased to have two of the storage industry's leading talents on our executive team," said Dave Davenport, CEO of COPAN Systems. "Both Roger and Priyan's leadership, deep category expertise and vision will prove invaluable as the company continues to make in-roads into the market place as the leading provider of MAID-based storage solutions."

Guneratne holds a MBA and a BSEE from the University of Minnesota. Archibald is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a BS and MS in Engineering and a MBA from Boise State University.

In other company news, COPAN recently moved headquarters in Longmont, Colorado, from Trade Centre Avenue to larger facilities at 1900 Pike Road, in preparation for continued growth.

About COPAN Systems

COPAN Systems is a leading provider of complete storage solutions that unlock the value of long-term data. The Company is led by storage industry veterans from Hitachi Data Systems, StorageTek, Dell and Compaq, and is privately-held, with investments by Austin Ventures, Globespan Capital, Pequot Ventures and Pinnacle Ventures. The COPAN Systems Revolution 200T has been shipping since March 2004, with customers spanning the healthcare, financial, government, media and service provider industries. Solution implementations include backup / recovery and archive. More information is available at http://www.COPANsys.com.