Chaparral Expands Presence in the Multimedia Industry Through Strategic Alliance With Pinnacle Systems.

    Business Editors/Technology Writers

    LONGMONT, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2000--

           Pinnacle Systems to Integrate Chaparral External
             RAID Controllers to Support Image Intensive
               Broadcasting and Production Applications

    Chaparral Network Storage, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent
storage networking solutions, announced today a strategic alliance
with Pinnacle Systems, Inc., a leading provider of
digital-video-editing products for both professional videographers and
consumers.
    Chaparral's K7313 external RAID controllers will be incorporated
into Pinnacle System's Thunder family of video and audio storage
solutions.
    "Pinnacles System's Thunder solutions, supported by Chaparral RAID
controllers, enable high-quality playback at very high bit rates,"
said Greg Hoberg, vice president Broadcast Systems, Pinnacle Systems,
Inc. "Chaparral products deliver high bandwidth and high reliability,
key requirements for image intensive broadcasting and production
applications."
    Pinnacle's Thunder is a new multi-channel server demonstrating a
wide-range of high-powered technologies and features integrated in one
product. The Thunder server delivers the functionality of a
traditional multi-channel server, the M/E of a production switcher, an
audio mixer and a downstream keyer, enabling broadcasters and content
providers the ability to Web-cast their programming over the Internet.
Thunder's scalable storage capabilities are based on separate Fibre
Channel disk arrays using off-the-shelf drives and enable multiple
Thunder systems to be networked together using Fibre Channel.
    "Chaparral and Pinnacle will work together to deliver innovative
storage solutions that offer high performance, scalability and
fault-tolerance to pre- and post-production professionals," said Brian
Allison, vice president of sales at Chaparral Network Storage, Inc.
"As a price/performance leader of external RAID controllers, Chaparral
continues to expand its presence in the multimedia industry."
    Chaparral's K7313 external RAID controllers support Ultra2 SCSI
and Fibre Channel, enabling end-users to continue using SCSI legacy
devices, while benefiting from the increased speeds of Fibre Channel.
The K7313 external RAID controllers provide the necessary performance
and bandwidth for data-intensive film and video, CAD, seismic
research, digital prepress and 3-D imaging applications.

    About Pinnacle Systems, Inc.

    Pinnacle Systems' broadcast, desktop and consumer products provide
video professionals and consumers cutting-edge digital video tools to
create, store, distribute and view web enabled digital video easier
and more affordably than ever before. Pinnacle Systems may be reached
at 650/526-1600 or on the World Wide Web at www.pinnaclesys.com.

    About Chaparral Network Storage, Inc.

    Chaparral is a leading provider of high performance products that
facilitate the movement of data between networked storage devices.
Chaparral is focused primarily on developing products for use in the
emerging market for SANs. Chaparral's Intelligent Storage Routers
facilitate the interconnection of SANs with existing SCSI-based
servers and storage systems. Chaparral's external RAID controllers
distribute data across multiple hard disk drives to increase data
transfer speeds and deliver fault tolerance. Chaparral's products are
designed to provide a high level of performance, availability and
functionality.

    For additional information about Chaparral Network Storage, Inc.
and their products call:

    Headquarters:    303/684-3200
    Western Region:  408/264-1285
    European Office: 44 1256-782751 or 44 1344-302200
    Or visit our web site at www.chaparralnet.com

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    CONTACT:  Chaparral Network Storage
              Stacy Kamigaki, 303/684-3214
              [e-mail]
              or
              Imagio Technology Public Relations
              Sean Baze, 206/625-0252
              [e-mail]

    KEYWORD: COLORADO CALIFORNIA
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ELECTRONIC GAMES/MULTIMEDIA INTERNET
NETWORKING PRODUCT