Ciprico Introduces Industry's First Near Terabyte Removable Media Storage Solution; Accelerates Data Offload Times and Adds Data Security to Rugged Applications.

Business Editors

AFCEA TECHNET

booth #1927

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2002

Ciprico Inc. (Nasdaq:CPCI), a leading provider of storage solutions that accelerate digital media workflows, today announced the availability of its new TALON(TM) storage solution. Ciprico's TALON is the first storage solution to provide industry leading data transfer performance with the convenience and efficiency of removable media, at near terabyte capacities. TALON has been specifically built for the demanding requirements of military ground-based, shipboard and airborne environments.

Answering the growing need for more secure data transfer methods, Ciprico's new TALON provides users a quick way of moving large amounts of data in an efficient and protected process. A number of military programs are designing the new TALON into their reconnaissance or surveillance systems because they can easily store nearly a terabyte of data in a single drive pack, quickly remove the entire pack for processing in labs or control rooms, install another drive pack, and immediately return to normal operation. In addition, the self-contained drive pack enables those in defense operations to dispose of data quickly in an emergency situation. No other storage system on the market today allows the users to do what the TALON delivers.

TALON's rugged design, along with high speed, fault-protected data capturing capability make it especially suited for mission planning, intelligence gathering and targeting applications. Through independent laboratory testing, TALON has achieved certification on a number of U.S. Department of Defense military ruggedization standards known as MIL-STD-901D, MIL-STD-810F, MIL-STD-167 and MIL-STD-704E, ensuring TALON meets stringent military standards for shock, vibration, and warm, cold or humid environments.

"TALON was developed from listening to our many established military customers," stated Robert Kill, Ciprico President and CEO. "Many airborne, shipboard, and ground-based applications require a ruggedized system. Add the convenience of TALON's removable drive pack, great performance and high data capacity, and the resulting package is an outstanding solution for any organization that has complex applications operating in a demanding environment."

The TALON is a complete, end-to-end Fibre Channel digital storage solution, supporting RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3 and 5 and offering a sustained data transfer rate of up to 190 MB/sec. The removable drive pack is designed for flexible drive configurations from as few as three, up to a maximum of 11 hot swappable drives, with maximum array capacities reaching over 0.8 terabytes.

Availability

TALON systems will be available in June 2002. Attendees at the upcoming AFCEA TECHNET Conference, June 11-13, 2002 in Washington, D.C., will be the first to see this revolutionary new product. Ciprico will introduce TALON to top government, industry and military professionals in the fields of communications, electronics, intelligence, information systems, imaging and multi-media in their booth #1927 at the Washington D.C. Convention Center.

About Ciprico

Ciprico (Nasdaq:CPCI) designs, manufactures and markets storage and system solutions for digital media applications within the broadcast and entertainment, military and government, and enterprise markets. Ciprico solutions combine storage, networking and computing technologies to simplify and accelerate digital media workflows. Ciprico is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. More information is available at www.ciprico.com or by calling 1-800-727-4669.

Copyright (c) 2002 Ciprico - All Rights Reserved. Ciprico is a registered trademark of Ciprico Inc. Product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Certain statements in this news release are forward-looking and should be read in conjunction with cautionary statements in Ciprico's SEC filings, reports to shareholders and other news releases. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect our current view of future events and financial performance, involve known and unknown risks that could cause actual results and facts to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons. Investors should take such risks into account when making investment decisions. Shareholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. Ciprico undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements.