CreekPath Provides Every Customer a Personal Storage Advisor via CreekPort.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Fall ISPCON ISPCON Internet Service Provider Convention (The Golden Group, Inc.) 2000 SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2000 This Week From the Creek CreekPath Systems, a groundbreaking supplier of data storage as a utility service, demonstrated at the ISPCon show today version 2.0 of its CreekPort(TM) Storage Service Portal customer care system. CreekPort is a virtual storage advisor supplied to clients when they entrust their data storage to CreekPath's StorageStream(TM) services. The CreekPort Storage Service Portal assists every CreekPath customer in getting instantaneous help on all aspects of their storage from any Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. at their convenience. Why It's Important Companies outsource storage to the experts at CreekPath in order to concentrate valuable IT staff on their core business competencies. Outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. storage services makes managing, securing, and expanding storage capacity easier and less expensive than any other solution. However, customers cannot afford to lose insight into their storage operations simply because they choose to outsource the management of it. The Web-based CreekPort Storage Service Portal gives these companies a resource equivalent to a personal storage advisor. CreekPort can be summoned any time to tell the client what storage it has in use, what its historical usage rates have been, and what storage service charges have been incurred. Customers also use CreekPort to request new storage services, or simply to assure the status and performance of contracted storage Service Level Agreements (SLAs). How Customers Can Get It CreekPath provisions its StorageStream services at quality data centers throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Any customer housing its servers in these data centers can enjoy easy e-storage from CreekPath and have the benefit of their own storage advisor with CreekPort. Quick Quote of the Week "Server storage really can't be any easier than using StorageStream services," said Jerry Percell, vice president of Client Services for CreekPath. "CreekPath manages the hardware, software, and services and provides the customer with their own personal CreekPort storage advisor to let them know how everything is going." About CreekPath Systems (www.creekpath.com) CreekPath Systems, a subsidiary of Boulder, Colo.-based Exabyte Corp. (Nasdaq:EXBT), partners with ISP/ASPs to provision state-of-the-technology Virtual Private Storage Networks (VPSN VPSN Virtual Private Storage Network (Web Office) VPSN Vancouver Public Space Network (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) ) at Internet Data Centers. E-storage services such as pay-as-you-grow capacity, 24x7 data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. , and backup protection are sold to the IDC's hosted and co-located e-businesses. An expanded version of today's news release is available online at: www.creekpath.com/company/news/news.html. CreekPath Systems(TM), CreekPath i-SAN Attendant(TM), CreekPort(TM), CreekPath StorageStream(TM) and the CreekPath "bobber" logo are trademarks of CreekPath Systems. Exabyte(R) is the mark of Exabyte Corp. Other marks are the property of their respective owners. Statements included in this news release that are not historical in nature are intended to be, and are hereby identified as, "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. " within the meaning of the "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements set forth herein. Exabyte has no obligation to update forward-looking statements. Readers are encouraged to refer to Exabyte's reports from time to time filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a further discussion of Exabyte's business and risk factors that may affect operating and financial results and forward-looking statements. |
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