Cygnet and Hitachi Increase Storage Capacity; Integrated DVD-RAM Technology and InfiniDISC DVD/CD Jukebox.Business Editors &High-Tech Writers MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2000 Cygnet cygnet a young swan. Storage Solutions, Inc., a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , announces that it has increased its shipping volume of DVD-RAM A rewritable DVD disc endorsed by the DVD Forum. Using phase change technology, DVD-RAMs are like removable hard disks, and the media can be rewritten 100,000 times compared to 1,000 times for DVD-RW and DVD+RW. The first DVD-RAM drives with a capacity of 2.6GB (single sided) or 5. drives that are manufactured by Hitachi America, Ltd. Since the introduction of Cygnet's InfiniDISC DVD/CD Jukebox, DVD-RAM technology has been a key component to providing a low cost and high-capacity optical disc-based storage solution. Cygnet was the first jukebox manufacturer to introduce and ship a DVD-RAM based jukebox. Since September of 1998, the use of Hitachi's GF-1050 DVD-RAM drives has offered a reliable way to retrieve information from CD and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. titles housed within a single unit as well as provide storage for timely and critical data to backup a server's hard drive. &uot;The popularity of such multimedia applications as desktop and web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. , photo editing and video production along with traditional document imaging and hard drive backup make DVD-RAM jukeboxes ideal storage devices,&uot; says Jim Kaufmann, Director of General Sales in the Optical Storage Group of Hitachi America, Ltd. &uot;Cygnet's InfiniDISC Jukebox provides a proven way for data to be centrally located and accessible to any user on a network.&uot; Cygnet's InfiniDISC can integrate up to six Hitachi DVD-RAM drives to access single-sided DVD-RAM media with capacities of 2.6GB each. It can read all currently available 120-cm optical disc formats, including single and multi-layer DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. , DVD-R (DVD-Recordable) A write-once (read only) DVD disc for both movies and data endorsed by the DVD Forum. DVD-Rs are often called "DVD Dash Rs" or "DVD Minus Rs" to distinguish them from the competing "Plus R" format (see DVD+R). and DVD-Video as well as prerecorded pre·re·cord tr.v. pre·re·cord·ed, pre·re·cord·ing, pre·re·cords To record (a television program, for example) at an earlier time for later presentation or use. Adj. 1. and writable CDs including CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , CD-R/RW, CD Audio and Video CD. DVD-RAM recorded data can be transferred at a drive transfer rate of 1.38 MB/s with a data access time of 210 ms. &uot;Hitachi's investment in DVD-RAM is realized every time data is stored or accessed from the jukebox,&uot; says Wayne Augsburger, Cygnet's V.P. of Sales and Marketing. &uot;Cygnet has evaluated drives from other manufacturers but none of them could compare to the product quality and company commitment shown to us by Hitachi.&uot; InfiniDISC pricing starts at $15,350.00US for a 250-disc and 2 DVD-RAM drive configuration and is sold by authorized Cygnet resellers. The InfiniDISC jukebox can be integrated with up to six drives including a choice of CD or DVD drives. Cygnet offers Jukebox-ready DVD-RAM media that has been fully tested to be compatible with Hitachi's DVD-RAM drives. All InfiniDISC hardware products, offered by Cygnet, come with an on-site service contract as well as product warranty. The company welcomes resellers, who are interested in becoming part of its team, to contact Cygnet at sales@cygnet.com. Cygnet also encourages software vendors to find out more about the InfiniPartner Program by contacting partner@cygnet.com. About Hitachi America, Ltd. Hitachi America, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Hitachi, Ltd., Japan, markets and manufactures a broad range of electronics, computer systems, consumer electronics and semiconductor products, and provides industrial equipment and services throughout the U.S. Additional information is available at Hitachi America 's web site at http://www.hitachi.com. For more information on Hitachi, Ltd., please visit Hitachi's web site at http://www.hitachi.co.jp. About Cygnet Storage Solutions, Inc. Cygnet Storage Solutions, an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified manufacturer, is a provider of an increasingly wide array of CD/DVD storage and automated recording solutions. Cygnet, the first company to offer an integrated DVD-RAM technology into its jukeboxes, has installed its InfiniDISC, InfiniDVD, and DVD100 jukeboxes into key applications and has been instrumental in ushering DVD-RAM storage and archival solutions into the storage industry mainstream. Its diverse and popular product line includes CD and DVD jukeboxes, CD auto-loading duplicators, towers, network attached storage devices and network servers. Cygnet is headquartered in Milpitas, Calif. For more information about Cygnet, call +1 800-7CYGNET, email to info@cygnet.com or visit www.cygnet.com. For press contact, please email to press@cygnet.com. Any statements released above that are forward looking are made pursuant to 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. 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