Digi-Data Announces Partnership with JRTI.

High Performance Computing Leader Leverages Storage Solutions

COLUMBIA, Md. -- Digi-Data Corporation, a leading manufacturer of clustered RAID controllers for utility storage, data protection and archive markets, announces its new partnership with James River Technical, Inc. (JRTI). JRTI's customers will now be able to benefit from Digi-Data's scalable, upgradeable and fully supported storage solutions.

JRTI provides high performance computing (HPC) solutions to the academic, government and commercial markets. The partnership agreement allows JRTI to integrate Digi-Data's storage products directly into its HPC solutions. JRTI is already the exclusive academic and largest domestic reseller of SGI solutions, and has implemented integrations at over 500 universities nation-wide, including Purdue, Harvard, MIT's Lincoln Lab and the Alabama Super Computer Center.

"Digi-Data's storage products help our systems speed time to discovery," says Tom Mountcastle, president of JRTI. "Many of our customers are under grants, and under time constraints. Digi-Data's product line is robust and innovative - it provides the most value at the best price point."

"We are excited to work with such an established player in the HPC market," says Dennis Cindrich, president of Digi-Data. "JRTI provides solutions that contribute to major discoveries in fields like medicine and space. Our systems have helped several large research institutes simplify management and control power utilization in large and growing, data-intensive environments."

Digi-Data

Digi-Data Corporation, based in Columbia, MD, is a leading manufacturer of high performance storage systems and controllers with over 55,000 systems installed worldwide. The company offers innovative solutions with products like the T3000 Controller and bigVAULT online digital storage. Since 1960, Digi-Data has engineered its products to the highest standards, combining proven technologies and innovative thinking to continually achieve unprecedented levels of performance, reliability, scalability and ease of management. For more information, visit www.digidata.com.

James River Technical

James River Technical is a leading provider of innovative and cost-effective high performance solutions. Founded in 1988, the company maintains a national coverage model with offices dispersed strategically across the U.S. JRT services the needs of academic, government, and commercial clients across all disciplines through its provision of consulting and integration services, as well as hardware and software solutions specifically targeted to support organization's multi-disciplinary scientific discovery efforts. For more information about James River Technical, Inc. products and services, please visit the JRT web site at www.jrti.com, or contact us at 804.935.0150 or email [e-mail].