Rimage Corporation and Data Distributing, LLC Announce Distribution Partnership; Data Distributing Now Offers Rimage CD & DVD Publishers.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2002

Rimage Corporation (Nasdaq:RIMG) announced today the formation of a distribution partnership with Data Distributing, located in Laguna Hills, CA. Data Distributing is now offering the entire Rimage product line ranging from the front-end Desktop Family of CD and DVD publishers to the high-end Producer Family.

Data Distributing, in business since 1984, offers a broad range of media and mass storage options, and works closely with the healthcare/IT, medical imaging, financial imaging and entertainment communities. They provide total solutions that enable people in these industries to protect their mission critical data and images, reduce labor intensive retrieval of data, lower storage costs, and allow for anytime-anywhere readability - all in a solution that is flexible enough to expand as the need dictates and can easily incorporate advancements in the technology.

"Expanding on our expertise as complete solutions providers for data storage, archiving and retrieval, our decision to incorporate the Rimage line of CD and DVD publishers into our product offerings is a very natural addition to what we do," said Nancy Fisher, Vice President of Data Distributing. "CD and DVD consumption is increasing, making it by far one of the most popular choices for optical storage in a wide variety of areas. And, in this increasingly digital world, the distribution, repurpose and archival of precious images and data is not only valuable, but necessary. The Rimage product line is strategic for these reasons."

"Rimage is obviously excited to be working with such a dynamic company," said Ken Klinck, Executive VP of Sales at Rimage Corporation. "Data Distributing already has experience selling into the markets Rimage is focused on penetrating. Medical imaging, banking and finance, the entertainment industry - we know these areas are actively involved in digital creation, digital storage and digital delivery. We anticipate that our partnership with Data Distributing will serve to enhance the current efforts of both organizations and spark many new opportunities."

About Rimage

Rimage Corporation is the world's leading provider of integrated recordable CD/DVD publishing systems, required for producing discs with customized digital content in on-demand environments. Rimage's publishing systems, which span the range from high to low CD/DVD production volumes, incorporate robotics, software and advanced color and black/white printing technologies for disc labeling. Rimage's integrated systems are backed by global service, support and training, and provide customers with a complete CD/DVD publishing solution. Rimage is focusing on a set of vertical markets with special needs for customized, on-demand digital information: digital photography, banking and finance, government, business offices, medical imaging and service bureaus. Rimage Corporation is located in Minneapolis, MN, with operations in the United States, Europe and Asia. For more information visit our website at www.rimage.com.

About Data Distributing

Established in 1984 by President Marjorie Hauser, Data Distributing is a Value Added Distributor and offers a broad range of media and digital archival options. Headquartered in California, Data Distributing delivers aggressively priced, leading-edge products to resellers and VARS worldwide.

Data Distributing was recently named one of the fastest growing small businesses in California. The company focuses on the healthcare imaging, financial imaging, and entertainment and asset management markets--industries that require large, image-intensive digital storage. To support these vertical markets, Data Distributing has established long-standing distribution alliances with leading manufacturers, as well as supplies and supports an entire network of industry specific resellers.