Tandberg Data to Bundle Symantec Backup Software With VXA and Magnum Tape Drives and Autoloaders.

Select Tandberg Data Tape Systems, Now Shipping With Symantec Backup Exec QuickStart Edition, Provide SMB Customers With a Complete Data Protection Solution Right Out of the Box

BOULDER, Colo. -- Tandberg Data Corporation (OSE:TAD), a leading global provider of professional tape information storage products, announced today it will ship Symantec Backup Exec QuickStart Edition with both its VXA and Exabyte Magnum (LTO) lines of tape drives and autoloaders. The new bundle provides customers with the full-featured Backup Exec QuickStart backup and recovery application for one individual server - a $200 software value - with the purchase of select Tandberg Data tape systems.

Symantec Backup Exec is the world's leading Windows backup software application, and the Backup Exec QuickStart Edition is ideal for supporting tape drives and autoloaders in single-server environments. For customers whose needs require fast, reliable data backup and recovery for Windows and NetWare servers as well as desktops and laptops, the bundle enables end-user file retrieval without complex IT intervention. Backup Exec QuickStart can be easily upgraded through Symantec's worldwide sales channel to the core version of Symantec Backup Exec.

"Partnering with Symantec to bundle its Backup Exec software with our tape systems allows us to offer our SMB customers what they need: a cost-effective and scalable solution," said Tom Ward, COO at Tandberg Data Corp. "Symantec is the leading Windows-based backup application worldwide and bundling it with our tape drives and autoloaders enables us to offer a simple and complete solution that fits the budgets of our customers."

The two companies worked together to ensure full interoperability between Symantec's award-winning Backup Exec software application and Tandberg Data's tape hardware to provide customers the benefit of this industry-leading backup and recovery solution. Users can complete their installation and begin backing up data in minutes with this solution.

"Symantec Backup Exec QuickStart is the full-featured base product packaged exclusively for OEM hardware bundling. It serves as the entry point to the Backup Exec products, providing a great out-of-the-box experience because it's so easy to set-up and manage," said Mike Garcia, Backup Exec Senior Product Manager at Symantec. "Bundling Backup Exec QuickStart with Tandberg's tape drives and autoloaders provides SMB customers with incredible value and easy access to the leading backup and recovery software from Symantec."

The Company will begin shipping Backup Exec QuickStart immediately with VXA and Exabyte Magnum tape drives and autoloaders. Tandberg Data and Exabyte-branded tape drives and autoloaders are available through a worldwide network of partners and resellers. For more product information or to find a reseller in your area, visit www.exabyte.com or www.tandbergdata.com.

About Tandberg Data

Tandberg Data is a leading global supplier of backup and archiving technologies. Tandberg Data offers of a complete range of tape libraries, tape autoloaders and tape drives (based on the LTO[TM], SLR[TM], VXA([R]) and DLTtape([R]) tape technology platforms), storage software, data media and disk-based storage such as the RDX[TM] QuikStor. These solutions are marketed exclusively through a channel of qualified resellers and distributors.

These solutions are underpinned by OEM agreements with major server manufacturers including IBM, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Fujitsu-Siemens, Apple and Dell and supported by all major operating systems and storage software applications to operate in heterogeneous network environments. All solutions are designed to meet the growing storage requirements of small and medium-sized organizations with scalability, reliability and backward compatibility features that ensure cost effective operation and long-term investment protection.

In addition to corporate offices in Oslo, Norway, TANDBERG DATA ASA has subsidiaries in the USA, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan and Singapore, as well as branch offices in Italy, India, and China (PRC) Thailand and Brazil.

TANDBERG DATA ASA is a publicly held company based in Oslo, Norway and is traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ticker=TAD).

For further information, please visit http://www.tandbergdata.com

RDX QuikStor, BAKStor, and SLR are trademarks of Tandberg Data ASA. RDX is a registered trademark of ProStor Systems, Inc. DLT, DLTtape, DLT, SDLT and Super DLTtape are registered trademarks of Quantum Corporation. LTO is a trademark of HP, IBM and Seagate. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.