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SPECTRA ANNOUNCES NEW AGREEMENTS WITH CANADIAN RESELLERS

Spectra Logic, an industry-leading manufacturer of high-performance tape libraries for data protection and backup, announced four Canadian resellers agreements with Axidata, Care Factor, DAR-ProLan and Stoneworks Technology. The addition of these resellers confirms Spectra Logic's increased support for the Canadian market, and its tape libraries and services will complement the storage offerings of these Canadian VARs (Value Added Reseller).

"We value our new relationship with these Canadian-based resellers because it allows Spectra Logic to successfully reach the customers in this important market," said Bill Reed, Spectra Logic's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "These relationships will increase our value add to end users through the exceptional customer service our new Canadian partners offer."

Axidata is one of Canada's leading computer technology resellers, with more than $90 million in sales, nine Canadian locations and a staff of more than 135. "We are very excited about our new relationship with Spectra Logic," said Lucio Bergamin, partner and director of Axidata's Storage Networking Sales. "This partnership will enable Axidata to offer its 10,000 corporate, government, medical, educational and institutional clients innovative data storage tape libraries, with advanced interface technologies to address their SAN & NAS requirements."

Care Factor is a group of specialists in the data center environment working out of three locations in Canada with 25 full-time employees and bringing in approximately $6million in revenue. Care Factor serves the needs of a variety of industries: manufacturing, health care, waste treatment, oil and gas, utilities, government, scientific research labs and retail business. The reseller is known for its focus on eight value chain offerings: the design and build of the data center, technology relocation, maintenance, face management, hardware sales, storage solutions, business continuity and consulting.

"Spectra Logic is a great partner because our main concern is offering the complete range of services to the customer, and Spectra Logic as a tape storage supplier fits well into business continuity, maintenance and storage solutions," said Ecky Pilz, the president of Care Factor. "Spectra Logic's team of engineers and technical support are beneficial to this agreement because they bring storage expertise to clients, creating a natural fit through expandable storage offerings and backup for disaster recovery (DR) initiatives. Spectra Logic's tape libraries create value for system users by providing innovative and reliable technology. We find that Spectra Logic's sales, support and business model fit well with Care Factor's customer-centric philosophy."

DAR-ProLan is a leading Canadian reseller headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario with 41 employees, in four locations and earning approximately $17 million in revenue. For fifteen years, DAR-ProLan has been committed to providing complete information technology and services to its customers in the Greater Toronto area. "Spectra Logic gives the best support we have seen," said Derek Harrison, DAR-ProLan's chief executive officer. "Our customers were demanding Spectra Logic's technologically superior tape libraries. Spectra Logic products are versatile, perfect fits in the Canadian market and allow our customers to focus on their core competencies."

Stoneworks Technologies is a leading data storage system integrator that addresses all mid-level enterprise computing requirements and provides its customers solutions surrounding servers, data storage, networking and security. Stoneworks Technologies is a growing company that attained approximately $3million in sales during its first year of operation. "This agreement with Spectra Logic allows us to offer its complete line of storage products to our corporate and government clients in Ottawa," said Jody Burton, Stoneworks Technologies' chief executive officer. "Our relationship with Spectra Logic is solid. We have been able to cooperatively architect and deliver advanced solutions, through leveraging Spectra Logic's internal technical expertise, for our customers."

About Spectra Logic Corporation

Spectra Logic Corporation is a leading manufacturer of high-performance tape libraries providing mission-critical data protection for companies worldwide. Spectra Logic's products enhance organizations' abilities to protect, store, and manage rapidly growing data centers by offering libraries with capacities ranging from 60 Gigabytes to hundreds of Terabytes.

In addition to providing innovative data storage automation solutions, Spectra Logic offers advanced interface technologies to address emerging storage network systems such as Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) architectures. Spectra Logic's storage solutions are available through a global network of resellers and OEMs. For more information, contact Spectra Logic at 800-833-1132, or visit at www.spectralogic.com.