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Scale Eight Names Robert H. Ewald As President And CEO

Scale Eight Inc has announced that Robert H. "Bo" Ewald has been named as Scale Eight's president and chief executive officer. Mr. Ewald, formerly EVP and COO of Silicon Graphics Inc and president of Cray Research, will direct Scale Eight's business operations, including its network-attached storage (NAS) product line and rapidly expanding Global Storage Service business. In addition, Mr. Ewald has joined Scale Eight's board of directors.

"Scalable, cost-effective NAS is a growing requirement for corporate and government customers, and Scale Eight's technology is uniquely suited to solving the challenges of managing an expanding file storage environment," said Bo Ewald, president and CEO, Scale Eight. "I am excited to work with the Scale Eight team as our company enters its next growth phase with the introduction of breakthrough NAS products."

Mr. Ewald served as the president and CEO of Learn2 Corporation (formerly E-Stamp Corporation) from 1999 to 2002, leading that organization through a $125 million IPO and going on to serve as its executive chairman. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Ewald held executive positions at Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI), most recently as executive vice president and chief operating officer, where he oversaw several lines of business, including SGI's systems, storage, and software products. From 1984 to 1996, he worked at Cray Research Inc, a manufacturer of high performance computers, where he most recently served as president and COO, leading that company's sales, marketing, software development, hardware engineering, and manufacturing operations. During this time, Cray Research's revenue grew to nearly a billion dollars annually. Mr. Ewald began his management career at Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of the largest technical computing facilities in the world, as the head of the Computing and Communications Division, which developed one of the industry's first networked file systems. Mr. Ewald was appointed to the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee, chartered by the White House, in 1997.

"Bo's familiarity with Scale Eight's target markets, his experience in computing and data storage systems, and his strong track record in sales and marketing attracted us to him," said John Beletic, chairman of Scale Eight's board of directors and a venture partner at Oak Investment Partners. "We're thrilled to have Bo on board to grow Scale Eight just as he's grown other successful technology companies."

Scale Eight: NAS Technology Innovators

Scale Eight provides file storage solutions based on patent-pending distributed systems technology. Scale Eight delivers this technology via its Global Storage Service, and will also utilize this technology in a family of Network-Attached Storage (NAS) products. Scale Eight's customers include The Microsoft Network, MTV Networks, Fujitsu's PFU Group, and other leading companies around the world. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, with facilities in the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.s8.com or call 415-896-0788.

Contact: Dave Donohue of Scale Eight Inc, 415-348-6864, or ddonohue@s8.com.