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AVAMAR TO SHOWCASE AXION AT STORAGE NETWORKING WORLD

Avamar Technologies Inc, a leading provider of innovative secondary storage solutions, will showcase Axion, its scalable appliance for enterprise data backup, restore, and archival storage at Storage Networking World, through October 30, 2002, at the Renaissance Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Axion is a hardware and software appliance, using hard disk storage and highly efficient software, which can be easily and quickly deployed within an enterprise network. In addition to ease of installation, Axion has been built for long-term scalability; the system can be scaled to petabytes in capacity without service interruption through the addition of incremental data storage nodes, small 1U-high servers with internal disk capacity.

Using its unique storage architecture, Axion reduces storage and networking requirements for traditional backup by 99%, while providing online, intuitive access to data. In addition, Axion provides administrators with a powerful, policy-based management application that allows for easy scheduling and organization of systems for regular data protection.

"We are proud to present Axion at Storage Networking World," said Dr. Kevin C. Daly, Avamar president and CEO. "This conference attracts knowledgeable and experienced system administrators and IT managers, who face the challenges of enterprise data protection on a daily basis. Storage Networking World will be an ideal venue for Avamar to present the value of combining online access and high efficiency in a single, easy to manage appliance."

Storage Networking World, co-owned by Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), is the largest educational forum for IT professionals involved in enterprise storage management. Storage Networking World features tutorials as well as business and technical tracks for end users that address real-world storage concerns and their solutions. The show is attended by a range of IT users from CIO to CTO, IT manager to enterprise architect. For more information, visit the conference's Web site at www.snwusa.com.

About Avamar

Avamar is leading a new wave of innovative solutions that deliver increased value for secondary storage. Founded in Irvine, California, in 1999, Avamar provides enterprises with data management solutions to control the information explosion. Avamar Axion is a scalable appliance that provides online accessibility, while efficiently storing and protecting valuable information for the enterprise.

Contact: Jan Moats of Avamar Technologies, 949-743-5105, jmoats@avamar.com.