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Qualstar Appoints Frederic Boyer vice president/CFO

Qualstar Corporation, a recognized product reliability leader in the market for automated tape storage solutions, recently announced the appointment of Frederic Boyer to the position of vice president and Chief Financial Officer.

Fred Boyer joins Qualstar with more than 20 years of experience in senior financial management positions with technology companies most recently as vice president, Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Secretary of Accelerated Networks. Prior to that he held CFO positions, among other responsibilities, with Software Dynamics, ADC Enterprise Networking Group and Fibermux. Boyer enjoys a history of success in business development, strategic and operational planning and asset management.

"Fred's background and experiences are ideally suited to Qualstar's current position and future developments," said Qualstar Chief Executive Officer William Gervais. "Fred replaces Matthew Natalizio, who has resigned to pursue other opportunities in a field unrelated to data storage. We thank Matt for his contributions and wish him the best as he moves on to his new venture."

About Qualstar Corporation

Founded in 1984, Qualstar is a leading manufacturer of automated cartridge tape libraries as well as 9-track tape drives, with an installed base of over 35,000 units. Qualstar's tape libraries have native (uncompressed) capacities ranging from 400 gigabytes to 60 terabytes, can utilize several popular tape formats, and are compatible with most operating systems and storage management software applications. Qualstar's products are sold worldwide, primarily through value-added resellers and original equipment manufacturers.

More information about Qualstar can be found on its Web site at www.qualstar.com.

Contact: William Gervais of Qualstar Corporation, 805-583-7744, gervais@qualstar.com.

nStor Adds Veteran OEM Sales Manager

nStor Corporation Inc, a designer and manufacturer of Fibre Channel and SCSI information storage systems, adds storage industry sales veteran, Bruce Lambertus, to develop and manage nStor's OEM customers in the Western Region.

Mr. Lambertus has been appointed Director of OEM Sales for nStor's Western Region. He will be responsible for developing and executing the business to develop new OEM business partners for the company. Bruce has represented RAID controller and storage enclosure companies, and has developed OEM relationships through his past experiences at CMD, Chaparral, Eurologic, and most recently, IBM.

"Bruce has the industry experience, product knowledge, and the winning spirit required to attract new business in this turbulent storage industry," said Dave Geene, senior vice president of Sales and Marketing of nStor Corporation, "Bruce knows the customers in this region, but of even greater importance, Bruce understands what OEM customers expect and how to create a mutually successful long term relationship with them."

Over the past 20 years, Mr. Lambertus has held positions in Operations, Marketing, and Sales throughout the storage industry, and adds proven capabilities to help nStor achieve its growth objectives. During the past 17 years, Mr. Lambertus has been focused on selling both drive enclosure and RAID controller technology, making him a perfect fit for promoting nStor's core products.

"nStor has the ability and competency to cost effectively supply a quality product in volume to OEM customers," said Thomas Gruber, President of nStor Corporation, "Hiring Bruce Lambertus strengthens our ability to manage and grow our OEM customer base.

"nStor has a solid product set and exciting product roadmap. Dave Geene has a customer oriented mind set and Tom Gruber has created a strong operational base. The combination of these factors brought me to this company," remarked Mr. Lambertus.

About nStor

Headquartered in San Diego, California, nStor Technologies Inc operates in two business segments:

• nStor Corporation Inc designs, develops and manufactures attached and SAN-ready data storage enclosures and storage management software used in storage solutions for open systems computing operations that include Windows NT, Windows 2000, Unix, Macintosh and Linux platforms. nStor markets its products through a direct sales force and a global network of reseller and OEM partners. Additional information can be found by visiting nStor's Web site at www.nstor.com.

• Stonehouse Technologies Inc is a provider of telecommunication software and services that help large enterprises manage their communications expenses, assets and processes. These solutions include a suite of modular applications and consulting services, which allow enterprises to manage voice, data and wireless services by providing a systematic approach to automate order processing, monitor expenses, manage vendor invoices, track asset inventory and allocate costs. Additional information can be found by visiting Stonehouse's Web site at www.stonehouse.com.