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PROCOM PROMOTING ITS NetFORCE NAS FILERS TO MEDICAL INDUSTRY

Spurred by the growing demand for Internet access to graphics-intensive medical images and data-rich medical research, Procom Technology has announced a new program that addresses the storage needs of the medical industry. Procom's popular NetFORCE network attached storage (NAS) filers are in full force this week at the Radiological Society of North America's RSNA 2002 conference in Chicago, being demonstrated by a number of leading providers of medical imaging software and PACS (picture archival and communication systems).

Reza Sadri, Ph.D., Procom's chief technologist, will manage the new program, which will involve both marketing and engineering personnel. Dr. Sadri gained considerable experience in medical imaging infrastructure before joining Procom in 1996.

As part of the program, Procom is assembling a dedicated distribution channel to sell NetFORCE storage solutions to medical industry resellers and OEMs, providing hospitals, laboratories and research facilities with the most secure, scalable and fault-tolerant data storage solutions available. Procom's NetFORCE NAS filers are particularly suited to the high-bandwidth network environments of digital archiving providers in the medical imaging community, for applications such as MRI and CAT scans and anatomic modeling.

"Accessing high-quality medical images today is a real challenge, especially over a network," said Dr. Sadri. "It's not unusual for an MRI image to consume hundreds of megabytes, and with next-generation technologies, we'll have image sets of more than a gigabyte. NetFORCE filers, however, enable quick, reliable access to this dense medical data."

The NetFORCE series combines traditional NAS benefits -- such as ease of use and true file sharing in heterogeneous environments -- with the device interoperability, high availability and multi-terabyte scalability of storage area networks. Addressing the full spectrum of storage requirements, NetFORCE NAS filers feature a powerful combination of optimized software, open architecture and best-of-breed components that make them highly cost-effective and simple to install.

About Procom Technology

A value leader in NAS filers, Procom Technology has been designing and producing enterprise-class storage solutions for Fortune 2000 companies since 1987. The company has an installed base of more than 1,500 NetFORCE units and 25,000 installations of DataFORCE, Procom's previous flagship product line. Procom is headquartered in Irvine, CA, and maintains a global presence with offices in 10 countries. More information is available by telephone at 800-800-8600, toll free; e-mail at info@procom.com; or on the Web at www.procom.com.