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StorageTek TAPS A VEIN IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY

With HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) imminently upon the healthcare horizon, hundreds of healthcare organizations nationwide are turning to data storage giants like StorageTek to simplify the integration needed to achieve compliance. StorageTek, a storage services and solutions expert, solves the challenges of integrating storage technology into an existing infrastructure. For example, StorageTek assists with disaster recovery, business continuity, professional services, e-mail management and digital image archiving -- all of which assist healthcare organizations achieve HIPAA compliance.

The healthcare community traditionally experiences three primary data storage needs; backup/restore, disaster recovery and patient image archiving. As a result, the storage of critical patient data and administrative information was handled departmentally, creating 'islands' of disparate data. StorageTek, in responding to changing HIPAA regulations, is meeting partner and customer demands to help those 'islands' of data comply with evolving regulations.

"StorageTek has helped healthcare organizations develop a coherent strategy that simplifies the management, security and accessibility of their data," said John Galasso, StorageTek manager of Worldwide Healthcare Business Development. "This strategy has helped our customers develop a more cost-effective path to HIPAA compliance and at the same time, lower the cost of ownership for continued adherence to federal regulations."

Galasso added, "Over the past year, we have expanded our product line to meet our customers' needs. As we move into 2003, we will add to our product portfolio and expand our partnerships and service offerings for the healthcare industry. Most importantly, we are developing a 'fast path' gap analysis approach to help our customers meet the April 13 HIPAA deadline."

About StorageTek's Healthcare Solution

The StorageTek healthcare solution consists of tape, disk and professional services, providing the most comprehensive line of products available on the market. Key products in the offering include:

• The StorageTek D-series disk subsystems for bandwidth-intensive database applications;
• The L5500 tape library, an open systems library product that consolidates large open systems tape storage with nearly infinite scalability;
• The T9940 tape drive ideal for high-capacity storage, increased backup data protection, and faster information access; and
• The recently announced BladeStore disk subsystem, which offers healthcare organizations a new alternative for economically deploying high capacity disk-based storage to protect business critical information and images as well as provide fast access to frequently accessed fixed content such as medical images or pharmaceutical records.

About StorageTek

StorageTek (Storage Technology Corp), a $2 billion worldwide company with headquarters in Louisville, Colo., delivers a broad range of storage solutions that are easy to manage, that integrate well with existing infrastructures, and that allow universal access to data across servers, media types and networks. StorageTek provides practical and safe storage solutions in disk, networking, tape and tape automation, and services. StorageTek is a voting member of the SNIA. For more information, see www.storagetek.com, or call 800-786-7835.