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( BW)(MA-PERIPHERAL-CONCEPTS) Network Disk Showcases the Ultimate in Portable Storage Software in an Industry-Leading Event


    Business Editors & High-Tech Writers

    BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2001--Network Disk(TM) will be presenting and exhibiting at the Network 2001 Conference and Tradeshow next week in Monterey, Calif.
    Network Disk developed a uniquely portable library of software components for building your own directly attached storage systems. System platforms include Windows (NT & 2000), Linux, Sparq Solaris and other Unix systems. I/O channels include Legacy SCSI, Ultra-2 and Fiber Channel. Standard Network adapters such as Gigabit Ethernet and off-the-shelf database management systems such as Oracle are supported directly on the storage system, by definition.
    "Just like Napster distribution software created `music for the masses,' Network Disk's software will create high-end storage functions at your desktop," said Farid Neema, president of Peripheral Concepts Inc., a leading market consulting firm specializing in storage and storage management
    Network Disk is an innovator in portable storage software that can be used by VARs to build their own storage systems to serve a specific purpose. Storage Service Providers can benefit from unusually varied support with a multitude of file systems for data migration and sharing. Database management software companies can use Network Disk to build a special purpose datawarehouse and database management functions in a box.
    Current Storage Vendors can extend the reach for target markets by using Network Disk as a gateway between legacy and modern environments, hardware and software. More to the point, VARs and Storage Service Providers can expand their own storage systems by using standard parts from a computer store and perform as well as a storage systems from EMC or IBM. Network Disk is a developer funded company.
    At Network Storage 2001 in Monterey, June 12 and 13, 2001, the Network Disk is a "not to miss" booth for a Storage Service Provider or VAR of system platforms that need innovative solutions for integrating PCs in a data center. The exhibit is free. Registration forms are found at http://www.periconcepts.com/ under conferences. The yearly Network Storage conference and Trade Show is a premier storage forum focused on network solutions, applications and customer experience.
    For more information call 508/872-4586, email info@networkdisk.com or view the Web at http://www.networkdisk.com/.

    Keyword: Storage

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	   CONTACT: Network Disk
	            Ilya Gertner, 508/872-4586

	   KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA MASSACHUSETTS
	   INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE SOFTWARE NETWORKING





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