NEWS RELEASE                                                              For Immediate Release

Nishan Systems Adds Key Regional Storage Integrator

to its Alliance Partner Program

Ovation Data Services, Inc.
named solution integrator for Nishan’s IP Storage products

San Jose, Calif., August 13, 2001 — Nishan Systems, the world’s first provider of standard iSCSI, iFCP, and iSNS IP Storage switches, today announced the signing of seven storage integrators as regional Nishan Alliance Partners for the deployment of Nishan’s IP Storage products.

Customers requiring data storage solutions can turn to the storage experts such as Ovation Data Services, Inc., Houston, TX.  These integrators now are implementing storage networking solutions with the full range of Nishan products, including the SANvergence™ Management Suite and the SoIP™ family of IP Storage switches.

“Nishan’s Channel Partners are now able to provide SAN solutions to an ever wider range of customers,” said Bill Lozoff, director of channel alliances for Nishan Systems.  “The regions covered by these storage-focused VARs will enable even more broadly based deployments of Nishan’s easily managed and highly scalable IP Storage solutions.  We look forward to working closely with these partners to develop Nishan solutions.”

Ovation Data Services, Houston, TX

“Nishan’s IP Storage products fit well with the requirements of our customers, the products bring sanity and flexibility to the SAN solution,” said Gerald Johnson, general manager of Ovation Data Services.  “Nishan’s dedication to testing its IP Storage products in interoperability labs, including the recent iSCSI Plugfest at the University of New Hampshire, is demonstrated in the quality of its products. Ovation Data Services is an enthusiastic proponent of IP Storage networks.”

About Ovation Data Services, Inc.

Founded in 1976, Ovation Data Services, Inc. has helped companies preserve the integrity of their vital information assets.  With service and technology centers in the United States and the United Kingdom, Ovation has provided services and solutions for over 1500 companies within the past three years to help protect and manage their company records and other information assets.

Ovation Data Services is a highly regarded world leader in digital data management and preservation as well as information technology systems. Its mission is the management, understanding, and preservation of digital data and media with the employment of past, present, and future technology to accomplish these tasks, including the transfer or conversion of digital information from one medium to another.  Contact Ovation at 713-464-1300, facsimile 713-464-1615, email: info@ovationdata.com, and on the web at www.ovationdata.com.

About Nishan Systems

Nishan Systems, the world's first supplier of native IP Storage solutions, builds open storage networking products based on IP and Ethernet, the international networking standards.  Nishan's IP Storage framework supports iSCSI, iFCP, FCIP, iSNS, Fibre Channel, SCSI, and all types of Network-Attached Storage (NAS) interfaces.  The highly reliable and manageable IP Storage fabric extends seamlessly from the data center to the metro area and beyond.  Nishan's products are fully compatible with the millions of LAN, MAN, and WAN routers and switches already installed and mastered by IT professionals.  Nishan Systems has been named to top company rankings in Computerworld, Red Herring Magazine, and the San Francisco Chronicle, and Nishan's IP Storage switches recently received the InfoWorld Readers' Choice Award for best new storage products.  Nishan Systems, a full voting member of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), is based in San Jose, California, and can be reached at www.NishanSystems.com, and at 408-519-3700.

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