Ovation Data services JOINS APCON AUTHORIZED CHannel Partner PROGRAM

Supplier of must-have IntellaPatch Physical Layer Switches and other key network components significantly extends its market reach

Houston, TX – January 16, 2002 – Ovation Data Services, Inc, a leading Texas-based systems integrator and value added reseller today announced that the company is now an Authorized APCON Channel Partner. By partnering with APCON, Ovation Data will better serve its customers by  significantly enhancing its product portfolio  to include APCON’s IntellaPatch family of Physical Layer Switches and other high-performance network solutions..

APCON IntellaPatch Physical Layer Switches are managed; layer 1 switches that provide remote switching, monitoring, and centralized control of telecommunications and enterprise networks.  They allow network administrators to wire once then remotely re-configure network connections through control software from any computer on the network.  The devices are designed for high-value telecommunications management and are being used by MCI WorldCom, AOL Time Warner, IBM and many other leading companies.  They are also being used in testing and interoperability labs, data centers, and Storage Area Networks (SANs).  APCON switches support fiber optic and copper technologies including SONET (OC-3, OC-12), ATM, Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and 10/100 Ethernet.

Ovation Data Services also offers APCON’s family of Electronic SCSI Crosspoint switches that deliver advanced network expandability and flexibility, as well as APCON’s highly popular SCSI Boosters, Extenders and Differential Converters.

In addition, Ovation Data Services offers APCON's PowerSwitch and AutoSwitch network management software solutions. According to InfoWorld, PowerSwitch provides “everything you need to construct your own bulletproof fail-over solutions” when combined with APCON SCSI switches and IntellaPatch Fiber Optic or Copper Physical Layer Switches. AutoSwitch brings together scheduling, monitoring and switching of network server components into a single, cost-effective software solution. Complex tasks can be scheduled to run automatically and unattended during off-peak hours to greatly increase the efficiency of your network.

About Ovation Data Services

Ovation Data Services, Inc. is a highly regarded world leader in digital data management and preservation, and information technology systems. Ovation Data has been helping companies preserve the integrity of their vital information assets since 1976. Today, with its primary Service and Technology Centers in the United States and the United Kingdom, Ovation Data has provided services and solutions for over 1500 companies within the past three years. For more information, please visit our website at www.ovationdata.com.

About APCON

APCON is a leading manufacturer of products designed to enhance and increase the functionality of computer networks and interoperability labs.  Our solutions support SONET, Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, iSCSI and SCSI switching and bus extension technologies.  APCON serves a wide range of companies, including Dell Computer, IBM, Inrange, JNI, Lockheed Martin, Lucent, Philips, QLogic, Raytheon, Fujitsu Siemens and Sun Microsystems.  The company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. For more information, please visit our website at www.apcon.com.