KOM Software Joins Leading Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)

Ottawa, ON Canada – April 4, 2001

KOM Software announced today that the company has joined The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), as a full voting member.

SNIA was formed in 1997 to serve as a point of cohesion for developers of storage, storage networking, system integrators, application vendors, service providers and IT professionals. As an umbrella organization, SNIA embraces all storage technologies and seeks to deliver architectures, education and services that will provide trusted storage solutions for the IT community.

"KOM Software is pleased to be joining SNIA as a full voting member," said Jeffrey Dale, President of KOM Software. "Our goal in joining is to assist SNIA in their efforts to educate and enhance organizations understanding of data storage management and in particular, Storage Virtualization."

In joining SNIA, KOM Software has joined other companies such as BMC Software, Cisco Systems, Compaq Computer Corporation, IBM, EMC, and Veritas Software who are also voting members.

In January 2001, SNIA opened the largest vendor-neutral technology centre in the world. In addition, SNIA has formed work groups, a technical council, and consumer councils, all in the continuing efforts to meet their mandates.

About KOM Software

KOM Software is a world leading provider of flexible, secure data archiving and storage management software. Over 10,000 of the world's leading corporations have recognized KOM Software as the most logical, unobtrusive and secure way to store, access and protect their data. KOM is enabling enterprises large and small a cost effective way to improve productivity and meet compliance requirements without altering their network infrastructure or daily business routines. The industry pioneer holds vital industry patents for electronic file lifecycle management, virtual file management and eWORM fixed content hard disk archiving. Find out how KOM Software can help you implement a comprehensive information lifecycle solution to optimize your existing storage environment and meet your compliance requirements.

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About SNA

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), is a not-for-profit organization made up of 150 companies and individuals spanning virtually the entire storage industry. SNIA members share a common goal, to set the pace of the industry by ensuring that storage networks become efficient, complete and trusted solutions across the IT community. To this end SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education and services that will propel open storage solutions into the broader market. For further information, visit the SNIA website, www.snia.org