ADIC Scalar 24 Selected as Product of the Year by Storage Magazine and SearchStorage.Com

Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC), leader in Intelligent Storage(TM) solutions for the open systems market, announced today that the company's Scalar(R) 24 tape library has been named a Product of the Year award recipient by Storage Magazine and SearchStorage.com in their first annual storage product awards.
The winners were selected by a panel of independent storage analysts, storage specialists from the IT community, and technical journalists who made their choices based on a combination of product features that included performance, ease of use, integration, innovation and overall value. Award recipients were judged "must" entrants on any IT department's list of products to evaluate. Winners were announced in five storage categories from among 39 entrants. The judging panel called the Scalar 24 "tough to beat" in the backup harder category based on its combination of value and performance. Other storage product award winners include products from Network Appliance, Fujitsu, Veritas and Brocade.
"This award confirms Scalar 24 as a premier entry-level library with an industry leading combination of enterprise-class performance and high value," said Bill Britts, ADIC Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "We are pleased to have it recognized by the broad IT community as an innovative contribution to network data protection."
Introduced in September 2002, the Scalar 24 offers the industry's best value for enterprise-class performance, with a price point low enough to reduce the cost of high performance backup by 30% or more. The library combines easy-to-use, scalable management, a trouble-free upgrade path, the latest SDLT/LTO technology and a complete storage networking architecture to deliver an ideal solution for any business that has outgrown the capabilities of autoloaders or stand-alone drives.
About ADIC
Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) is a leading provider of Intelligent Storage(TM) solutions to the open systems marketplace. ADIC(R) is the world's largest supplier of automated tape systems using the drive technologies most often employed for backing up open system, client-server networks.(a) The Company's data management software and storage networking appliances provide IT managers innovative tools for storing, managing and protecting their most valuable digital assets. ADIC storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers and OEMs, including Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Sun.
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(a)IDC 2001 worldwide revenue and unit market share data for all automated systems using DLT, SDLT, LTO, 8mm or AIT drive, and Gartner Dataquest, 2002 Market Shares and Forecasts for Tape Automation Systems, F. Yale, August 2002. ADIC and Scalar are registered trademarks and Intelligent Storage is a trademark of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All other trade or service marks mentioned in this document should be considered the property of their respective owners.