VDS simplifies the management of complex storage configurations,
enabling small to medium enterprises to realize the benefits of networked
storage while lowering storage total cost of ownership.

Arkeia Data Protection Solutions Now Certified on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

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, the
originator and leading supplier of Serial ATA (SATA) RAID data protection and
storage solutions, today announced that its VTrak SATA RAID storage system has
successfully completed compatibility testing and achieved Microsoft's Simple
SAN for Windows Server designation.

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Alt-N software products include MDaemon email server,
Outlook Connector for enabling Microsoft Outlook sharing through
MDaemon, AntiVirus for MDaemon and RelayFax facsimile server, all
separately licensed.

About Promise Technology, Inc.

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Arkeia is privately held, with investment
funding support from two major banking concerns.

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Public Relations
Contact: Kevin Doel
Phone: 785-273-9660
Email: kevin@talonpr.

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Promise Technology Earns Microsoft's Simple SAN for Windows Designation for RAID Storage Systems

SATA RAID Storage Leading Provider Works With Microsoft to Bring Networked
Storage Benefits to Small and Medium Enterprises

MILPITAS , Calif.

NOTE: Promise Technology, SuperTrak, and Promise Array Management are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Promise Technology, Inc.
Protecting more than 100,000 networks worldwide , Arkeia solutions
have been adopted by 4,000 corporate-class customers in over 50
countries since 1999.
For further information, visit www.

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Arkeia offers data protection software designed to ease the
life of system administrators by providing efficient technology at a
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Using Serial ATA and SCSI
(SAS) technology to design and manufacture fast, reliable cost -effective data
protection, Promise is the preferred choice for SATA host bus adapters, RAID
controllers and SAS/SATA external storage systems. Learn more at www.redhat.

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All products come with professional
features and beginner-level ease of use.5 terabytes with 15 drives.
Additionally, each VTrak M-class storage system serves as a
cluster-friendly platform, and has earned the Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Enterprise Edition certification for 8-node clusters. Other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Customers who choose to deploy Red Hat Ready applications have the
assurance that Arkeia software has completed rigorous testing on the
latest versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and that Arkeia is
compliant with Red Hat's stringent guidelines for interoperability.C.

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"Simplified SAN implementation and
management helps reduce costs and complexities , and we look forward to
continued collaboration with Microsoft to drive market affordability with
storage solutions that are ideal for enterprises large and small.
The "Red Hat Ready" Independent Software Vendor (ISV) application
program allows vendors to test and qualify their software applications
on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat also offers support,
training and consulting services to its customers worldwide and
through top-tier partnerships.

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Claude Lorenson, group product manager ,
Storage Technologies at Microsoft Corporation. "Microsoft is pleased to work
with Promise in making SAN RAID storage systems available to customers of all
sizes.

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Type of Organization: Private

Industry: Technology: Software

Key Executives: CEO: Arvel Hathcock
President: Jerry Donald
VP , Marketing: Jason Cain

Public Relations
Contact: Mollie Siharath
Phone: 817-525-2005
Email: mollie@altn.
"Promise Technology has a long track record of serving the needs of small
and medium enterprises," said Dr."

Arkeia products certified for RHEL 4 include:

Arkeia Server Backup for stand-alone data-critical servers
that features a unique data volume based pricing;

Arkeia Network Backup for heterogeneous network backup based
on a Linux or Unix backup server;

Arkeia Disaster Recovery, a complementary module for any
commercial version of Arkeia, protecting the Linux backup
server and/or client;

Arkeia Hot-Backup plug-ins for online backup of database
applications such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, Lotus,
Open-Xchange (including SLOX ), LDAP, MS Exchange and MS SQL
Servers. Red Hat is leading Linux and open source solutions into the
mainstream by making high-quality, low-cost technology accessible.arkeia.

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With advanced data protection features such as Predictive Data Migration
(PDM), PerfectRAID and multiple assignments of RAID levels to selected Logical
Units (LUN), the VTrak M-Class delivers a high-availability FC and Internet
Protocol (IP) SAN solution.
today announced Red Hat Ready certification of its flagship enterprise
network backup software which now supports Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux
4 environments for x86 platforms.

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Promise Technology
maintains ongoing product development relationships with leading storage and
server manufacturers.
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux has become a standard enterprise
computing platform for Arkeia's customers," said Frederic Renard,
director of marketing and alliances for Arkeia .

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"Delivering excellent value with direct-attached RAID storage, Promise now
entered the stage with interoperable products for diverse storage networking
environments," said Suresh Panikar , vice president of worldwide channel sales
and marketing for Promise Technology, Inc.

For more information see http://www.com/strategic/redhat/

About Red Hat Inc.

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LDaemon is a free LDAP server designed to work
with Alt-N products. Products are sold and
supported internationally through a network of exclusive distributors
and resellers. "Our alignment with
Red Hat through the Red Hat Ready program has been a collaborative,
cost-effective method for getting our Linux applications to market as
rapidly as possible., with satellite offices spanning the
globe.

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The Promise VTrak M-Class FC series storage systems are priced the same as
iSCSI models, M500i, M300i and M200i, and offer dual host ports and 15, 12 or
8 hot-swappable drive bays respectively in a rackmount chassis , supporting up
to 7.
Promise Technology is the originator of ATA RAID and worldwide leader in
SATA RAID with over 14 million controllers shipped. Red Hat's Open Source strategy offers
customers a long-term plan for building infrastructures that are based
on and leverage open source technologies with focus on security and
ease of management.

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Company Profile for Alt-N Technologies Ltd.

Headquarters Address: 2201 East Lamar Blvd, Suite 270
Arlington , TX 76006

Main Telephone: 817-525-2005

Website: http://www .com

, Promise Technology, Inc.promise. Arkeia supports a broad range of other operating
systems , including Windows, Unix, Mac OS X, NetWare and xBSD. Offices are in
Carlsbad and Paris, France.

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WebAdmin is a free product for configuring
MDaemon through a web browser.

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The Promise Fibre Channel (FC) host RAID systems offer subsystem hardware
providers for Virtual Disk Service (VDS) storage infrastructure in Microsoft
Windows Server 2003, capable of running with Storage Area Network (SAN) VDS
applications such as QLogic SANSurfer Express and Microsoft Storage Manager
for SANs .
For more information, visit http://www.

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CARLSBAD, Calif.----Arkeia Corp. It is a key step in supporting Red Hat
Enterprise Linux as a standard platform for enterprise computing.com

About Arkeia Corp.

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Promise successfully tested its FC host to SATA RAID VTrak M500f, M300f
and M200f storage systems with VDS hardware provider in Windows Server 2003.com . As a member of the Red Hat Ready
Partner program, Arkeia has added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 to its existing product line, which already includes support for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 2.
Arkeia continues to maintain its position as the first
professional network backup solution fully capable of protecting Linux
environments of virtually all configurations.

Red Hat, the world's leading open source and Linux provider , has
headquarters in Raleigh, N.

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Company: Alt-N Technologies, Ltd.

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Red
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Business Editors/Technology Writers

----Alt-N Technologies specializes in developing
communications software for Internet, Intranet, WAN and LAN
applications. Headquartered in Milpitas , CA, the company is
ISO-9001:2000 and ISO-14001:2004 certified and has offices and operations
throughout Asia and Europe to support local business partners and customers. It offers the widest
coverage in terms of architecture, including x86, Itanium-2, AMD
Opteron, PowerPC, SPARC, Alpha, and appliances such as Sun Cobalt and
SGI Altix servers. is a leading provider of established backup and
recovery solutions for departments and mid-size businesses utilizing
Linux.