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CAMBEX ANNOUNCES NEW PCIe FIBRE CHANNEL HOST BUS ADAPTERS

The FibreQuik* PC4000e and PC4002e PCI Express (PCIe) Host Bus Adapters Enable High-Performance, High-Availability SAN Connectivity

Southborough, MA March 30, 2010 - Cambex Corporation, a leading supplier of Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions, high-availability storage solutions and memory products, today announced its new PCIe host bus adapters (HBA), which provide high-speed, high-availability connectivity for SANs in AIX, Windows and Linux environments.

The Cambex FibreQuik PC4000e and PC4002e PCIe HBAs support PCIe x4 bus transfers and operate at either 4 Gb/s, 2 Gb/s or 1 Gb/s Fibre Channel data rates. The HBA automatically senses whether the Fibre Channel network is running at 4 Gb/s, 2 Gb/s or 1 Gb/s and connects with the appropriate data rate. This auto sensing function allows the FibreQuik PCIe HBA to be fully backward compatible with existing lower speed Fibre Channel installations while providing customers with seamless migration to new 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel deployments.

The new FibreQuik HBAs are capable of providing 800 MB/s bandwidth in duplex mode and connecting at distances of up to 500 meters. It provides over 150,000 operations per second enabling it to respond to peak database requests called for by data intensive, on-line transaction processing applications.

“Cambex has over 35 years of experience working with enterprise mainframe customers” said Joseph F. Kruy, Chairman and CEO of Cambex. “We are confident that by working with an industry leader like Sun, we can significantly reduce the total cost of ownership of running a customer's business-critical applications by migrating these applications from IBM mainframes to highly-reliable Sun servers.”

The FibreQuik PCIe HBA is designed to provide the optimal combination of performance and reliability to allow the faster data access and scalability demanded by today's advanced applications. It also incorporates the availability of Cambex's highly successful Dynamic Path Failover (DPF) software, providing the ability to operate at twice the speed while eliminating single points of failure in AIX environments.

In addition to AIX, the FibreQuik PCIe HBA supports Windows and Linux operating environments and is available immediately. With the introduction of the FibreQuik PCIe host bus adapter, Cambex is well positioned to supply customers with the highest-performance, highest-availability connectivity solutions supporting either the PCI-X or PCIe busses. This robust performance will be even more important as heterogeneous SAN installations store and manage growing volumes of information.

The Cambex FibreQuik HBAs enable the implementation of high-performance SANs with Fibre Channel fabric and arbitrated loop support for mission-critical environments. The advanced FibreQuik features deliver high-bandwidth, high-availability, scalability and reliability for cost- effective SAN implementations that are designed to address current and future business requirements.

FibreQuik connectivity products include the PCIe PC4000e and PC4002e HBAs, 4 Gb/s FibreQuik PCI-X PC4000 and PC4002 HBAs, 2 Gb/s FibreQuik PC2000 HBAs, and MC1000 HBAs and the HB2000, a cost-effective, eight-port digital Fibre Channel hub.

Cambex is the only independent supplier of HBAs and high-availability Dynamic Path Failover (DPF) software for IBM's AIX operating system supporting a large number of heterogeneous RAID Storage platforms

About Cambex Corporation

Cambex has been supplying high-performance, high-availability memory and storage solutions for over 40 years for a wide variety of corporate applications. Our solutions are designed to optimize the performance of storage networks. Fibre Channel products include FibreQuik™ Host Bus Adapters and Dynamic Path Failover™ software. Memory products include upgrades for IBM, Sun, and HP UNIX servers. Products are sold directly and through qualified resellers, integrators and OEMs. Cambex is headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts and can be reached at (508) 281-0209 or on the World Wide Web at www.cambex.com.

Contact:

Joseph F. Kruy
Cambex Corporation
(508) 281-02090

Forward-looking statements are made in this release pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the timing of new announcements or product introductions by the Company and its competitors, the hiring and retention of key employees, competitive pricing pressures, dependence on third parties for components and products, general economic conditions in the United States and international markets, and the risk factors detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

TRADEMARKS: FibreQuik and Dynamic Path Failover are trademarks of Cambex Corporation. All other products or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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