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Cambex and StorageTek Jointly Announce Qualification of Cambex Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters for Use With StorageTek Disk Storage Subsystems

CAMBEX AND STORAGETEK JOINTLY ANNOUNCE QUALIFICATION OF CAMBEX FIBRE CHANNEL HOST BUS ADAPTERS FOR USE WITH STORAGETEK DISK STORAGE SYSTEMS

WALTHAM, Mass. and LOUISVILLE, Colo.– June 5, 2003 – Cambex Corporation (OTCBB: CBEX), a leading supplier of memory and storage solutions, and StorageTek® (Storage Technology Corp., NYSE:STK), the storage services and solutions expert, have jointly announced qualification of Cambex’s FibreQuikTMPC2000 Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) and Dynamic Path FailoverTMhigh-availability software for interoperability with StorageTek D-Series disk products for IBM AIX operating environments.

Qualification of Cambex’s latest FibreQuik HBAs with StorageTek disk products demonstrates the commitment that both companies have in delivering fully interoperable storage area network (SAN) solutions to their customers. The integrated Cambex and StorageTek Fibre Channel Disk solutions provide highly available disk storage for IBM AIX operating environments.

“We are pleased that StorageTek is offering our FibreQuik PC2000 HBAs for use with their industry leading storage solutions,” said Joseph F. Kruy, Chairman and CEO of Cambex. “We have been partnering with StorageTek for several years to provide our joint customers with data center class, high availability disk solutions for IBM environments.”

“StorageTek partners with leading vendors such as Cambex to deliver to customers innovative storage solutions offering the highest level of interoperability, performance, and availability,” said Pierre Cousin, vice president and general manager, StorageTek Online Solutions. “The combination of StorageTek’s best-in-class disk storage products and Cambex’s proven HBA solutions offer data center managers enterprise-level reliability and SAN connectivity in their AIX environments.”

Cambex’s FibreQuik Fibre Channel HBAs provide superior performance and availability for building mission-critical, heterogeneous SANs in IBM AIX, Linux, and Windows environments. The PC2000 host bus adapter is the latest addition to the growing family of FibreQuik products. With a top speed of 2 gigabits/second in each direction, the PC2000 provides 400 MB/s bandwidth in full duplex operation. Its auto sensing and negotiation capability dynamically senses attachments to 1 GB/s target devices and adjusts the data rate accordingly. When Cambex’s Dynamic Path Failover software is implemented, active-active path operation with multiple PC2000 cards can provide up to 800 MB/s data throughput, the highest SAN data transfer rate in the industry.

About Cambex

Cambex and its Super PC Memory subsidiary have been supplying high-performance, high-availability memory and storage solutions for over 34 years for a wide variety of corporate applications. Memory products include upgrades for IBM, Intel, Sun, HP, Dell and Cisco computing systems and networking devices. Fibre Channel products include FibreQuik™ Host Bus Adapters and Dynamic Path Failover™software. Products are sold through a direct enterprise sales organization and through qualified resellers, integrators and OEMs. Cambex is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with operations in Irvine, California and Westminster, Colorado. Cambex can be reached at (781) 890-6000 or on the World Wide Web at www.cambex.com. Super PC Memory can be reached at (303) 427-2600 or on the World Wide Web at www.superpc.com.

About StorageTek

StorageTek (NYSE:STK), a $2 billion worldwide company with headquarters in Louisville, Colo., delivers a broad range of storage solutions that are easy to manage, integrate well with existing infrastructures and allow universal access to data across servers, media types and networks. StorageTek provides practical and safe storage solutions in disk, networking, services, tape and tape automation. For more information, see www.storagetek.com, or call 1.800.786.7835.

Contact:

 

Joseph F. Kruy
Cambex Corporation
781-890-6000

Bob Wientzen
Sr. Public Relations Mgr
StorageTek
Tel 303-661-4993

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. StorageTek is a registered trademark of Storage Technology Corp. 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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