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New Release of Optistorm® - State of the Art Optical Storage Manager

Ottawa ON, Canada – May 1, 1997
KOM Networks is pleased announce the release of our newest product, OptiStorm® 1.0, an optical storage manager which was designed exclusively for Windows NT. OptiStorm® was built on the 15 years experience and on the over 6000 site installations of KOM Networks optical storage products.

In addition to the many advanced features not found as a single package within the industry, OptiStorm® has some additional features in its design that makes it unique in the industry. ONLY the KOM Networks optical storage management software is integrated at the device drive level and is the only one that is 100% NTFS (WinNT File System) compliant. KOM Networks does not use a proprietary file system, hence integration of this software is completely transparent and seamless. The result is that rewritable or WORM media are written using NTFS.

Some of the advanced features that this OptiStorm® optical storage manager has is:

About KOM Networks

KOM Networks, founded in 1969, is the world leader of innovative storage management software solutions. Pioneers of Data Protection & Retention, KOM Networks' products provide Compliance, Archiving and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) to over 10,000 installations globally. KOM Networks products are delivered through a worldwide network of value-added resellers, strategic partnerships and alliances.

KOM Networks' easy-to-integrate products let you Simply Manage, Protect, and Serve STORAGE, The Way You Want It. For more information please visit www.komnetworks.com.