Half Moon Bay, CA & Washington, DC – (August 14, 2002)-Infinity I/O, Inc., the premier provider of education and certification services for the storage networking industry, today announced the October availability of the Fibre Channel SAN Certified Specialist (Level 3) examination. Infinity I/O is the exclusive developer of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) FC-SAN Certification Program.

Storage networking professionals can take the Specialist examination at thousands of Prometric test centers worldwide (http://www.prometric.com/) by mid-October, 2002.

"The FC-SAN Specialist Certification is a significant step in formalizing standards that are speeding the adoption of Fibre Channel SAN," says Deborah Johnson, president and CEO of Infinity I/O. "This Level 3 certification is aimed at consultants and engineers working in areas such as systems architecture and product design, and will validate a more in-depth knowledge of system components and solutions."

SNIA’s Fibre Channel SAN certification program, developed by Infinity I/O, also consists of the FC-SAN Professional Certification (Level 1), which confirms knowledge of basic principles and terminology for those with limited technical needs; and the FC-SAN Practitioner Certification (Level 2), which tests for understanding of features, functions and technologies underlying FC-SAN, for professionals working in sales and technical support.

The Fibre Channel SAN Certified Specialist Program was also developed in collaboration with SNIA member storage networking vendors. They provided support from job task analysis to actual writing of examination questions.

"McDATA has listened to our customers who continuously ask for ways to measure the skills necessary to design, implement, manage and troubleshoot today's storage networking solutions," says Adolph Holston, Senior Consultant for McDATA Corporation. "Our enthusiastic involvement in this Specialist exam is one way we support SNIA's and Infinity I/O's efforts in creating and promoting a successful industry-wide, vendor-neutral certification program. We will leverage this testing as an entry point into McDATA's own certification program."

About Infinity I/O
Infinity I/O is the premier provider of storage networking education and certification solutions, enabling businesses to optimize the design, development and implementation of storage networks. Our training and certification programs combine multi-vendor solution expertise and unmatched industry experience, offering IT professionals the most comprehensive Storage Networking education available. Infinity I/O is the exclusive developer of the SNIA Fibre Channel SAN Certification Program. For more information, visit us at: www.infinityio.com.

About SNIA
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a not-for-profit organization, made up of over 300 companies and individuals spanning virtually the entire storage industry. SNIA members share a common goal: to set the pace of the industry by ensuring that storage networks become efficient, complete and trusted solutions across the IT community. To this end the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education and services that will propel open storage networking solutions into the broader market. For information, contact the SNIA at 650-949-6720 or via e-mail at executivedirector@snia.org, or visit the SNIA web site at http://www.snia.org.