Powerful Combination Provides Unequalled Value for Storage Customers

Eden Prairie, MN - November 20, 2002 - I-TECH, a technology leader in high-speed data storage testing solutions and Tabernus, an international software development company specializing in SCSI and Fibre Channel related diagnostics, announced today a partnership to provide a comprehensive testing, verification, and development family of products for storage device manufacturers.

Testing and verifying storage product functionality is a complex, multi-step process involving hardware testing and verification, fault diagnosis, and low-level programming that exercises the protocol and debugs the device interface. I-TECH and Tabernus provide complementary tools that simplify and streamline this complex and sometimes tedious process. By combining these strengths into a family of products, I-TECH and Tabernus will provide data storage companies with a comprehensive line of testing products ranging from low-level protocol testers to high-speed production testing tools, all controlled by the same user interface.

"The real story behind this partnership is the ėvalue add' it brings directly to the end users. By providing better testing measures in house, the quality of product delivered to end users increases," said Steve Kenniston, analyst with The Enterprise Storage Group. "To end users, the I-TECH and Tabernus partnership leads to better quality products at lower prices because fewer returns, fewer FRUs, and less management of the overall subsystems mean a greater TCO for all."

I-TECH's testers are ideal for low-level support of product development, interoperability testing, and test suite development within device manufacturing, development, quality assurance, and regression testing environments. I-TECH's SCSI, Fibre Channel, and Fibre Channel/Gigabit Ethernet analyzers capture and display data in SCSI, Gigabit Ethernet, and Fibre Channel environments. Filtering, a patented hardware search capability, and customized data capture are just a few of the unique features of I-TECH's Fibre Channel analyzers. I-TECH's analyzers are ideal for any development or QA application requiring fast, flexible analysis of SAN fabrics and peripheral devices.

Tabernus has over 40,000 users in the field and continues to maintain and develop close working relationships throughout the SCSI and Fibre Channel community. Their unique depth of expertise and experience in working with cutting-edge products in the marketplace has allowed them to serve virtually every major manufacturer, system integrator, and field service organization in the industry today. Tabernus' suite of products is designed to dramatically reduce the time engineers and technicians spend prepping and programming SCSI disk, tape, and optical drives while running at optimum speed. Their products have been benchmarked to run more than 51% faster than most in-house solutions. Tabernus tools offer the user the quickest, most effective solutions - whether it's troubleshooting device problems or downloading the latest revision of firmware.

"By combining Tabernus' broad suite of engineering, qualification, compliance, and manufacturing software test tools with I-TECH's industry-leading hardware and software, together we will provide unparalleled capabilities to the storage industry," said I-TECH President and COO Tom Brown. Going forward, customers can anticipate jointly developed products, providing greater flexibility and a higher degree of automation than has been previously available, all of which will simplify the data storage product development cycle, resulting in a faster time to market."

"We're confident that both I-TECH and Tabernus customers will benefit from this newly formed alliance," said Marissa Ponikvar, President and CEO of Tabernus. "This relationship will allow both companies to improve their competitive positioning by leveraging the more than a decade of expertise we both bring to leading-edge R&D, product development and manufacturing. I-TECH is a true partner in the world-class operation we're building to deliver excellent customer satisfaction."

About Tabernus
Tabernus, LLC is an international software development company specializing in SCSI and Fibre Channel related diagnostics and testing. Tabernus' diverse product offerings range from entry-level to expert-level software applications built on enterprise strength architecture. The products are designed to dramatically reduce the time engineers and technicians spend prepping and programming disk, tape, and optical drives by offering the quickest, most effective solutions for troubleshooting drive problems. The company also specializes in the development of custom solutions and OEM software for the SCSI and Fibre Channel peripheral market. For more information, contact Tabernus Media Relations at 303-763-7488, or visit www.tabernus.com.

About I-TECH
I-TECH Corp. is a world leader in test solutions for critical storage and network applications. I-TECH is committed to helping OEMs, partners, service providers and end users in ensuring, building, and maintaining a solid infrastructure for data services. Founded in 1988, I-TECH enables its customers to improve the performance of their products by providing leading-edge Fibre Channel and SCSI test systems. I-TECH's products offer the ideal environment for manufacturers, integrators, and end users. Learn more about I-TECH at www.i-tech.com or by calling (952) 941-5905.