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To: Neil S who wrote (23917)	8/30/1999 11:34:00 AM
From: princesedi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29386

(PR NEWSWIRE) Ancor Communications Earns ISO 9001 Quality Standard Ancor Communications Earns ISO 9001 Quality Standard MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ancor Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: ANCR), a leading supplier of scalable Fibre Channel switches for storage area networks (SANs), today announced it has received registration of compliance to the ISO 9001 standard from British Standards Institution (BSI). The ISO 9000 family of standards was developed by the International Organization for Standardization as an international consensus on good management practices with the goal of ensuring that organizations can consistently deliver products and services that meet customers' quality expectations. To become ISO 9001 certified, Ancor passed a third-party audit of business practices that affect all aspects of product and service quality. "Achieving ISO 9001 certification is an important milestone in validating the total quality of Ancor's products and processes," said Cal Nelson, Ancor's president. "However, we at Ancor are committed to exceeding ISO standards, to consistently deliver to customers a level of quality and service that sets us above our competition." About Ancor Communications Ancor Communications Inc. provides GigWorks(TM) high-performance Fibre Channel switches for storage and data-intensive network solutions, including storage area networks (SANs). The company's customers include Sun Microsystems, Hitachi Data Systems, and MTI as well as select distributors. The company was the first to deliver a Fibre Channel switch, and the first to top the one-gigabit performance level. Ancor is a member of the Fibre Channel Industry Association, the Storage Networking Industry Alliance, the ANSI Standards Committee, and the University of New Hampshire Fibre Channel Consortium to promote the advancement of Fibre Channel standards and interoperability. Information on Ancor is available on the World Wide Web at ancor.com For more information about Fibre Channel technology and Ancor Fibre Channel solutions, call 800-342-7379 or access World Wide Web site ancor.com . Media, contact Mary Miller, Ancor, at 612-932-4071 or marym@ancor.com or Aaron Pearson, Shandwick, at 612-841-6217 or apearson@shandwick.com. Forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 are qualified by the risk factors outlined in the documents Ancor Communications, Inc. files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SOURCE Ancor Communications, Inc. -0- 8/30/99 /NOTE TO EDITOR: ANCOR(TM), GigWorks(TM), and the Ancor logo are the marks and property of Ancor Communications, Inc./ /CONTACT: Mary Miller of Ancor Communications, 612-932-4071, marym@ancor.com , or Aaron Pearson of Shandwick, 612-841-6217, apearson@shandwick.com , for Ancor Communications/ /Web site: ancor.com / (ANCR) CO: Ancor Communications, Inc. ST: Minnesota IN: CPR SU: * end of story *