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To: Johnathan C. Doe who wrote (1713)	4/21/1998 9:06:00 AM
From: w2j2	Respond to of 5944

BURLINGTON, Mass., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Bus-Tech, Inc. today announced a working relationship with Adaptec (NASDAQ:ADPT) to bring innovative Storage Area Network solutions to S/390 mainframe and enterprise server environments. Bus-Tech integrates Adaptec's AHA(R)-2940UW and AHA-3940UW Ultra SCSI adapter technology into its DataBlaster(TM) 2 family of data movement products. Bus-Tech also intends to integrate Adaptec's range of Ultra2 SCSI and Fibre Channel technology into its next-generation development strategy that will deliver even higher performance and flexible Storage Area Network connectivity options. This announcement underscores both companies' commitment to cooperate and innovate within the Storage Area Network market and to offer customers powerful, flexible connectivity options that address IS concerns for performance, scalability, investment protection, and cost of ownership. "Adaptec offers Bus-Tech leading-edge I/O technologies and incredible support. This relationship strengthens Bus-Tech's position in the Storage Area Network market and provides our customers with both the highest performance solution available and the ability to evolve to newer and more robust technologies," said Gerry Machi, vice president and general manager of Bus-Tech's DataBlaster business. According to Karin Champagne, business marketing manager in the OEM solutions group at Adaptec, Inc. "Bus-Tech is an innovative developer of data center connectivity products that deliver high performance data movement solutions at very competitive costs. We have enjoyed working with Bus-Tech to integrate our high-performance Ultra SCSI technology into Bus-Tech's DataBlaster 2 product family. We will continue to deliver robust SCSI and Fibre Channel solutions to our customers to maximize their ability to build performance, scalability, and reliability into their products." About DataBlaster 2 DataBlaster 2 is the fastest and most cost-effective method for moving data between S/390 mainframes and enterprise servers such as IBM RS/6000, HP/UX, Sun Solaris, Digital UNIX and Windows NT. The solution provides system and database administrators with the ability to transfer, load, back up and restore gigabytes of data in minutes, rather than hours. Bus-Tech's DataBlaster 2 is a family of high-performance control units, differentiated only by port configuration, that reach their high throughput levels by emulating industry-standard tape drives at each side of the connection. On the mainframe side, they connect up to two S/390 ESCON (Enterprise Systems Connection) or Bus and Tag channels, providing throughput speeds of up to 32 megabytes per second (MB/s). On the enterprise server side, up to four Ultra SCSI connections using Adaptec's AHA-2940UW and AHA-3940UW Ultra SCSI adapters are attached to enterprise servers providing data movement speeds up to 40 MB/s. With no additional software or network switching equipment, DataBlaster 2 results in simple, reliable parallel data transfers at rates up to 25 times faster than traditional networking methods -- without impacting the network and with minimal impact on server or mainframe CPU cycles. DataBlaster 2 products are available worldwide from Bus-Tech, Bus-Tech resellers and OEMs and range in price from $13,000 to $38,000 depending on port configuration. Bus-Tech, Inc. is the industry's leading provider of state-of-the-art connectivity solutions for the data center. The company's powerful suite of Intranet-to-Mainframe and data movement solutions satisfy even the most rugged demands of data processing professionals for high-bandwidth, high-performance connectivity. With more than 12,000 installed sites worldwide, Bus-Tech is a recognized leader in the interconnect market. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, the company is privately held with locations around the world. For more information about Bus-Tech and its products, please visit the Bus-Tech World Wide Web site at bustech.com or call 800-284-3172 or 781-272-8200. NOTE: Bus-Tech is a registered trademark and DataBlaster is a trademark of Bus-Tech, Inc. AHA is a registered trademark of Adaptec. S/390 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM). Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Digital UNIX is a registered trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation (NYSE:DEC). HP/UX is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP). Sun Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW). Other products and trademarks appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners.