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Exabyte VXA-2 Tape Drives Selected by Toshiba and New Mexico Software

Posted on: Thursday, 19 June 2003, 06:00 CDT

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2003--

VXA-2 Drives Integrated with Toshiba's High Performance Magnia(R)

Servers and New Mexico Software's Digital Filing Cabinet Software

To Provide Complete Document Management Solutions

Exabyte Corporation (OTCBB: EXBT), a performance and value leader in tape backup systems, today announced that VXA-2 tape drives and automation solutions have been selected by Toshiba's Computer Systems Group and New Mexico Software (OTCBB: NMXS) to provide data backup, retrieval and archiving activities for the mission-critical documents managed by the Toshiba Magnia Z310 server preloaded with New Mexico Software's "Digital Filing Cabinet" (DFC) document management solution.

"New Mexico Software selected Exabyte's VXA-2 tape storage technology because it offers unbeatable reliability, capacity and automation at a price that makes it a very reliable yet affordable backup solution for our customers," said Dick Govatski, CEO of New Mexico Software. "When customers buy the DFC, they are getting a truly superior document management solution -- the VXA storage technology is an ideal complement to this solution to give customers the peace of mind of unmatched data integrity, ease of management and low cost."

The Toshiba-New Mexico Software DFC serves as a central repository for important documents and images that would otherwise be stored in disparate locations and in a variety of formats. The DFC is a complete, plug-and-play, Web-enabled document imaging management system that includes a web server, database, image server, administration tools, multi-function network printer connectivity, (CE) control environment for permissions, batch editor, and a customization kit for companies to tailor the server to their needs. The solution is designed to meet the stringent document management needs of the medical industry, the financial services industry, professional services firms and other environments where effective tracking and management of documents is a mission-critical activity.

"This is a significant endorsement from Toshiba and New Mexico Software because data restore reliability is absolutely critical for the data that is managed by the Magnia servers and Digital Filing Cabinet software," said Tom Ward, CEO of Exabyte Corporation. "Customers who use the DFC are managing documents that are indispensable, irreplaceable corporate assets, and documents of that importance deserve a backup solution that has the best reliability in the industry. VXA offers unmatched data integrity, capacity, speed and pricing that have made it the backup technology of choice for a growing number of OEMs, resellers and end users."

VXA-2 dramatically increases the capacity and performance available to tape users who seek an alternative to the aging DDS technology at similar pricing for drives and media. The VXA-2 drive can record up to 160 GB (compressed)(a) to a single cartridge at a data transfer rate of up to 12 MB/sec (compressed)(a) - which is 4x the capacity and 2x the speed of DDS-4 and 2x the capacity and 2x the speed of DDS-5. Three interface options will be available including Ultra2 Wide SCSI, IDE/ATAPI, and FireWire, providing support for a wide range of computing platforms and operating systems. VXA-2 delivers full read and write compatibility with VXA-1, protecting the investment of users who have already chosen VXA technology.

For more information about VXA-2, visit www.exabyte.com/products/. For more information about New Mexico Software products, visit www.nmxs.com.

About VXA Tape Technology

First introduced in 1999, Exabyte's award-winning VXA technology is the most significant advancement in tape storage technology in the last decade. VXA tape products offer a unique combination of reliability, performance and value. VXA tape drives feature higher capacity and faster data transfer rates at the same price point as DDS. Moreover, VXA offers superior reliability, based on an innovative read/write architecture with a highly reliable "packet" format, designed for 100 percent data restore. Also, the published VXA roadmap currently extends through four successive generations, ensuring long-term protection of users' investments in drives and media. VXA-2 has now been selected by many OEMs, including IBM for three of its popular, business-class server lines -- iSeries, pSeries and xSeries -- providing a definitive endorsement of VXA-2 as the new standard for tape storage in its class.

About New Mexico Software (NMXS)

New Mexico Software (OTCBB: NMXS) is a leading provider of next generation content management solutions for digital asset management and on-line accounting systems. NMXS is the only public company providing full ASP services for content owners to better digitize, encode, store, manage, license, and distribute digital files. The company offers four trademarked software products including AssetWare(TM), which provides enterprise-level digital asset management, Dynamic Imaging Server(TM), which features our Unity Architecture, MagZoom(TM), which magnifies details of Internet images and BigDox(TM), which enables rapid Internet transport of limitless size files.

About Exabyte Corporation

Exabyte Corporation (OTCBB: EXBT) provides innovative tape storage solutions to customers whose top buying criteria is value: capacity, speed, reliability and ease-of-use at a price they can afford. Exabyte, an industry innovator since 1987, is the recognized value-leader in tape storage and automation solutions for workstations, LANs and SANs. With groundbreaking VXA Discrete Packet Technology, the most significant advancement in tape in the last decade, Exabyte's VXA-2 solutions provide SMB and Departmental users dramatically higher capacity, speed and reliability at competitive prices. Exabyte's drives and automation products are rugged, robust and reliable solutions for users of VXAtape(TM), LTO(TM) (Ultrium(TM)) and MammothTape(TM). Exabyte has a worldwide network of OEMs, distributors and resellers that share the company's commitment to value and customer service, including partners such as IBM, HP, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Bull, Toshiba, Logitec, Apple Computer, Tech Data, Ingram Micro and Arrow Electronics.

For additional information, call 1-800-EXABYTE or visit www.exabyte.com. For investor relations inquiries, contact Kelly Beavers at investor@exabyte.com.

(a) Data capacities and transfer rates for VXA drives assume a

compression ratio of two-to-one. Actual compression will vary

depending on the nature of the data and the drive and media

quality.

Exabyte, VXA and M2 are registered trademarks, and, MammothTape is a trademark of Exabyte Corp. Magnia is a registered trademark of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. All other trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.

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