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Adaptec Appoints New Vice President of Global Product Development

Posted on: Monday, 8 May 2006, 09:09 CDT

Adaptec, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADPT), a global leader in storage solutions, today announced that it has strengthened its engineering organization with the appointment of Manoj Goyal as vice president of global product development. Goyal is a highly experienced engineering leader who has been responsible for several advancements in storage application software and operating system architectures over the last 16 years.

Most recently, Goyal was the vice president, platform engineering at EMC Documentum, where he was responsible for a group of more than 225 employees worldwide and products that drove $250 million in annual revenue. Prior to EMC Documentum, he spent ten years at Sun Microsystems in several engineering leadership roles managing the development of data management and network storage products as well as the Solaris Operating System for strategic OEM partners. He also spent time managing the creation of innovative software tools for the Java development platform.

"We are extremely pleased that Manoj has agreed to join Adaptec and lead our engineering operations," said S. 'Sundi' Sundaresh, president and CEO of Adaptec. "Manoj has a wealth of experience in leading large global development teams in creating innovative software, integrating business-critical applications, and delivering successful products to market. He will be a real asset as we continue to expand our RAID software for serial technologies, such as Serial Attached SCSI and Serial ATA, and as we build on our storage software platform."

"Adaptec has a proven franchise of RAID controller hardware technology that is differentiated by the industry's most advanced data protection software available," said Manoj Goyal, vice president of global product development at Adaptec. "It is on this foundation of industry proven RAID and storage management software that the company is building the products that will be essential to its future. I am pleased to be joining Adaptec, which I believe is at a truly exciting turning point in its history."

About Adaptec

Adaptec, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADPT) provides trusted storage solutions that reliably move, manage, and protect critical data and digital content. Adaptec's software and hardware-based solutions are delivered through leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and channel partners to provide storage connectivity, data protection, and networked storage to enterprises, government organizations, medium and small businesses, and consumers worldwide. Adaptec is an S&P Small Cap 600 Index member. More information is available at www.adaptec.com.

Adaptec is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries. Other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE: Adaptec

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