Seagate is the world’s leading provider of hard disc drives, delivering products for a wide range of Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, and Consumer Electronics applications. Seagate leverages its technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers. www.seagate.com

About Hitachi Global Storage Technologies--
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is a storage technology leader, founded in 2003 through the combination of Hitachis and IBMs hard disk drive businesses. Hitachi GST enables users to fully engage in the digital lifestyle by providing high-value hard disk storage in formats suitable for the office, on the road and in the home.

With its legacy in hard drive invention, Hitachi GST will lead the industry in celebrating the storage technologys golden anniversary in 2006. The hard drive has had a profound effect on the computing and consumer electronics industries after five decades of innovation. That heritage lives on at Hitachi GST today through products that define the standard for hard drive miniaturization, capacity, performance and reliability.

With approximately 26,000 employees worldwide, Hitachi GST offers a comprehensive range of hard drive products for desktop computers, high-performance servers, notebooks and consumer devices. For more information, please visit the companys web site at www.hitachi.com.

Western Digital is a data storage pioneer and a leader in the hard drive industry. The company provides cost-effective storage solutions for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. Customers rely on WD hard drives in desktop and notebook computers, mobile and handheld devices, corporate networks and home entertainment applications to keep data secure and close at hand.

Advanced Industrial Computer Inc. and parent company T-win systems, Inc., have been manufacturing quality rack-mount computer enclosures since mid 1990’s. What started out as a subcontractor to manufacture rack-mount chassis for other computer case companies, turned to an industry-leading server and storage solution designer today. Our infrastructure has also transformed from a 20-employee sheet metal shop to a 200 strong global operation today. With offices in US, Netherlands, Japan, and headquarters in Taiwan, we are constantly on the forefront of leading-edge technologies.

Founded in 1983, Ci Design had evolved from a designer and fabricator of personal computer accessories to a global company providing complex server and storage enclosure solutions for manufacturers and system integrators. Ci Design, headquartered in Irvine, California maintains design facilities and manufacturing infrastructures in the United States, Taiwan, and China; including sales and logistic facilities in the Netherlands.

Founded in 1983, Chenbro Micom; is a 25-year-old veteran in casing manufacturing in Taiwan . Company provides comprehensive product lines (PC chassis, Pedestal server/workstation chassis, Rackmount chassis and storage kits) and innovative mechanical solutions in the 3C industry. Aside from casing manufacturing, which Chenbro does best, company also offers excellent thermal, EMI, and acoustic solutions that differentiate Chenbro from its competitors. Last but not least, R&D effort without the shadow of a doubt is the key driver for Chenbro.

Open-E, Inc. is a pioneering leader and developer of IP-based storage management software with headquarters in the United States, Europe and Japan. Open-E GmbH, located in Puchheim near Munich, Germany, houses the company’s development and European sales/marketing functions. The company has over 60 employees worldwide and 8,000 plus customers. Its DSS, NAS-R3 and iSCSI-R3 product lines, aimed at the SMB and SME markets, enjoy a multi-national reputation for best-in-class performance, flexibility, reliability, scalability and return-on-investment. The company’s tested, high-performance software is made simple, allowing system integrators to build massive, stable, secure and easy to use storage systems. Open-E distributes its products through a worldwide partner network that are established in the storage and networking markets. For more information about Open-E and Open-E products please visit www.open-e.com.