PITTSBURGH, PA, November 7, 2000 -- Advanced Computer & Network Corporation receives SteelEye's ? LifeKeeper® Certification for the JetStor II-LVD RAID Array

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Computer & Network Corporation (AC&NC) today announced that it has received SteelEye's LifeKeeper certification and is now included on SteelEye's Hardware Compatibility List for RAID storage systems. SteelEye's Hardware Compatibility Program provides customers with assurances of compatibility and integration when deploying LifeKeeper for Linux clustering solutions.

"When it comes to ensuring the availability of business-critical environments, from workgroups to enterprises, customers need to be assured that the solution they implement is uncompromising in its reliability," said Gene Leyzarovich, President of Advanced Computer & Network Corporation. "Completion of SteelEye's stringent compatibility tests solidifies AC&NC's position as a leading provider of hardware storage solutions for the growing Linux market."

"AC&NC's leading Linux storage solution, combined with SteelEye's LifeKeeper for Linux HA clustering software, provides protection for mission-critical applications on Linux systems," said Arlington Glaze, VP of Sales at SteelEye Technology."This powerful combination raises the bar on the credibility of Linux for the enterprise eBusiness computing environments."

SteelEye's LifeKeeper for Linux maximizes the high availability of clustered Linux systems and applications by monitoring system and application health, maintaining client accessibility and providing continuous data access regardless of where clients reside -- on the corporate intranet, extranet or Internet.

LifeKeeper utilizes industry-proven technology to automatically restore application services by either restarting them locally or relocating them to another server in the cluster. This functionality enables Linux systems to meet the stringent availability requirements of business and mission-critical operations by creating a fault-resilient environment.

Complete information about the JetStor II-LVD RAID Array, including technical specifications, can be found on Advanced Computer & Network Corporation's web site at http://www.acnc.com/product_jetstorii_lvd.html or by contacting AC&NC's marketing department at 800-213-2667 or via e-mail at info@acnc.com.

About Advanced Computer & Network Corporation:

Advanced Computer & Network Corporation (AC&NC), a privately held company headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, was founded in May 1993. Since its inception, AC&NC has become the market leader in the development and marketing of high-performance fault-tolerant storage solutions and has installed its systems in numerous locations in the United States, Canada, Asia and Western
and Eastern Europe.

Advanced Computer & Network Corporation's strategy for success is to offer its customers the best performance, highest data integrity, and the most cost-effective disk storage systems available anywhere, anytime.

About SteelEye Technology, Inc.:

SteelEye Technology, Inc. provides reliability platforms for Linux-based enterprise eCommerce applications. SteelEye Technology's flagship product, LifeKeeper, has been installed in multi-platform environments at hundreds of enterprise servers at Fortune 500 companies, including Chase Manhattan Bank and AT&T Corporation. The company is privately held and has received venture financing from Venrock Associates. SteelEye Technology Inc. is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. and is on the Web at http://www.steeleye.com

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