PITTSBURGH, September 7, 1999 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Computer & Network Corporation (AC&NC) today announced that it has been awarded a five year GSA (General Services Administration) schedule contract for the procurement of information technology (IT) products. Under the terms of the blanket purchase agreement (BPA), all government organizations will be able to make purchases from the contract. The term of the contract GS-35F-0694J is five years beginning on August 20th, 1999.

"AC&NC looks forward to servicing all branches of the government with our
proven business practices" says Gene Leyzarovich, President of AC&NC. "The
award of the GSA Schedule contract solidifies our position in the federal marketplace by recognizing our solid line of fault-tolerant data storage products, personalized service, and efficient operations as the preferred method of doing business."

AC&NC's JetStor line of fault tolerant data storage arrays (RAIDs) has been placed on the GSA IT Schedule. Government customers can logon to the GSA Advantage! web site at https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/cgi-bin/advwel to purchase the equipment. As an alternative, government customers can call AC&NC's government sales line at 1-800-213-2667 extension 125 to speak to a dedicated representative.

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

Some of AC&NC's customers include UUNET, US Navy, Sony Electronics, Lucent Technologies, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Angeles Times, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA), and NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology).

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

Complete information about the JetStor II line of RAID Arrays, including technical specifications, can be found on Advanced Computer & Network Corporation's web site at http://www.acnc.com or by contacting AC&NC's marketing department at 1-800-213-2667 or via e-mail at info@acnc.com

SOURCE Advanced Computer & Network Corporation

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