iStor Networks Appoints Industry Veteran Jim Wayda as Vice President, Software Engineering

Wayda to Lead Storage Innovator's Hot New Products with Enterprise Features at SMB Prices

IRVINE, Calif. - January 14, 2008 - iStor Networks, Inc.® (www.istor.com, a leading manufacturer of network storage solutions, today announced that Jim Wayda, longtime veteran in the data storage industry, has assumed the role of Vice President of Software Engineering.

Wayda has over 20 years experience in the design and delivery of high performance storage solutions. Prior to joining iStor Networks, Wayda held positions as Chief Software Architect and Vice President of Software Engineering with Dot Hill Systems Corporation. There, he was responsible for the architecture of high performance Snapshot, Volume Copy, Data Replication and Disaster Recovery services. In this role, he managed the delivery of embedded and host-based storage subsystem software to OEM customers such as Sun Microsystems. Wayda was also responsible for the delivery of SVApath multi-path fail-over software to StorageTek.

"Jim's proven leadership and depth of expertise in developing and delivering storage solutions make him a strong asset for our team," said Kevin Daly, CEO, iStor. "Since its inception, iStor has focused on providing a solid foundation for storage solutions which provide our partners and end users a unique opportunity to take full advantage of the economic, performance and architectural advantages of iSCSI. Jim's industry expertise and broad OEM experience will be extremely important to us as we strive to maintain a high level of innovation among our products and as we continue to adapt to fit most effectively within a complex and evolving storage ecosystem."

Wayda's experience also includes senior level positions for the architecture of storage products for Digital Equipment Corporation, Distributed Logic Corporation, Plessey Peripheral Systems, and Transitional Technology. He currently has 12 patents pending in the areas of snapshot and data replication.

"I'm excited and honored to be joining iStor as the company is well recognized in the industry as one of the leading iSCSI storage vendors," said Wayda. "IT managers are faced with real challenges in managing their storage environments, and I am looking forward to building the next generation of network and storage management capabilities for iStor's integraStor product family."

For more information on the iStor line of products, visit www.istor.com.

Contact:
Jennifer Sparks Bocchino, Marketing Communications Consultant, iStor Networks, Inc., 949-887-7480 or jsparks@istor.com.


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