SanOne Partners With Cisco on Storage Network Convergence; Cisco Enabled DAMstor the First Ever Fibre-Channel and Gigabit-Ethernet Ready SAN Solution

Business Wire, April 9, 2001

Business Editors/Technology Writers

PALM DESERT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2001

SanOne Inc., an Alanco Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:ALAN) company and a leading Storage Area Network (SAN) provider specializing in enterprise storage solutions, today announced unprecedented built-in connectivity provided by Cisco's (Nasdaq:CSCO) iSCSI technology integration into SanOne's DAMstor(TM) product line.

This new development is the result of a close technical cooperation involving extensive testing of Cisco storage routing products in the SanOne Interoperability Lab, and resulting in the certification of Cisco's SN5420 as an integral component of SanOne's DAMstor architecture.

On the commercial side, SanOne becomes a Cisco Premier Partner, anxious to complement the 7,000-strong Cisco sales force with SanOne's expertise in best-of-breed SAN solutions.

"We are delighted with our Cisco relationship," declared Mike Flannery, president of SanOne.

"Cisco's network dominance, combined with their validation of SAN connectivity, brings customers the direction they need to address the explosive requirements of today's e-commerce applications. SanOne's expertise combines ideally with Cisco's strategic direction and superior network technology to provide the seamless price-performant integration required of today's storage networking solutions."

Cisco's SN5420 storage router, offered as a standard option within SanOne's DAMstor 2500V product, will enable remote servers to use central SAN storage as easily as they would a local drive, by routing storage traffic over Gigabit Ethernet LANs or commercial services using iSCSI protocols.

This remote capability allows users to consolidate islands of computing and storage into an effective, manageable service using existing network infrastructure and expertise.

Storage network convergence will be the central theme for SanOne's show-floor demonstrations and executive suite briefings at the Storage Networking World conference now in progress in Palm Desert.

About SanOne

Building on the convergence of SAN, NAS and storage virtualization, SanOne delivers uniquely scalable, manageable and price-performant storage solutions to the enterprise and online customer community.

SanOne's expertise is backed by strategic alliances with industry leaders including McData, Cisco, Brocade, INRANGE, Store-Age, Hitachi, EMC, Eurologic, Exabyte, StorageTek, Veritas, Computer Associates, Legato, QLogic, Troika and others.

An Alanco Technologies Inc. company, SanOne is located at 26 W. Lone Cactus Dr., Phoenix, Ariz., 85027. Visit the company at http://www.sanone.com/, via e-mail at info@sanone.com, or call 877/582-4592.

About Alanco Technologies

Alanco Technologies, with headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz., is a publicly owned company focused on the high-growth storage networking industry. Alanco Technologies companies provide comprehensive Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions from SanOne; complementary Network Attached Storage (NAS) from Excel/Meridian Data; and storage upgrade solutions for legacy computer systems from Arraid.

Alanco's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol ALAN.

This news release contains statements that may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain and the actual results may differ from management's expectations.