ECCS, Inc. Name Changed to Storage Engine, Inc. Powering Information Access

Business Wire, July 12, 2001

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TINTON FALLS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2001

ECCS, Inc. (NASDAQ SmallCap:ECCSC), an industry leader in fault-tolerant, cost-effective enterprise storage solutions, has changed its name to Storage Engine, Inc. (www.storageengine.com).

The company's Board of Directors and the Company's shareholders approved the adoption of its new name allowing the transition to begin immediately. The security will begin trading on Nasdaq under the trading symbol NASDAQ SmallCap: SENGC effective Monday, July 23, 2001.

The Company believes that this name, Storage Engine, Inc., more accurately reflects the Company's current business strategy and upcoming product introductions. The name change will give the Company a clearer identity within the storage industry and other industries into which the Company sells products. We believe this will allow us to develop more extensive brand-name recognition and success in the marketplace through the consistent use of the Storage Engine name.

Under the new name, Storage Engine, we will continue to provide our existing and new customers with the outstanding products and excellent services for which the Company has become known. The Company serves e-commerce, major corporate, government, and other customers. The Company supplies fault-tolerant systems and software that store, protect, and manage information in NAS, DAS, SAN and centralized complex networks with greater ease and cost savings.

About Storage Engine, Inc.

Storage Engine, Inc. is an industry leader in supplying fault tolerant solutions that store, protect, and manage data in complex networks with greater ease and superior cost savings. The Company's Synchronism(TM) product line, Synchronix (TM) product line, as well as its Synchronection(TM) 2, and the Raven(TM) systems are all modular units that can be configured and stacked to meet customer's specific and expanding data storage requirements. Storage Engine, Inc. is ISO-9001 certified and sells its products through its direct sales force and a network of qualified systems integrators. For more information, Storage Engine can be reached at 1.732.747.6995 or www.storageengine.com.

Storage Engine, Inc. competes against large corporations including EMC (NYSE:EMC), Network Appliance (NASDAQ:NTAP), Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW) and Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 storage systems. Trademarks mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

This release contains forward-looking statements under the Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could vary materially. Factors that could cause actual results to vary materially include, but are not limited to: component quality and availability, changes in business conditions, changes in Storage Engine, Inc.'s sales strategy and product development plans, changes in the data storage or network marketplace, competition between Storage Engine, Inc. and other companies that may be entering the data storage host/network attached markets, competitive pricing pressures, continued market acceptance of Storage Engine, Inc.'s open systems products, delays in the development of new technology, changes in customer buying patterns, one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time-to-time in Storage Engine, Inc.'s filings at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.