Qualstar's Q-Link Tape Library Management Tool Ships; Enables Single-Point, Remote Administration Via Browser

Business Wire, June 24, 2002

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SIMI VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2002

Qualstar(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:QBAK), a leading provider of automated tape storage solutions, today announced the immediate availability of Q-Link(TM), its remote library management tool.

Q-Link enables administrators to manage multiple, disparate Qualstar tape libraries from one centralized location. Its browser-based interface gives them the power to remotely configure, perform and monitor a wide range of functions, including:

-- Media management

-- Tape drive status

-- E-mail notification

-- Firmware updates

In addition, Q-Link's design and its interactive inventory display extend the capabilities of the library's menu system, providing administrators with the benefit of seeing at a glance the status of all cartridge storage locations regardless of where they're located, either across the room via a corporate intranet, or across the world via the Internet.

Q-Link also reduces setting or changing configurations on libraries to a point-and-click task, one that previously required an operator to be physically present at the library site.

"Q-Link enables us to remotely administer our tape library, giving us the capability of doing virtually everything we would do in person, except pulling the plug," said Emil Henry, Manager of Information Systems at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, California State University, Northridge. "It lets us perform the full range of tasks, ranging from cleaning drive heads to moving tapes and checking their status, with greater accuracy and confidence than we've been able to do before. It also allows us to control the library in more detail than what the backup software allows us to do. It's clear that Q-Link gives us the ability to do our jobs more efficiently, saving time and money in the process."

"Q-Link responds to our customers' needs," said William Gervais, Qualstar's President and Chief Executive Officer. "They told us they wanted the power to run multiple libraries and centrally manage rapidly growing amounts of information, without having to spend large amounts of money and add more resources. They asked us for a tool that would help meet their challenges; Q-Link is a strong solution, consistent with our mission of providing Simply Reliable(TM) products to the marketplace."

Q-Link is available for the entire line of Qualstar's widely regarded TLS and RLS-Series tape libraries at a suggested retail price of $750, and is available through Qualstar's team of resellers.

About Qualstar Corporation

Founded in 1984, Qualstar Corporation is a leading manufacturer of automated tape libraries used for backup, archival storage, data protection and storage management applications. Its TLS-Series libraries are well known throughout the world for rugged, "Simply Reliable" designs yielding years of trouble-free operation. Qualstar Tape Libraries are sold, installed and supported worldwide by selected Original Equipment Manufacturers, Value Added Resellers and Systems Integrators. Qualstar Corporation is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange under the symbol QBAK. More information is available from Qualstar's Web site (www.qualstar.com), or by phone at 805.583.7744.

Statements in this news release concerning the future business, operating results and financial condition of the company are "forward-looking" statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based upon management's current expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties that could cause actual performance and results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could affect the company's actual results include unexpected shortages of critical components, unexpected product design problems, and adverse changes in market demand for tape libraries or Qualstar's products. Further information on these and other potential factors that could affect the company's financial results are included in Qualstar's Form 10-K dated September 28, 2001, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.