Engenio Information Technology, Formerly LSI Logic Storage Systems, Certifies Kashya KBX4000 Data Protection Appliance

Business Wire, July 28, 2004

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Certification Offers Faster and More Cost Effective Data Delivery and Protection Over Long Distances

Kashya, a leader in high-performance, cost-effective business continuity solutions, today announced that it has received compatibility certification from Engenio Information Technology, formerly LSI Logic Storage Systems, a technology leader in high-performance, highly scalable storage for the open enterprise. The KBX4000, Kashya's data protection appliance, has successfully completed the extensive testing required to be certified compatible with Engenio's arrays.

The Kashya KBX4000 is an advanced enterprise-class disaster recovery solution that delivers superior data protection at a fraction of the cost of existing products. The intelligent Kashya appliance connects to the SAN and IP infrastructure and provides bi-directional replication across any distance for heterogeneous storage and server environments.

"Customers are looking for reliable, cost-effective business continuity solutions," said Michael Lewin, CEO of Kashya. "Kashya delivers superior critical data protection functionality to heterogeneous SANs. The compatibility certification of Kashya with Engenio's array technology, offers end users a powerful integrated and fully tested solution that addresses their data protection and storage needs in a cost-effective manner."

The Engenio Certified Compatible process requires six weeks of extensive testing to components and systems to assure stability, interoperability, and fault tolerance using heavy loads typical of high-performance enterprise computing environments.

"The certification of Kashya's KBX4000 is another important step towards making cost-effective disaster recovery solutions widely available for the marketplace," said Julie Ryan, Engenio Manager of Alliances. "We are committed to enabling our customers to choose from an array of solutions. The certification of the KBX4000 offers customers a world-class solution that ensures business continuity."

About Engenio Information Technology

Engenio Information Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of LSI Logic Corp. (NYSE:LSI), designs and manufactures high-performance modular enterprise storage platforms and storage management software that is delivered to end users through strategic partners. IBM(R), SGI(R), StorageTek(R) and Teradata are among the partners who deliver total solutions with unique combinations of hardware, software and services for applications including transaction processing, e-mail, data warehousing and scientific research. Engenio is headquartered at 1621 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA 95035. For more information, please call 1-888-638-2786 or 1-408-433-8686 or visit www.engenio-it.com.

About Kashya

Kashya was founded to deliver enterprise-class data protection solutions. Using unique technologies and a whole new approach, the Kashya Data Protection Appliance(TM) enables the highest levels of data protection, addressing the problem of heterogeneous and long-distance business continuity. Designed for unparalleled flexibility, Kashya's solutions deliver efficient use of bandwidth, dynamic policy-based replication, and enterprise-class scalability and availability. Kashya has operations in San Jose, Calif. and Ramat Gan, Israel. For more information, visit the company's website at www.kashya.com.

Kashya and the Kashya Data Protection Appliance are trademarks of Kashya Inc. All other product names referenced in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies and are hereby acknowledged.