Storage: StorageTek and Siemens AG Deepen Relationship. StorageTek Delivers Firewall Product For Siemens InterXpress Voice-Over-IP System - Company Business and Marketing

EDGE, On & About AT&T, March 22, 1999

Wednesday at CeBIT StorageTek (Storage Technology Corp., the preeminent provider of network storage, announced further cooperation with electronics giant Siemens AG, Munich/Germany, that builds on the two companies' well-established corporate relationship. Siemens Information and Communication Networks (ICN) will rely on StorageTek's NetSentry II security firewall component to secure its new InterXpress voice-over-Internet solution, shown for the first time in public at CeBIT.

Using InterXpress, CeBIT visitors can place a phone call from the Siemens booth over the Internet to the StorageTek booth, at regular phone carrier voice quality. Marketed predominately to global service providers, InterXpress enables up to 3,000 connections and disconnections per second. StorageTek's NetSentry firewall product is the only one on the market capable of providing full security at such fast connection speeds. This cooperation in the area of network security is another cornerstone in the corporate relationship of StorageTek and Siemens AG. In August of 1998, Siemens Computer Systems division became a worldwide reseller for StorageTek's industry-leading tape storage products. Due to StorageTek's stance as "the clear market leader in archiving systems," Siemens selected the company as its strategic tape automation partner. Siemens ICN has become StorageTek's customer in both enterprise tape automation in its Munich Data Center and in multi-platform tape automation, for example in the Siemens ICN SAP R/3 project (run for ICN by Siemens Business Services). In addition, Siemens Computer Systems division will join StorageTek in sponsoring EuroStorage `99, a conference solely devoted to information storage issues, slated to take place April 19-20, 1999, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin, Germany. "Data warehousing, and Internet-driven applications such as intranets, extranets, and e-commerce are driving the demand for ever-better storage solutions and data protection," said Dr. Helmut Beck, head of the line of business "Storage" within Siemens Computer Systems division. "We are pleased to be partnering with StorageTek to offer our customers the most complete range of storage options as demand escalates." NetSentry, Securing Stored Information StorageTek's NetSentry product was selected for Siemens new voice-over-IP solution because it represents more than a decade of firewall innovation, providing secure solutions for customers in finance, insurance, medical and other industries where information must be protected against any intruders. "Our customers count on us to be the best at securing their stored information," said Joan Wrabetz, StorageTek vice president and general manager, Storage Networking Business Group. "StorageTek is excited about forthcoming security technologies that will build on our status as an innovator and leading player in this field." StorageTek is the preeminent provider of network storage. The company's strategy is to provide "open, intelligent and integrated" solutions that combine storage products, storage management software and storage services. StorageTek solutions help customers collect, move, store, share and protect all types of digital content on platforms ranging from laptops to enterprise servers. The company, with headquarters in Louisville, Colo., reported revenue of $2.3 billion in 1998. Information on StorageTek is available on the World Wide Web at www.storagetek.com or phone 1 800 786-7835. Siemens' new Information and Communication Products Group rolled out its business on October 1, 1998. With sales totaling nearly DM 20 billion, a global workforce of 34,000 and manufacturing locations around the globe, Information and Communication Products offers the entire product range of IT and communications from a single source. These products range from mobile and fixed network phones to ISDN devices, PCs, notebooks, servers and mainframes all the way to retail and self-service systems. Communication cables and IT services complement the portfolio. The new Group is divided into five separate divisions. Two of them are the Computer Systems Division and the Information and Communication Networks Division. The members of the Managing Board are Rudi Lamprecht (President), Helmuth von Deimling and Dr. Adrian von Hammerstein. Information on Siemens AG is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.siemens.de.