FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Ray Fix (781) 251-0252 ray@wildwoodmarketing.com

WALPOLE, MA – February 28, 2001 – Creative Expos and Conferences, a leading conference and trade show organizer in the Information Technology field, announced today that they will be producing the third annual Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Clustering / Load Balancing Summits. The Summits will again be co-located with PC EXPO and will be held on Monday, June 25, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. 2001.

The Internet and e-business are changing the rules for getting, retaining and managing information, so storage and IT managers and professionals need to know the latest tools, technologies and tactics to control and exploit this critical corporate resource. Combining the need for instantaneous and secure access with the huge increase in the amount of information – studies indicate that the typical Global 2000 company doubles the amount of data they own every year – means that storage has become an extremely important IT initiative. Many organizations are turning to SANs and Clustering solutions to help solve this storage challenge, and so will turn to the SAN and Clustering / Load Balancing Summits at PC EXPO 2001 to learn the latest in storage technologies and strategies.

The one-day Summits will feature industry experts, solution providers and end users presenting in-depth information that corporate IT and storage managers and professionals need to know NOW. They will explore the key issues of these complementary technologies, including Load-Balancing, Storage Over IP, SAN / NAS convergence and fibre channel. The Summits will also directly address management issues including using storage and application service providers and identifying and calculating storage ROI.

"The face and role of storage are changing dramatically, as businesses tie their internal systems to the Internet for both public and private access", says Cherif Moujabber, President of Creative Expos. "Technologies like SANs, NAS and virtualization all can offer storage solutions but aren't really compatible in today's world. The corporate IT community needs to understand what works together, what's coming in the near future, and what they can do today to provide the critical features of real storage solutions: reliability, functionality, scalability, performance and management. These are the holy grails of storage and what every system needs to deliver."

For conference and registration information, please contact Creative Expos and Conferences at 28 Bubbling Brook Road, Walpole, MA 02081; Phone: (508) 660-7099; Fax (508) 668-2416; Email: info@creative-expos.com. For Sponsorship and Speaking opportunities, please contact Ray Fix at (781) 251-0252.
Please visit our website at www.creative-expos.com/summit.