San Jose, Calif. — February 10, 2003 — Alacritech Inc., the innovator of network accelerator solutions that enable fast and efficient servers and storage systems, today unveiled a new, easy-to-navigate Web site at http://www.alacritech.com. Alacritech is also unveiling a new corporate logo, and new look and feel that better reflect the company's leadership position in the marketplace. Alacritech recently announced new TCP/IP accelerated drivers for Linux, upon which leading network attached storage (NAS) vendors have moved to standardize. Customers, partners and colleagues are invited to view Alacritech's latest news at http://www.alacritech.com/company/pressreleases.aspx. Updated information regarding Alacritech's complete family of ASICs, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, iSCSI, and SLICware software can be found at http://www.alacritech.com/products.

Alacritech is well known as providing the industry's highest-performing TCP offload and acceleration technology. The company's TCP/IP accelerators are the only cards capable of moving both file- and block-level traffic. With thousands of accelerators installed worldwide, Alacritech solutions have penetrated several markets including government, healthcare, television broadcast, and education. Current customer case studies can be viewed at http://www.alacritech.com/resources/casestudies and are updated frequently. For additional information on the business and technology benefits of TCP/IP offload, and to learn about the future of storage networking, please see Alacritech white papers, frequently asked questions (FAQs) and performance benchmark reports.

About Alacritech, Inc.
Alacritech, Inc. was founded by Larry Boucher, creator of the SCSI interface, to deliver upon his vision of eliminating the server bottleneck. Today, Alacritech is the innovator of network accelerator solutions that enable fast and efficient servers and storage systems. Alacritech's complete line of high-performance TCP/IP accelerators is based on the company's patented SLIC (session-layer interface control) Technology to optimize the performance of servers, network-attached storage and iSCSI storage devices. SLIC Technology is the first fully compatible and scalable technology to offload network protocol processing, primarily TCP/IP, from software on the host system to silicon on the adapter. Based in San Jose, California, Alacritech is privately held. Alacritech is a member of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance and the Storage Networking Association (SNIA), and a founding member of the SNIA IP Storage Forum. For more information about Alacritech and its products, please visit the company's Web site at www.alacritech.com.

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