San Jose, Calif. — May 19, 2003 — Alacritech®, Inc., the innovator of solutions that accelerate data delivery, today announced that its president and chief executive officer, Larry Boucher, will present the closing keynote speech at the IDC Storage Forum 2003 conference to be held May 20-21 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California. Mr. Boucher, a well-respected industry visionary known for his early identification of industry trends and leading technology development, will discuss his views of future server architectures during his keynote to be held Wednesday, May 21 between 3:00-3:45pm.

During his keynote, Mr. Boucher will address the shift from content creation to content delivery, future blade server architectures, and the market opportunities that lie ahead for networking and computer suppliers. The complete presentation entitled “The Next Wave: Convergence of Storage and Networking to Drive Future Server Architectures” can be downloaded.

IDC Storage Forum 2003 Keynote Details
The Next Wave: Convergence of Storage and Networking to Drive Future Server Architectures
May 21, 2003 - 3:00-3:45pm
Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, California
IDC Storage Forum 2003

About Larry Boucher, Founder, Chairman, President and CEO
Larry Boucher is a 35-year industry veteran and respected visionary in the areas of server adapter, storage, and networking technologies. Mr. Boucher is credited with creating the small computer systems interface (SCSI) in 1979. In 1981, his vision for an open SCSI standard led him to found Adaptec, Inc., a global leader in innovative storage solutions. In 1987, Mr. Boucher founded Auspex Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of enterprise servers, where he pioneered the networked file system design that is the basis of today’s network-attached storage (NAS) model. Boucher founded Alacritech, Inc. in 1997 to realize his vision of eliminating the network processing bottleneck with innovative acceleration solutions that enable fast and efficient servers and storage systems. Today, Alacritech is delivering high-performance accelerators based on the company’s patented SLIC (session-layer interface control) Technology®.

About Alacritech Acceleration Technology
As systems and servers move increasing amounts of network data, new solutions are needed to solve both efficiency and throughput challenges. Alacritech’s SLIC Technology supplements the TCP software control plane with distributed hardware data planes to maximize data movement through Ethernet-based networks. This patented data-path TCP/IP offload engine (TOE) architecture is designed to maximize server and storage performance and efficiency.

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 server and storage 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 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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