MAXOPTIX JOINS AVAIL READY COMPATIBILITY PROGRAM, WILL INCLUDE AVAIL HSM
SOFTWARE WITH JUKEBOXES

Boulder, Colorado - August 16, 1994 - Avail Systems Corporation today
announced Maxoptix Corporation has joined the Avail READY compatibility
program and will include drivers for Avail's NetSpace hierarchical storage
management (HSM) software with Maxoptix optical jukeboxes. The new
Maxoptix MaxLyb family of jukeboxes will be shipped bundled with Avail
developed software, guaranteeing plug and play compatibility of the 60-,
120- and 180-gigabyte jukeboxes with Avail NetSpace installations.
Maxoptix becomes the first hardware vendor to offer Avail READY systems
with more than 100 gigabytes of storage capacity.

"The Avail READY program nicely complements our connectivity strategy for
Maxoptix," said Bob Root, Maxoptix president and chief executive officer,
"With the Avail READY MaxLyb family, we offer high-capacity storage
solutions that VARs and system integrators can very quickly plug into
Avail's NetSpace HSM systems and other products that include the NetSpace
engine."

"The capacity and performance of the Maxoptix MaxLyb jukeboxes make them
excellent storage products to use in an HSM system," said Robert Wight,
president and CEO of Avail. "By making their optical devices Avail READY,
Maxoptix is providing businesses quality solutions to address growing
storage requirements."

The Avail READY compatibility program provides storage device
manufacturers, system integrators and end user customers the simplest
methodology to build and maintain storage management systems using
standard, plug and play components. Storage hardware suppliers include a
NetSpace storage capacity kit bundled with their devices, and indicate the
unit is "Avail READY" on the packaging and product documentation. Any
storage device carrying the Avail READY logo can instantly add capacity to
an existing NetSpace environment, or can be configured with other Avail
READY devices to form a hierarchy that can be managed by NetSpace.
Integrators and users are assured that storage equipment bearing the Avail
READY logo will operate with all applications containing the NetSpace HSM
engine.

Compelled by the simplicity of the program and the benefits for their
customers, many leading storage hardware vendors have adopted the Avail
READY compatibility strategy in marketing their products. Maxoptix' MaxLyb
devices join ADIC in carrying the Avail READY certification, and Avail
ABLE partners Exabyte, Digital Equipment Corporation, and HP.

Hierarchical storage management software solves the problems caused by the
explosion of file data on today's PC networks. Avail's NetSpace HSM
product provides expert, rule based procedures that automatically store
all networked dab on "layers" of storage peripherals. Files are migrated
to various storage devices (such as disk drives, optical jukeboxes, and
tape libraries) to optimize both the cost of storage and data access time.
Files are transparently migrated and retrieved for the network user at a
fraction of the cost of adding traditional network storage.

Avail was the first company to develop hierarchical storage management
software for Novell networks. Since the product's introduction in July,
1993, Avail's software has received many accolades, including Computer,
Technology Review's Reseller's Choice award and industry honors for
technical excellence and outstanding new storage product. Avail Systems
Corporation, founded in 1991, is a privately held corporation whose
investors are Aweida Ventures, Euclid Partners, and Hambrecht & Quist.

Avail Systems
4760 Walnut St
Boulder, CO 80301
303-444-4018,  fax 303-546-4219

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