EMC to Resell Selected CNT Switching and Extension Products Through New EMC Program MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CNT(R) (NASDAQ:CMNT), the global expert in storage networking solutions, today announced a reseller agreement with EMC that will make three of CNT's extension and switching products available directly from EMC through the new EMC Select Program. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020415/CNTLOGO ) As part of the agreement, EMC will offer CNT's FC/9000 Director product for FICON environments, the UltraNet Edge Storage Router 3000 for EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF), and the UltraNet Storage Director - eXtended (USD-X) for EMC SRDF extension of ESCON over IP networks. These CNT products available through the EMC Select Program are part of a portfolio of reliable hardware products that complement EMC's existing offerings and have been rigorously tested for interoperability and qualified by EMC as E-Lab Tested(TM) in certain configurations. Through this program, EMC customers now have a simplified way of acquiring the components needed to deploy a highly flexible platform to help them implement remote data replication, scaleable storage infrastructure deployments and consolidation, and information lifecycle management (ILM) strategies. "The ability to purchase a combination of EMC networked storage systems and software with CNT's switching and extension products provides customers with the ability to more easily build comprehensive solutions as they look to implement infrastructures that support ILM," said Tom Joyce, EMC's Senior Director of EMC Select Program, NAS Product Marketing. "CNT is one of the initial partners in this program and provides products that complement our broad portfolio of switching and extension offerings." "This agreement builds on CNT and EMC's strong history and tradition of delivering value to customers around storage network infrastructure, data replication, business continuance, disaster recovery and data center migrations," said Ed Walsh, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Marketing, and Alliances at CNT. "Working with EMC, CNT has enabled thousands of remote SRDF implementations. We are an EMC Velocity and Authorized Service Network partner. Our products have continuously been qualified as 'EMC E-Lab Tested.' We are very pleased to expand our partnership through the EMC Select Program." About the CNT FC/9000 Director CNT's FC/9000 Director sits at the core of enterprise storage networks, delivering 99.999% availability and industry-leading scalability from 16 to 256 full-performance FICON ports, making it ideal for today's enterprise. Its director-class reliability, support for mainframe environments, and scalable platform provides IT professionals with a robust, flexible technology for growing server and storage connectivity requirements, as it minimizes costs and simplifies storage network management. About UltraNet Extension Products: CNT's UltraNet Storage Director - eXtended is a high-speed multi-protocol director platform that supports storage-related applications, both disk and tape. The platform is designed to support the latest high-speed interfaces, including Gigabit Ethernet and OC-12 (622 Mbps) ATM/SONET. The platform also supports prevalent legacy interfaces, including ESCON, Bus & Tag, Fast Ethernet, OC-3 ATM/SONET, and others, providing a single platform capable of supporting any disk, tape, and system connectivity requirement for all remote solutions, local and remote. The award-winning UltraNet Edge Storage Router interconnects and extends Fibre Channel and FICON data center networks across campus or across the globe, enabling flexible, cost-effective, enterprise-wide storage infrastructures that improve data availability and make business continuity achievable. About CNT CNT is the expert in today's most cost-effective and reliable storage networking solutions. For over 20 years, businesses around the world have depended on us to improve business efficiency, increase data availability, and manage their business-critical information. CNT applies its technology, products, and expertise in open storage networking architecture and business continuity to help companies build end-to-end solutions consisting of analysis, planning and design, multi-vendor integration, implementation, and ongoing remote management of the SAN or storage infrastructure. For more information, visit CNT's web site at http://www.cnt.com/ or call 763-268-6000. All brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020415/CNTLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: CNT CONTACT: Jennifer Weidauer of CNT, +1-763-268-8367, ; Mark Shapiro of Davis-Marrin Communications, +1-858-573-0736, , for CNT Web site: http://www.cnt.com/

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