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nStor and Atempo Announce Strategic Marketing Alliance to Deliver Complete Data Protection Solutions for Small to Mid-Sized Businesses (SMB) Partnership Aligns Leaders in Storage Platforms and Advanced Backup and Recovery Software CARLSBAD, Calif., and PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- nStor Corporation, a subsidiary of nStor Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:NSO) and an innovative developer of storage-network solutions, has entered a marketing alliance with Atempo, a leader in information lifecycle strategies for data protection, to offer small- to mid-sized organizations greater flexibility in deploying advanced storage platforms and backup and recovery solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, nStor and Atempo will deliver integrated solutions as part of a combined sales and marketing effort. nStor has tested and certified Time Navigator interoperability with its NexStor line of Fibre Channel and SATA storage systems. Built upon an open, highly scalable architecture, Atempo provides advanced data and recovery capabilities that fully leverage nStor's latest storage networking architectures. According to Lisa Hart, nStor executive vice president of marketing and alliances, this strategic agreement reinforces nStor's ability to provide its customers with powerful yet easy-to-use solutions for safeguarding their critical corporate assets. "By partnering with Atempo, we can provide broader support for data intensive environments," she said. "Time Navigator's ability to reduce backup windows and meet strict compliance requirements is an ideal complement to our dynamic storage systems and StorView web-based storage management capabilities." Marianne Nole-Zuhorski, Atempo's vice president of U.S. sales explained that business continuity and compliance requirements are placing increased pressure on companies of all sizes. She further stated, "This joint marketing agreement is a first step in supporting a growing demand for seamless storage solutions that address these mounting business demands. We are extremely pleased to enter into this marketing agreement with nStor that gives organizations an affordable, best-in-class solution that directly meets our customers' business challenges." Both nStor and Atempo's storage solutions are designed to lower costs and reduce storage complexity, producing greater returns on technology investments. nStor's NexStor storage line is currently deployed across a broad spectrum of applications, including video streaming and editing, investment banking, healthcare, government and military applications. The modular systems ease incremental growth and provide the performance to easily meet the most rigorous data environments. Atempo's Time Navigator, available in enterprise and mid-sized business editions, has been deployed by more than 2,000 customers worldwide. About Atempo, Inc. Founded in 1992, Atempo enables practical, comprehensive and flexible information life cycle management strategies with a suite of business continuity and compliance solutions based on Atempo's Time Navigator platform. With an established network of value-added resellers and strategic alliances, Atempo empowers 2,000 companies and partners worldwide with the fastest backup and restore, disaster recovery, archiving and regulatory compliance solutions in this time of unrelenting data growth. For more information, please visit http://www.atempo.com/. About nStor Corporation, Inc. Headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., nStor is a wholly owned subsidiary of nStor Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:NSO) and developer of data storage solutions that are ideally suited for both large enterprises as well as small to mid- sized businesses. The Company's flagship controller technology and StorView software form the foundation for the NexStor family of turnkey solutions that support Microsoft Windows, Linux, UNIX and Macintosh operating environments. Designed for storage-intensive environments and mission-critical applications, nStor's products are offered in various architectures including Fibre Channel, SCSI and SATA and are focused on addressing customers' business needs and applications. The Company markets its storage solutions through a global network of OEM partners and systems integrators. For more information, visit http://www.nstor.com/. This press release includes statements that may constitute "forward-looking" statements, usually containing the words "believe," "estimated," "project," "expect," "anticipate," or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the Company's inability to increase sales to current customers and to expand its customer base, continued acceptance of the Company's products in the marketplace, the Company's inability to improve the gross margin on its products, competitive factors, dependence upon third-party vendors, outcome of litigation, insufficient funding and other risks detailed in the Company's periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release. nStor and StorView are registered trademarks of nStor Technologies, Inc. Atempo and Time Navigator are registered trademarks of Atempo, inc. DATASOURCE: nStor Corporation, Inc. CONTACT: Veena Raman of nStor Corporation, Inc., +1-760-683-2500, ; or John Dean of Atempo, Inc., +1-650-494-2600, ; or Sue Hetzel of HetzelMeade Communications, +1-760-434-9927, , for nStor Corporation, Inc.; or Constantine Theodoropulos of Boston Communications, +1-617-619-9801, , for Atempo, Inc. Web site: http://www.atempo.com/ Web site: http://www.nstor.com/

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