JVC PROFESSIONAL ANNOUNCES SUPPORT BY PEGASUS DISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WAYNE, NJ (September 16, 2002) – JVC DIGITAL STORAGE SYSTEMS, a division of JVC PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, announced today its MC-8000U Series DVD-RAM Libraries are supported by InveStore® Microsoft Windows NT®, Windows® 2000 and Windows XP®-based Storage Management Software from Pegasus Disk Technologies, Inc.

Investore provides both transparent drive letter access and a developer API for JVC’s complete line of 4.7 GB and 9.4-based DVD-RAM products under Windows® 2000 Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server. With JVC’s MC-8000U Series, this solution provides up to 5.6 TB of removable optical storage. Pegasus’ support of the MC-8000U Series Library is within the current shipping version of InveStore v4.

“InveStore® allows for our MC-8000U series DVD-RAM libraries to provide cost effective reliable Write-Once data storage,” said Doug Arnold, National Sales Manager of the JVC Digital Storage Systems Division.

“Pegasus delivers the software controls for library management on the Microsoft Windows® 2000 operating platform along with the security of write-once using DVD-RAM media. The result is unequaled ease of use, security and reliability for archival, backup, and Web-based storage applications,” said Roy Slicker, Pegasus President and CEO.

Designed to meet the demands for a flexible and high-capacity data storage solution, the MC-8000U Series serves to archive everything from text-based documents to CAD data, high-resolution images, including medical, PrePress and digital audio/video files.


About Pegasus
Pegasus Disk Technologies, Inc., headquartered in San Ramon, CA develops storage management software for MO, CD-ROM and DVD based disk drives, jukeboxes, and towers from leading manufacturers. Founded in 1988, Pegasus has developed long-term strategic partnerships with leading developers of financial, medical, insurance, e-mail and web-based storage applications. Pegasus is located at 2333 San Ramon Valley Blvd., San Ramon, California, 94583. For more information, Pegasus can be reached by phone at (925) 314-1800, by fax at (925) 314-1801 or on the World Wide Web at http://www.pegasus-ofs.com.

About JVC Digital Storage Systems
JVC Digital Storage Systems is a Division of JVC Professional Products Company, headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey, which distributes the MC-8000U series CD & DVD Libraries. JVC Digital Storage Systems has been selling CD/DVD Libraries since 1997. The MC-8000U is their fourth Generation Library, which is functional backward compatible to the first Generation Library. For information about JVC's DVD/CD Library or any other JVC products, contact Deirdre Breakenridge at (973) 812-8883 or Doug Arnold at JVC at (973) 317-5224, or visit JVC's Web site at http://pro.jvc.com.