STEC Solid State Drives Integrated With IBM's SAN Volume Controller (SVC) System, Advancing the Next Stage of Virtualized Storage System Performance

STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC), today announces STEC's ZeusIOPS SSDs have been integrated into IBM's SAN Volume Controller (SVC) system delivering improved system efficiency over SVC systems using traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). The SSD-enabled version of IBM's SVC provides yet another example of the wide adoption potential of STEC's high-performance SSDs within the world's leading storage systems into new applications, this time in the direction of virtualized storage.

Already a leading Storage Virtualization System, the IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) is now SSD-Enabled and incorporates STEC's ZeusIOPS SSD to deliver a SSD -transactional performance up to 800,000 read IOPS per cluster, as well as the ability to add SSDs without disruption to the SVC system. These features exemplify how Enterprise SSD technology within the virtualized storage environment is able to improve overall system efficiency and deliver outstanding throughput and performance.

"With this announcement, we are tying together two key trends in storage - SSD adoption in the Enterprise and storage virtualization," said Manouch Moshayedi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of STEC. "This type of collaboration between STEC and IBM further expands the reach of our SSD products into new applications. Through these efforts, we have demonstrated that we are able to improve the performance of even the most advanced systems in the virtualized storage arena and we are proud to have IBM as a valued partner."

For more information regarding this announcement and other important SSD topics, please visit the company's web site at www.stec-inc.com

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This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, statements concerning capabilities and performance of STEC's SSD products, including ZeusIOPS products, the benefits from integration of SSDs into IBM's SVC system and SSD adoption into new applications. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from current expectations. Although STEC believes that the forward looking statements contained in this release are reasonable, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be fulfilled. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements are detailed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made from time to time by STEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. The information contained in this press release is a statement of STEC's present intention, belief or expectation. STEC may change its intention, belief, or expectation, at any time and without notice, based upon any changes in such factors, in STEC's assumptions or otherwise. STEC undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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SOURCE: STEC, Inc.

CONTACT:  STEC, Inc.
Mitch Gellman, Vice President of Investor Relations
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