News Release

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 2000--

`Lunch and Learn' Seminar and Demonstration to Show Benefits

Associated with Innovative Storage Solution in SAN Environment

Overland Data Inc. (Nasdaq:OVRL), a technology leader in tape backup products, today announced that it is partnering with leading storage vendors Computer Associates International Inc. (NYSE:CA) and XIOtech to present Serverless Backup in a SAN Environment at a "Lunch and Learn" seminar and demonstration on Tuesday, September 19.

The event takes place at National University in Costa Mesa, Calif. from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Attendees will gain first-hand knowledge of how serverless backup benefits businesses by enabling backups from disk to tape without using CPU or LAN bandwidth, thereby improving efficiency of application servers and increasing productivity for application users.

By implementing this SAN storage solution, companies can expect benefits of reduced expenditures through hardware consolidation and centralized management, improved scalability and enhanced fault tolerance through remote mirrors and replication, and increased overall return on investment. Serverless backup works with multiple operating systems, such as Windows NT, Windows2000 and UNIX, and is not tied to a specific server platform, allowing for best-of-breed hardware choices.

"This seminar and demonstration will help to demystify serverless backup and help IT managers make informed choices as to the future of their company's storage architecture," said Steve Richardson, vice president of marketing at Overland. "By presenting a viable solution with CA and XIOtech, we can best show the benefits of cost, interoperability and reclaimed application performance that serverless backup in a SAN environment can bring to any business' infrastructure."

Attendance of this event is limited. Those interested in attending may reserve space by calling 800/374-0519.

About Computer Associates International

Computer Associates International Inc. (NYSE:CA), the world's leading business software company, delivers the end-to-end infrastructure to enable eBusiness through innovative technology, services and education. CA has 18,000 employees worldwide and had revenue of $6 billion for the year ended March 31, 2000. For more information, visit www.ca.com.

About XIOtech

XIOtech Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Seagate (NYSE:SEG), designs, manufactures and markets architected Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions that are tailored to the unique information storage needs of business. The XIOtech MAGNITUDE SAN is based on XIOtech's exclusive Real-Time Data Intelligence (REDI) Storage Architecture, which is the first in the industry to implement storage virtualization. Storage virtualization removes complexity and interoperability issues, increases data availability and manageability, and allows the MAGNITUDE to scale to accommodate storage needs today and well into the future. The MAGNITUDE, along with a comprehensive suite of application-specific storage software, the REDI Software Family, makes storing, managing, safeguarding and retrieving data on heterogeneous computing platforms easy and cost-effective. Founded in 1995, the company's customers include many industry leaders in the fields of finance, Internet, service, healthcare, education, government and imaging. For more information, visit XIOtech's Web site at www.xiotech.com, call 612/828-5980, or e-mail info@xiotech.com.

About Overland

Overland Data Inc. (Nasdaq:OVRL) is a global supplier of innovative data storage and storage automation solutions for computer networks. The Company's award-winning DLT LibraryXpress(TM) SmartScale Storage(R) architecture has set the standard for intelligent automated storage and scalability and established Overland as a leader in the mid-range tape storage market. Today, Overland is broadening its product line and technology offerings to address additional segments of the storage market, including the entry-level small-business market, as well as the higher-end enterprise environment. Overland's patented Variable Rate Randomizer (VR2(TM)) data encoding technology, capable of substantially increasing the capacity and throughput of linear tape formats, is being applied by the Company to its entry-level tape drive offerings. It has also been licensed to Imation Corp., Seagate Technology, StorageTek and Tandberg Data. Overland products, acclaimed for their quality and reliability, are sold worldwide through leading OEMs, including Compaq, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Groupe Bull, IBM and NCR commercial distributors such as Bell Microproducts, Ingram Micro and Tech Data Corp., as well as storage integrators and value-added resellers.

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