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Overland Storage Receives 2003 InfoWorld 100 Award

November 19, 2003
              Company Recognized for Creative Use of Technology

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Overland Storage, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVRL), the leading provider of backup and recovery solutions, has been named a recipient of the InfoWorld 100 Awards for 2003 for its creative use of technology in the implementation of the company's customer support system.

Technology partners, end users and other InfoWorld readers submitted nominations for the annual awards. InfoWorld editors selected the winners based upon a demonstrated best use of technology to meet business and technical objectives.

"With more than 75,000 customer installation worldwide, Overland is particularly focused on providing the highest level of customer service supported by innovative and leading edge technology," said Mark Bath, manager of service programs and systems for Overland. "We are gratified by the award from InfoWorld for our accomplishments. InfoWorld has recognized not only Overland's use of technology, but the company's focus on its customers. The real winner is our customers."

In a prepared statement, Steve Fox, editor-in-chief of InfoWorld, stated, "The InfoWorld 100 recognizes companies like Overland Storage that made the best use of technology to enhance their businesses. Overland built an innovative customer support system to meet critical technical and business objectives."

Overland Storage and other companies on the InfoWorld 100 list are featured in the Nov. 10, 2003 issue of InfoWorld, and online at http://www.infoworld.com/565.

About Overland Storage

Overland Storage, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVRL) is a leading global supplier of innovative hardware and software storage solutions for mid-range computer networks. The Company delivers high availability products, including award- winning automated storage libraries that set the standard for intelligent, automated and scalable storage. Overland sells its products worldwide through leading OEMs, commercial distributors, storage integrators and value-added resellers. For more information, visit Overland's Web site at www.overlandstorage.com.

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cbond@overlandstorage.com; or Media Inquiries, Jamie Ernst, +1-210-495-5757,
jernst@brodeur.com, or Chris Walker, +1-602-808-1170, cwalker@brodeur.com,
both of Brodeur Worldwide, for Overland Storage, Inc./
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