SAN DIEGO, Mar 5, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Overland Storage, Inc. (Nadsaq: OVRL), the leading provider of backup and recovery solutions, today announced that two executives will speak at next week's Network Storage Conference in Monterey, Calif. President and CEO Christopher Calisi will participate in the Executive Roundtable on Monday, March 8, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., and Vice President and Chief Technology Officer John Matze will participate on a technical panel on Tuesday, March 9, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Executive Roundtable: Assessing the Storage Industry
Monday, March 8, 2004
3:30 - 5 p.m. PST
During the Executive Roundtable "Assessing the Storage Industry," Mr. Calisi and others will discuss what's ahead for the storage industry in terms of technology and market drivers. Topics will include new applications like the adoption of disk-based backup and iSCSI, as well as security, distribution strategies, new markets, and meeting customer needs. They also will highlight strategies for succeeding in the marketplace.
Technical Panel: Securing, Protecting and Recovering Data
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
2 - 3:30 p.m. PST
For the session "Securing, Protecting and Recovering Data," Mr. Matze will focus on the need for both disk and tape, two complementary technologies, in the data backup and recovery process.
The Network Storage Conference is dedicated to analyzing new architectural processes in network storage and storage management. Since its creation in 1994, it has focused on analyzing the major architectural implementations and strategic choices made by the vendors, debating the user's reaction, and discussing the opportunities and risks of new services, solutions and technologies. For more information on the conference, please visit www.networkstorageconference.com.
About Overland Storage
Overland Storage provides world-class data storage management solutions designed to ensure business continuity. Focused on backup and recovery, Overland delivers data protection solutions for midrange-computer environments. These include NEO SERIES, the award-winning automated storage libraries that set the standard for intelligent, automated and scalable storage, and REO SERIES, the disk-based backup and recovery acceleration solutions. Overland sells its products worldwide through leading OEMs, commercial distributors, storage integrators and value-added resellers. For more information, visit Overland's website at www.overlandstorage.com.
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