Rorke Data's StreamMine™ Digital Archive Solution Now Qualified with Pinnacle Systems MediaStream™ Broadcast Servers
Alliance Extends Access to HIS/RIS Community

Las Vegas, April 8th, 2003 - National Association of Broadcasters Convention, (NAB Booth # SL 107), Rorke Data, a subsidiary of San Jose-based Bell Microproducts, Inc. (NASDAQ:BELM), and a leader in SAN, RAID, and archive storage solutions for the digital post-production and broadcast market, announced today the successful qualification and integration of Rorke’s digital archive solution, StreamMine, with Pinnacle Systems MediaStream mission-critical video servers (LVCC Pinnacle booth # SU5003). Rorke will demonstrate compatibility as well as tactical user benefits at the Rorke booth #SL107, during NAB 2003.

“Rorke Data has worked with Pinnacle Systems for many years. We are confident of Rorke’s ability to deploy an archival storage infrastructure in our environment. The StreamMine solution is the latest innovation to come from Rorke, supporting a range of media, including tape and optical disk/DVD. It offers our broadcast server customers cost-effective and integrated data storage scalability and increased near-line capacity,” said Jim Jensen, MediaStream Business Manager, Pinnacle Systems. “Rorke’s open approach to archival storage means our customers can leverage Rorke storage solutions even as we roll-out next-generation servers.”

“We are proud of our history of garnering significant industry partnerships and successful solution integrations,” said Joe Rorke, Vice President of Marketing for Rorke Data. ” The fact that StreamMine is successfully integrated with MediaStream means that a well documented, tested, and solid deliverable solution is a reality. Rorke Data is very happy to now offer support for Pinnacle’s products with the StreamMine product solution”

StreamMine is a broadcast server-agnostic, digital video storage archive solution. StreamMine enables broadcasters to extend their video data storage capability, adding thousands of hours, with seamless integration within the user’s server and automation application environment.

For more information, contact: Rorke Data, Inc., 7626 Golden Triangle Drive, Eden Prairie, MN
55344; 800/328-8147 or 952/829-0300; fax: 952/829-0988; website: www.rorke.com.

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