BiTMICRO Networks Welcomes James B. Mariner as Vice President of Strategic Alliances.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2003

BiTMICRO(R) Networks, Inc., a leading supplier of solid state storage disk solutions, announced the appointment of James B. Mariner to the position of Vice President of Strategic Alliances. Mariner,

"Jim has a proven track record of achieving results," said Rey Bruce BiTMICRO's CEO. "His experience will be useful in positioning the company for success. Forming strategic alliances and providing direction to our sales and marketing effort, Jim will help us build market share and successfully enter new markets. Jim also has CEO experience and has steered companies through many different growth stages. We are very happy to have him on the team."

"I am excited about joining BiTMICRO Networks," said Mariner. "The Company has a good team and great products, a solid reputation in the market place and plenty of opportunity. The new SAN products are impressive and have significant market potential. I look forward to helping the company reach their goals."

Mariner has held CEO positions with 6 companies and top Sales and Marketing Executive positions with 5 companies including companies such as: Control Data Corporation, Honeywell, Northrop Grumman, Digital Datacom, Network-to-Network Technologies, QMC Technologies, Sidereal Corporation, Chatcom Inc., and G2 Networks. In these positions, he has been the chief dealmaker and has made significant ground breaking deals in the commercial, governmental and defense arenas. Mariner has a history of building strong organizations, penetrating markets, and forming lasting business relationships. He is well connected in the executive ranks of the industry and has been very successful navigating the government procurement system.

About BiTMICRO(R) Networks

BiTMICRO(R) Networks, Inc., a privately held California corporation, is a supplier of high performance solid state flash disk storage solutions. BiTMICRO's storage solutions offer superior performance, data availability, and manageability across spectrum of computing platforms from entry systems to super computers. BiTMICRO's storage product lines address wide range of applications and operating systems needs including storage area networking (SAN) and network attached storage (NAS).

E-Disk(R), PowerGuard(R), BiTMICRO(R), DataSentinel(TM) and FlashBus(R) are trademarks of BiTMICRO Networks, Inc.

Additional information about BiTMICRO(R) can be found at http://www.bitmicro.com