Xythos Software Announces Appointment of Dave Roberson to Board of Directors.

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2001

Hitachi Data Systems

Fast-Rising File Management Software Company

Xythos Software Inc., a WebDAV pioneer and two-year-old provider of enterprise file management software, has announced the appointment of Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Chief Operating Officer Dave Roberson to its board of directors.

"I'm very pleased to serve in this capacity at Xythos and be part of what I see as the future of networked storage management," said Roberson. "The explosion of business data has created an immediate need for intelligent file systems. Xythos is leading the way in delivering Internet-ready file servers that help businesses easily access and share information from anywhere in the world."

A 20-year veteran of Hitachi Data Systems, Roberson has served as a leader in all aspects of its business including IT services, finance, human resources, training, organizational development and others. Roberson was responsible for steering Hitachi Data Systems from a primarily Japanese company, to a $2 billion global powerhouse delivering enterprise-ready storage solutions to customers in 43 countries.

"We are pleased to have Mr. Roberson join our Board," said Kevin Wiggen, Xythos CEO and co-founder. "With more than 20 years of experience in building Hitachi Data Systems into one of the market leaders in enterprise data and storage management, Mr. Roberson's vision will prove invaluable to Xythos."

Roberson received a bachelor of arts degree in social ecology from the University of California, Irvine. He is a graduate of Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, and a member of the State Bar of California. He also studied financial management at Harvard Business School.

Roberson joins the Board of Xythos Software Inc., a San Francisco-based file management software company, whose WebFile Server 3.0 product delivers secure, Internet-ready file access and sharing from any SAN or NAS solution in a wide array of data center environments. With a recent $6 million in funding and multiple Fortune 500 customers in various stages of evaluating WFS 3.0, Xythos is making major inroads into the enterprise storage market.

For more information about Hitachi Data Systems go to www.hds.com

About Xythos Software Inc.

Founded in 1999, Xythos is an early leader in the application-level storage virtualization market. Xythos' flagship product, the Xythos WebFile Server (WFS), is the market's first enterprise-class, open-standards platform for writing to and managing files on remote storage networks. Because Xythos utilizes WebDAV, the WFS delivers completely Web-enabled and centralized storage control to businesses without losing any of the file sharing, collaboration and department-level independence of traditional LANs. Xythos WFS solutions include seamless platform integration, plug-in security and are fully internationalized making the "webification" of legacy hardware and networked environments easy. Based in San Francisco, Xythos is located online at www.xythos.com.

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