FREMONT, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — October 27, 2003 — Panasas, Inc., the pioneering leader in object-based storage clustering for scalable Linux clusters, today announced that founder and chief technology officer, Dr. Garth Gibson, will join fellow industry luminaries on the "Chief Technology Officer Insights Panel" at the Storage Networking World Conference in Orlando, FL. The panel, moderated by industry analyst Jon Toigo, will showcase the foremost thought leaders in storage and provide practical insights into solving key storage issues facing the industry today.

Gibson's ground-breaking work on Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID), first published in 1988, now provides the organizing principles for all enterprise storage products. Gibson is also the founder of Carnegie Mellon University's Parallel Data Lab and an IEEE award winner. Gibson will offer his perspective on emerging storage trends including the evolution of object-based storage and the unique storage requirements for Linux clusters.

Gibson will also lead a breakout session, "Object Storage: Redefining Bandwidth for Linux Clusters," which will highlight how object-based clustered architecture delivers cost-effective, high-bandwidth storage to match the demanding requirements of Linux clusters.

About Panasas

Formed in 2000, Panasas, Inc. (www.panasas.com) is the pioneering leader in object-based storage clustering for scalable Linux clusters. Panasas offers a networked storage solution that eliminates the inherent scalability bottlenecks in capacity and performance experienced by traditional networked storage systems. The system, based on industry standards, is designed to easily and cost-effectively integrate into existing IT environments. The company's headquarters are in Fremont, CA with development facilities in Pittsburgh, PA and Houston, TX.