Hitachi Data Systems Press Conference to announce ground-breaking news in the storage industry. When: Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 10:00am EDT LIVE and available via webcast at 2:00pm EDT.

Where: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City and online at: http://www.hds.com/go/nyc_webcast.html.

Who: Featured speakers will include

Company executives:
-- Dr. Naoya Takahashi, COO, Information and Telecommunications Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
-- Shinjiro Iwata, CEO, Hitachi Data Systems
-- Dave Roberson, President and COO, Hitachi Data Systems
-- Scott Genereux, Senior Vice President of Global Channels and Marketing, Hitachi Data Systems

Partners and customers:

-- Mark Canepa, Executive Vice President, Network Storage Division, Sun Microsystems
-- Gerald Deats, Senior Vice President, Network Computing Group, Bank of America
-- Tom Fleissner, Storage Area Network Architect, Pacific Capital Bancorp
-- Jim Grogan, Vice President, Alliances, SunGard
-- Brian Frank, Senior Director, Architecture and Infrastructure, United Airlines

Industry analysts:

-- Tony Asaro, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group
-- Josh Krischer, Vice President, Research Director, Gartner
-- Dave Velante, CEO, ITCentrix
-- Richard Villars, Vice President, Storage Systems, IDC
-- John Webster, Senior Analyst And Founder, Data Mobility Group