July 13, 2003

Key Webinar “Storage Management: Tivoli TSM and TSRM --
Before Buying … Things to Know”
Mark Ferelli and George McNamara of Storage Management Solutions magazine, and Rick Hoffman of IBM lead discussion to explore today’s challenges and solutions for storage resource management.

Highlights:

• Thursday, June 26, 11-noon PDT (2-3 EDT).
• Webinar exploring storage management software.
• Features: Mark Ferelli, Editor-in-Chief, Storage Management Solutions magazine, Dave McNamara, Editorial Director, Storage Management Solutions magazine, and Rick Hoffman, IBM Tivoli, Director American Storage Products.
• Leverages value of Tivoli’s TSM and TSRM.
• Key is a Premier IBM Business Partner implementing the solution.

Woodland Hills, CA – June 13, 2003 -- Key Information Systems, a systems integration company and Premier IBM® Business Partner that specializes in storage, e-business and high-availability solutions, announced today their KEY Webinar “Storage Management: Tivoli TSM and TSRM -- Before Buying … Things to Know”, a web-based seminar on June 26th at 11am to noon PDT to demystify the hot topic of storage management software for Open Systems. Discussions by Mark Ferelli and George McNamara of Storage Management Solutions magazine and Rick Hoffman of IBM Tivoli explore storage resource management and how Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) and Tivoli Storage Resource Manager (TSRM) software tools help manage data networks, backups, data pools, and balance storage resources across the enterprise.

This KEY Webinar answers these critical issues:

• What are industry trends related to storage management tools and software?
• What are benefits of storage management? What are the major components for success?
• What are the considerations for deployment?

Webinar specifics:

Title: Storage Management: Tivoli TSM and TSRM -- Before Buying …Things to Know
Focus: The why and how of storage resource management tools.
When: Thursday, June 26, 2003; 11:00 a.m. - noon PDT / 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT

The sponsors:

Key has partnered with Storage Management Solutions magazine http://www.wwpi.com and IBM Tivoli http://www.tivoli.com to present this free KEY Webinar focused on SRM and Tivoli.

KEY Webinar Series

This webinar is part of the KEY Webinar Free University Series produced by Key Information Systems to explore current business and technology issues including data security, high availability, server consolidation, storage issues and Linux. The entire series is summarized in Key’s INsights e-newsletter. Register for INsights at http://www.keyisit.com. Registration data is kept confidential. For a schedule of KEY Webinars and an archive of past KEY Webinars go to http://www.keyisit.com/websched.

About Key Information Systems, Inc.

Key Information Systems, Inc. is a Premier Business Partner with IBM and a systems integrator. Founded in 1995, Key delivers affordable and scalable solutions by integrating business strategies with infrastructure engineering. The company provides infrastructure architecture for storage solutions, business continuity, e-business and computing environment conversion.

Key has been designated a TotalStorage Solution Center by IBM, providing a full line of storage solutions across the total enterprise. This includes ESS (SHARK), SAN, NAS, FAStT, BladeCenter, iSCSI, LTO, Tivoli, TSRM and IBM storage virtualization/management products. Services include consulting in the best way to manage storage resources, business continuity planning and systems integration services to assist organizations migrating between platforms and operating system environments. For more information, visit the company online at www.keyisit.com or call 1-877-442-3249.

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