LOS ANGELES, CA -- DataDirect Networks, a leading provider of the world's highest performance storage networking appliances, announced that their Silicon Storage Appliances will be enabling best-of-breed solutions at NAB 2002. Silicon Storage Appliances deliver compelling application productivity, cost-effective scalability and simplified management benefits to real-time broadcasting, non-linear editing and post production applications. DataDirect's Silicon Storage Appliances will be used in solutions from industry-leading companies including Matrox Video Products Group, Incite Multimedia Corporation, Dayang Technology Development and Video Technics, Inc. at the annual broadcasting industry event. Silicon Storage Appliances will also be demonstrated in DataDirect Networks' booth (S5744) at the Sands Convention Center. Silicon Storage Appliance technology allows creative professionals to accelerate their applications, providing data at least three times faster than existing Storage Area Networking (SAN) solutions and ten times faster than Network Attached Storage (NAS) technology, while managing storage simply and easily. Using Silicon Storage Appliance-based infrastructures allows broadcast professionals to overcome the many limitations of first generation storage networks, bringing increased application productivity, cost-effective scalability and simplicity with high QoS in a plug and play appliance. "Silicon Storage Appliances are providing broadcast and professional media companies with a mature and robust SAN infrastructure to create flexible and cost-effective solutions for broadcast and creative professionals," Robert Woolery, vice president corporate development, DataDirect Networks, said. "The benefits that Silicon Storage Appliance-based SANs bring to users - increased productivity, scalability and ease of management - combine to create broadcasting and professional solutions that provide lower Total Cost of Ownership and increased Return on Investment for their customers." For more information visit www.datadirectnet.com