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DataCore's SANsymphony™ Keeps Banta's Presses Running

Proactive Technologies Delivers Software Solution to Streamline Processing, Simplify Administration and Improve Availability

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (July 28, 2003) — DataCore Software today announced that Banta Book Group, a division of Menasha, Wis.-based Banta Corporation [NYSE: BN], worked with Carrollton, Texas-based integrator Proactive Technologies to implement a storage area network (SAN) managed by DataCore's enterprise-class SANsymphony™ software. The solution reflects the significant value that a software-based approach delivers to communications companies, such as printing and prepress companies, video production houses and graphics agencies that store and manage ultra-large files as part of their everyday workload.

Like many of these companies, Banta, the seventh-largest printer in North America, required high-performance and reliability to keep presses running 24x7 and avoid thousands of dollars lost per hour of downtime.

The prepress division of Banta Book Group processes enormous, multi-gigabyte digital files for printing educational and general books, calendars and B-to-B catalogues. Banta's prepress production manager, Tom Clifford, needed a storage management solution that could keep pace with his division's need to access, move and archive high volumes of data.

Clifford turned to Proactive to create a turnkey solution that could consolidate a range of storage resources to centrally support Banta's mission-critical operations: Ten Web-fed and two sheet-fed presses and servers running on MacOS, Windows NT and 2000 and Unix platforms. Proactive recommended and delivered a solution, based on DataCore's SANsymphony storage management platform that was easy for Banta to roll out and manage on its own using existing skill sets.

"By managing storage at the network level, we've eliminated a lot of the headaches associated with individual device administration and performance bottlenecks," said Clifford. "DataCore and Proactive have ensured that we get what we need, when we need it."

SANsymphony automates previously time-consuming and risky storage management tasks, dramatically boosting the productivity of staff, applications, presses and other valuable assets. The software delivers rapid ROI by accelerating system performance by as much as 300 percent, eliminating costly storage-related downtime, doubling utilization of existing storage capacity, ending vendor "lock-in" of proprietary hardware and making disaster recovery affordable. SANsymphony's familiar Windows look-and-feel allowed Banta's technicians to immediately deploy a consolidated SAN and maximize the benefits of centralized administration.

"IT directors across the printing industry are struggling to keep production systems running 24x7, speed access to multi-gigabyte graphics files and extend the life of existing IT investments -- bottom-line goals for any organization today," said Ken Horner, DataCore's vice president of marketing. "Better, easier data storage management with SANsymphony makes them achievable and affordable."

About Banta Corporation
Banta Corporation (NYSE: BN) is a technology and market leader in printing and supply chain management. Banta provides a comprehensive combination of printing and digital imaging solutions to leading publishers and direct marketers, including advanced digital content management and e-business services. Banta's global supply chain management business increases efficiencies and improves return on investment for many of the world's leading companies by providing materials sourcing, customized kitting, configuration and order fulfillment services.

About Proactive Technologies, Inc.
Since 1997, Proactive Technologies delivers fail-safe servers and storage technology to their customers in the printing and publishing industries. Proactive solutions are designed to provide a standards-based digital infrastructure that supports the high-speed transfer of large image data objects over gigabit networks and SANs (storage area networks). Proactive Technologies manufactures servers and storage systems, as authorized Intel Premier Providers, to meet the unique requirements of the imaging industry. Proactive takes responsibility for its integrated solutions and provides customers with 24x7 telephone support for the life of the product. For more information, call (972) 416-6298 or visit www.proactivetechnologies.com.

About DataCore Software
DataCore Software is an independent software vendor specializing in consolidating, controlling and automating storage for Windows, UNIX, Linux, MacOS and NetWare systems. The company's award-winning SANsymphony software uses Wintel storage servers to pool, cache, and replicate data from all the major disk and disk array suppliers. Its innovative technology centralizes storage management for Global 2000 enterprise data centers and powers OEM storage subsystems with advanced features, non-stop availability and unmatched performance. DataCore is privately held with corporate headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. For international office locations and more information, call (877) 780-5111 or visit www.datacore.com.

DataCore, the DataCore logo, Powered by DataCore, ROI Street Smarts, SANsymphony, SANcentral, SANcollege and SANvantage are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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