MILPITAS, Calif., Aug. 10, 2005 -- The practice of medicine was once relatively simple -- diagnosis by touch, notes scribbled on a patient's chart, handwritten prescriptions, and maybe an X-ray or two to confirm a doctor's finding. In the last quarter century, all of that has changed. Technology improvements now allow doctors to view high quality microscopic images from inside the human body, sometimes over great distances. Today, many healthcare professionals integrate the use of wireless laptops, handheld devices with bidirectional communication and Web access to improve patient care.

Information technology has enabled medical professionals to eliminate the need for faxes, phone calls, or even viewing traditional X-rays and has caused exponential growth in the amount of data that is stored. Electronic medical records (EMRs), picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and document imaging solutions all require enterprise quality storage solutions.

Rex Hospital, a leading healthcare provider in North Carolina, recently purchased the IBM TotalStorage DS4800 disk storage system through IBM Business Partner Dynamix Group. The IBM TotalStorage DS4800 system is based on the 4- gigabit per second Fibre Channel XBB(TM) architecture from Engenio.

"We believe that the IBM DS4800 has blazing performance that will help our hospital staff more quickly retrieve patient records," said Dave Bullamore, manager systems integration, Rex Hospital. "Performance is crucial to our business as we need fast access to radiology images, records and other patient background to more effectively care for patients."

According to Dorenfest Group, hospital spending on information technology equipment is expected to pass $30.5 billion in 2006, up from $25.8 billion in 2004. A new study from Frost and Sullivan reveals that in 2004, spending by healthcare facilities on storage hardware solutions totaled $845.2 million, and is expected to reach $1.33 billion by 2008. The data requirements of the medical industry are growing at unprecedented rates and are expected to quadruple every two years, according to the study, Data Storage Management Markets for US Healthcare, conducted by Frost and Sullivan.

Information technology can also help save lives. A report by the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine (http://www.iom.edu) concluded that 7,000 Americans die each year from drug-interaction problems that are not identified by physicians and that 98,000 people die annually in hospitals due to errors. Early evidence shows that integration of information technology into patient care can reduce prescription errors by 80 percent and improve patient mortality by as much as 16 percent.

Engenio is a leading provider of innovative, high performance and highly scalable modular storage systems for the open enterprise. Organizations that store vast amounts of data and need access to large files instantly, such as those in the medical industry, will benefit from Engenio 4 Gigabit per second (4 Gb/s) disk arrays. The 4 Gb/s arrays provide up to two times the bandwidth of existing Fibre Channel technology enabling faster access to critical patient data.

"Accessing and delivering the right data, to the right person at the right time is critical in the medical profession," said Mitch Seigle, Engenio Senior Director of Corporate Marketing. "Engenio is the industry leader when it comes to developing and deploying the world's most reliable, accessible and scalable data storage systems. Our solutions will help hospitals and other medical-related organizations grow and become more efficient as their data storage needs change."

About Engenio Information Technologies, Inc.

Engenio Information Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of LSI Logic Corp. (NYSE: LSI), designs and manufactures high performance modular enterprise storage platforms and storage management software that is delivered to end users through strategic partners. IBM, SGI, StorageTek and Teradata are among the partners who deliver total solutions with unique combinations of hardware, software and services for applications including transaction processing, e- mail, data warehousing and scientific research. Engenio is headquartered at 670 N. McCarthy Blvd., Suite 100, Milpitas, CA 95035. For more information, please call (408) 935-6300 or visit http://www.engenio.com.

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