AUBURN, Calif. - (April 14, 2007) - Charismac Engineering, a leading developer of SAN Management software, announced today at the NAB Show in Las Vegas a new iSCSI version of FibreShare, their reliable World Class SAN Management Program. Apple Macintosh users can now get the similar benefits of a FibreShare FibreChannel shared SAN solution using a proven Gigabyte Ethernet networking infrastructure at only a fraction of the cost necessary for a traditional FibreChannel network.

iSCSI protocol uses conventional 1 Gb/s (gigabit-per-second) or faster Ethernet networking topology, included with all Macs, as well as Ethernet hubs and switches, together with a commercially available software iSCSI initiator software program.

“While FibreChannel is the technology of choice for FibreShare SAN users doing high end video editing and other bandwidth intensive applications,” said Wyler Furgeson, President and CEO of Charismac Engineering. “We believe there is also a large percentage of users in this space, who would benefit from similar shared lock management storage solutions where iSCSI makes sense on both an technological and economic level.”

Charismac has built on the 20+ years of storage utility experience in the Macintosh Storage Software business and engineered the same level of stability, reliability and unparalleled ease of use under the hood of our new FibreShare SAN Management Software release that our users are accustomed to.

FibreShare iSCSI shares a large portion of the same stable and proven core expertise as our flagship FibreChannel FibreShare product line but has been customized and optimized specifically for iSCSI functionality with an aggressive consumer centric price point in mind. “Once again, yet another Charismac Software first will prove to be the peoples choice for dependable, high performance Shared SAN storage software now expanded for iSCSI,” Furgeson continued.

FibreShare v3.0 for iSCSI carries a suggested retail price of $599 per network seat.

About Charismac Engineering

Charismac Engineering, Inc., with headquarters in Auburn, California has for over 20 years been the leader in empowering creative digital networks, including RAID and Fibre Channel software as well as CD - DVD mastering, burning and duplication applications.

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