April 7, 2003.

I-Bus Corporation (San Jose, CA) and Channel Access, LLC (Los Gatos, CA) have agreed to jointly market the I-Bus Continuon™ family of High Availability computer systems.

"The I-Bus Continuon™ family blade server product introduces the industry's smallest footprint 16 blade dual fabric switch system with a N+1 redundant AC or DC power subsystem and a patented dual isolated hot-swap power input modules." said I-Bus President & CEO Johni Chan. "It is the most comprehensive, application ready platform compliant to PICMG 2.16 and PICMG 2.9 standards with integrated system management to provide ease of service and management for systems consisting of heterogeneous types blades. With 11 patent applications filed and 7 patents pending, the I-BUS Continuon™ family product is the stepping stone to I-Bus next generation Infini-Availability™ blade server platforms."

"This relationship expands the presence of I-Bus in North America," said President Barry Dolan of Channel Access. "Channel Access has a well trained and aggressive sales and marketing team that will deliver I-Bus High Availability solutions to new and existing customers."

Channel Access will focus its resources on developing customers and applications that take full advantage of the I-Bus technology. As a North American distributor for I-Bus, Channel Access will bring these products to market both as board level solutions and integrated into Application Ready Platforms.

"We are in the unique position to be able to develop and release integrated solutions that utilize the very best technologies from I-Bus and Channel Access," said Dolan. "Our focus on applying the latest technologies to real application issues allows our customers to develop and deploy advanced platforms quickly and efficiently."

Channel Access, LLC

Headquartered in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, Channel Access is a wholly owned subsidiary of CG Mupac, a Carlo Gavazzi Group company. It was founded in 1998 by a team rich with experience and know-how in embedded computing. The mission of Channel Access is to provide customers with a fast, flexible and responsive partner for integrated application ready platforms.

I-BUS Corporation

I-Bus was founded in 1982 and is a leading provider of innovative High availability embedded computing solutions, a global supplier of open architecture boards and systems, for the communications, industrial, enterprise, and military markets. I-Bus re-organized under new management in October 2002 to be an OEM focused provider of HA computing platforms for use in mission critical applications and the company is committed to significant R&D in High Availability solutions.