STEC to Participate at COLLABORATE 12 With the Oracle Community at IOUG's Premier Industry Event

STEC's Participation Will Include PCIe SSD, ZeusIOPS(R) SAS SSD and EnhanceIO(TM) SSD Cache Software Demonstrations, and a Presentation by STEC's Oracle Database Expert


LAS VEGAS, April 23, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- COLLABORATE 12 -- STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC), a leading global provider of solid-state drive (SSD) technologies and products, today announced that it will host booth #1714 from April 23-26 at COLLABORATE 12: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community, inside the Mandalay Bay South Convention Center. Attendees at COLLABORATE 12, an Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) event, will get an in-depth look at how STEC's PCIe SSDs, ZeusIOPS® SAS SSDs and EnhanceIO™ SSD Cache Software can accelerate access to Oracle database applications, as well as help maximize ROI and minimize TCO.

From the new, ultra-high performance STEC PCIe flash drive for servers, to the ZeusIOPS SAS SSDs for SAN, NAS and DAS systems, STEC products deliver the performance, reliability and improved cost per IO required to help Oracle users accelerate their mission-critical applications. Easily integrated for high transaction volumes and super-low latencies, STEC products and solutions are qualified at major OEM storage and server suppliers—making them ideal solutions for meeting the demands of today's robust enterprise environment.

STEC will  demonstrate how its SSDs can accelerate a typical online Oracle transaction processing (OLTP) workload.

Oracle Database Expert to Present on Data Acceleration with SSDs

STEC's presence at COLLABORATE 12 will include a presentation by Gurinder Brar, Director, Systems Engineering/Database Architect for STEC's Systems and Software Group:

"Making Sense of the SSD Jungle for Relational Databases"
Wednesday, April 25
Reef F
12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.

For more information regarding how STEC's PCIe SSD, ZeusIOPS SAS SSD, EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software and other products can advance Oracle database management solutions, please visit booth #1714 at COLLABORATE 12, or view the company's website at www.stec-inc.com.

About STEC

STEC, Inc., The SSD Company™, is a leading global provider of solid-state drive (SSD) technologies and solutions tailored to meet the high-performance, high-reliability needs of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). With headquarters in Santa Ana, California and locations worldwide, STEC leverages nearly two decades of solid-state knowledge and experience to deliver the most comprehensive line of SSDs to the storage industry. For more information, visit the company's website at www.stec-inc.com.

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STEC, the STEC logo, The SSD Company, ZeusIOPS and EnhanceIO are either registered trademarks or trademarks of STEC, Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks or brand names referred to herein are the property of their respective owners.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including those statements concerning customer adoption and utilization of STEC's PCIe SSDs, ZeusIOPS SSDs and EnhanceIO solutions; the adoption, benefits, cost savings, capabilities, and performance of these products and solutions and other STEC developing technologies into database applications and the server design market; the adoption of these solid-state solutions and other enterprise SSDs in general into new applications and markets; and the evolving enterprise storage and server markets. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from current expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements are detailed in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, made from time to time by STEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. The information contained in this press release is a statement of STEC's present intentions, beliefs or expectations. STEC may change its intentions, beliefs or expectations, at any time and without notice, based upon any changes in such factors, from STEC's assumptions and otherwise. STEC undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date thereof, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.



            

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