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BiTMICRO Networks' E-Disk® Solid-State Flash Drive is Key to NGKS' Reliable And World Class Services for Pipeline Inspection, Crack Detection, Reporting and Repair Consultancy

FREMONT, Calif. - April 7, 2004 - BiTMICRO® Networks, a pioneer in intelligent ATA / IDE, SCSI, USB, VME, Compact PCI, Firewire and Fibre Channel flash disks today announced that NGKS International, a fast growing pipeline service company, has embraced its E-Disk® technology to provide superior service to its customers.

NGKS International develops in line inspection tools and a methodology of data analysis collected for automated data interpretation, offering its customers pre-repair defect classification and recommendations for specific repairs. They also provide data correlation from several inspection runs and assessment of defect growth rates, verification of repair methods and repair intervals.

In providing these services to their customers, NGKS International requires a reliable and high performance storage for their tools that should be able to withstand heavy condensation, air and gas temperature differentials, not to mention provide value for their investment.

"We take our business seriously. It is not as simple as inspecting, cleaning out the pipes and providing reports. We need to deliver results that provide substantial cost-savings and maximum pipeline uptime to our customers while taking into serious consideration our obligations towards environment protection and public safety of our customers, employees and the communities they serve. We cannot afford to be inaccurate or inefficient," says Leon Tolokunsky, Director General of NGKS International.

"We needed a state-of-the-art technology to work with our system, one that can provide us with reliability, performance and durability. Ordinary hard drives cannot meet up with our demands. We looked everywhere, storage vendors provide one or the other and BiTMICRO was the only one to comply with our standards," adds Tolokunsky.

"NGKS International chose our E-Disk® solid-state drives because of its reliability, performance and its reputation for being the best-selling solid-state flash disk drive in the market," states Jake Pasion, Director of Sales of BiTMICRO Networks.

"We continue to tailor our technology and product offerings to meet the specific needs of customers. BiTMICRO's leadership in flash disk technology and our excellent working relationships with our customers continue to help us deliver the right technology for the right application," adds Pasion.

BiTMICRO has captured the military, aerospace, industrial and enterprise market worldwide by delivering durable and reliable storage solution critical to information management requirements. BiTMICRO's E-Disk products deliver a solid solution for data storage and protection while providing the powerful performance and speed today's data-intensive applications demand. They feature patented FlashBusT storage technology to speed performance, eliminate system bottlenecks, and offer durable storage for easy installation and start-up. E-Disk® SSDs do not require device drivers for installation and operation, and boasts of high random I/O rates.

For more information about NGKS International products and services, visit http://www.ngkinst.com or contact Leon Tolokunsky at 60, Columbia Way, Markham, Ontario CANADA, L3R 0C9. Telephone: +1 905-415-5081, Fax. +1 905-4155082. E-mail: leontol@rogers.com.

For E-Disk® solid-state disk drive technology information, pricing and availability, call +1 510-74E-DISK / +1 510-743-3475, e-mail info@bitmicro.com or visit http://www.bitmicro.com.

About NGKS International

Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) NGKS International Corp. (http://www.ngksint.com) is a fast-growing pipeline service company.

The prime focus of its activities is pipeline inspection by MFL and UT (Ultrasonic Technology), UCD (Ultrasonic Crack Detection) and TFI (Magnetic Crack Detection) proprietary tools, geometry and pipeline cleaning followed by strength calculation of defects based on international and local integrity standards (B31G, RStreng, 49CFR) and generation of recommendations for defect repair technology and priority; R&D, manufacture and marketing of intelligent inspection tools and scrapers; and development of software for inspection data management.

NGKS International designs and build top-class tools and equipment for in-line inspection of oil, gas and product pipelines ranging from 8" to 56" in diameter and acoustic emission examination of vertical steel tanks. They also provide reliable inspection project back-up by producing standard, magnetic and custom-made scrapers and polyurethane consumables.

The company has been expanding its activities in Europe (Norway, Germany, France) and FSU countries (Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan) and has by now a successful track record of in-line inspection of about 30,000 kms of pipelines.

About BiTMICRO Networks

BiTMICRO® Networks, a privately held California corporation, is the leading provider of rugged and high performance non-volatile solid state disk, flash disk drive, and network storage and management solutions. E-Disk® storage solutions are offered with SCSI, IDE/ATA, Fibre Channel and VME interfaces in 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hard disk drive footprints, 6U board, and 19-inch rack mount configurations scalable up to several terabytes of pure solid state storage.

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