Hitachi Data Systems and Concept
Announce TrueNorth Partnership

Mississauga, ON, November 23, 2005 – Concept Computer Corporation (Concept) a leading provider of enterprise IT business solutions announced today that it is has become a major TrueNorth partner with Hitachi Data Systems achieving gold-level status.

“Not only has the Hitachi TagmaStore product line become the storage platform of choice within our own managed hosting facility, said Richard Goldson, Director of Corporate Sales, “Hitachi customers across the country are recognizing important economic benefits of efficiently managing and moving data seamlessly across different platforms of storage greatly simplifying storage management”. “There is an incredible host of Hitachi products and solutions leaving no question why the HDS TagmaStore has been awarded the 2006 Most Valuable Product (MVP) Award for the best Disk Subsystem for the second consecutive year by InfoStor Magazine and end-users nationwide”.

With more than 40 percent worldwide market share and an installed base of over 3,000 intelligent virtual storage controllers, Hitachi dominates the enterprise virtualization marketplace with the unique capabilities of the TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform. The TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform enables users to externally attach heterogeneous storage systems, including those from IBM and EMC, partition storage resources to maximize application quality-of-service, move data across tiers of storage to match business needs, and achieve business continuity. As an integral component of Application Optimized Storage™ solutions from Hitachi Data Systems, the Universal Storage Platform provides the foundation for matching application requirements to different classes of storage. The Universal Storage Platform enables customers to deploy applications within a new framework, fully leverage – and add value to – current investments, and more closely align IT and business objectives.

About Hitachi Data Systems:

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. that is headquartered in Japan with 356,000 worldwide employees and with sales in excess of $80 billion, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) leverages global R&D resources to develop storage solutions built on industry-leading technology with the performance, availability and scalability to maximize customers' ROI and minimize their risk. By focusing on the customer's perspective as we apply the best hardware, software, and services from Hitachi and our partners, we uniquely satisfy our customers' business needs. With approximately 2,900 employees, Hitachi Data Systems conducts business through direct and indirect channels in the public, government and private sectors in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include more than 50 percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more information, please visit their web site at www.hds.com. For more information on Hitachi, Ltd. visit the company’s web site at www.hitachi.com.

About Concept:

For over 20 years, Concept has been entrusted with the IT needs of some of the world’s largest corporations in 24 countries. Focused on the design, development and delivery of infrastructure, networking and managed solutions we are well known for our unequalled high-level of service and commitment...instilling complete customer confidence. We work extremely hard to satisfy the needs of our customers, which is why they recognize our special ability to improve their efficiency while delivering demonstrable ROI-based technology solutions through extraordinary service. Learn more about a managed service solution to fit your needs by contacting us now at 1-800-561-5852, fax us at 716-884-8440 or 905-542-0335 or simply email us at info@conceptcomputer.com.

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