OCZ Enables IceWEB Unified Storage Systems With Ultra High-
     Performance of I/O Intensive Applications Utilizing Less
                         Power and Cooling

SAN JOSE, Calif. and STERLING, Va., May 8, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OCZ
Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of
high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and
systems, and IceWEB Storage Corporation (OTCBB:IWEB) today announced
that OCZ's SAS-based Talos 2 SSDs and SATA III-based Deneva 2 SSDs have
been selected by IceWEB for inclusion in IceWEB's complete line of
unified data storage systems. IceWEB leverages OCZ's enterprise-class
SAS and SATA SSDs to enable its storage systems with ultra high
performance of I/O intensive applications while lowering power
consumption and associated cooling costs.

Today's enterprise, mission-critical applications demand very high
levels of I/O performance from storage systems that hard disk drives
(HDDs) simply cannot provide since they only deliver about 100 to 200
input/output operations per second (IOPS) performance. Therefore, in
developing unified data storage systems that yield ultra
high-performance, high reliability and availability, low power and
cost-effectiveness, IceWEB required solid-state storage as these drives
store and access data through NAND flash memory versus from spinning
disks. In a typical industry comparison, it takes about 50 HDDs to
provide the IOPS performance of one SSD, and an SSD only consumes a
fraction of the power of an HDD.

After testing and evaluating competitive SSDs in the industry, IceWEB
selected enterprise-class SAS and SATA-based SSDs from OCZ to enable
all storage arrays in its unified storage platform with a choice of
storage interfaces. Through this process, IceWEB was able to determine
that both the Talos 2 and Deneva 2 SSDs from OCZ provided the best
read/write IOPS performance, included high reliability and endurance
tools to extend usable drive life, and leverages a product roadmap to
enable growth within the IceWEB unified platform. The SSDs are also
used for IceWEB's IceCAP(TM) Cache Acceleration Protocol, automated
tiering and pure SSD disk tiers, enabling customers to provision an
IceWEB unified system for maximum application performance and capacity
as various business requirements dictate.

OCZ Talos 2 SSDs support a 6Gb/s SAS interface, capacities up to 1TB,
2.5-inch and 3.5-inch form factors, and are designed specifically for
mixed workloads in enterprise environments. They deliver the industry's
fastest transactional performance for SAS-based drives supporting
70,000 IOPS (random 4K reads) and 54,000 IOPS for mixed 4K workloads.
Unlike many competitive SAS-based SSDs, Talos 2 SSDs are dual ported to
provide two redundant data paths, and support OCZ's DataWrite
Assurance(TM) data protection in case of a sudden power loss adding to
the product line's superior data integrity.

OCZ Deneva 2 SSDs support a 6Gb/s SATA III interface, capacities up to
480GB, 1.8-inch, 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch form factors, and are well
suited for write-intensive high performance computing (HPC)
environments. Another leading performer from OCZ, Deneva 2 SSDs deliver
the industry's fastest transactional performance for SATA III-based
drives supporting 80,000 IOPS (random 4K writes) with a maximum
throughput of 525 MB/s. DataWrite Assurance data protection is also
supported.

In addition to power loss data protection, both Talos 2 and Deneva 2
SSDs feature several enterprise-critical functions not available in
OCZ's consumer product lines delivering such best-in-class endurance
features as minimal write amplification, intelligent block management
and wear-leveling. In addition, Talos 2 and Deneva 2 SSDs include
robust security and error correction in the form of AES-128/256
encryption support and advanced error correction coding (ECC), making
these drives perfectly suited for a host of data center, cloud
computing, web serving and data warehousing applications.

"The inclusion of OCZ SAS and SATA-based enterprise SSDs enables our
unified data storage arrays to be used as high-performance primary
storage, or as a performance boost for Tier 2 storage, or as a hybrid
system that cost-effectively combines HDDs for bulk storage capacity
with SSDs for high I/O performance in the same array," said Steven
Toole, CMO of IceWEB, Inc. "With complete data protection and
performance optimization through OCZ SSDs, our unified storage systems
are a great fit for customers that need high availability, as well as
enterprise scalability, robust features, reduced power consumption and
cooling, all at competitive prices."

"We are very pleased that our Talos 2 and Deneva 2 SSDs have been
selected by IceWEB for their entire portfolio of unified data storage
arrays supporting cloud and virtual environments, backup and disaster
recovery, mission-critical applications, and unstructured data in data
center and remote cloud environments," said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ
Technology. "The IceWEB unified data storage system platform with OCZ
SSDs implemented help optimize storage performance and utilization,
reduce storage costs, footprint space, and power and cooling
requirements, and simplify storage management."

As part of its unified data storage array portfolio, IceWEB developed
four unique solutions that include either Talos 2 SAS-based SSDs or
Deneva 2 SATA III-based SSDs, as follows:


  --  IceWEB 2000 -- optimizes file and block data storage utilization in
      cloud and virtual environments for small-to-medium-sized businesses
      (SMBs).
  --  IceWEB 3000 -- provides reliable backup and disaster recovery or
      high-density storage of unstructured video.
  --  IceWEB 6000 -- provides high availability for mission-critical
      environments leveraging a highly redundant dual controller and the cost
      savings and storage optimization benefits from storage virtualization,
      snapshots and thin provisioning.
  --  IceWEB 7000 -- provides highly redundant and scalable unified storage to
      support mission-critical applications and unstructured data in the data
      center and in remote cloud environments.




About IceWEB Storage Corporation

Headquartered just outside of Washington, D.C., IceWEB Storage
Corporation manufactures award-winning, high performance unified data
storage products with enterprise storage management capabilities at a
fraction of the price of traditional providers. Through thin
provisioning, target de-duplication and inline compression, IceWEB's
unified storage arrays enable standardization, consolidation and
optimized storage utilization for virtual and cloud environments,
saving up to 90 percent of storage costs, while reducing space, power
and cooling requirements and simplifying storage management. For more
information, contact IceWEB at 800-465-4637 or visit www.iceweb.com.

About OCZ Technology Group, Inc.

Founded in 2002, San Jose, CA-based OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (OCZ) is
a global leader in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of
high-performance solid-state storage solutions and premium computer
components. Offering the industry's widest range of solid-state drives
(SSDs), OCZ features SSDs in a variety of form factors and interfaces
(i.e. PCIe, SAS and SATA) to address HDD replacement, SAN acceleration,
server and storage virtualization, cloud computing, and virtual desktop
infrastructure (VDI) opportunities. Having developed firmware and
controller platforms to virtualization and endurance extending
technologies, the company delivers vertically integrated, customizable
solutions enabling transformational approaches to how digital data is
captured, stored, accessed, analyzed and leveraged across a wide range
of client and enterprise applications. For more information, please
visit: www.ocztechnology.com.

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OCZ's ability to efficiently manage material and inventory, including
integrated circuit chip costs and freight costs; and OCZ's ability to
generate cash from operations, secure external funding for its
operations and manage its liquidity needs. Other general economic,
business and financing conditions and factors are described in more
detail in "Item 1A -- Risk Factors" in Part I in OCZ's Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 17, 2011, and amended on May 31,
2011, and statements made in other subsequent filings. The filing is
available both at www.sec.gov as well as via OCZ's website at
www.ocztechnology.com. OCZ does not undertake to update its
forward-looking statements.

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