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LightSand Communications, Inc. – Former IBM and Sun Microsystems Top Executive becomes LightSand Chairman of the Board

PLANO, TX, June 8, 2006. LightSand® Communications, Inc., a company pioneering SAN Connectivity solutions, announced today that Paul Zéboulon has become its Chairman of the Board.

Paul Zéboulon has lead an international career in the IT industry since joining IBM in 1970, where he held leading executive sales positions in Europe, and worked closely with IBM Chairman and CEO, John Opel, before becoming Assistant General Manager for IBM Europe. He later was recruited by Sun Microsystems to become President and General Manager for France until 2002. For the last 4 years he has been actively involved in the international development and financing of promising companies in the IT industry.

“These are very exciting times for LightSand, and we are delighted to have Paul Zéboulon become Chairman of our Board of Directors, said Richard Czech, C.E.O. of LightSand. Paul’s industry track-record and vision will enable us to further accelerate our development as we continue to successfully deliver innovative solutions which help enterprises implement truly effective Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans, by extending them over any distance.”

“Open and transparent connectivity for data protection and storage, is at the core of the development strategy of all the main IT and telecommunications companies today. LightSand offers powerful and innovative solutions for connectivity over distance, with unique features to support the near-term implementation of these strategies, said Paul Zéboulon. LightSand has already achieved tremendous strides in building strategic partnerships with some of the leading IT organizations, and in signing up some of the top integrators in the world. I believe that the opportunity for development for LightSand is tremendous, and I am looking forward to bringing my contribution to the success of the company.”

About LightSand
LightSand offers a variety of products for increasing SAN connectivity, both within the data center and over MAN/WAN networks, for enterprise-class companies and small and medium businesses. LightSand’s SAN extension gateways connect FICON or Fibre Channel together with Ethernet Layer 2 over distance using IP, SONET/SDH, DWDM and dedicated fiber. The company’s revolutionary AR/DAT technology allows these gateways to function as Fibre Channel routers, enabling the segmentation of SANs into autonomous regions, and providing reliable interconnections between heterogeneous multi-vendor SAN fabrics. LightSand is a privately held company with headquarters in Plano, Texas.

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