SANTA CLARA, Calif., - September 7, 2004 - SigmaQuest, Inc., a leader in Product Performance Intelligence, today announced that the world leader in network storage has selected SigmaQuest SigmaSure to manage product performance for its network storage products.   SigmaSure will provide real-time access to test and quality data at all manufacturing sites worldwide via an ordinary Web browser.

Network storage devices are deployed worldwide to support mission-critical applications and databases.   They must ensure high data availability 24x7 and achieve virtually 100% uptime with minimal unplanned downtime.   To meet these rigorous product requirements, the company selected SigmaQuest SigmaSure after an extensive search to find an enterprise solution that could be deployed in factories and across suppliers worldwide.   The comprehensiveness of the enterprise-ready solution combined with the maturity of the product set beat internal applications, test data management solutions and lab tools, and data warehousing systems.

SigmaQuest SigmaSure was chosen over other vendors and internal development because of the unprecedented approach to managing product performance, ease of use, and rapid deployment.   SigmaSure will provide a platform for collecting data across all sites and implementing a consistent test analysis methodology across the enterprise.   

"We are pleased that our solution has been selected by another leading OEM," said Nader Fathi, CEO of SigmaQuest.   "Large companies see the value that our solution provides for global enterprises.   We are solving real problems and helping our customers ensure quality while lower costs and managing risks and liabilities.   Our solutions have a fast payback and our track record and long-term commitment to our customers is proven at all of our customer sites worldwide."

About SigmaQuest 

SigmaQuest Inc. is an enterprise software company whose solutions provide unprecedented insight and actionable information to ensure product and process integrity by collecting, aggregating and analyzing test and quality data.   Its solutions enable global enterprises and their partners to optimize product time-to-market, cost and quality.   This is accomplished through personalized views of product quality information, pro-active alerts and comprehensive traceability - all in real-time.

The company is headquartered at 2901 Tasman Drive, Suite 109, Santa Clara, CA 95054. It can also be reached at 408-654-9401, www.sigmaquest.com

SigmaQuest is a trademark of SigmaQuest, Inc.   All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.