Andataco Retains Jackson Hole Advisors Investment Consulting Firm.

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 1998--ANDATACO (NASDAQ/SMALLCAP:ANDA) today announced that it has retained the services of Jackson Hole Advisors to assist with plans to recapitalize the Company, as well as with strategies for market development and management. ANDATACO and JHA will focus on expanding support for the Company in the brokerage community and the domestic equity markets, generally.

JHA is a private consulting firm whose principals have been active in the brokerage and investment banking community since 1969, and have been providing private client consulting services since 1989.

ANDATACO, Inc. designs, manufacturers, and distributes storage solutions based on its Application-Specific Architecture for Windows NT and UNIX environments. The Company's products include SCSI and Fibre Channel RAID and RAID-ready disk storage, tape backup and restore products, and storage management software. World-class technical support and service back the Company's products. The Company distributes internally developed products, and selected products from other manufacturers, through a network of nationwide sales offices, and through business affiliates in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Canada, and Australia. Information on ANDATACO, Inc.'s award-winning products can be accessed via the internet at www.andataco.com.