STEC Stec, Inc. (MM)

STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC) announced today that its management team will participate in Northland Capital Markets' Growth Conference on Thursday, March 3, 2011. The conference will be held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.

About STEC, Inc. (STEC)

STEC, Inc. is a leading global provider of solid-state drive technologies and solutions tailored to meet the high-performance, high-reliability needs of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). With headquarters in Santa Ana, California and locations worldwide, STEC leverages almost two decades of solid-state drive knowledge and experience to deliver the industry's most comprehensive line of solid-state drives to the storage industry.

For further information about STEC, please contact the Company's Investor Relations department at (949) 260-8328 (ir@stec-inc.com). To subscribe to the Company's "Email Alerts" service, please visit the Company's website at www.stec-inc.com, and then click on the red "Investors" tab at the top of the home page, and finally "Email Alerts."

The STEC, Inc. logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=1079

CONTACT: STEC, Inc.
         Mitch Gellman, Vice President of Investor Relations
         (949) 260-8328