STEC Stec, Inc. (MM)

STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC), The SSD Company™, announced today that it will host an Analyst Day for equity research analysts and institutional investors on August 4, 2011 in New York City.

The escalation of cloud computing combined with the demands for high-performance access to data and controlling data center costs has driven the need for proven solutions to enable innovation and feed the insatiable appetite for more data. Presentations by the Company's technology professionals along with outside experts, including Enterprise-Storage and Flash memory customers and an industry analyst will focus on market trends, drivers and challenges and STEC's market position, and will showcase STEC's new technologies and product solutions that are enabling new advances in Enterprise-Storage and Server applications.

IT Hardware and Data-Storage analysts along with institutional investors interested in attending this technology-only event should contact Mitch Gellman, Vice President of Investor Relations, at ir@stec-inc.com or by phone at 949.260.8328.

Where:	New York City
When:	Thursday, August 4th, 2011
RSVPs:	Required (see above)
Agenda:	Registration/Breakfast/Solid-State Technology Showcase 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m., ET
	Presentations and Q&A: 8:30 a.m. – approximately 1:00 pm ET

About STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC)

STEC, Inc., The SSD Company™, is a leading global provider of solid-state drive (SSD) 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 knowledge and experience to deliver the most comprehensive line of SSDs to the storage industry.

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STEC, the STEC logo, and The SSD Company are either registered trademarks or trademarks of STEC, Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks or brand names referred to herein are the property of their respective owners.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This advisory contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, statements concerning accelerating access to data; escalation of cloud computing and demands for high-performance access to data and controlling data center costs; growing acceptance of SSDs within the Enterprise-Storage and Server markets; the benefits from STEC's products and solutions, and other developing technologies; and the rapidly evolving Enterprise-Storage and Server markets. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from current expectations. Although STEC believes that the forward-looking statements contained in this release are reasonable, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be fulfilled. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements are detailed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made from time to time by STEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. Special attention is directed to the portions of those documents entitled "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." The information contained in this press release is a statement of STEC's present intention, belief or expectation. STEC may change its intention, belief, or expectation, at any time and without notice, based upon any changes in such factors, in STEC's assumptions or otherwise. STEC undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

CONTACT: STEC, Inc.
         Mitch Gellman, Vice President of Investor Relations
         949.260.8328
         ir@stec-inc.com