STEC Stec, Inc. (MM)

LandWarNet Conference 2011 – STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC), The SSD Company™, a leading global provider of solid-state drive (SSD) technologies and products, today announced that it will showcase its portfolio of solid-state solutions for government and defense applications at this week's LandWarNet Conference 2011 in Booth #207.

STEC understands the demanding needs of government and defense applications, and positions performance, security and ruggedness at the forefront of its solid-state product innovations. As traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) have proven to be less reliable in field deployments and as the growth in data has burdened government data centers, the time for broad solid-state product adoption for government and defense applications has arrived. With no moving parts, faster access times, field-proven endurance, smaller footprints, and reduced power consumption, STEC's solid-state innovations provide a broad product portfolio for government and defense applications.

STEC will showcase the following solid-state solutions at this week's LandWarNet Conference:

• ZeusIOPS® SSDs – STEC's flagship and most popular SSD provides ultra high-performance in support of Serial Attached Storage (SAS) and Fibre Channel (FC) interfaces for government and defense data center applications.
• MACH16™ SSDs – an enterprise SSD solution for direct attach storage applications, including servers, ruggedized laptops, command and control systems, and Intelligence-Surveillance-Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms for field deployments.
• Slim SATA SSDs – the ideal SSD for small, space-constrained embedded applications, such as those required for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or handheld computing devices.
• Kronos™ PCIe SSAs – STEC's new family of solid-state accelerators (SSAs), designed for server environments that support ultra low-latency and accelerated responses to host requests via its PCIe implementation without taxing the host system's memory or CPU cycles.
• EnhanceIO™ SSD Cache Software – STEC's first cross-platform application software solution that works with any commercially-available SSD to accelerate server data access response times and deliver exceptional performance.

Over the years, STEC has helped government and defense customers migrate mission-critical data from field deployment to the data center with solutions that can withstand the requirements of the most demanding and challenging environments. From operating reliably in extreme temperatures, to enduring intense shock or persistent vibration, to operating in space-constrained, embedded environments while consuming minimal power, STEC's broad line of solid-state solutions continue to provide the high reliability and high-performance access to data.

At LandWarNet, STEC will showcase both enterprise-class solid-state solutions (ZeusIOPS SSDs and Kronos PCIe SSAs) that accelerate application performance and data access, as well as embedded solutions (MACH16 SSDs and Slim SATA SSDs) used to store mission-critical data in field deployments.

"Our engineering team stands ready to continue delivering customized and innovative solutions for demanding government and defense applications," said Manouch Moshayedi, STEC's Chairman and CEO. "As a trusted partner to the leading government and defense system integrators, STEC provides the depth of engineering and field-proven successes that help our partners provide the performance, reliability and endurance required for stringent government qualifications."

For more information regarding STEC solutions for government and defense applications, or other STEC enterprise-class SSD solutions, please visit the company's web site at http://www.stec-inc.com.

About 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. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.stec-inc.com.

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Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including those statements concerning customer adoption and utilization of ZeusIOPS SSDs, Kronos PCIe SSAs, MACH16 SSDs, Slim SATA SSDs and EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software solutions; the performance of these SSD solutions into government and defense applications; the readiness of STEC's engineering team to deliver customized and innovative solutions; and the adoption of SSDs in general into new applications and 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. Important factors that 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. 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: Scott Harlin
         Public Relations Manager
         STEC, Inc.
         (949) 260-8231
         sharlin@stec-inc.com