To enter, attend the Adaptec NetSeminar “Storage Today and Tomorrow: Serial ATA and Beyond” on Tuesday September 23, 2003 at 2PM EDT at http://www.crn.com/netseminars, and fill out the questionnaire after the NetSeminar. Submit the completed form online by following the instructions on the screen. Alternatively, send the completed form, your name, company, address (specify home or business), telephone number (specify home or business) and e-mail address to Adaptec Storage Today and Tomorrow: Serial ATA and Beyond NetSeminar Sweepstakes, CMP Media LLC, 600 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030 Attention: Nanci Oehrlein. Contest begins September 23, 2003. All entries must be received on or before midnight E.D.T. October 3, 2003.

The two prizewinners will be determined at a random drawing of live NetSeminar attendees who also fill out the questionnaire after the NetSeminar at CMP Media LLC’s offices on or about October 6, 2003. The winners will be notified by mail, email and/or telephone on or about October 8, 2003. Judges’ decision is final. This contest is sponsored by CMP Media LLC, 600 Community Drive, Manhasset NY 11030, Adaptec Corporation, 691 Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035 and Maxtor Corporation, 500 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035.

2 Prizes: Each prize includes one Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 1210SA and two Maxtor DiamondMax® Plus 9, 120 GB drives

Value: $225.00 (approximate Retail Value) each; total value $450.00

The prizes will be awarded and shipped to winners. No substitution for prizes other than as offered. Taxes are the sole responsibility of winners.Winners will be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility, liability release and grant permission to use his/her name and likeness for advertising and promotion (without further compensation to the winners) within 21 days of notification or an alternate winner will be selected. Prizes are not transferable. (Tennessee residents need not complete and return a publicity release.) Contest void where prohibited or restricted by law.

Contest open to residents of the United States and Canada (except Quebec) who are 18 years or older, who attend the NetSeminar above and who have access to the Internet on or before September 23, 2003. Employees of CMP Media LLC, AdaptecCorporation, Maxtor Corporation and/or their affiliates, advertising, promotion and production agencies and members of their immediate families or those with whom they are domiciled are not eligible. Selected Canadian entrants must first correctly answer a mathematical skill testing question administered by mail in order to claim a prize.

One entry on the Web Site per person, e-mail address or household is permitted. Odds of winning are determined by the total number of eligible entries received. The use of any automated devices in connection with this promotion is prohibited. Entries made on the Internet will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. In the event of a dispute, potential winner may be required to provide proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the potentially winning entry.

By entering, participants release CMP Media LLC, AdaptecCorporation, Maxtor Corporation and their officers, employees, directors, agents and affiliates with respect to the use of the prizes awarded herein, agree to be bound by these rules, and consent to the use of their names and likeness for advertising and/or promotional and/or marketing purposes without additional compensation. (A Tennessee resident consents to the use of his name and likeness only if such Tennessee resident expressly consents to such use.) CMP Media LLC is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry of information including, but not limited to technical malfunctions, human error, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any telephone network, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof, entry materials that have been tampered with, or mail in entries that are illegible, late, lost, damaged, postage due or misdirected. CMP Media LLC, Adaptec or Maxtor are not responsible for any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any material in this promotion. Entries that have been tampered with or altered are void. CMP Media LLC reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this promotion if it becomes technically corrupted or if for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infections by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of CMP Media LLC, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this promotion.

This promotion shall be governed by the laws of the United States.

For the name of the prizewinners, available after October 8, 2003, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: