Exide Electronics Expands Market Focus With New Line-Up of NetUPS
Line-Interactive UPS

Competitively-Priced Solutions Include Free Software and Unique Battery
Management System

Networld + Interop, Las Vegas, NV, APRIL 2, 1996 -- Exide Electronics
Group,Inc. (NASDAQ: XUPS), today unveiled its new line-up of NetUPS
uninterruptible power systems (UPS), adding line-interactive UPSs to its
growing portfolio of Strategic Power Management solutions. NetUPS is a
mid-level UPS that responds to the power protection needs of point-of-sale
systems, home office systems, small workstations, servers, and other
applications where price-sensitivity and performance are primary
considerations. A unique battery management system differentiates the
performance of Exide Electronics NetUPS and provides customers a solution
that typically costs less than five percent of an initial computer
investment.

"Customers now have access to a complete range of UPS technologies and
products which can be matched more precisely to actual application
requirements," said Darrick Finan, Manager of Product Marketing. "The
breadth of our offerings, which now include line-interactive UPSs, gives
our customers a single source from which to purchase a set of solutions
that can be upgraded easily as needs change." In addition to the mid-level
NetUPS, Exide Electronics offers the PowerwareR Prestige on-line UPS for
critical high-end applications and the OneUPSR for basic protection of
single-user, PC-type applications.

NETUPS SHARES SOME OF THE SAME UNIQUE FEATURES AS FULL-FEATURE ON-LINE UPS

The NetUPS incorporates the same unique CellSaver technology used in Exide
Electronics' top-line products for mission-critical applications.
CellSaver conserves battery resources by allowing the NetUPS to regulate
output voltage when input voltage is outside normal limits -- typically
without a cycle to battery. Most competitive UPSs must momentarily switch
to battery in this phase of operation, depleting battery life because of
excessive battery cycling.

The NetUPS also employs a buck and double boost feature which provides the
widest input voltage range available in a line-interactive UPS (-30% + 20%
of nominal input voltage). A wide input voltage range reduces the need to
constantly switch to battery which again can contribute to premature
battery failure.

An additional feature that sets NetUPS apart from many other UPS in the
network computing market is the user friendly power management software
that is included with every unit purchased. The software package comes
with 14 different operating systems installed, a serial cable, a 9-25 pin
adapter and an installation guide.

The NetUPS is now available at a suggested list price that begins at
approximately $350 for the 450 VA model and up to $839 for the 1500 VA
model.

Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., Exide Electronics fulfills the Strategic
Power Management needs of a broad range of businesses and institutions
worldwide, including many Fortune 1000 companies. Exide Electronics'
products are used with PCs, high performance networks and centralized
mainframe environments which support financial, medical, industrial,
telecommunications, military, aerospace applications and more -- wherever
continuous power is essential to mission-critical operations.

For more information, contact:

Marty Kittrell
Chief Financial Officer
(919) 870-3076
kittrell@email.exide.com

Karin Cram
Corporate Communications
(919) 870-3239
cram@email.exide.com
 
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