SBE Announces Appointment of Greg Yamamoto as Chief Executive Officer and President and Member of the Board of Directors

SBE Inc. (Nasdaq:SBEI), a leading provider of
high-performance Internet Protocol (IP) based storage and networking
solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), today announced
that Daniel Grey resigned from his positions as Chief Executive
Officer and President of the company. Mr. Grey also resigned from the
company's board of directors. Although Mr. Grey's resignation was
effective on March 3, 2006, Mr. Grey has agreed to assist the company
in a non-executive capacity until April 15, 2006, or such earlier time
as may be requested by the board of directors. Mr. Grey has served as
the company's Chief Executive Officer and President since January 1,
2005.
   On March 3, 2006, the SBE board of directors appointed Greg
Yamamoto, 50, as Chief Executive Officer and President and as a member
of the board of directors of the company, effective immediately. Mr.
Yamamoto was previously the company's Executive Vice President and
joined the company following the company's acquisition of PyX
Technologies, Inc. in July 2005. Mr. Yamamoto served as the Chief
Executive Officer of PyX from January 2005 until its acquisition by
the company. Prior to joining PyX, Mr. Yamamoto served as Senior
Director of Business Development for the Storage and Communications
Division of LSI Logic, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of
integrated circuits and storage systems, from July 2000 through
December 2004.

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extensive range of applied computing applications. SBE delivers a
portfolio of scalable, standards-based hardware and software products,
including iSCSI and VoIP, designed to enable optimal performance and
rapid deployment across a wide range of next generation communications
and storage systems. Based in San Ramon, California, SBE is a publicly
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