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                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.1

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[IPL                                                               NEWS
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                                                COMPANY CONTACT: ANITA BUCHANAN
                                                               IPL SYSTEMS, INC.
                                                                 (508) 461-1090


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                           IPL SYSTEMS, INC. REPORTS
                           CLOSING OF ANDATACO MERGER

MAYNARD, MA (JUNE 3, 1997) - IPL SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ/SMALLCAP IPLS) today
announced that it has completed the closing of the merger transaction with
ANDATACO according to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and
Reorganization entered into by the two companies on February 28, 1997. IPL
shareholders approved the plan on June 3.

Under the agreement, the shareholders of ANDATACO were issued a total of
18,078,381 shares of IPL Class A Common Stock, of which 10% are to be held in
escrow for one year, and an additional 272,982 shares were reserved for
issuance upon exercise of certain outstanding warrants and options of ANDATACO.
IPL now has a total of 23,712,200 shares issued and outstanding, and W. David
Sykes, the principal shareholder of ANDATACO, is now the controlling
shareholder of the combined companies. Immediately following the closing,
Harris Ravine was elected Chairman and CEO of IPL and W. David Sykes was
elected to be a director, Vice Chairman and President.

In the combined companies, sales and distribution will be driven from three
groups. ANDATACO Sales will continue to handle sales and distribution of
end-user and reseller products. ESP Sales will continue to develop OEM
partnerships based on ANDATACO's Enterprise Storage Packaging (ESP), related
storage management software and other strategic hardware and software
technologies. The Professional Services Group will provide customers with
value-added technical and consulting services. IPL Systems' Maynard,
Massachusetts operations will be the research and development organization,
supplemented by ANDATACO's software engineering staff. Maynard operations will
also include certain advanced production, marketing responsibilities and
technical support.

Based on their respective financial reporting schedules, the aggregate 1996
revenues of the two companies totaled more than $100 million, and current
employees total 235, including 70 sales personnel in 19 sales offices worldwide.
For financial reporting purposes, the results of the combined businesses will be
reported based on ANDATACO's
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fiscal year, which ends on October 31. Shares will be traded on the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market under the symbol "IPLS." 

Chairman and CEO Harris Ravine stated, "The completion of this merger marks the
emergence of an NT and UNIX storage provider which combines IPL's traditional
engineering capability and ANDATACO's successful sales and distribution channels
as well as its service commitment. The integration of the two organizations
began prior to closing to assure a smooth transition, and we are encouraged by
the progress to date. One result of this collaboration is that, within 30 days,
we expect to introduce a new high availability RAID storage solution that
combines IPL's dual active controller technology with ANDATACO's unique ESP
enclosure, offering attractive features and price performance advantages
compared to available technologies."

Vice Chairman and President W. David Sykes commented, "I am pleased that we
have moved from focusing on the merger process to the introduction of new
products, expansion of our markets and management of the company's performance.
The development of OEM partnership initiatives and the new Professional Services
Group offer particularly exciting new avenues for increasing our business
opportunities. I know that both organizations believe that ANDATACO and IPL are
an excellent match and we look forward to realizing the potential of the new
company."

ANDATACO-IPL Systems, Inc., with offices in San Diego, California and Maynard,
Massachusetts, designs, manufactures and distributes open-architecture storage
solutions for UNIX and Windows NT environments. The combined companies design
high availability disk storage, tape backup and restore solutions based on their
unique controllers and intelligent enclosure technology. The companies
distribute internally developed products, and products from other manufacturers,
through a network of 19 sales offices worldwide and through business affiliates
in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Canada and Australia.