Press Release (U.S.)

Asigra Televaulting Named to Storage and Searchstorage.com 'Products of the Year'; Televaulting Earns Bronze in Backup and Disaster Recovery Software Field

Toronto - Jan. 12, 2005 - Asigra, the technology specialists in distributed backup and recovery software for network computing, today announced that its Televaulting solution has been honored with the bronze award in the backup and disaster recovery software category of the "2004 Products of the Year" awards presented by the editors of TechTarget's Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com.
Award winners are selected based on the product's innovation, performance, ease of integration into existing environments, ease of use and manageability, functionality and value and judged by the TechTarget Storage Media Group editorial staff, in conjunction with a team of users, industry experts, analysts and consultants.
"Dollars and sense are the key virtues Toronto-based Asigra Inc.'s Televaulting brings to remote backup software," according to the award copy. "Televaulting breaks ground with volume-based pricing and sheer practicality, and it scores big with its agentless architecture."
"Agentless backup is incredibly innovative," noted one judge, adding that the product's "pricing is market disruptive."
"We are pleased to be recognized by the editors of TechTarget's Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com website as one of this year's Products of the Year awards," said Eran Farajun, Asigra Executive Vice President. "It is indeed an honor to have your work recognized as being among the top 15 storage products of 2004, beating out hundreds of others. We look forward to providing even greater innovation in our Televaulting solution during 2005."
Asigra eliminates many storage pain points through technology that is designed for enterprise-wide centralization, built from the ground up to perform on a global level. It is tested and certified compatible by leading infrastructure providers, not to take the place of data center backup software, but complement it for multi-site backup and recovery. Business benefits that differentiate Asigra's offering from other backup solutions include true regulatory compliance, reduction in worldwide IT management expenditures, compounded reduction of hardware/software capital and enterprise-wide license costs, a pay-as-you-grow pricing model and the highest level of assurance that all company data is protected.

About Asigra
Founded in 1986, Asigra is the specialist in distributed data backup and recovery solutions for network computing. With Asigra's Televaulting software, enterprises can reliably protect mission-critical information across all their geographically dispersed "data islands," whether they reside on servers, desktops or laptops. The privately held company is based in Toronto, Canada.

About SearchStorage.com
TechTarget's SearchStorage.com is the number-one online designation for IT professionals charged with purchasing, implementing and managing storage systems at the core of large- and medium-sized businesses. More than 290,000 IT executives, managers and staff rely on SearchStorage.com for the information they need to do their jobs, including original editorial features, news, expert storage advice, Webcasts and white papers.

About Asigra
Founded in 1986, Asigra is the specialist in distributed data backup and recovery solutions for network computing. With Asigra's Televaulting software, enterprises can reliably protect mission-critical information across all their geographically dispersed "data islands," whether they reside on servers, desktops or laptops. The privately held company is based in Toronto, Canada. For more information, contact Asigra at 416-736-8111 ext. 101 or visit the company's website at www.asigra.com.