Atempo's Time Navigator Certified by Network Appliance for Data ONTAP

Business Wire, June 22, 2004

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Atempo Inc., a leader in information lifecycle strategies for data protection, today announced that Time Navigator(TM) has been certified for NetApp(R) Data ONTAP(TM) 6.5 from Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP). Network Appliance is a leader in enterprise network storage; Atempo is a leading provider of data protection solutions to Global 1000 and medium-sized firms seeking a highly scalable and feature-rich data protection solution that can restore any file at any given point in time with consistent image restore through a simple and visual process.

This certification allows customers using Time Navigator to have full confidence in working with NetApp unified storage solutions running the latest Data ONTAP software. The certification also means that Time Navigator customers can seamlessly integrate the NetApp NearStore and FAS platforms into their backup planning. The combination of Time Navigator and NetApp delivers a highly scalable data and storage management solution that is easy to deploy and manage, while delivering data protection features like synthetic full backup, 1-port firewall backup, multiple writes, and internal and commercial billing for data center.

"Atempo and Network Appliance are working together to fulfill enterprise customers' needs for proven, flexible, and feature-rich data storage and protection solutions," said Rich Boberg, senior director of strategic technology partnering at Network Appliance. "We understand that customers rely on dependable data protection to safeguard their critical business information and continue their business operations."

"We continue the close collaboration with Network Appliance to provide our mutual customers with open, flexible, and powerful storage networking solutions," said Rick Wojcik, Atempo's CEO. "Maintaining total, certified compatibility with every relevant platform, database, application, and storage device is a top priority for Atempo, so our customers never have to worry that their data protection software will be a roadblock to any upgrade or migration."

About Atempo

Founded in 1992, Atempo enables practical, comprehensive and flexible information life cycle management strategies with a suite of business continuity and compliance solutions based on Atempo's Time Navigator Platform. With an established network of value-added resellers and strategic alliances, Atempo empowers 2000 companies and partners worldwide with the fastest backup and restore, disaster recovery, archiving, and regulatory compliance solutions in this time of unrelenting data growth. For more information please visit www.atempo.com or call (866) 417-0200.

Atempo and the Atempo logo are trademarks, and Time Navigator is a registered trademark of Atempo S.A. and Atempo, Inc. NetApp is a registered trademark and Network Appliance, Data ONTAP, and The evolution of storage are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. All other products, services, and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.