Marathon Technologies Partners with Thomson to Deliver Continuous Uptime for Windows Servers in the Broadcast Industry

Business Wire, Sept 8, 2004

BOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Marathon Technologies Corporation, the only developer and supplier of fault- and disaster- tolerant business continuity solutions for industry standard Microsoft(R) Windows(R) environments announced today that it has partnered with Thomson-the world leader in integrated solutions (technologies, equipment and services) for the media and entertainment industries-to deliver continuous uptime for systems based on Windows servers. Through this partnership, Thomson customers will have access to Marathon FTvirtual Server(TM) software for Windows-based broadcast media solutions for complete protection from downtime and maximum business continuity.

"Marathon has a strong customer base in the media and entertainment industries," said George C. Tranos, President and CEO of Marathon Technologies. "By partnering with an industry leader like Thomson, we are able to further penetrate this key market."

About Marathon Technologies

Marathon Technologies Corporation (www.marathontechnologies.com) is the leading provider of software that delivers simple, cost-effective, continuous uptime for Intel based servers. Marathon FTvirtual Server software product line unites two unmodified industry-standard servers into a single, fully redundant high availability (99.999 %) configuration that appears to applications, networks, OS, and system administrators as a single fault tolerant server. Marathon software keeps applications running non-stop through failures and disasters with no failover or interruption in service with no loss of application data, no need for transaction rollback, and no loss of performance. Marathon is a privately held, venture-backed corporation based in Boxborough, Massachusetts, USA, with offices worldwide. For more information, call 1-978-266-9999 or 1-888-682-1142.

Marathon and Marathon FTvirtual Server are trademarks or registered trademarks of Marathon Technologies Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (C)2004 Marathon Technologies Corporation.