Marathon Technologies Signs Partnership with Federal Edge

Business Wire, March 28, 2005

LITTLETON, Mass. -- Marathon FTvirtual Server Software Enables Simple, Affordable Continuous Uptime for Windows Environment

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 signed a strategic partnership agreement with Federal Edge, a leading provider of technology solutions and consulting services for the federal government. Through this agreement, Federal Edge will sell Marathon FTvirtual Server(TM) software product line to provide the industry's only simple, affordable fault and disaster protection for Windows servers and blades.

"Being able to provide our government and military customers with 24/7 availability and disaster protection for their Windows servers is an important differentiator for us," said Cindra Stolk, President and CEO, Federal Edge. "Through this partnership, we are able to offer our customers an affordable way to get the highest levels of availability for Windows servers in the industry."

"By partnering with Federal Edge, Marathon is able to capture greater market share and to better address the needs of customers in the federal government sector," said George C. Tranos, President and CEO, Marathon Technologies.

About Federal Edge

Federal Edge (www.federaledge.com), a woman-owned small HUBZone business, has brought together and trained a successful staff to ensure that customers get the focused personalized attention they need to provide the right product at the right price. Federal Edge's personal commitment is to make very significant contributions towards the achievement of both their own company and their customer's goals. For more information, call 951-683-5024.

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 or blades into a fully redundant configuration that appears to applications, networks, OS, and system administrators as a single fault tolerant server or blade. Marathon software keeps applications running nonstop through failures and disasters with no failover or interruption in service, 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 Littleton, Massachusetts, USA, with offices worldwide. For more information, call 1-978-489-1119 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)2005 Marathon Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved.