Marathon Technologies Partners with Four Points Technology; Marathon FTvirtual Server Software Enables Simple, Affordable Continuous Uptime for Windows Environment

Business Wire, May 5, 2005

LITTLETON, Mass. -- Marathon Technologies Corporation, the only developer and supplier of fault and disaster- tolerant solutions for industry standard Microsoft(R) Windows(R) environments, announced today that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Four Points Technology, LLC. a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, Small Business dedicated to providing integrated products and services to the public sector. Through this agreement, Four Points Technology will sell Marathon FTvirtual Server(TM) software product line to meet its customers' needs for simple, affordable, continuously available Windows servers.

"Our partnership with Marathon demonstrates Four Points Technology's commitment to meeting our customers' unique objectives by leveraging relationships with technology leaders," said David Gilchrist, President, Four Points. "The Marathon FTvirtual Server products are the only solutions that deliver the level of fault and disaster tolerance for unmodified Windows servers that government and military customers require."

"Our partnership with Four Points Technology will allow us to make our product line more widely available throughout the public sector," said George C. Tranos, President and CEO of Marathon Technologies. "Because our product line is simple and affordable, and delivers the industry's highest levels of availability, it is particularly attractive to government and military customers."

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 Windows business continuity (99.999 % available) solution that appears to applications, networks, OS, and system administrators as a single fault tolerant server. Marathon software keeps applications running nonstop 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 Littleton, Massachusetts, USA, with offices worldwide. For more information, call 1-978-489-1100 or 1-888-682-1142.

About Four Points

Four Points Technology (www.4points.com) is a Fairfax, VA -based company that offers proven solutions, that support a variety of business initiatives specifically suited for government organizations. In addition to providing access to over 75 years of business and government related experience, Four Points Technology enables its government clients to fulfill their small business and Service-Disabled Veteran (SDV) purchasing goals (23% and 3% respectively) as mandated by the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003. For more information, call 703.279.6404

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.