Marathon Technologies Signs Distribution Agreement with Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions

Business Wire, March 14, 2006

LITTLETON, Mass., & ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- New Partnership Further Expands Offering to Arrow ECS IBM Resellers; Reinforces the Value of Marathon's High Availability Windows Solutions

Marathon Technologies Corporation, the leading provider of high availability solutions for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) environments, announced today that the IBM Group of Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions (ECS), a business group of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), is now distributing Marathon's FTvirtual Server software to its worldwide reseller and ISV partners.

Under the terms of the agreement, Arrow will distribute Marathon's high availability solutions and the two companies will work cooperatively on joint marketing, sales and lead generation initiatives. As a premier distributor of IBM and other brand name products, Arrow is committed to its reseller customer base, offering total solutions, including high availability software to ensure maximum uptime for critical business applications.

"High availability solutions, such as those provided by Marathon, are an integral part of the strategic offering we provide to our reseller and ISV partners," said Eric Williams, executive vice president, the IBM Group, Arrow ECS. "Marathon's compelling and innovative approach to protecting Windows applications meets the rigorous needs of our growing list of IBM resellers. We look forward to expanding our relationship with Marathon into other key areas of our business."

Marathon's FTvirtual Server software delivers simple, affordable uptime for business critical Windows applications. The company's high availability software solution protects applications and data from platform faults and failures using intelligent fault management.

"We are proud to be working closely with one of the most successful distributors of enterprise-class products," said Gary R. Phillips, president and CEO of Marathon Technologies. "This partnership represents a key milestone for Marathon and underscores the continued adoption of our high availability products to solve one of the most critical challenges facing IT organizations today--continuous availability of their Windows environments."

About Marathon Technologies

Founded in 1993, Marathon Technologies Corporation is the leading provider of high availability software and service solutions focused on keeping critical business process applications running in a Windows OS environment. Marathon's unique virtualization architecture is based on patented technology that unites two unmodified industry-standard servers into a virtual configuration that appears to applications, networks, OS, and system administrators as a single high availability server. Marathon is a privately held, venture-backed corporation based in Littleton, Massachusetts, USA, with offices worldwide. For more information please visit www.marathontechnologies.com or call 978-489-1100 or 888-682-1142.

About Arrow ECS

Arrow ECS is the global business group of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) that provides enterprise and midrange computing products, services and solutions to value-added resellers, system integrators, and independent software vendors (ISVs). Based in Englewood, Colo., Arrow ECS connects its customers to an exclusive network of the world's foremost technology suppliers, including HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems, EMC, NetApp, HDS, and other leading storage networking, software, and security suppliers. Arrow Electronics reported $2.7 billion in worldwide computer products sales in 2005. Visit us at www.arrowecs.com.

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.