APTARE CEO Richard Clark to Participate in Panel at Data Protection Summit 2007


CAMPBELL, Calif., Feb. 27: Richard Clark, CEO of APTARE(R), Inc., a provider of web-based storage reporting and management software, will participate in a data protection panel at the first-annual Data Protection Summit 2007 in Irvine, CA.

The roundtable, "How to Create Your Own Data Protection Plan," will be held on Monday, March 12, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. The panel will be led by Bruce Backa, President of NTP Software and Editor-in-Chief, Information Storage and Security Journal. In addition to Clark, other participants on the panel include executives from IBM, Lumigent Technologies, Application Security, Protegrity, EMC, and Compuware.

"Data has become the crown jewel of most enterprises," said Clark, "and companies are held to a higher degree of accountability when it comes to safeguarding their data. Fortunately, there are certain measures that IT managers can take to implement an effective data protection plan to reduce their data exposure, improve capacity planning, increase performance and streamline regulatory compliance. Data Protection Summit is an excellent venue that provides a valuable service for IT managers and vendors that are implementing and updating their data protection strategies."

APTARE continues to be the solution of choice when it comes to data protection management among Fortune 500 companies. Its award-winning solution, APTARE StorageConsole(R), is a web-based portal that provides a centralized view of the backup and recovery environment, allowing storage administrators to have real-time access to dashboard reports. APTARE Storage console supports all of the major backup solutions including Veritas NetBackup, Veritas Backup Exec, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), and EMC Legato NetWorker.

About Data Protection Summit

The first annual Data Protection Summit, the nation's only conference dedicated entirely to keeping data safe, secure, and private, will be held March 12-15, 2007 at the Hilton Irvine/Orange County Airport in Irvine, California. The Summit is the place to learn how to keep data safe and secure, protect information assets, avoid data breaches, and achieve regulatory compliance. The event includes tutorials, workshops, paper and panel sessions, keynotes, and exhibits. To learn more about the Summit or for online registration, please visit www.dataprotectionsummit.com.

About Richard Clark, CEO, APTARE

Clark has twenty years of leadership experience in the enterprise software industry. He founded APTARE in 1993 with the sole purpose of developing scalable web-based applications for large enterprises. As CEO, he is responsible for setting the strategic vision and direction of the company. In addition to founding APTARE, Clark served as Chief Information Officer for Sanrise, a leading storage service provider where he was responsible for the strategic direction of the company's solutions. Clark has several patents covering web-based architectures for enterprises and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with Honors and a Bachelor of Science degree from Auckland University, New Zealand.

About APTARE

Headquartered in Campbell, California, APTARE is a provider of web-based enterprise applications that simplify the management and optimization of complex data protection environments like backup and recovery. APTARE StorageConsole, the company's flagship product, is a browser-based portal that gives IT administrators and executives a centralized, real-time view of their data protection environment through interactive dashboards. Using APTARE StorageConsole, storage administrators can easily identify exposed data, improve capacity planning, increase performance, and streamline compliance. The software is sold direct, through a large base of resellers and managed services organizations. For more information, visit www.aptare.com.

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APTARE, Inc.
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