Atempo Expands in Poland; Grows Channel Coverage Throughout Eastern Europe


PALO ALTO, Calif., February 8, 2006 - Atempo, the leader in data protection and storage security for trusted information lifecycle management (ILM), today announced a major expansion throughout Eastern Europe, opening an office in Warsaw, Poland and signing a reseller agreement with Softex Data, a well-known Polish IT integrator. Concurrently, Atempo is partnering with four storage-centric channel partners in Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia and Turkey. According to Gartner Dataquest, Eastern Europe represents a $250M market in 2006 for storage management software.

"We are excited to enter into this reseller agreement with Atempo for the Polish data protection market," said Jacek Polowniak, commercial director at Softex Data. "By partnering with Atempo our customers gain access to a best-in-class data protection product, Time Navigator, delivering high performance data protection and storage security for heterogeneous IT environments."

"Atempo's expanded presence in Eastern Europe gives us coverage in a growing and strategically important region. The data protection market in Eastern Europe is largely new deployments, and our experience is that when users are not bound-in by legacy data protection infrastructure, they choose Atempo," said Bas Broekarts, Vice President, EMEA Sales for Atempo. "In Eastern Europe and beyond, Atempo is committed to partnering with leading channel partners to fuel our continued growth."

About Atempo

Atempo is the leader in trusted information lifecycle management. Atempo's solution enables corporations to protect all their digital assets and secure those assets against tampering and theft over their information lifecycle. Atempo's Time Navigator software suite delivers enterprise-wide secure data protection and storage security, enabling corporations to meet critical business requirements including digital privacy, regulatory compliance, non-repudiated long-term archiving, and business continuity. Founded in 1992, Atempo has more than 2500 customers worldwide, with a sales and support network exceeding 100 resellers. The company's dual headquarters are in Palo Alto, CA, and Paris, France. Learn more about Atempo and its "Trusted ILM" vision at www.atempo.com.

Atempo and the Atempo logo are trademarks, and Time Navigator is a registered trademark of Atempo S.A. and Atempo, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

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