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Syncsort Announces Commitment to Support HP-UX 11i v3 and New HP Integrity Servers

Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, February 15, 2007 – Syncsort, Inc. today announced that Backup Express will support HP-UX 11i v3 as well as the expanding HP Integrity server family. These additional offerings include the new c-Class HP Integrity BL860c blade server and the new HP Integrity rx2660 entry-level server.

Backup Express's data protection integration with HP-UX 11i v3 will provide customers with significant performance enhancements while introducing increased resiliency, layered security and in-depth protection.

"Syncsort Inc. strives to achieve the latest in compatibility and manageability by persistently working towards supporting a variety of rich end-user experiences," says Harvey Tessler, Syncsort's Director of Marketing. "Support for these new HP features will give customers the option to upgrade to an even more cost-effective technology. They can experience the latest in performance and still maintain confidence in their data protection and disaster recovery solutions."

"Protecting against threats to continuous business operations is a top concern for many of our customers," said Michelle Weiss, vice president of marketing, Business Critical Systems, HP. "Syncsort's support of HP-UX 11i v3 as well as the new HP Integrity servers means enterprise customers can rest assured their IT is highly available and secure."

Syncsort users can expect support for these new technologies in June 2007 and anticipate a secure and seamless integration path, enhanced performance and improved ROI.

About Backup Express
Syncsort's Backup Express is the only data protection and disaster recovery solution that integrates heterogeneous snapshot, image and rapid recovery options, next-generation disk-to-disk, and integrated support for applications, clusters and SAN configurations. Syncsort's disaster recovery solution offers nearly-continuous protection, offsite data transfer and instant availability of servers and applications. The entire enterprise environment can be managed centrally and enterprise reporting provides a unified view of data, storage and activities.

About Syncsort
Syncsort Incorporated is a leading developer of high-performance data management and data warehousing software for mainframe, UNIX, Linux and Windows environments. For more than 35 years, Syncsort has built a reputation for superior product performance and reliable technical support. An independent market research firm has named Syncsort as one of the top Data Warehouse 100 Vendors for seven years in a row. Over 90 percent of the Fortune 100 companies are Syncsort customers, and Syncsort's products are used in more than 50 countries to back up and protect data in distributed environments, speed data warehouse processing, and improve performance of data-intensive applications and processes. For more information, visit the Syncsort Web site at www.syncsort.com.

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