Simi Valley, Calif. — January 24, 2000 — NovaStor Corp. has appointed three new sales account executives to handle the increased sales volume in North, Central and South America. Brian Albertson, Carlos Gonzan and Leanne Seeley are responsible for maintaining and building direct relationships with major accounts in their assigned territories.

Brian Albertson, who has a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from the University of Oregon, has extensive major account sales experience with high performance multimedia and mobile electronics products. Brian will be responsible for sales in the Northwestern United States and Western Canada.

Carlos Gonzan, who holds a degree in International Sales from Oxnard College and speaks Spanish fluently, will be responsible for one of NovaStor’s major growth markets, Central and South America in addition to the Southern United States. Carlos previously held a similar position with Tandberg Data of Simi Valley.

As a graduate of California State University of Northridge CSUN, Leanne Seeley has worked for over five years in sales with the Los Angeles Daily News. Leanne is responsible for sales in the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada.

"With Brian, Carlos and Leanne now joining our team, we are poised to improve upon our record breaking sales pace set in 1999" said Mike Andrews, NovaStor's Director of Sales. He went on to say, "These three individuals bring a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to NovaStor and I feel confident they will be a valuable addition to the NovaStor sales organization. NovaStor plans to aggressively expand on its current market position and will be announcing upgrades to its popular backup solutions in the coming months, so it is imperative that we continue to offer our customers the best support possible."

About NovaStor

Established in 1987, NovaStor Corporation is a leading developer and supplier of data protection and disaster recovery software for Windows 9xx, NT, NetWare, Linux and Windows 2000. NovaStor has developed a wide range of desktop, home network, Internet and enterprise network backup, data synchronization and data management software solutions that position the company as a major provider of Internet and Enterprise data protection solutions.

NovaStor is headquartered at 80-B West Cochran Street, Simi Valley, CA 93065. Web site: www.novastor.com. E-mail: sales@novastor.com. Phone: 800-NOVASTOR or 805-579-6700. FAX: 805-579-6710.

Contacts:
Keith Murphy, Wildfire! 818-597-2114, kmurphy@wildfirepr.com Brian Dickman, Director of Marketing, 805-579-6700, Ext. 345 brian@novastor.com

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