SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Feb. 17, 2004 - NovaStor Corporation today announced that its NovaNet-WEB online backup software has been selected by e-Backups of St. Louis as the core component of its Business Alliance Program, a service that enables ISPs, solution providers and other suppliers to efficiently enter into the off-site backup and disaster recovery marketplace and offer a premium service without the capital investment other solutions require.

The e-Backups Business Alliance Program includes a branded landing page to facilitate online ordering, billing, commission tracking, interactive sales, tech support, marketing and advertising. Everything is supported by the complete infrastructure, including hardware and software.

According to David Gambino, e-Backups president and CEO, in the course of performing their due diligence, they researched competitive software and determined that NovaNet-WEB was simply light years ahead.

"This is hands-down the best solution out there," Gambino explained. "Just as important, NovaStor has been wonderful to work with. They have a great support staff and, most importantly, they're accessible. This is absolutely essential for us because our clients expect us to solve their problems. If anything goes wrong, we've got a lot riding on NovaStor's ability to quickly solve the problem -- and they don't let us down. They've been a great partner. And that allows us to be a great partner to our subscribing companies."

A powerful database allows e-Backups Partners to track everything their customers do including account activities, growing needs, updates and upgrades. The billings/collections function -- a favorite with the partners -- tracks all billings and costs, commissions and 24/7 order processing and deployment.

For those companies required by law to safely store records off site, e-Backups maintains a secure off-site data center complete with generator backups, dual power grids, fire suppression and security cameras.

Partners also have the freedom and flexibility to design their own solutions and achieve specific goals. Using e-Backups resources and expertise, they can come to market quickly and establish a recurring revenue model with no additional equipment to buy and no learning curve.

Gambino noted that there is little risk, total cost of ownership (TCO) is low, and margins are often better than if a company built its own system. "We're more than just a paper partner," Gambino said. "We enable our Partners to manage everything and keep in touch with what's going on. We pull all the pieces together and deliver a true data recovery subscription service."

NovaStor's NovaNet-WEB works over any TCP/IP connection, turning an ordinary server into a powerful, fully automated network backup system that reliably backs up business-critical data and confidential information to a network server on a regular basis. IT professionals can easily implement and manage backup requirements of different users and departments. Remote users can securely back up data to the central data center every night. Mobile users can quickly backup data in minutes using encrypted transmissions. And companies can reduce IT costs without endangering data protection.

About e-Backups

With headquarters in St. Louis, e-Backups is a leading provider of off-site data protection for a variety of industries, including financial services, legal, health care, banking, state and local government, and manufacturing. Its complete solution -- data center, hardware, software and experienced support staff -- enables corporate IT staff, LAN administrators and software development firms to smoothly implement an off-site data protection service to their users.

About NovaStor Corp.

NovaStor (www.novastor.com) has been a leading developer of backup and disaster recovery software solutions since 1987. The company specializes in offering simplified, reliable and cost-effective solutions to small computing environments around the world. NovaStor has headquarters at 80-B West Cochran Street, Simi Valley, CA 93065.