'Seven Nines' Availability From Sure Power For First National Bank of Omaha's Technology Center.

DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1999--

-- MTECHNOLOGY Inc. Study Finds On-Site Computer-Grade

Power System For Nation's Largest Privately Owned Bank

Surpasses Promised Availability Levels --

Sure Power(TM) Corporation, the only provider of "High-Availability Power Systems," released today the findings of a probabilistic risk analysis study by MTECHNOLOGY, Inc., to determine the availability level of its on-site primary power system at the First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO). FNBO is the nation's largest privately owned bank and seventh largest credit card transaction processor. According to MTECHNOLOGY's findings, the FNBO installation attains 99.999995% uptime, or "seven 9s" of availability.

The Sure Power System is the whole product answer for businesses that rely on a continuous supply of computer grade power to sustain their revenues. In the 21st century, businesses such as data centers, E-commerce co-location centers, telecommunications companies, silicon wafer fabrication plants, biotech operations, processing facilities (including chemicals, plastics and food plants), credit card processing operations, insurance companies and financial institutions, rely on their computers for revenues. If the power system supplying electricity fails to deliver computer grade electricity to the computers, revenues are at immediate and substantial risk. The proprietary Sure Power High Availability Power System integrates ONSI Corp.'s PC 25 fuel cells and rotary equipment from Piller, Inc., to guarantee 99.9999% or "six 9s" uptime. U.S. businesses lose about $29 billion a year from computer failures due to power outages.

"In today's Internet-reliant global economy, a high-availability power source is critical to keeping systems on-line and businesses on-target for revenues," said William Cratty, President, Sure Power Corporation. "At the First National Bank of Omaha, the Sure Power System achieves an annual exposure to potential downtime of just 3.2 seconds, an uptime level that no other system can match."

Before Sure Power, typical combination set-ups of electricity from the utility grid, static uninterruptible power supplies, with racks of lead acid batteries for power during sags, and standby back-up generators only delivered "three 9s" of power availability. The Sure Power guarantee of "six nines" of availability exceeds those levels 1,000 times. MTECHNOLOGY, Inc.'s report, "Long Term Availability of the Sure Power System Installation at the First National Technology Center," done in conjunction with Prof. Michael Golay of the MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, states, "the Sure Power System as built for the First National Bank of Omaha, meets and exceeds the terms of the contract."

"The calculated independent failure unavailability is so small that a loss of power to the distribution bus due to random equipment failure is extremely unlikely over the 20-year anticipated lifetime of the system," stated Stephen Fairfax, vice-president of MTECHNOLOGY, Inc., based in Saxonville, Massachusetts.

The MTECHNOLOGY report validates Sure Power's promise to provide an uninterruptible power source - a constant flow of computer-grade electricity - to its clients. Fueled by natural gas, the Sure Power System reduces CO2 emissions by half compared with alternate technologies, and eliminates about 99% of the Nox and Sox emissions. The System is a cost-effective source of primary, on-site power for high availability applications.

About Sure Power Corporation

Sure Power Corporation of Danbury, Conn., delivers computer-grade electricity at "six 9s" availability and better, exceeding the highest availability levels required for the computers of today and tomorrow. With Sure Power's High Availability Power Systems, users realize substantially increased uptime, allowing for higher revenues and few unexpected losses. More information about Sure Power Corporation can be found at www.hi-availability.com.