CommVault Systems opens Canadian market with sales in excess of US$1 million to the Department of National Defense and others.

EATONTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 1996--CommVault Systems announced today that it has opened the Canadian market with five new sales which aggregately exceed US$1 million.

Northern Concepts, CommVault's Canadian reseller forged contracts with Canada's Department of National Defense, (DND), Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans, (DFO) and Teleglobe Canada on behalf of the company.

The largest portion of the sales went to the Department of National Defense, with the purchase of three complete systems; two were purchased for DND headquarters in Ottawa and one was purchased for the Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, located in the province of Quebec. The second largest sale was to Teleglobe Canada. All the CommVault Systems have been shipped and are in the process of being installed.

The Canadian sales to date have comprised five basic CommVault Systems which are composed of a jukebox, server and multiple software products. CommVault Systems were selected for their multi-platform backup and recovery capabilities, and CommVault's software, which includes Backup, Data Migrator, DB Vault On-line and 3D Archive. Together, these products completely eliminate the potential for lost data.

Andy McAfee, co-founder and director of marketing for Northern Concepts, CommVault System's Canadian reseller remarked, "Many American marketers don't realize that the Canadian market is socially distinct from the United States market, and this uniqueness requires local representation and support; true expertise and an understanding of the Canadian customer and the market climate."

"CommVault is the product we focus on," says Dan Mahoney, co-founder and director of technology for Northernn Concepts. "While other resellers distribute a wide range of solutions, we have chosen to promote CommVault because it is the superior backup solution, particularly for the Canadian market which is heavy with Banyan and UNIX systems."

CommVault Systems is a leading storage provider for Banyan and UNIX environments, as well as Novell, Windows NT and VMS.

"We have had some early success in Canada and we are eager to build upon that platform. CommVault Systems is the only complete solution capable of managing the mixed environment and offering optical elements at the same time" says Nick Donato, CommVault Systems Sales Manager for Canada.

Dave Ireland, vice president of sales and marketing for CommVault Systems, said proudly, "This is an extraordinary step for CommVault Systems. This foothold in the Canadian market represents a huge coup for us as we expand globally, because many of the largest Banyan/Vines networks reside in Canadian-based operations. We are confident that these sales are indicative of the fact that the CommVault product is destined to be a long-term favorite in the world of database backup and storage."

CommVault Systems recently launched its own Professional Services division in order to develop and maintain a good relationship with all its customers, in both domestic and international markets. The Professional Services division gives customers direct assistance in implementing, enhancing, and optimizing their CommVault based storage management systems and networks.

"Our Professional Services help customers like Canada's Department of National Defense, who are constantly evolving, effectively plan and manage their storage backup systems within their distributed client/server environments," explained Ireland.

Northern Concepts Inc. (NCI) is a reseller of network solutions primarily to the Canadian federal government and eastern Canada. Northern Concepts is a specialized reseller of strategic network products. The company limits its representation to a small number of premium manufacturers which affords Northern Concepts the opportunity to become experts in the field and to provide their clients with the best representation.

CommVault Systems designs and markets a fully integrated line of network storage management solutions for distributed client/server environments. CommVault provides users with automated backup and restoration, hierarchical storage management, on-line and near-line archiving and volume management. CommVault Systems is headquartered in Eatontown, NJ and serves an international array of business, industry, government and military clients. For more information on CommVault Systems, call Kim Ciapka, director of marketing for CommVault Systems, at 908/935-8045. In Canada, call Dan Mahoney, director of technology for Northern Concepts at 613/225-7622.

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