Connected Broadens the Data Protection Discussion; Connected CEO Bob Brennan Addresses Protecting The Most Often Overlooked Information Asset--Enterprise PC Data.

Business/Technology Editors

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2001

Companies are re-evaluating their data protection and security plans. As part of this effort, many CIOs are updating disaster recovery procedures and struggling with how to best protect all of their corporation's vital data assets.

"Most companies have realized that they need to protect their corporate data. Unfortunately IT departments often stop once they've secured their servers and slapped anti-virus software on their PCs," said Bob Brennan, CEO of Connected Corporation. "More than 60 percent of all corporate data is located on PCs and any solution that does not protect these valuable assets is fatally flawed."

Brennan will join other industry leaders in a Web chat moderated by Congressman Sherwood L. Boehlert, (R--New York) Chairman of the House Committee on Science, member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence and a delegate to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, where he serves as chairman of the Assembly's Scientific and Technology Committee.

This chat (http://webcast.mediaondemand.com/govnet/20011031/registration.ihtml), to be held on Wednesday, October 31 at 9:30 a.m. ET, will discuss how public and private sector leaders are coming together to build America's Information Shield as part of GovNet. The issues discussed in this chat will leverage GovNet's themes and directives while offering additional ideas that can also be applied to the private sector.

Computer and data security measures must be broad enough to cover even the most vulnerable and widely distributed elements of corporate networks - the PCs - not just centralized servers. Multiple technologies must be combined to protect the entire corporation, ensuring there are no weak links in the data security plan. Even with the most advanced security measures in place, companies can remain vulnerable, unless they gather and secure all their data, all the time.

To speak with Bob Brennan about PC data protection, please contact either Mark McClennan or David Bowker at 781-684-0770, or e-mail [e-mail]

About Connected

Based in Framingham, Massachusetts, with multiple U.S. and international offices, Connected Corporation is the market-leader in providing PC data protection and management solutions, including secure backup and recovery, PC migration, application self-healing, and asset survey capabilities for enterprise desktop and mobile PCs. Connected's PC lifecycle management technology improves enterprise productivity by significantly reducing computer downtime, and the costs and burdens associated with managing PCs and their stored information assets. More than 350 of the world's largest corporations, including Cisco Systems, Compaq, EMC, GAP, Goodrich and Hewlett-Packard, use the award-winning Connected TLM software. For more information visit www.connected.com or call 1-800-353-3078.

Connected and Connected TLM are trademarks of Connected Corporation. All names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.