Connected Corporation and CIO Magazine Publisher Highlight the Importance of Corporate Data Protection.

Business/Technology Editors

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2002

CIO Publisher and Connected CEO to Explain How Corporations Can Leverage Information Availability as a Competitive Differentiator and Cost Reducer

Connected Corporation, the market-leading provider of PC data protection and management solutions, in conjunction with CIO magazine, today announced it will host a series of educational briefings across the country where executives can meet, learn and discuss best practices for corporate data protection, business continuity and controlling IT costs.

"CIO's Tech Poll research shows that information security has become a top priority for IT leadership," said Gary Beach, group publisher CXO Media. "Corporate data and information is akin to company DNA; essential to operations and a powerful differentiator. Companies must have a plan in place to preserve and protect such a valuable asset so it's always available. Protecting data does more than just archive information, it helps companies preserve and maximize their valuation, and even build competitive advantage."

Each Seminar will address several important issues, including:

- How Safe Is Your Corporate Data? -- What are the CIOs of Global 2000
companies telling the editors of CIO Magazine?

- Managing Top IT Leadership Concerns -- What role can data protection play in
managing cost reductions, the risk of infrastructure atrophy and the growing
application backlog?

- Beyond ROI -- How does data protection impact business and shareholder
valuation?

- Exposing The Dirty Secrets of Data Protection -- What are the dirty little
secrets of data protection and how can they be solved? Most corporate data
protection plans only protect 40 percent of corporate data.

"Simply backing up servers is no longer a viable option for complete data protection and disaster recovery," said Bob Brennan, CEO of Connected. "A comprehensive business continuity plan that includes fail safe measures and automatically protects remote worker data is required to preserve vital business information. Before companies can implement such a plan, they need to know the right questions to ask. These seminars will help them discover the questions required within their own organizations."

The seminars are offered as dinner briefings, which will feature presentations by Bob Brennan, CEO of Connected Corporation, and Gary Beach, Group Publisher of CXO Media. Brennan is a recognized expert on data protection and has been a featured speaker on government-hosted panels with U.S. House of Representatives technology experts. Beach has testified before both the U.S. House and Senate and is frequently quoted by major media organizations such as CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, C-SPAN and MSNBC.

Seminars will be held on the following dates:

Beverly Hills, CA - May 15, 2002 - Beverly Hills Hilton

Dallas, TX - June 5, 2002 - Wyndham Anatole

New York, NY - May 14, 2002 - W Hotel

San Francisco, CA - May 16, 2002 - Carnelian Room

All seminars begin at 6:00 p.m.

How to Attend:

These exclusive, peer-to-peer events are limited to a small number of C-level executives and technical directors: if you are interested in attending, please register at http://www.connectedseminars.com/cio/agenda.asp

About Connected

Based in Framingham, Massachusetts, with multiple U.S. and international offices, Connected Corporation is the market-leading provider of PC data protection and management solutions, including secure backup and recovery, application self-healing, asset survey and PC migration 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 400 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.