CoreData's RemoteWorx Selected by State of Ohio Office of the Auditor For Backup and Asset Management of their Mobile Workforce; Automation and Centralized Control Cited as Key Benefits.

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 1998--CoreData Inc. Tuesday announced that its RemoteWorx(TM) remote and mobile data backup software has been selected by the State of Ohio Office of the Auditor to provide automated data backup and asset management for their remote and mobile auditor workforce that currently reaches nearly 1,000 users.

The Office of the Auditor is the second largest auditing agency in the United States.

"Until we started using RemoteWorx, we had no viable means to backup critical data from our growing base of remote and mobile auditing professionals," said William Myers, manager of network and PC development, Office of the Auditor.

"We chose CoreData's RemoteWorx because of its ability to centrally control the backup and asset management process, quickly and effortlessly. This will help us dramatically reduce our overall costs of laptop ownership, including data recovery activities, help desk support and maintenance."

RemoteWorx detects and transmits only the specific bytes of changed data for each file. This automated backup process is performed off-line, without user intervention or server connection. Data packets are prepared, then transmitted invisibly to the RemoteWorx Server via automatic detection of an IP connection while users check e-mail or access other network resources.

This automatic and invisible processing ensures fast and efficient backups, lowers data transmission costs and increases system administrator efficiency. RemoteWorx is the only remote and mobile backup solution that includes asset management, a valuable tool for tracking software and hardware configuration changes to remote and mobile PCs.

RemoteWorx integrates with the Office of the Auditor's IBM ADSM(TM) storage management system. Utilizing the ADSM API, RemoteWorx monitors the server hard drive, then migrates data to ADSM according to pre-defined administrator parameters ensuring storage space availability.

"The Office of the Auditor is implementing a complete RemoteWorx solution that will deliver centralized management and control of their auditor workforce," said Gary Legner, CoreData co-founder and vice president of sales.

"They need the most efficient tools for pre-configuring and loading software on laptops in the field, initiating and controlling the backup processes, and automatically distribute software and data updates to their auditors. To meet these requirements, they've chosen RemoteWorx, Auto Client Installer and RemoteSync."

RemoteSync is a plug-in module to RemoteWorx software that provides high performance 'byte-level' data synchronization. The Office of the Auditor plans to use RemoteSync to keep remote users automatically and completely updated with the most recent data, and for software application distribution and maintenance.

RemoteWorx Auto Client Installer software enables network managers to quickly configure, electronically distribute and install RemoteWorx Client software on mobile and remote PCs. The Office of the Auditor will also use Auto Client Installer to add RemoteWorx Client software to remote and mobile PCs conveniently and easily as their network grows.

About the State of Ohio Office of the Auditor

With a staff of over 900 people and a budget of nearly $70 million, the Office of the Auditor is the second largest auditing agency in the United States, next to the General Accounting Office (GAO). This progressive state entity is responsible for auditing the financial records of Ohio's 4,400 units of local and state government, including cities, villages, universities, libraries, counties, and townships.

The Office of the Auditor extends its financial and technical training services to local governments and identifies incidents of fraud, waste and abuse in publicly funded institutions. Additionally, the Office of the Auditor writes approximately 11 million warrants (checks) and oversees more than a million electronic fund transfers annually to pay the state's bills. Office of the Auditor web site home page is www.auditor.ohio.gov/auditor.

About CoreData

With over 50,000 client licenses installed worldwide, CoreData is the industry's leading developer of backup software for remote and mobile PCs. CoreData also develops OEM technology that can be integrated with other industry-leading products. CoreData's products are optimized for remote and mobile users by minimizing the amount of data transmitted between remote PC clients and networked servers.

This optimization is achieved using CoreData's patent-pending byte-level change detection technology. CoreData provides remote and mobile users with fast, "automatic and invisible" data protection. For IT managers, CoreData provides centralized data management and control, and client PC asset discovery and reporting. For more information, contact CoreData Inc. Telephone: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web site: www.coredata.com.

Note to Editors: CoreData, RemoteWorx and RemoteSync are trademarks of CoreData, Inc. ADSTAR is a trademark of IBM Corp.

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