Dantz Retrospect Backup Software to be Included With Compaq Commercial Desktops and Workstations.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ORINDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 11, 2001

Dantz Development Corporation today announced that Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ) will bundle Retrospect(R) Express Backup with business desktop computers and workstations equipped with an optional CD-RW or VXA tape drive. Dantz's award-winning backup software was selected for its excellent performance, reliability, and ease of use.

"We only bundle software after it passes a rigorous evaluation process," said Jeff Groudan, director, Corporate Desktop Systems, Access Business Group, Compaq. "Retrospect's intelligent incremental backups and precise, single-step restores impressed us. Retrospect is backup software our customers can count on."

"Compaq has long maintained their market leadership role, especially in the storage arena, due to their focus on quality and reliability," remarked Lawrence Zulch, Dantz CEO. "Retrospect is the natural fit for Compaq's desktop backup systems, and customers will surely benefit from this collaboration."

"Regular backups are the only way to protect against data loss, whether caused by disaster, hardware failure, or simple user error," said Carolyn DiCenzo, chief analyst, Storage Management Software and SAN Appliances, Gartner Group. "By offering systems configured with Retrospect Backup software and a secondary storage device, Compaq is providing customers the tools necessary to safeguard their critical data."

RETROSPECT RELIABILITY

Retrospect employs several key technologies designed to provide 100% restore reliability. IncrementalPLUS(TM) technology provides time- and media-saving backups with the restore precision and reliability of full backups. Restores only require a single operation, even after many new-and-changed-file backups. Retrospect Backup also supports multiple backup sets and keeps each one complete, so only a single set is required to restore the entire computer. True verification confirms that backed-up files exactly match the originals, ensuring their restorability, and Retrospect's bootable CD disaster recovery feature can restore a system completely, even from "bare metal," such as following a destructive virus attack or when a new hard disk drive replaces one of lesser size.

AVAILABILITY

All Compaq business desktops and workstations that ship with an optional CD-RW drive will include Retrospect Express for Compaq in five languages: English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese. 16X CD-RW drives bundled with the Compaq edition of Retrospect Backup are available directly from Compaq and through authorized distributors worldwide now. VXA Tape drives bundled with the Compaq edition of Retrospect Backup will be available at the end of September, 2001.

ABOUT DANTZ

Dantz Development, a privately held corporation headquartered in Orinda, California, has been innovating backup software technologies for more than 15 years. Dantz's patented technologies provide small and medium businesses affordable backup software with proven reliability unavailable in other backup products. Dantz products are distributed and supported worldwide. Additional information is available on the Dantz website, www.dantz.com. Dantz is located at 4 Orinda Way, Building C, Orinda, CA 94563 and may be contacted by phone at +1 800.225.4880 or +1 925.253.3000.

Note to Editors: Retrospect is a registered trademark and IncrementalPLUS is a trademark of Dantz Development Corporation. All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.