DataMirror Appoints New Director of UK Sales.

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TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2002

John Dorling Brings Extensive Experience With

Network Appliance, EMC and Sun Microsystems 

DataMirror (Nasdaq: DMCX; TSE: DMC), the leading provider of enterprise application integration and resiliency solutions, today announced the appointment of John Dorling as Director of UK Sales. Based in DataMirror's new headquarters in London, England, Dorling will lead the UK Sales team in developing and implementing effective sales and marketing strategies to champion the ongoing adoption of DataMirror real-time data integration, data resiliency and data monitoring software solutions in the UK and European markets.

"We are extremely pleased that John has joined the DataMirror team," said Nigel Stokes, CEO of DataMirror. "With 16 years of progressive sales experience in the UK, John brings senior level management skills to the DataMirror team. During his tenure as Sales Director for Network Appliance, John increased revenues by 390% in two years. We are confident that with John's skills and extensive experience in enterprise software and IT sales, he will help drive our sales growth in the lucrative UK market this fiscal year and beyond."

Prior to joining DataMirror, Dorling most recently served as an Operational Director at Network Appliance UK Limited, a leading provider of networked storage and content delivery solutions, where he attained extensive sales and sales management experience in selling network-centric software and hardware IT solutions. Prior to this role, Dorling served as Manager for the Finance and Banking Markets at EMC UK. Dorling has also served at Sun Microsystems as a Global Account Manager where he managed the global business of one of their largest clients, at Hewlett Packard as Senior Sales Executive, Investment Banking Team, and at Digital Equipment Corporation as Corporate Account Manager.

In 1986, Dorling earned a Higher Diploma in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the Colchester Polytechnic UK.

About DataMirror

DataMirror (Nasdaq: DMCX; TSE: DMC) delivers solutions that let customers integrate data across their enterprises. DataMirror's comprehensive family of products unlocks the experience of now(TM) by providing advanced real-time capture, transform and flow (CTF) technology that gives customers the instant data access, integration and availability they demand today across all computers in their business.

Over 1,500 companies use DataMirror to integrate their data. Real-time data drives all business. DataMirror is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, and has offices worldwide. DataMirror has been ranked in the Deloitte and Touche Fast 500 as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America. For more information, call 1-800-362-5955 or visit the DataMirror web site at www.datamirror.com.

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