DataMirror Asia Pacific Signs Reseller Agreement with Nissay IT.

Business Editors

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2002

DataMirror Partners with Nissay IT for Enterprise Application

Integration and Resiliency Projects

DataMirror (Nasdaq: DMCX; TSE: DMC), a leading provider of enterprise application integration and resiliency solutions, today announced that it has signed a reseller agreement with Nissay Information Technology Co., Ltd. of Japan. With over 1,200 employees and annual sales of (Yen) 36,300,000,000 (approximate US $280 million), Nissay IT is a leading provider of systems integration, network-related and outsourcing services to clients in the insurance and financial services, health care and medical services industries.

Nissay IT's parent company Nippon Life Insurance has also implemented DataMirror's Transformation Server(TM) software to integrate and transform customer data between an IBM iSeries based customer relationship management system and an IBM pSeries web server for e-Business.

"Using DataMirror Transformation Server, Nippon Life Insurance was able to rapidly build its cross-platform integration solution within a matter of days," said Mr. Tokunaga, Deputy General Manager, Nippon Life Insurance Company. "We were also impressed with how easily the DataMirror product allowed us to change data attributes during integration."

DataMirror continues to build its product capabilities to address specific local market needs and better serve its customers in Asia Pacific. A key factor in the success of the DataMirror implementation at Nippon Life Insurance was Transformation Server's support for Double Byte Character Set (DBCS) which allows the software to support Japanese and other Asian languages.

"Through our alliance with Nissay IT, an acknowledged leader in providing outsourcing and IT services to the Japanese market, we are committed to helping organizations solve their integration, resiliency and data audit needs." said Angelo Lai, Vice President, Asia Pacific, DataMirror. "As a growing number of organizations in Japan focus on building or expanding their e-Business and Internet infrastructure, they are looking for real-time solutions to exploit, protect and monitor business-critical information stored in databases. DataMirror's technology, combined with Nissay IT's extensive expertise, provides a significant opportunity for DataMirror and Nissay to add real value to an array of information technology projects."

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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