DataMirror Corporation: Key Customer Wins Accelerate Transformation Server Adoption.

Business Editors

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2001

DataMirror (TSE:DMC.)

Over 1,300 Customers Choose DataMirror Software for

Real-time Data Integration

DataMirror Corporation (TSE:DMC), a leading provider of e-Business data integration and resiliency solutions, today announced a number of key customer wins for its award-winning Transformation Server data integration software.

"Leading companies across the industry spectrum continue to find innovative uses for our real-time data integration technology to enable e-Business, CRM, business intelligence and a host of other distributed data applications," said Nigel Stokes, Chairman, President and CEO of DataMirror Corporation. "These recent customer wins are a strong testament to the high performance, flexibility and proven reliability of the Transformation Server product. We are pleased to welcome these new companies into the over 1,300-strong community of DataMirror users."

Leading companies now implementing DataMirror Transformation Server software on an enterprise-wide basis include:

- Cox Communications Inc. (NYSE:COX) is among the nation's leading broadband
communications companies, serving 3.8 million customers. As a full service
provider of telecommunications products, Cox offers an array of services,
including cable television under the Cox Cable brand; local and long distance
telephone services under the Cox Digital Telephone brand; high speed Internet
access via Cox@Home; advanced digital video programming services under the Cox
Digital TV brand; and commercial voice and data services via Cox Business
Services. Cox is an investor in several telecommunications companies, including
AT&T, Sprint PCS and At Home Network, as well as numerous programming networks,
including Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, Outdoor Life and
Speedvision.

- 3M is a $16 billion technology company with leading positions in electronics,
telecommunications, industrial, consumer and office, health care, safety and
other markets. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., the company has operations in
more than 60 countries and serves customers in nearly 200 countries. 3M is one
of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL), one of the world's largest cruise
lines, operating the Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises
brands, with 19 modern ships and a passenger capacity of 38,000. Royal
Caribbean will introduce 7 more ships between 2000 and 2002 with a total
additional capacity of 15,300 passengers. The ships currently visit Alaska, the
Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, the Far East, Hawaii, Mexico,
New England, the Panama Canal, Russia, and Scandinavia.

- Express.com, the Web's leading entertainment store - selling movie DVDs,
music, video games, consumer electronics, and related products. Express.com is
one of the Top 20 e-tailers according to PC Data and is one of the largest
e-commerce operations in the United States. Founded in 1996, the company is
headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Express.com was recently named the
No. 1 on-line movie retailer in the new Forrester Research PowerRankings(TM).

- Credomatic is a leading issuer of credit and debit cards in Central America,
providing a complete range of personal and corporate credit cards such as
MasterCard, American Express, Visa and Mondex. Transformation Server has been
chosen by Credomatic of Costa Rica to enable data movement and distribution
across the company's various locations.

- Reno-Depot Inc., which owns and operates The Building Box in Canada, is part
of Castorama Group of Europe. Castorama Group operates some of the best known
retail do-it-yourself brands in Europe such as B&Q in the United Kingdom and
Castorama in France and has become Europe's largest home improvement retailer
-- more than twice the size of its nearest European rival, and the world's
third largest. It now operates 503 stores in 11 countries and three continents.


- Kanawha Insurance Company, founded in 1958, Kanawha Insurance Company is one
of the largest privately-owned life insurance companies in the US Southeast. It
is licensed as an insurer in 44 states, as a reinsurer in New York and
Connecticut.

About DataMirror Corporation

DataMirror (TSE:DMC) delivers solutions that let customers integrate their data for competitive insight and e-Business resiliency. DataMirror's comprehensive family of products includes advanced real-time capture, transform and flow (CTF) technology that gives customers the instant access, integration and availability they demand today across all computers in their business.

Over 1,300 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.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Forward-looking statements in this press release, including statements regarding DataMirror Corporation's business which are not historical facts, are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ from those forward-looking statements. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, please see DataMirror Corporation's periodic filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities.

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