Spare Backup Hires Former Dell Product and Business Development Manager as COO.

PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Newport International Group (OTCBB:NWPO) announced today the hiring of Greg Rusu as chief operating officer of its Spare Backup Inc. subsidiary. Rusu was most recently manager of product/business development at Dell, where for the past five years his responsibilities included creating product roadmaps, deploying support services and creating departmental efficiencies to reduce operating costs. While at Dell, he created revenue-producing opportunities within support and was responsible for generating significant annualized revenue from proof-of-concept testing. Prior to his employment at Dell, Rusu spent 10 years at Advanced Micro Devices where he managed corporate alliances with companies including Oracle, Computer Associates, Hewlett-Packard and Red Hat. While at AMD, he focused on building market share for several of the AMD Athlon family of products and also led strategy, preparation and logistics for inter-company executive alignment and PR communications.

Commenting on this hiring, Cery Perle, CEO of Newport International Group Inc., stated: "We are extremely pleased to add Greg to our senior management team at Spare. His operational expertise in product deployment, coupled with his extensive experience in OEM relationship building, will be a key factor in helping Spare build its product line. Greg's understanding of cost-effective brand building and customer support structuring will no doubt prove to be invaluable to the Spare team of professionals."

On his joining the company, Rusu stated: "Throughout my career in product development, there have been numerous opportunities for me to leave the corporate giants and take the reigns of a small technology-rich company and I have chosen to pass on every opportunity until Spare. The product line, the people and the opportunity were just too much to pass up and I am looking forward to making Spare the default solution for backup and data migration needs."

The Spare Backup Solution

Spare is a fully automated remote backup solution. It starts by scanning a user's hard drive, including the desktop and e-mail programs, for files and the application components necessary to produce an exact replica of the original. Then it transports the data, including new and revised files, daily to twin data centers on both U.S. coasts. Files are triple-encrypted and users can access them from any broadband, Web-connected computer anywhere. For more information and a free 14-day trial visit http://www.sparebackup.com.

About Spare Backup Inc.

Spare Backup Inc., a subsidiary of Newport International Group, is the developer of Spare Backup service, the first online backup service specifically designed for small business and home business users.

About Newport International Group Inc.

Newport International Group (OTCBB:NWPO) is dedicated to leveling the digital playing field for small- and medium-sized companies. Its two subsidiaries provide digital tools and services that are as powerful as those available to large enterprises, but are designed and developed so that technical skills aren't needed to use or manage them. The company has headquarters in Palm Desert, with technology development in Phoenix. More information is available at http://www.nwpo.biz.