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CorePROTECT Calculates the Cost of 'Double Downtime'
Launches tool to help companies determine the real cost of downtime

Carlsbad, CA - May 13, 2003 - CorePROTECT, a data security specialist, estimates that 40% of businesses misjudge the bottom line impact of a computer losing its data and settings. To help enterprises determine the true cost of downtime, CorePROTECT has launched a 'Double Downtime' calculator.

'Double Downtime' takes into account the lost productivity of the IT support function, as well as that of the end user and the value of the data lost.

CorePROTECT's analysis shows that, on average, 25% of all PCs experience eight hours or more of downtime per year as a result of viruses, application corruption and user error. Reconfiguring PCs in these instances is one of the most labor-intensive IT tasks. CoreProtect's 'Double Downtime' calculator takes into account the impact this has on both end-user productivity and IT support resourcing.

In addition, CorePROTECT has found that many companies overlook the financial impact of dataflow interruption when measuring downtime. Dataflow describes how much data is on the machine, its value, what proportion is in constant use and the employee's billable time.

"Double downtime is a serious issue and is often overlooked as a huge drain on time and resource," said Tim La Fazia, President and CEO of CorePROTECT. "Organizations need to reduce system downtime and maintenance issues by providing individual employees with the ability to restore their systems instantly."

"Double downtime can be easily avoided. The key is for organizations to offer mission-critical data security at the hardware level. This will give the user reboot and restore power, which virtually eliminates downtime and does not need specialist IT intervention," added La Fazia.

Industries most affected by double downtime include enterprises with high user churn but low support provision, such as libraries, hospitals, retail kiosks and colleges.

To access the CorePROTECT Double Downtime calculator, please visit: www.coreprotect.com/calculator.html.

Notes to Editors
CorePROTECT, headquartered in Carlsbad, California, provides restore and encryption hardware for PCs. Its products reduce downtime by providing instant recovery if a system or application file gets corrupted or deleted.

Operating systems, complex configurations and critical applications are protected from malicious or inadvertent tampering and data is protected from unauthorized access through advanced encryption technology and hard
drive partitioning.

For further information, please visit www.coreprotect.com.

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