KOM and Northern Micro to Demonstrate KOMworx Data Manager - Automated Policy Management at Northern Micros Annual "Open House" Gala.

Ottawa ON, Canada - December 5, 2002
KOM Networks, Inc. today announced that it will be demonstrating KOMworx Data Manager, its leading edge automated, policy-based file management solution, in the Storage Networking demonstration at Northern Micro's annual "Open House".

"Northern Micro is one of KOM's premiere partners in Canada, with offices across Canada. The combined capabilities of KOM technology and Northern Micro's expertise in integration and fulfillment, greatly enhance the storage solutions supplied to government and corporate customers", says Dr. Taher Shaath, C.E.O. of KOM Networks.

KOM Networks provides software solutions that help enterprises of all sizes take full advantage of the storage resources they already have, build a strategic platform for effective growth and manage their data assets. KOMworx DM combines policy-based data lifecycle management with storage consolidation, aggregation, optimized utilization, improved performance and on-the-fly capacity management.

"Our partnership with KOM is one that is built on 3 strong principles: deliver the best technology solutions, simplify and reduce the administrative burden and the immediate ROI to customers", says Herman Yeh, President of Northern Micro. "KOM technology enhances performance, reduces management costs and compliments the storage products that we are delivering today from the likes of HP/COMPAQ, IBM and other vendors."

About Northern Micro

As a leading Canadian hardware manufacturer and value added reseller, Northern Micro offers a wide range of computer systems, servers, networking equipment, data storage, advanced display solutions and much more.

About KOM Networks

KOM Networks, founded in 1969, is the world leader of innovative storage management software solutions. Pioneers of Data Protection & Retention, KOM Networks' products provide Compliance, Archiving and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) to over 10,000 installations globally. KOM Networks products are delivered through a worldwide network of value-added resellers, strategic partnerships and alliances.

KOM Networks' easy-to-integrate products let you Simply Manage, Protect, and Serve STORAGE, The Way You Want It. For more information please visit www.komnetworks.com.

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