Portland, Ore.—February 21, 2002—Sanda Communications President Jerry W. Saveriano announced today Sanda has taken on a new public relations client, eVault Northwest. The Beaverton-based company provides online data storage and disaster recovery services.

“eVault’s technology helps corporations restore data in a matter of minutes instead of hours, minimizing revenue loss due to downtime,” said Saveriano. “And the automated daily back-up saves IT staff time. This technology makes eVault a good fit for Sanda because our focus is business-to-business, engineering solution companies with innovative productivity-enhancing technologies. But eVault is also a protective technology company, a market that’s understandably hot right now. Sanda’s been active in the security market since 1999 and we’re seeing healthy growth in the security, disaster recovery and storage market sectors.”

“Sanda knows we’re serious about results,” said Greg Beary, president of eVault Northwest. “People are looking for services that will allow them to protect data and minimize downtime from disasters, hackers and virus attacks. Companies are looking for this type of solution right now; we need to be in the publications they’re reading.”

eVault Northwest has retained Sanda to coordinate public relations activities, including its breakfast briefing series: Disaster Data Recovery and Your Bottom Line. eVault technology currently protects 2,300 servers and stores 170 terabytes of encrypted, recoverable data. The company was founded in 1997 and uses TCP/IP-based networks to provide zero-risk recovery.

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Sanda Communications is a privately held integrated marketing communications agency serving emerging and expanding West Coast high-tech companies. Services include marketing, advertising and public relations. Sanda currently has fully staffed locations in Corvallis and Portland. For more information about Sanda Communications, visit the company Web site at www.sandacom.com.