CaminoSoft Corp. and The Messaging Architects Partner to Provide Email Archiving Solution for Novell's GroupWise
November 20, 2002 8:11:00 AM ET

Solution will enable GroupWise users to meet regulatory compliance issues for e-mail archiving and retention while also significantly improving server performance.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 20, 2002-- CaminoSoft Corp. CMSF , a leading provider of Intelligent Capacity Management data storage and management solutions, announced today that it has entered into a technology licensing & partnership agreement with The Messaging Architects, a leading developer of solutions for Novell's GroupWise. Under this agreement, CaminoSoft's Managed Server will be integrated into GWArchive™, a comprehensive e-mail archiving & retention compliance solution developed specifically for GroupWise. The five-year agreement gives The Messaging Architects exclusivity for the sale of CaminoSoft's Managed Server technology to GroupWise users. CaminoSoft will receive royalties based on a percentage of the total sales of GWArchive™ product.

Steve Crosson, Chief Operating Officer of CaminoSoft stated, "Managed Server responds to the need for improved, automated data storage management in email & messaging systems. The Messaging Architects is very focused on providing solutions to an important segment of this market and this partnership will allow them to provide a powerful & automated data storage solution to the thousands of organizations and users of GroupWise. This agreement is also an important step in our plan to achieve wide distribution of CaminoSoft's technology & solutions. With sales and marketing of the GroupWise solution being handled by The Messaging Architects, CaminoSoft will also continue to promote its suite of NetWare and Windows 2000 solutions with other O.E.M. and channel distribution partners."

Pierre Chamberland, CEO of The Messaging Architects stated, "CaminoSoft has developed some of the most advanced, server based, Storage Management technology on the market. Managed Server's cross platform support, superb performance and comprehensive functionality made it the obvious choice for integration with GWArchive(TM). Legislation such as Florida's Sunshine Law and the SEC's provisions on e-mail retention are indicative of the growing importance of e-mail archiving solutions. As experts in all things related to GroupWise, The Messaging Architects is well equipped to provide this solution to the growing market of GroupWise users."

About CaminoSoft Corp.

CaminoSoft Corp. is a creator of operating software solutions designed to store and manage the vast quantities of critical data created in a wide range of businesses and industries. The Company offers products that enable multi-tiered hierarchical storage management on computer server-based networks. CaminoSoft's products bring Intelligent Capacity Management to customers' networked storage environments by establishing Intelligent Data Storage, Intelligent Data Retrieval, Intelligent Data Protection and Intelligent Performance Measurement. Its products provide increased efficiencies in the customer's data storage and network infrastructure, and are available for Novell and Windows 2000 operating systems. http://www.caminosoft.com.

About Messaging Architects

The Messaging Architects helps GroupWise users leverage the investment they have made in their messaging and collaboration system through a family of products that help secure, accelerate, and enhance GroupWise. These robust, feature-rich, and easy-to-use solutions extend the boundaries of communication and collaboration among co-workers, clients, and vendors in organizations of all sizes. The Messaging Architects also provides professional services to ensure that client's GroupWise infrastructures are well implemented, secure, and fully fault tolerant. From Anti-Virus & Content Filtering to Business Process Automation, and now Advanced Archiving, over 5,000 corporate and government accounts, and millions of individual GroupWise end users, work with our products on a daily basis. For more information, please visit: http://www.gwtools.com.

This release may contain forward-looking statements that reflect the management's current views of future events and operations. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and external factors, including assumptions relating to regulatory action, capital requirements and competing products. Any changes in such assumptions or external factors could produce significantly different results.



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     Stephen Crosson, 805/370-3100
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