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To: Spaw who wrote (118)	1/12/2000 11:25:00 PM
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Data Return announces firewall product; unfortunately in todays's volatile down market, the stock didn't react positively: Data Return Introduces Serverguard, The First High Availability Firewall Solution For High Volume Applications DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2000-- ServerGuard(SM) Eliminates Tradeoff Between Scalable Performance and Continuous Availability for Firewall Services Data Return, a leading provider of advanced managed hosting services, announces ServerGuard(SM), a family of managed firewall solutions that eliminate performance and reliability tradeoffs for securing high traffic eCommerce sites and corporate extranets. "Data Return is recognized as providing the most comprehensive managed services for the Microsoft platform -- from system architecture to complete deployment and managed services. To address our high volume customers security concerns, we have developed a suite of services that set a new industry benchmark for hosted firewall solutions," said Data Return Chief Executive Officer Sunny Vanderbeck. ServerGuard is designed to address the growing concerns of eCommerce developers about the security of proprietary software, customer account information and the protection of site content from unauthorized users. This problem is expected to increase as a result of recent legislation regarding privacy issues and the responsibility of eCommerce sites to ensure the privacy of their online customers. "ServerGuard is designed to provide our customers with data integrity, data availability and data confidentiality," stated Data Return's Acting Chief Security Officer Dr. H. Michael Fannin, CISSP. Pricing and Availability The ServerGuard family of managed firewall solutions is available immediately. Pricing for ServerGuard is based on the level of required fault tolerance and the maximum number of simultaneous end users. About Data Return Managing over 1,600 applications for more than 800 companies worldwide, Data Return (Nasdaq:DRTN) is a leading provider of advanced managed hosting services based on Microsoft technologies. Current customers include Microsoft, Fossil, Executive Software, PlanetOutdoors.com, Berlitz Languages, Sensormatic Electronics, Boeing Company and First USA Bank. Data Return's services also help Independent Software Vendors rapidly become Application Service Providers. Strategic partners and investors in Data Return include Microsoft Corp., Compaq Computer Corp. and Level 3 Communications. More information is available at www.datareturn.com. This press release contains forward-looking. Actual results may differ materially due to a number of risks, including changes in external competitive market factors, changes in or an inability to execute Data Return's business strategy, unanticipated changes in the hosting industry, the economy in general and changes in the use of the Internet. Data Return cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The matters discussed in this press release also involve risks and uncertainties summarized under the heading "Risk Factors" in Data Return's Prospectus dated October 27, 1999 and are updated from time to time through the filing of reports and registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Data Return does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release. Data Return is trademark of Data Return Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Microsoft is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corp. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. SOURCE: Data Return Corp. CONTACT: Data Return Corp. Megan Taylor, 972/869-0770, ext. 4017 or Fleishman-Hillard (for Data Return Corporation) Joanna Burns, 214/665-1339 KEYWORD: TEXAS BW0030 JAN 12,2000 3:20 PACIFIC 6:20 EASTERN