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Hifn Inks Distribution Deal with Promark for Swarm(TM) Unified Storage Bundle

LOS GATOS, Calif., July 21 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Hifn(TM) (Nasdaq: HIFN), the catalyst behind storage and networking innovation, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Promark Technology, one of the country's top value added distributors for government resellers. The agreement is for US-wide distribution of Hifn's Swarm Unified Storage Bundle, opening up wider market opportunities by deploying Hifn's award-winning Swarm(TM) iSCSI SAN and NAS software on industry standard server hardware.

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The Swarm iSCSI SAN and NAS software has been widely praised by customers for its ease of use and comprehensive feature set, including a broad set of data management and data protection/business continuity tools that are typically extra cost add-ons with other vendors.

"iSCSI and unified storage has become an indispensable piece of our business and the storage platform of choice, especially for the SMB/SME market," said Dale Foster, President and CEO of Promark. "Hifn's Swarm Bundle gives our channel a high-value solution with Enterprise-class features that is available in an open, standard off the shelf storage platform."

"We could not have found a better distribution partner than Promark to help us deliver our Swarm Bundle," said Albert Sisto, Chairman and CEO of Hifn. "Their experience with iSCSI technology, the national network of storage resellers and expertise in federal government sales provide Hifn with a distribution powerhouse, expanding the opportunities for Hifn's iSCSI SAN and NAS software just as the market for iSCSI storage is reaching critical mass."

Hifn's simple-to-implement and easy-to-use Swarm Storage Bundle delivers a robust feature set that targets the mid market and continues the company's mission to protect sensitive data. Swarm is a unique software solution with support for both iSCSI SAN and NAS storage protocols within Microsoft Windows environments. Unlike most iSCSI implementations, Hifn Swarm includes a wide range of features for storage management and data availability services designed to simplify and reduce storage management overhead and improve data security and availability for customers. All storage management — including administration of multiple deployed appliances — is handled via an intuitive web-based GUI. Swarm provides broad volume management features with support for on-the-fly volume and capacity expansion and enhanced data availability with Multi-Path I/O support, providing dual data paths for active/active access to storage. Advanced data protection is included by enabling VSS-consistent snapshots and volume-based remote replication to facilitate disaster recovery and business continuity operations. Hifn's innovative unified software also includes integrated backup, enabling users to backup directly from SAN-based storage, greatly reducing the backup window and eliminating backup traffic from the LAN.

Hifn's Swarm Storage Bundle also includes the company's Express DS 250/255 data encryption card. Designed for fast and efficient OEM integration, the DS 250/255 is a high-performance, low-power data security accelerator card that provides advanced AES 256 encryption for sensitive data while meeting the standards for regulatory compliance, such as HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley.

About Promark Technology

Promark Technology is one of the premier value added distributors (VAD) in the United States. Promark's core technology focus is distributing data storage and electronic document imaging products and solutions through a two- tier distribution channel selling to value added resellers (VARs) and system integrators. Promark leverages its direct relationships with world class technology partners to provide solutions that meet the most demanding needs of its customers. Promark always strives to create a strong and lasting relationship with both its customers and manufacturers that allow it to be the trusted source to help grow their businesses. Promark's headquarters and warehouse are in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. Promark has sales teams geographically dispersed to support its customer base across the United States with location in CO, IL, MD, NH, OR, and WA.

About Hifn

Hifn (NASDAQ: HIFN) delivers the key channel and OEM ingredients for 21st century storage and networking environments. Leveraging over a decade of leadership and expertise in the development of purpose-built Applied Service Processors (ASPs), we are a trusted partner to industry leaders for whom infrastructure innovation in storage and networking is critical to success. With the majority of secure networked communications flowing through Hifn technology, the 21st century convergence of storage and networking drives our product roadmap forward. For more information, please visit: http://www.hifn.com.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, statements regarding the Company's future financial performance including, without limitation, statements related to opening up wider market opportunities by deploying Hifn's award-winning Swarm(TM) iSCSI SAN and NAS software on industry standard server hardware, Hifn's Swarm Bundle gives our channel a high-value solution, providing Hifn with a distribution powerhouse, and expanding the opportunities for Hifn's iSCSI SAN and NAS software just as the market for iSCSI storage is reaching critical mass , are all forward- looking statement within the meaning of the Safe Harbor that may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described herein include, but are not limited to: dependency on a small number of customers; customer demand and customer ordering patterns; and orders from Hifn's customers may be below the company's current expectations. These and other risks are detailed from time to time in Hifn's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Hifn expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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