Lortu Software, S.L. and DataSafe Services Ltd. technological partnership.

Bilbao, Spain, October 13, 2006 – Lortu Software S.L., a leading provider of Byte-level Delta Patching Technology, announced today the agreement with DataSafe Services, a UK based specialist in professional management of secure offsite data backups. By way of this agreement, DataSafe announces the inclusion of a customized version of Lortu's Kondar Byte-level Delta Patching component in DataSafe's iBUS software.

Standard backup applications use an incremental or differential backup procedure that stores the entire file that has changed since the last backup, even if only a single byte of data has changed in that file’s structure, regardless of how large the file is.

Kondar on the other hand, analyzes the content of files and saves only the modified data, which means the backup file could be 10 to 100 times smaller than a standard backup file. Kondar is also very fast: it creates these incremental backups at a throughput of around 100Mbps.

“This partnership emphasizes Lortu’s commitment to providing other software companies with high added value cutting-edge backup and storage technologies that are reliable, cost-effective and easy to integrate into existing or new products.” said Carlos Ardanza, CEO of Lortu Software. “We have obtained in Kondar an excellent reduction ratio as well as a throughput of 100 Mbps in the patching process, thus reducing the backup time and bandwidth requirements."

“DataSafe’s experience and expertise in the management of secure offsite data backups combined with Lortu’s proven software know-how mean that our customers (businesses and IT service providers) will now have access to the most advanced offsite storage solutions and consequently huge reductions in space and bandwidth utilization.” said Michael Strelitz, Managing Director of DataSafe. "Thanks to this agreement, Lortu’s Kondar component has been included in our iBUS software so we will be able to provide the very best byte-level delta patching technology to our clients."

In addition to the storage size reduction, Kondar byte-level delta patching backups can provide a great benefit when the backup files and the storage media are located on different machines, especially when they have to be transferred remotely over a WAN connection. Kondar byte-level delta patching technology is the real key to making fast and reduced bandwidth online file backups.

Kondar key features:
ü Is the technology for making byte-level delta patching backups of very large files.
ü Only backs up the information that has been changed.
ü Uses 100% proprietary algorithms.
ü Works with all file formats.
ü Reduces backup storage space requirements by 10 to 100 times.
ü Significantly shrinks backup data sets, resulting in network bandwidth utilization savings of up to 99%.
ü Adds significant value to backup and storage state-of-the-art products!

About Lortu Software S.L.
Lortu Software is a leading provider of byte-level delta patching technology thanks to its proprietary Kondar component. Lortu is an advanced technology company dedicated to the development of technologies that can be integrated into third party applications and services. At Lortu Software, we do not develop products for sale to end-users, but instead license our technologies to other companies for the development and enhancement of their software. Lortu Software is headquartered in Bilbao, Spain. For more information, please visit http://www.lortu.com

About DataSafe Services Ltd.
Since 1995, DataSafe Services have been specialists in the professional management of secure offsite data backups, media storage and data restoration services. DataSafe Services is headquartered in London, UK. For more information, please visit http://www.DataSafe-services.co.uk