Storageflex Inc. partners with Decru Inc. to provide SAN and NAS Appliance based Data Encryption Markham, Ontario, Canada, November 4, 2002 - For maximum protection against unauthorized access to an organization's data, the safest implementation of data security through encryption at the file or block level. "To better meet the challenge of safe guarding sensitive information, encryption is being considered by our customers in increasing numbers," said Vice President Paul Chan, “Implementing Decru's Datafort Encryption Appliances' 256bit AES Encryption for SAN and NAS environments ensures unauthorized users are prevented from access to sensitive information.” Founded in 2001, Decru is building storage security appliances to secure enterprise data. Headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Decru was founded and is managed by a proven and experienced team: Dan Avida, president and CEO, formerly CEO of Electronics for Imaging, and VP Engineering and CTO, Serge Plotkin, an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Decru has raised more than $44 million in venture financing from Benchmark Capital, Greylock, New Enterprise Associates, In-Q-Tel and others. For more information, visit the Decru Web Site at http://www.decru.com Storageflex Inc. is a Canadian manufacturer of high performance, high availability enterprise storage products since 1983. The company pioneered many of the IT industry's first tape backup and RAID Systems through the 1980's. Storageflex's HFD DiskArray set the standards by which most of the IT industry's RAID Systems are designed. Storageflex Inc. sells its products through an international network of high-profile distributors and resellers in more than 30 countries around the world. For more information, visit the Storageflex Web Site at http://www.storageflex.com