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2007 Press Release

Allen Swann Joins CopperEye as Chairman of the Board

Industry Leader Brings Strategic Sales and Marketing Expertise to Data Retention and Retrieval Solutions Innovator

Stamford, CT (October 23, 2007) – CopperEye today announced that Allen Swann has been appointed the company’s Chairman of the Board.  In this role, Mr. Swann will help to refine CopperEye’s strategy while accelerating the company’s sales and marketing momentum in the European and North American markets.  Mr. Swann joins CopperEye as the company is making investments in all areas of the business subsequent to a recent  round of funding by LMS Capital and In-Q-Tel; the venture arm of the U.S. Intelligence Community.

Mr. Swann, a seasoned executive with more than 30 years experience in the management of enterprise software companies, brings a wealth of strategic and operational expertise to CopperEye.  He currently serves as Head of Strategy for Manpower Software Healthcare Division and as a non-executive Director of Solid Technology.  He has also held other executive management roles at Manpower Software PLC, Chordiant Inc. and Prime Response Ltd.  Mr. Swann’s experience in data management solutions includes his current role at Solid Technology, a real-time, self-diagnosing, self-healing, small footprint database, as well as with Oracle UK where he helped drive revenue from £4.6 million to over £650m in a variety of sales leadership positions over a 12 year period.

CopperEye is a leading provider of data retention and retrieval solutions designed to meet the requirements of organizations challenged with explosive growth in the volume of data they must manage. CopperEye’s software allows companies to store virtually unlimited amounts of data, making it instantly accessible, in a way that is far less complex and significantly less costly than previous methods.

Allen Swann is a great addition to our Board of Directors,” said Kate Mitchell, CEO of CopperEye.  “He thoroughly understands that global companies face data management challenges that can no longer be fully satisfied by traditional data management approaches and that CopperEye provides an innovation that is urgently needed.  We look forward to tapping his strategic and operational expertise as we focus our sales and marketing efforts on communications, government and financial services.

A major issue facing organizations across the enterprise and across the world – is the explosive growth in transaction data.  Due to new and pending regulations, businesses not only need to retain this data for longer periods of time, but must also be able to access it easily,” said Mr. Swann.  “CopperEye is in an excellent position to capitalize on this need with its world-class technology and growing market presence.  It is a great time to take on the Chairman of the Board role, and I am truly excited about the opportunity.” 

About CopperEye

CopperEye is a leading provider of data retention and retrieval solutions designed to meet the requirements of organizations challenged with explosive growth in the volume of data they must manage. CopperEye’s software helps companies cost-effectively capture, quickly store, and instantly access selective transactions from tens- or hundreds-of-terabytes whether the data is seconds or decades old. This is increasingly important as data volumes more than double every year and regulations require organizations to keep data longer. In addition, CopperEye's patented indexing technology approach delivers a quantum leap in performance in an open access format, supporting rapid data retrieval from enormous volumes of data at a fraction of the cost of traditional database and data warehouse approaches, while eliminating vendor and technology dependency.

CopperEye has offices in Bath, U.K. and Stamford, Conn., U.S.A. For further information, please visit http://www.coppereye.com.

For further information contact:

Betty Zakheim
CopperEye Ltd.
+1-978-274-5736
Email: pressenquiries@coppereye.com

Erica Burns
PAN Communications
+1-978-474-1900
Email: coppereye@pancomm.com