APTARE’S PRESIDENT AND CEO TO PARTICIPATE IN PANEL AT DOW JONES ENTERPRISE INNOVATIONS CONFERENCE

Richard Clark to Discuss the State of the Storage Market with Other Distinguished Panelists

CAMPBELL, Calif. - July 10, 2007 -- APTARE®, Inc., a provider of web-based backup reporting and management software, today announced that Richard Clark, president and CEO, will be one of the panelists at the Dow Jones Enterprise Innovations Conference in Redwood City, California. The session will focus on “Business Backup: The State of the Storage Market.”

According to the session description, storing data isn’t what it used to be, and the rules and regulations for how long corporations must retain their data – not to mention how quickly they must retrieve it – are tighter. In addition, the methods for storing that data have also evolved as business data grows and enterprises adopt new technologies.

During this session, Mr. Clark, along with other panelists, will discuss the latest trends in the storage market, what business needs are driving customer adoption today and what new technology developments companies such as APTARE are focusing on to address this thriving industry.

“As storage grows at exponential rates, approximately 40-60% year over, enterprises face critical challenges in allocating and utilizing their storage today as well as forecasting future needs,” Clark said. “At the same time, corporations are held to higher standards of accountability when it comes to safeguarding their data, making data storage in the enterprise a top-of-the-mind topic when it comes to business continuity. I’m excited to be part of the discussion at this highly-acclaimed Dow Jones event to discuss these trends, and the emerging and cutting-edge technologies that will help enterprises address some of their storage issues.”

Who: Moderator:

• Christopher Schaepe, General Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Panelists:

• Richard Clark, President and CEO, APTARE
• Ray Kao, Chief Executive Officer, CipherMax
• Robert C. Miller, Chairman and CEO, OnStor
• T.M. Ravi, President and CEO, Mimosa Systems

What: “Business Backup: The State of the Storage Market”

When: Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 5:20pm PDT

Where: Dow Jones Innovations Conference

Sofitel San Francisco Bay Hotel

223 Twin Dolphin Drive

Redwood City, CA 94065

About Dow Jones Enterprise Innovations Conference
The quest to be more efficient is always on the mind of corporations. Finding a better way to manage employees, data or products can make the difference in hitting financial goals and quarterly targets. As a result, the need for better technologies to improve enterprise applications, networks, storage and the datacenter is a constant. To give corporations as well as investors a view of the advancements being made in these areas as well as a look at where further improvements will come from, Dow Jones is bringing together the leading start-ups, venture capitalists and corporations for Enterprise Innovations.

The conference takes place from July 17-18, 2007 at the Sofitel San Francisco Bay Hotel in Redwood City, California. The event will cover emerging technologies that might threaten established players; change driven by consumer technologies; buyout firms' effect on the exit equation; the best strategies for grabbing a slice of IT budgets; identifying the partners that can be crucial to success in the enterprise; and more.

About Richard Clark
Rick has 20 years of leadership experience in the enterprise software industry. He co-founded APTARE in 1993 with the sole purpose of developing scalable web-based applications for large enterprises. As CEO, Rick is responsible for setting the strategic vision and direction of the company.

In addition to founding APTARE, Rick served as Chief Information Officer for Sanrise, a leading storage service provider where he was responsible for the strategic direction of the company’s solutions. Rick holds several patents covering web-based architectures for enterprises.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with Honors and a Bachelor of Science degree from Auckland University, New Zealand.

About APTARE

Headquartered in Campbell, California, APTARE is a provider of web-based reporting and management applications that simplify the optimization of complex enterprise storage environments. APTARE StorageConsole®, the company's flagship product, is a browser-based portal that gives IT administrators and executives a centralized, real-time view of their backup and recovery environment through interactive dashboards. Using APTARE StorageConsole, storage administrators can easily identify exposed data, improve capacity planning, increase performance, and streamline compliance. The software is sold direct, through a large base of resellers and managed services organizations.

For more information, visit www.aptare.com.

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