This presentation was part of a webinar we hosted on 9/16/2010 with our partner Axcient to educate and demonstrate how the Axcient solution functions.

1. Tina Lally, Axcient MarketingNicole Dirksen, Axcient Account ManagerRameil Yaghoub, Axcient Sales Engineer

2. 2 Agenda Current Business Challenges Product Overview Live Demonstration Q/A

3. Risk Mitigation and Preparedness – Responsible Thing to Do 2009 US Average: Cost of Car: $28,400 Spent on Insurance: ~$150 per mo. 2009 US Average: Cost of Home: $270,000 Spent on Insurance: ~$80 per mo. What’s your Business Worth to You? 3

4. Employees, Customers & Data Without all three, you don’t have a business! Yet, Statistics Indicate that: 40% of Small and Medium Sized Businesses don’t back up their data Of those that do backup, ~50% of their backups are not fully recoverable. You can buy a new car. You can buy a new house. You CAN’T buy years worth of data! 4 Your Data & Applications – They’re at the Core of your Business

5. 60% of companies that lose their data will shut down within 6 months of the disaster. (Gartner) 5 The Problem is Real: Data Loss Can Cost You Your Business

6. The Problem is Big and it’s Getting Bigger 6 # of Data Protection Vendors Used By Medium-sized Businesses Data volume increasing 30+% CAGR Complexity of protection increasing Downtime tolerance decreasing to < 3 hrs 1 10% 1 10% 2 14% 2 14% 4 or more 59% 4 or more 59% 3 17% 3 17% Data Protection Often Fails No 35% No 35% Yes 60% Don’t Know 5% Don’tknow 5% Sources: IDC

7. Natural disasters account for only 1% of all data loss Software corruption accounts for 7% of all data loss Human error accounts for 11% of all data loss Hardware or system failure accounts for 78% of all data loss 7 There are Many Causes of Data Loss – Most are Not Disasters

8. Continuity (Continuous Access to Data and Applications) You are guaranteed to suffer productivity hits every year Every minute without access to key applications costs you money Every minute you spend recovering data costs you money Every piece of information you have to re-create costs you money Disaster Recovery (Total System or Site Failure) You MUST be prepared for the possibility of theft, fire, flood, etc. Need to get up and running as fast as possible 8 Two Primary Components of Data Protection: Continuity and DR You Need Both!

9. Recoverability Focus on restore speed and reliability, not on backup How quickly can you access data and applications? How easy is it? Comprehensiveness Fewer vendors is better. One vendor is best. Make sure every source of data and every application is protected Designed for Small and Medium Sized Businesses The solution should be built for the simplicity and ease of use of the SMB Affordability Look at CapEx and Software license costs Expect to pay hundreds a month – you would for your car 9 There are 4 Key Criteria in Selecting a Data Protection Partner

11. Lost or corrupted data can be recovered

13. Software on each desktop

14. Tape System

15. NAS Device

16. Software on each server

17. Software on each desktop

18. Backup server

19. Spare server to restore to

20. Tape machine and media

21. FedEx or other

22. Vaulting facility OR

23. Internet-based serviceRequired! RepresentativeBrands 10

25. The Axcient Advantage: Complete Data Protection, Simplified

26. Axcient: One Solution, from One Vendor, Delivered as A Service Complete Data Protection as a Platform 13 Axcient SAS 70 II Data Centers Customer Site

27. 14 We Even Have You Covered Even if a Server Fails!

28. 15 Axcient in Action: Real World Examples of Axcient Protection

29. NO Software to purchase NO Hardware to purchase NO Per User licenses Laptop, Desktop and Server Protection (Windows, Mac, Linux) Total Data & Application Protection Even if your server fails, it will run on our platform in under an hour We’ll take care of everything so you can focus on growing your business Fully Managed, All for a Low Monthly Fee 16 Axcient + IES = Affordable Uptime and Continuity

30. Tina Lally, Axcient Marketing Nicole Dirsken, Axcient Account Manager Rameil Yaghoub, Axcient Sales Engineer Alexandra Laubacker, IES President & CEO ndirksen@axcient.com arlaubacker@ies-ny.com 650-314-7312 845-226-9983 ext 112 17