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CRU-DataPort Recruits Australian VARs to Meet Growing Demand

Vancouver, WA — February 17, 2010 — CRU-DataPort will embark on a brief Australian tour to promote and recruit VARs to support increased product demand and the growth of their successful Partner Program the week of February 22, 2010. PartnerAdvantage consists of four innovative reseller programs in unique vertical markets: Value+, Technology, Forensics and Digital Media.
CRU will conduct presentations of the latest developments in data security, digital forensics and disk-to-disk backup. Topics will include advanced whole disk drive hardware encryption, portable data RAID and secure data backup. Reseller attendance is complimentary.

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 5:30pm Brisbane SMB IT Pro Group Microsoft Brisbane Waterfront Place - Level 9 1 Eagle Street Brisbane

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 7:00pm Melbourne SMB IT Pro Group Melbourne PC User Group Chadstone Place - Level 2 Chadstone Centre VIC 3148

CRU products are being widely adopted in Australia by Government agencies and educational institutions, as well as corporate enterprises and small businesses to meet a variety of data security, backup and data mobility needs. Currently, CRU products are distributed in Australia by leading IT distributor, Datastor, who specializes in Data Storage, Data Protection, Business Continuity and Virtualization. Datastor Managing Director, John Couvaras, asserts, “Our CRU business continues to grow as customers find more and more benefits and uses of removable, mobile and secure storage solutions. For secure encrypted backup to storing and transporting multiple media content to securing sensitive data, the applications for these products is limitless and the quality unmatched.”

Founded in 1986, CRU-DataPort is a pioneer in data security and data mobility devices. The company’s flagship DataPort, along with Data Express® and RhinoJR® (formerly manufactured by StorCase), and WiebeTech product brands of removable and external hard drive enclosures are the de facto standard for physical data security and safe data transporting in government, education and business markets. CRU-DataPort products are also widely used in media rich data environments including audio/video production, digital cinema, video security capture, and disk-2-disk backup and archiving applications. Backed by the industry's leading warranties and connector ratings, CRU-DataPort products are available through major distributors, PC manufacturers, specialty system builders and resellers throughout the world.

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