Merilus' CEO Dana Epp Featured on CEOcast

January 11, 2002 - Vancouver -- Dana Epp, President and CEO of Merilus, Inc. (OTCBB:http://www.otcbb.com/asp/quotes.asp?Quotes=merh"> MERH) was interviewed yesterday by CEOcast, which profiles publicly traded, as well as emerging companies with new and innovative technologies.

Mr. Epp detailed the company's marketing strategy of focusing on the SME (small to medium enterprise) market. In the interview Mr. Epp also explains the company's distribution strategy, identifies some of the major verticals that Merilus is targeting and comments on the direction the company will be taking in the coming year.

To listen to Mr Epp's interview and to obtain information on Merilus and its products, go to http://www.ceocast.com">www.CEOcast.com.. First-time users to CEOcast will be required to register to listen to the interview. Scroll down the interviews to Merilus Inc, Dana Epp, and then click on the title.

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About Merilus Inc.

For the past 4 years, Merilus Inc has been delivering intelligent digital products that make networking safer and more efficient for organizations connected to the Internet. Merilus produces both the FireCard line and Gateway Guardian lines of network security products. Both offer sophisticated security solutions that are powerful yet easy to use. Merilus products answer a growing demand from the small to medium enterprise (SME) market that has been underserved by many of the major digital security appliance and software manufactures. The International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts the SME market that Merilus products service will grow to $2.5 billion by 2003. FireCard and Gateway Guardian products are currently being integrated into a wide spectrum of industries including government, education, health services, manufacturing, financial services, professional services, research companies, accounting services, ISP's, media and federal agencies. More information about Merilus security products can be found at http://www.merilus.com">www.merilus.com.. December 27, 2001 Merilus announced they are open for trading on the Berlin Stock Exchange.

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For more information, please contact

Greg Nord-Leth, Merilus Inc

1-888-335-3638

gregn@merilus.com