U.S. DATA TRUST RELEASES DATA PROTECTION GUIDE FOR GROWING COMPANIES

Guide Delivers Practical Data Protection Advice to Small and Medium-Sized Companies

ROSEVILLE, CA, December 16, 2002 - U.S. Data Trust Corporation (http://www.usdatatrust.com), a leading provider of data protection and recovery services for growing companies, today announced the release of "Safeguarding Your Critical Business Data: A Practical Guide to Data Protection and Recovery."

The data protection guide helps small and medium-sized companies identify their risk of data loss and offers practical advice to improve protection of their critical business data. The guide is available free of charge on the company's web site at http://www.usdatatrust.com/resources/data_protection_guide.asp.

"Small and medium-sized businesses are at great risk from data loss," says Paul Hrabal, President of U.S. Data Trust. "Growing companies often have limited IT resources and budgets which prevent them from adequately addressing the catastrophic consequences that arise from significant data loss. Our data protection guide explains how they can meet those challenges, take pro-active measures to reduce their risk and minimize business disruption."

Topics addressed in the 12-page data protection guide include a 19-point risk assessment survey, seven steps to better data protection and how to implement an effective backup and recovery process.

About U.S. Data Trust

U.S. Data Trust Corporation provides a completely automated, professionally managed online backup and recovery service for growing companies. The company's DataTrust Protect Online Backup Service, powered by LiveVault®, continuously backs up critical server data, archives it in a secure, off-site Iron Mountain® data center, and makes it immediately available for recovery 24 hours a day.

For more information visit http://www.usdatatrust.com or call (888) DATA-SAFE.

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