DataMirror expands European presence with new offices in Italy and the Netherlands

(EMAILWIRE.COM, April 17, 2007 ) TORONTO and SANTA CLARA, Calif. – DataMirror® (TSX: DMC), a leading provider of real-time data integration, protection and event detection solutions, today announced the opening of new offices in Milan and Rome, Italy and Amsterdam, the Netherlands to support the company’s growing customer and partner base in these regions. All three offices will focus on the sales of DataMirror’s solutions supporting real-time reporting and business intelligence, e-business, disaster recovery, and real-time business event detection. DataMirror, which is based in Canada, also has European offices in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Belgium.“We are pleased to announce the opening of new offices in Italy and the Netherlands to better allow us to serve our European customers,” said Stewart Ritchie, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, “With a local presence we are able to improve the level of care we provide to our customers. We can help them to unlock the full potential of their production systems, allowing them to make better business decisions, run smoother operations, win new customers and partners, and increase their bottom line.”About DataMirror DataMirror (TSX: DMC), a leading provider of real-time data integration, protection and event detection solutions, improves the integrity and reliability of information across all of the systems that create and store data. DataMirror’s flexible and affordable integration solutions allow customers to easily and continuously detect, translate, and communicate all information changes throughout the enterprise. DataMirror helps customers make better decisions by providing access to the continuous, accurate information they need to take timely action and move forward faster. More than 2,200 companies have gained tangible competitive advantage from DataMirror software. DataMirror is headquartered in Markham, Canada, and has offices around the globe. 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All other products and services mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies.Contacts:Jennifer St. Louis, Manager of Marketing, DataMirror Corporation, (905) 415-0310 ext. 196, jlouis@datamirror.com; Peter Cauley, Chief Financial Officer, DataMirror Corporation, (905) 415-0310 ext. 271, pcauley@datamirror.com.###This press release was issued through GroupWeb EmailWire.Com. For more information on press release distribution, go to http://www.emailwire.com.

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