The Fillmore Group Partners with xkoto

DB2 Gold Consultant To Resell GRIDSCALE

Ellicott City, MD, February 2, 2007 - With significant demand growing for GRIDSCALE® data virtualization technology, xkoto is pleased to announce a new partnership with The Fillmore Group (TFG). Under the terms of the agreement, TFG becomes an authorized reseller of xkoto's industry-leading GRIDSCALE Database Load Balancer.

"The alignment between TFG and xkoto is very clear", observed Albert Lee, President & CEO of xkoto. "As DB2 Gold Consultants, TFG helps customers to create reliable, high performing DB2 environments. GRIDSCALE adds continuous availability and scalable performance". Frank Fillmore, President of TFG noted "In a number of our recent customer engagements we have seen a real need for GRIDSCALE and have recommended it as part of the core DB2 architecture".

The Fillmore Group, an IBM Business Partner specializing in DB2, has been providing technical services to clients worldwide since 1987. Led by DB2 Gold Consultant Frank C. Fillmore, Jr., The Fillmore Group's expert consultants deliver DB2 database assistance on all platforms as well as support for ancillary products including High Availability, Replication, Content Manager, and DB2 Connect. TFG consultants frequently present at conferences such as the International DB2 Users Group (IDUG), and deliver IBM authorized DB2 education. For more information visit: www.thefillmoregroup.com.

xkoto is an IBM Business Partner and ISV providing continuous data availability and on-demand scalability with its patent-pending GRIDSCALE Database Load Balancer. xkoto's customers include Fortune 500 companies and come from every industry including financial services, insurance, retail, travel, security, and healthcare. Customers relying on xkoto include Genworth Financial, Travelport, MediaNews Group, Monumental Life Insurance Co., InGrid and Omnisys. For more information visit: http://www.xkoto.com.