Connectria To Provide iSeries (AS/400) Disaster Recovery Services To Daffron & Associates, Inc.

ST. LOUIS, MO (August 16, 2005) - Connectria Corporation today announced that it will provide iSeries disaster recovery services for Daffron & Associates, Inc. Daffron provides IBM iSeries-based software solutions and hosted applications for electric, water and gas utilities. In working with utilities, Daffron clearly understands that disasters can strike at any time. Regardless of the type of disaster, utility companies need to maintain access to their information systems in order to keep their businesses operational and restore services to their clients. In order to ensure that Daffron's hosted customers can continue running in the event of a disaster, Daffron selected a cost-effective iSeries (AS/400) disaster recovery solution from Connectria with a rapid recovery window. Connectria's proven disaster recovery solutions will enable Daffron and its customers to protect their IBM iSeries environment from catastrophic loss.

About Daffron & Associates, Inc.
Daffron & Associates, Inc. has offered comprehensive application software and services for the utility industry since 1976, serving 160 electric, water and gas utilities and over 3.65 million consumers in 32 states; Ontario; Canada, Anguilla; West Indies, Western Samoa; and Zimbabwe. Daffron offers cost effective solutions including integrated Consumer Information, Materials, and Financial Management, e-Business, and Work Order Automation software designed specifically for utilities. Adding to their highly successful IBM iSeries-based products, Daffron is delivering a new open version of its Customer Information, Financial, and Material management software. New suites of utility-focused software are developed with a J2EE tool set utilizing Java, SQL, and a browser interface, complying with open standards for database and operating system independence, and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). More information can be found at www.daffron.com.

About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable, growing and privately held provider of world-class IT Infrastructure Solutions targeted to large and mid-sized organizations worldwide. Connectria's business has been built through reinvesting profits and without any debt or equity financing. Thus, Connectria is beholden to no one except our customers. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers, Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA and St. Louis, Missouri, USA. From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of our clients' IT organizations.

Connectria's services allow our clients to do more and spend less on their IT infrastructures, typically by 25 - 60% or more. Connectria is staffed 24 hours, 365 days per year to build, monitor and manage mission critical IT environments for our clients. Connectria offers an array of services including full outsourcing of IT infrastructures, managed hosting, disaster recovery, remote monitoring, onsite facilities management, and custom software development and engineering services. For more information, please contact Connectria at 1-800-781-7820 or visit us online at www.connectria.com.

To learn more about Connectria or to receive a detailed quote on any of our services, please contact us.