Press Release

FileTek Named to DM Review's Top 100 List - Magazine's Readership Acknowledges Company's Industry Role for Second Year

Rockville, MD (October 9, 2001) - FileTek, Inc., a data management systems provider, today announced that for the second consecutive year, DM Review magazine has recognized it as one of the “DM Review 100” companies. Readers were invited to participate in a survey conducted on the Web and rated the products they use and the vendors of those products based on satisfaction with the vendor’s expertise, service and support.

An alphabetical list of the winners is currently available at www.dmreview.com/awards/top100 . DM Review will reveal five winners a day in reverse numerical order beginning October 23 at the same URL.

"This is the second time our readers have selected FileTek for this award,” said Julie Langenkamp, DM Review’s Managing Editor. “It clearly shows that FileTek has firmly established itself among the top tier data management companies.”

“We are very honored and proud of this major achievement,” said Bill Thompson, FileTek’s President and CEO. “Major customers are deriving great value by deploying FileTek's StorHouse® data management products, and it’s great to be recognized once again by DM Review’s influential readers.”

Earlier this year, FileTek was awarded the Process Innovation Award given by Kinetic Information, a research and professional services firm.

FileTek’s flagship product, StorHouse®, permits access to row-level data stored across all storage media (e.g., disk, optical, tape). It transparently integrates with the most popular databases, such as Oracle®, DB2 UDB™, and SQL Server™, and supports industry-standard gateways and data access methods. For more information, e-mail info@filetek.com or call: 301-517-1823.

About FileTek

FileTek, Inc. is a provider of data storage and access management systems, enabling enterprises, worldwide and across multiple industry segments, to rapidly access ever-growing volumes of historical data. FileTek is headquartered at 9400 Key West Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850. Telephone: 301-251-0600. Fax: 301-251-1990. The company also has offices located in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. Internet: www.filetek.com

About DM Review

DM Review is recognized as the leading business intelligence and data warehousing publication. For more than a decade, DM Review has provided thought-provoking and informative editorial covering strategic solutions for business intelligence, analytic applications - including CRM - and data warehousing across all major industries. The editorial offices are located at 240 Regency Court, Suite 201, Brookfield, WI 53045. Telephone: 262-784-0444 Fax: 262-782-9489. Internet: www.dmreview.com