FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Of interest to writers and editors covering: Technology/Security, Banking, Business General, Computers - General, Internet, Web, E-Com ERUCES, INC. APPOINTS SOFTWARE MARKETING VETERAN STEPHEN MONACO AS CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER LENEXA, KANSAS -- (MINDSET NETWIRE) -- April 23, 2001 -- ERUCES, Inc., a provider of innovative database security, offering information-privacy solutions, today announced the appointment of software marketing veteran Stephen Monaco to the position of Chief Marketing Officer. In his new role spearheading the software launch for the ERUCES Encryption Engine(tm) or E3(tm), Mr. Monaco will work to grow market awareness for ERUCES' revolutionary database security software. Mr. Monaco will lead product marketing, channel marketing, marketing communications and corporate communications initiatives. He will report directly to ERUCES President and CEO Bassam Khulusi. "We are delighted to have Stephen on board," Khulusi said. "His extensive experience in marketing and product launches will help us in developing a successful go-to-market strategy and to better apply database security solutions to meet the unprecedented security risks of doing business over the Internet." "It's a real pleasure to be with a company with such a compelling value proposition for securing its clients' information," said Stephen. "ERUCES' E3 is the most reliable, fast and affordable database security on the market for offering complete database security and support services." Mr. Monaco's career in the software industry includes co-founding Datastorm technologies, Inc., a leading developer and publisher of data communications, remote and Internet software. As their chief executive officer and vice president of Marketing, he led the company's software mega-brands, ProComm and ProComm Plus to the world's best-seller list. Datastorm Technologies, Inc. was sold to Quarterdeck Corp. in 1996 and later bought by Symantec. Mr. Monaco was previously president and chief executive officer for Charisma Technologies, Inc., a software engineering firm that developed patent pending solutions for real-time delivery of geo-demographic and other location-specific customer profiling information for the Internet. His experience also includes marketing and business development management for Warner Bros. Television-International TV Distribution. About ERUCES ERUCES' information-privacy software and services provide business and government organizations with a fast, flexible and affordable way of protecting the confidential information contained in an enterprise's databases, without slowing your business down. Our ERUCES E3 solution is a unique, patent-pending system that encrypts and secures database information at the server level. ERUCES is based in Lenexa, Kansas and is privately held. For further information visit our corporate Web site at: www.eruces.com. ERUCES is a registered trademark of ERUCES, Inc. Any and all other trademarks listed herein are property of their respective owners. For More Information, Contact: Anne Kelly, ERUCES, Inc. Public Relations (913) 310-0888 x3500 (913) 859-9797 fax akelly@eruces.co Website URL: http://www.eruces.com # # # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This press release was sent via the Mindset Netwire(tm) which disseminates current news content for small business, and free PR for non-profit groups, using the Send2Press(tm) service at www.send2press.com. We are members of, and adhere to the standards of, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). Journalists: To only receive press releases in a specific category(s), please go to: http://www.send2press.com/distribution/mlm/mlm.cgi Information believed accurate but not guaranteed. This release has only been sent to members of the media, which may find this information of interest for possible coverage. This is not an advertisement or solicitation for services. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------