Spare Backup Names Ivor Newman Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board of Directors

Spare Backup (OTCBB:SPBU) today announced the promotion of Ivor Newman to the position of Chief Operating Officer as well as his selection to the board of directors to replace Mr. Edward Hagen who is resigning from the board to focus on other business obligations.

Mr. Newman has been an integral part of the development team at Spare Backup since he joined the company in 2007. Mr. Newman has over 19 years of program management and product marketing experience. Prior to joining Spare Backup in 2007, Mr. Newman was the Worldwide cross line of business (X-Lob) Program Manager for Dell Inc. where he was responsible for the successful creation and implementation of global services programs. Mr. Newman joined Dell in 1999 and was intimately involved with the global services division. Prior to working for Dell, Mr. Newman was the District Director for a professional services corporation in New York City.

Ivor Newman stated, "I am excited with the great progress we have made in developing a world class software for cloud based computing married with seamless data backup and security for mobile devices and PCs. I look forward to taking on these additional roles to help this company, and its dedicated team of professionals, develop new partnerships as we rapidly grow our customer base. I look forward to continue to build these partnerships and forge new relationships in the coming months as we make the name Spare Backup synonymous with the safety and security of data and devices.”

Cery Perle, CEO of Spare Backup, stated, "We are pleased to have Ivor take on the important role of COO and we welcome him to our board. His experience in understanding of our business, our software, our partners and our long term goals is invaluable to our company. As Spare continues to grow and expand we will rely on his expertise to help us manage what we believe will be rapid growth in our current and future distribution partners. Spare will continue to look to expand our team which includes our Board of Directors. We also wish to thank Edward Hagen for his many years of service and for his thoughtful and helpful contribution to our board. We wish him great success in his other business endeavors.”

About Spare Backup, Inc.:

Spare Backup, Inc. specializes in helping consumers, small office/home office users and small to mid-sized businesses protect their computer data quickly, automatically and cost-effectively. The company's flagship Spare Backup product is the first totally automated online backup service that intelligently selects, secures and stores files without any user intervention, automatically backing up documents, email, music, photos and other PC files on a continuous basis or according to the schedule of the user's choice. The company is headquartered in Palm Desert, California.

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