PALM DESERT, California, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Spare Backup (OTC Bulletin Board: SPBU) today announced that it has
opened a European office to support and grow its presence in online backup
throughout Europe. Its European initiatives will be spearheaded by Jonathan
Hewett and Tom Barry, two service industry veterans with substantial retail
and banking experience. Mr. Hewett, formerly DSGI, PLC's Group Financial
Services Director with additional responsibility for the "The Tech Guys"
brand, has over 20 years of retail service experience, launching unique
programs for companies including Barclays Bank, Royal Mail Group and
Sainsbury Banking operation. Mr. Barry was formerly the Managing Director of
U.K. Services and Group Financial Services at Dixon's Store Group, PLC, and
before that, worked for twelve years at Kingfisher, PLC.

Spare Backup Management intends to capitalize on its growing acceptance
among large computer and electronic retail operations in Europe by targeting
additional vertical markets including financial services and various retail
distribution operations. The offices will also be utilized to support its
channel partners to quickly respond to changing marketing platforms and
support issues.

As part of their cloud strategy, Spare Backup also offers several cloud
computing products.

- Spare Room, which takes documents, photos and music, which are included
      within your backup, and allows an intuitive and comprehensive approach
      to share and collaborate.
    - Spare Mobile backs up PIM information and photos from a cell phone,
      then automatically sends them to Spare Room for storage, content
      editing and sharing.
    - Spare Sync provides synchronization to multiple devices of the user's
      content from anywhere in the world.

"As our position in Europe continues to grow, it is imperative for Spare
Backup to have a full-time presence to leverage our relationships and grow
our brand to its fullest," stated Cery Perle, CEO of Spare Backup. "Jonathan
and Tom come to Spare Backup with a wealth of knowledge and relationships,
developed over their distinguished careers, to forge substantial growth in
our current core markets. With this leadership, Spare Backup expects to
expand into additional channels, working towards our collective goal of being
the online backup service of choice throughout Europe."

Jonathan Hewett added, "This is a tremendously exciting time to be
joining Spare Backup as retailers, insurers and customer-focused
organizations focus on value added services to grow customer loyalty and
margins whilst at the same time differentiating their offers in increasingly
commoditized markets."

For additional information, visit http://www.sparebackup.com. For
investor relations, please contact our investor relations department at
+1-760-779-4241 Ext. 224 or ir@sparebackup.com.

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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