San Jose, CA - Today V Communications announced that it would donate approximately 2,000 units of its award winning automatic backup software, AutoSave, to school districts and other critical, "not-for- profit" organizations. The use of AutoSave by these organizations will help limit the devastating data loss that is experienced when unexpected rolling blackouts occur due to California's power situation. V Communications will also offer deep discounts to "for profit" corporations who apply while supplies last.

"We know that schools and other non profit organizations like hospitals have very tight budgets, especially with the cost of power going up," noted Jeffrey Hyman, V Communications vice president of marketing, "In addition, California's power situation risks time and critical information as well as money. AutoSave will automatically help schools keep record loss from occurring and patient information from disappearing; virtually everything that is done on a computer on a daily basis will be saved regularly. If ever there was a time for automatic backup, this is it. California has been very good to us and we want to give something back, to the children of this state and to others who need it," concluded Hyman.

AutoSave is an automatic backup program that works as the user does. Running in the background under Windows 95/98/Me/NT and 2000, it automatically and invisibly backs up files that are created and modified as the user works on them. Although periodic full backups must still be done to guard the integrity of systems, AutoSave concentrates on files created and worked with between full backups. When an unexpected blackout occurs during the workday, it's the best "real-time" automatic backup solution for continuous, up-to-the-minute protection.

Interested parties may contact V Communications directly at 800-648-8266 for more information. After written confirmation of non-profit status, organizations will be sent confirmation codes for free downloads of AutoSave. For those without Internet availability, AutoSave will be made available for shipping costs only. California based corporations subject to rolling blackouts will be offered a 75% discount off of the product's $49.95 retail cost.