Chubb Lock And Safe Selects Merlin's SecurDVR^TM As Primary Digital Video Recorder (DVR) Product Offering

Burnaby, BC - February 13, 2002 - Merlin Software Technologies International, Inc. (OTCBB: MLSW), a leading developer of security and loss prevention solutions, today announced that Chubb Lock and Safe Canada Ltd. has selected Merlin's SecurDVR^TM as their primary digital video recorder (DVR) offering for their customers.

Merlin's President and CEO, Robert Heller said, "We are extremely pleased to have Canada's most respected security company choose the SecurDVR as their primary digital video offering for their extensive customer base. It is a real validation of our current product line and future strategy in the security and loss prevention markets."

"Merlin's SecurDVR offers the fastest frame capture rates and the best digital video storage options available today," said Tom O'Doherty, President, Chubb Lock and Safe. "The product has an excellent user interface and its high quality digital images are suitable for legal action. We are also very impressed with the SecurDVR's Internet-based, remote access capabilities and its ability to clip specific images for distribution over a network."

Chubb Lock and Safe is Canada's largest physical security services company with 15 offices from coast to coast and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gunnebo, AB of Sweden, one of the world's leading companies in physical security with 8,300 employees in 95 companies, located in 29 countries.

SecurDVR is a networked digital video recorder designed and implemented specifically as a Security and Loss Prevention solution for businesses. Capable of managing up to 16 CCTV (closed circuit television) cameras and a host of alarm mechanisms, the SecurDVR is a proactive security and loss prevention solution. The system can be installed in minutes and presents an affordable alternative to traditional analog devices with greatly enhanced features and capabilities that only a networked digital video recorder can offer.

About Merlin Software Technologies International, Inc.

Merlin integrates leading-edge technologies into affordable, high-performance data storage and protection solutions for small to medium-sized business. Designed to protect critical data, commercial assets and the people who use those assets, Merlin's product lines utilize state-of-the-art digital storage and back-up capabilities. Merlin's EssentialServer^TM provides easy-to-use information protection and recovery solutions for data intensive operations. The company's SecurDVR^TM is a security and loss prevention system designed to monitor and protect the physical and human assets of any commercial enterprise.

Merlin has offices in Burnaby, British Columbia, Toronto, Ontario and Seattle, Washington.

Website: http://www.merlintechnologies.com/

For more information, contact:

Andy Hay Investor Relations Merlin Software Technologies International, Inc. Tel: (604) 320-7227 Toll Free: (877) 988-7227 Email: ir@merlintechnologies.com

Robert Murray Chief Marketing Officer Merlin Software Technologies International, Inc. Tel: (604) 320-7227 Toll Free: (877) 988-7227 Email: sales@merlintechnologies.com

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