First Independent Bank to Use IT-Lifeline for Business Recovery

Southwest Washington Financial Institution Finds Eastern Washington Ideal for
Disaster Recovery

SPOKANE, Wash., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- IT-Lifeline, the Northwest's leading
provider of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity solutions for small and
medium sized businesses, will provide a suite of recovery services for
Vancouver, Washington-based First Independent Bank. First Independent will
use IT-Lifeline's Business Recovery Center in Liberty Lake, Washington rather
than alternate recovery facilities in Oregon which could be subject to damage
by the same geological, meteorological, or unplanned events as the bank.

"Distance is always a factor for recovery solutions; too close, you may lose
both primary and backup locations to the same event; too far, and
accessibility is a challenge," said Duane Swizer, VP\Director of Information
Technology at First Independent. "IT- Lifeline provides a recovery solution
that is perfect for us--the ideal location--safe, relatively nearby, and
state-of-the-art."

"We're honored to see the high level of trust that First Independent is
placing with us to help them ensure client access assurance and operational
integrity." said Steven Tabacek, CEO of IT-Lifeline. "IT-Lifeline and Eastern
Washington are quickly becoming the ideal combination for regional recovery."

First Independent will be able to restore key data and critical functionality
at IT-Lifeline's Business Recovery Center and take advantage of the Company's
advanced Continuity Suites in the event of business disruption.

About First Independent
First Independent Bank is the largest locally-owned, privately-held community
bank in Southwest Washington with nearly $1 billion in assets. Serving the
Portland OR/SW Washington region, the bank provides commercial and consumer
lending, deposit services, a suite of wealth management services and business
banking for small and large businesses. The bank was founded in 1910 and is
based in Vancouver, Washington. First Independent Bank operates as a
subsidiary of First Independent Investment Group, Inc. www.firstindy.com

About IT-Lifeline
IT-Lifeline provides business with a full range of IT continuity solutions -
from plans to action -- that ensure full recovery from natural disaster,
system failure, unlawful or accidental intrusion, and human error. Located in
seismically stable, climactically mild Eastern Washington, IT-Lifeline
operates a business technology recovery hub that delivers levels of redundancy
from real-time continuation of all or priority operations, to data vaulting
and recovery of critical data and applications.
www.itlifeline.net

SOURCE IT-Lifeline, Inc.

Brandon Tanner, VP of Sales & Marketing of IT-Lifeline, Inc., +1-509-984-1600,
btanner@itlifeline.net; or Duane Swizer, VP\Director of Information Technology
of First Independent Bank, +1-360-619-4460, duane.swizer@firstindy.com