Invitation to become a Piql Pilot Client

Piql is providing an innovative holistic solution for secure, ofline data storage and aims to reshape how long-term digital preservation is done. During the last 10 years Piql has developed a unique and disruptive technology that is redefining se- cure data storage and setting the standards for migration-free long-term digital preservation. We have been supported by prestigous EU and Norwegian Innovation and R&D programs and mrope than EUR 35 million has been invested.

OUR GOAL IS TO: • change the way the world is preserving valuable data for future use; • enable data owners to secure their data and protect them from manipulation, - securing privacy; • significantly reduce the cost of long-term preservation - offering a cost saving of 60% to 80%; • liberate data owners from technology and vendor lock-in; • make our holistic solution the world leader within a global and growing niche market We are honored to have EU’s Horizon 2020 support for our solution for secure data storage and long-term digital preservation. Piql Services are ready to go to the market and the support from EU in our commercialization and scale up phase gives us a unique opportunity to engage and help our potential clients with the challenges they are facing when it comes to safeguarding their irreplaceable data. We would like to invite potential users of our technology and solution to join our project and try out our Services at no cost as a Pilot Client. WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU AS A PILOT CLIENT? You will have the chance to test a new and innovative Service for secure data storage and long-term digital preser- vation in the form of a Pilot Project to you’re your data on our piqlFilm without any cost for you. You can benefit from the aggregated experience an insight of the whole global

Piql organization relative to assessing your specific needs and challenges. We are interested to learn and understand your issues within ultra-secure data storage and long-term digital preservation, and then shape a solution for you that will give you clear measurable benefits. We will work together with you to define a specific and clear Use-Case (i.e. how the application of Piql Services can solve a specific problem (“pain”) and/or generate a specific solution to create value (“gain”) for you as a potential Client. Further we shall jointly assess and verify the specific Business-Case related to your unique Use-Case. I.e will Piql Services give you any value or benefits in economic terms or will it give any technical, operational or strategic benefits? Preferably compare it to your existing or alternative solution. We shall also jointly assess and verify the ingest of your data to Piql Services, verify the performance and capabilities of the storage medium (i.e. piqlFilm) relative to your specific data set, as well as the read-back of data and the interfaces and potential integration with your existing systems. There are no further expectations on your contribution, other than completing the Pilot Project and to give us your open feedback on your experiences upon completion of the Pilot Project.

We offer to store up to 240 GB (i.e. two reels of piqlFilm) of your most valuable digital data without any cost for you.