EXHIBIT 99.1

                         [ION NETWORKS, INC. LETTERHEAD]
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                 Contacts     Investors:     Stephanie Prince/ Ian Hirsch
                                  Press:     Emily Brunner
                                             Morgen-Walke Associates, Inc.
                                             212-850-5600
                                             investor-relations@ion-networks.com

                  ION NETWORKS SECURES PRIVATE EQUITY FINANCING

     Funds targeted to Improving Balance Sheet and Sales Execution Strategy

Piscataway, New Jersey -- February 14, 2002 - ION Networks(TM), Inc. (Nasdaq:
IONN), a leading provider of security and management solutions that protect
critical infrastructure from internal and external security threats while
maintaining high availability, announced today that it has executed a private
equity investment agreement with the New York based institutional investment
firm, Special Situations Funds, for $3.48 million. Pursuant to the financing,
the Company issued 4,000,000 shares of common stock to Special Situations Funds
at a per share price of $0.87. In addition, the Company also issued to Special
Situations Funds warrants for an additional 1,120,000 shares of common stock
that would allow the Company to receive an additional $1.4 million if the
warrants were exercised in full. The warrants will expire on February 14, 2007
and are exercisable at a per share price of $1.25, subject to customary
anti-dilution adjustments. The Company also has the right to call the warrants
in the event that the common stock trading price exceeds $1.50 per share for
twenty consecutive trading sessions.

"We welcome this new investment and endorsement from Special Situations Funds,"
said Kam Saifi, President & CEO of ION Networks. "This investment will enable us
to improve our balance sheet and should enhance sales execution of the Company's
newest product, ION Secure(TM) 5010, and in turn help position the Company to
capitalize on the largely untapped and rapidly growing market for protecting IP
enabled infrastructure elements from administrator level security threats."

The shares and warrants have not been registered under the Securities Act of
1933 or applicable state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the
United States or any state thereof absent registration under the Securities Act
and applicable state securities laws or an applicable exemption from
registration requirements.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
any securities.

About ION Networks

ION Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of infrastructure security and
management solutions. The ION Secure suite helps customers protect critical
infrastructure and maximize operational efficiency while lowering operational
costs. ION Networks customers include AT&T, Bank of America, British Telecom,
Citigroup, Entergy, Intel, Oracle, Qwest, SBC, Sprint, WorldCom and the U.S.
Government. Headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, the Company has installed
tens



of thousands of its products worldwide from its eight direct sales offices in
the United States, Livingston, Scotland and Antwerp, Belgium, and its
distribution channels on four continents.

ION Networks and ION Secure are trademarks of ION Networks, Incorporated. All
other trademarks and registered trademarks in this document are the properties
of their respective owners.

Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe historical
facts may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any forward-looking statements
contained herein are based on current expectations, but are subject to a number
of risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual future results
to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include the following:
fluctuations in customer demand, the Company's ability to manage its growth
(including the ability to hire sufficient sales and technical personnel), the
risks associated with the expansion of the Company's distribution channels, the
risk of new product introductions and customer acceptance of new products; the
rapid technological change which characterizes the Company's markets, the risks
associated with competition, the risks associated with international sales as
the Company expands its markets, and the ability of the Company to compete
successfully in the future, as well as other risks identified in the Company's
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings, including but not limited to those
appearing within the Company's most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB and
on Form 10-KSB on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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