Exhibit 99.1


                            [ION NETWORKS INC. LOGO]


FINAL
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                                                   Stephanie Prince/Kirin Smith
                                                   Morgen-Walke Associates, Inc.
                                                   212-850-5600


       ION NETWORKS ANNOUNCES UNAUDITED PRELIMINARY FOURTH QUARTER REVENUE
              * Final Year-End Results to be Reported May 21, 2002

PISCATAWAY,  NEW JERSEY APRIL 22ND,  2002 - ION Networks  Incorporated  (Nasdaq:
IONN),  a leading  provider of security and  management  solutions  that protect
critical  infrastructure  from  internal and external  security  threats,  today
announced that it's unaudited  preliminary revenue results for the fourth fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2002 is expected to be  approximately  $2.0 million,  as
compared to $2.2 million in the previous quarter.

"It is our intent to provide as much  information  and visibility as possible to
our  shareholders,   hence  the  announcement  of  these  unaudited  preliminary
results," said Kam Saifi, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We continue to
face a challenging  economic environment and a downturn in one of our key market
verticals - the telecom  sector.  Despite this, we remain  confident  with,  and
focused on, our long-term growth  objectives.  Since last quarter we have nearly
doubled our sales  organization in North America and established a new marketing
team,  which will  further  help us to execute and deliver on our  business  and
financial  goals.  We look  forward to  providing  more  detail on our  earnings
conference call on May 21st."

ION Networks expects to host a conference call to release complete fiscal fourth
quarter and year-end results on May 21, 2002.  Further  details,  specifying the
exact time, will be announced early May 2002.

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.




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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. We typically use words like
"anticipates",  "believes",  "plans", "intends", "expects", "future" and similar
expressions  to  identify   forward-looking   statements.   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,  fluctuations in vertical  markets of certain  customers,  the Company's
ability to manage its growth (including the ability to hire sufficient sales and
technical personnel for its expansion  strategy),  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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