Verari Systems Takes Home TechAmerica "High Tech" Award for its FOREST Container Solution

Multiple award-winning, second generation FOREST container solution engineered for maximum availability, power efficiency, cooling and density

ByMike LaPan(858) 874-3800

San Diego, Calif. – November 3, 2009- Verari Systems®, a premier developer of data center scale computing platforms with the highest density, availability, and energy efficiency in the market, today announced it was selected as the winner in the category of “Computers and Related Products” in the 16th Annual TechAmerica High Tech Awards for its second generation FOREST container solution. In its sixteenth year, the annual awards program commemorates excellence in the region’s technology industry, and honors outstanding companies for their technological or business innovation; exceptional products or service; product marketplace validation; perseverance in the face of adversity; and community involvement. Verari Systems’ FOREST container was a standout solution delivering the rapid deployment of the most energy efficient, fully integrated IT infrastructure, including computing, storage, networking, virtualization and systems management.

"Our entire staff is honored to be recognized for our green IT solutions by such an esteemed organization as TechAmerica," said Dan Gatti, senior vice president of Worldwide Market Operations, Verari Systems. "Verari’s innovative FOREST container is probably the best example of how eco-conscious data center environments can be created by combining the most energy efficient equipment with well designed facilities. We are extremely pleased to add another award to our portfolio for this game-changing, revolutionary solution."

The Verari FOREST container solution is a portable data center that can be rapidly deployed wherever extremely power-efficient compute and storage solutions are needed at a fraction of the cost per square foot of a traditional data center. The FOREST container is designed to house over 2,880 blade-based compute servers or 26 petabytes of blade-based storage. The solution makes use of the same industry-leading patented Vertical Cooling Technology™ that has established Verari Systems as the leader in energy-efficient cooling for blade-based solutions.

Each year, the San Diego chapter of TechAmerica, the nation’s largest high-tech industry association, recognizes local technology companies for their achievements in technological innovation, civic contributions and industry accomplishment. The TechAmerica Awards consisted of nine categories including Internet/Web Commerce; Computers and Related Products; Communications Products and Services; Clean Technology; Defense/IT Services; Semiconductor, Industrial and Analytical Instrumentation; Medical Device Technology/Instrumentation; and Outstanding Emerging Growth. Numerous nominations from companies of all sizes within the San Diego technology community were submitted for consideration. The 2009 TechAmerica High Tech Awards are sponsored by Barney & Barney, CBRE, Deloitte, Formula, Procopio, Silicon Valley Bank, SMS Technologies, TLC Staffing, and United Healthcare.

About TechAmerica

TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology industry, the driving force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the United States and the foundation of the global innovation economy. Representing approximately 1,500 member companies of all sizes from the public and commercial sectors of the economy, it is the industry’s largest advocacy organization and is dedicated to helping members’ top and bottom lines. It is also the technology industry's only grassroots-to-global advocacy network, with offices in state capitals around the United States, Washington, D.C., Europe (Brussels) and Asia (Beijing). TechAmerica was formed by the merger of AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics & Information Technology Association (GEIA). Learn more atwww.techamerica.org.

About Verari Systems

Verari Systems, Inc. is the premier developer of scale-out blade-based computing and storage platforms for Cloud, Web 2.0, and the global enterprise. Verari provides scale-out solutions for the world’s largest data centers that reduce power and cooling demands while achieving the best density, availability, and energy efficiency for the highest total value of ownership. Organizations such as Virgin America, Morgan Stanley, Wachovia, Akamai, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Johns Hopkins, EMC, CGGVeritas, Petrobras, Harris, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Sony Imageworks, as well as top universities and research institutions worldwide, are among the customers who have chosen Verari Systems’ award-winning containerized data centers and high density blade-based platforms. To learn more about Verari Systems and its unique green IT solutions, please visitwww.verari.comor call (888) 942-3800.

Verari Systems, the Verari Systems logo, Vertical Cooling Technology, FOREST, and BladeRack are trademarks or registered trademarks of Verari Systems Incorporated. All other names or marks are property of their respective owners.

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