Virtual Application Appliance

Former DataMirror CEO and Chairman invests in AppZero and is appointed Chairman

Boston, MA and Ottawa, Canada, September 7, 2010 - AppZero today announced that Mr. Nigel Stokes, former CEO and Chairman of Data Integration software vendor DataMirror (TSX: DMC and Nasdaq: DMCX, acquired by IBM), has become the controlling and majority investor in application virtualization pioneer, AppZero.  Mr Stokes will also serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

AppZero is widely recognized for its Virtual Application Appliance (VAA) technology.  The solution encapsulates server applications, enabling them to move seamlessly from datacenters to clouds and back, across both physical and virtual servers.  AppZero VAAs provide tangible paybacks by simplifying datacenter management and reducing the operating costs associated with the proliferation of virtual machines and cloud environments.

AppZero is recognized by AlwaysOn as an OnDemand Top 100 winner and as a "Best Business Application" by Computerworld. The company is a Demo favorite of PCWorld and eWeek and also of Next Big Thing blogger Don Dodge.  AppZero was named one of the "20 Coolest Cloud Computing Infrastructure Vendors" by CRN, as well as a "Top 25 Cloud Services Provider" by Virtualization Journal, and a "Top 7 Cloud Computing Acquisition Target" by Datamation.

"Just as server virtualization fundamentally changed how computing resources could be used in the datacenter and on the internet, application virtualization will redefine portability, scalability and compatibility in the movement of application to private and public clouds.  It is clear that the AppZero solution is strategically valuable.  The solution is broadly endorsed by key influencers, business partners, ISVs, Managed Service Providers and end-customers. We will commercialize and leverage the investment in AppZero to grow the new company," said the new Chairman Nigel Stokes.  "I am pleased to be partnering with existing shareholders VenGrowth and Growthworks, who contributed to the new financing, along with new AppZero shareholders and Board members.  I know Greg from his time at Progress Software (Nasdaq: PRGS) and look forward to working with him and the rest of the AppZero team to drive commercial adoption of this important solution."

"The maturity of AppZero's technology and the market it addresses form a logical inflection point for Nigel's coming on board, "said Greg O'Connor, AppZero CEO.  "In the past year, conversations with enterprises have moved decidedly from the 'if' to the 'how' of virtualization - from infrastructure to application.  Going forward, we will emphasize our clear message: AppZero puts control firmly into the hands of IT as it moves through the transforming era of virtualization."

About AppZero

AppZero software virtualizes Windows and UNIX server applications for nearly instant provisioning of services across a network, on any server (physical or virtual), in the datacenter or in the cloud. First to market with a toolset for virtualizing server-side applications, AppZero pioneered the Virtual Application Appliance (VAA), which encapsulates an application with all of its dependencies - but without any operating system (OS) component. The result is server applications that are 100% portable with zero footprint and fast, near native performance. For enterprises and ISVs interested in the potential of pay-as-you-go-computing, AppZero provides a smooth on-ramp to the cloud, with low cost management and no cloud lock-in.  AppZero requires no modification to existing applications, and makes it technically easy and economical to exploit cloud computing.

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Andover, MA, January 26, 2010 - AppZero today announced that Everything Channel's CRN has named its server-side application virtualization software one of the "100 Coolest Cloud Computing Products."  The Top 100 Cloud Computing products include 20 storage vendors, 20 security vendors, 20 productivity vendors, 20 infrastructure vendors and 20 platform vendors.

AppZero technology encapsulates a server application in a Virtual Application Appliance (VAA), which contains all of the application's dependencies, but with zero operating system (OS) component. The VAA, freed from any OS encumbrance, can move seamlessly from data center to, and among, clouds and back across both physical and virtual servers.

"AppZero's mobility of server-side applications makes it easy for enterprise data centers to instantaneously provision a single copy of a "gold" application image to 1,000s of machines in the data center and/or to any cloud or combination of clouds, says Greg O'Connor, AppZero CEO. "This automation of installation and configuration of server applications speeds deployment, reduces errors, and cuts the need for a human touch."

The list was based on nominations from Solution Providers rating technology, channel influence, effectiveness and visibility along with business and sales impact. The final selections were made by a panel of Everything Channel Editors.

Winners were announced online at Channelweb.com and will be featured in the January 25 issue of CRN.

About AppZero

AppZero software virtualizes Windows and UNIX server applications for nearly instant provisioning as services across a network, on any server (physical or virtual), in the datacenter or in the cloud. First to market with a toolset for virtualizing server-side applications, AppZero has pioneered the Virtual Application Appliance (VAA), in which an application is encapsulated with all of its dependencies - but without any operating system (OS) component. The result is server applications that are 100% portable with zero footprint and performance near native levels. For enterprises and ISVs intrigued by the capital-free potential of pay-as-you-go-computing, AppZero provides a smooth on-ramp to the cloud without any cloud lock-in. Requiring no modification to existing applications, AppZero makes it technically easy and economically sensible to explore and exploit cloud computing. Become an AppZero Fan on Facebook.

About Everything Channel

Everything Channel, headquartered in Framingham, MA, is a technology marketing and sales solutions company. Through its "Complete Technology Channel Solution," Everything Channel offers the right business tools to accelerate technology sales. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to the sellers of technology to achieve measurable and significant results.

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