FastScale Introduces New Platform for Building, Optimizing and Managing Logical Servers in Next Generation Data Centers

FastScale Stack Manager Workgroup Edition Provides Robust Software Stack
Configuration and Optimization Tools with Unified Management Infrastructure for
Adaptive Physical, Virtual and Cloud-Based Computing Environments
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
FastScale® Technology, Inc, provider of award-winning software platforms for
next generation data centers, today announced the introduction of FastScale
Stack Manager Workgroup Edition, a new product that enables enterprise IT and
engineering teams to easily create, optimize and manage logical servers for
deployment in physical, virtual or cloud environments. Logical servers enable a
`build once, deploy anywhere` methodology to support complex, dynamic and hybrid
server infrastructure and allow a consistent approach to creating and managing
physical and virtual machines throughout server lifecycles. FastScale Stack
Manager provides a central platform with a one-button solution for
administrators who need dynamic yet optimized server builds.

FastScale Stack Manager incorporates patent-pending Application Blueprinting
technology to automatically generate logical servers with `just enough operating
system` (JeOS) and deliver lightweight server builds that are up to 95% smaller,
inherently more secure, with dramatically reduced memory, processor and disk
usage. In addition, new visualization and stack optimization tools enable users
to quickly and easily analyze servers with a full operating system profile and
then optimize by package group, file type or directory hierarchy with dynamic
size calculations that support the assessment. The result can be compared to the
FastScale Application Blueprint as an insurance policy against creating a server
build with missing file dependencies - omitted files are easily added with a
mouse click. Rich web based settings management allows policy-based
standardization as well as fine-grained customization of logical server
configurations.

"FastScale Stack Manager enables our team to quickly optimize a variety of our
hosting environments across both physical and virtual machines," said Seth Hak,
CEO of Sigma Host LLC. "As a result, we can provide our clients with more
efficient application execution and improved security as differentiators. The
added ability to increase hosting density in our virtual server farm will have
an immediate positive impact on our bottom line."

In addition to the most automated, iterative and robust set of capabilities
available to build and optimize logical servers for Windows, as well as Red Hat
Enterprise Linux-based application environments, an enterprise-class software
repository enables lifecycle management of logical server specifications,
software assets, roles, permissions, history, and metadata for complete
tracking, traceability and reproducibility. When a server deployment is needed,
FastScale Stack Manager will create the appropriate output format on-demand from
components stored in the repository, according to the logical server
specification.

"Addressing the complexity and diversity of next generation data centers
requires platforms and tools that readily abstract the logical design from the
physical deployment. Otherwise, management, time and cost become prohibitive,"
said Lynn LeBlanc, CEO of FastScale Technology. "Over fifty customers from a
range of industries participated in our beta cycle for FastScale Stack Manager,
and we consistently heard that our technology delivers a new class of automation
for optimizing and managing complex software in a dynamic, multi-platform data
center."

Key features of FastScale Stack Manager Workgroup Edition include:

* Software Repository - centralizes version management, tracking, traceability,
and reproducibility of all software assets including operating systems,
applications, configuration files, patches, logical server specifications,
roles, permissions, scripts, metadata, and logs.
* Application Blueprint™ - automatically identifies the precise operating system
dependencies of an application without manual effort. Any given application only
uses a small subset of a general purpose operating system, and the Application
Blueprint calculates those dependencies automatically in seconds.
* Intelligent Stack Editor™ - provides a graphical dashboard for easy
configuration and customization of optimized logical servers, including complex
multi-tiered applications. Files, directories and packages are easily added or
deleted, and dynamic size calculations are visible as logical servers are
defined and customized.
* Robust Configuration Settings- enables policy-based, hierarchical
configuration settings to be applied to logical servers or groups of logical
servers to customize network information, security policies, environment
variables, application configuration files, enable shell scripts, and more. A
complete version history is maintained in the software repository.
* Flexible Deployment Formats - allow logical servers to be output in VMDK, AMI
or disk image formats, on-demand, for deployment to VMware® Infrastructure, the
Amazon® Elastic Compute Cloud, or bare metal servers.

FastScale Stack Manager Workgroup Edition is available now, and pricing starts
at $25,000 for five users. For more information, visit
http://www.fastscale.com/technology/stackmanager.shtml.

About FastScale Technology

FastScale Technology delivers integrated software platforms and solutions for
next generation data centers. Through its patent-pending technologies, FastScale
enables complex IT organizations to build, optimize, manage and deploy server
software environments with unparalleled simplicity, flexibility and security
while achieving dramatic lifecycle cost savings and server utilization
improvement. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, FastScale is a privately
held company backed by leading venture capital firms including ATA Ventures,
Leapfrog Ventures and Hunt Ventures. For more information, visit
www.fastscale.com.

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