VKernel Gains Significant Momentum in the First Half of 2009

Provider of simple-to-use and affordable software for virtualization
management and optimization grows customer acquisitions by 260 percent from
first half of 2008

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- VKernel Corporation, a provider of
affordable, easy-to-use, and quick-to-deploy virtualization management and
optimization software, today announced that the company had a very successful
first half of 2009 and gained significant market momentum. In the first half
of 2009, VKernel increased new customer acquisitions by 260 percent over the
first half of 2008.

VKernel virtualization management and optimization tools solve a number of
critical data center challenges impacting IT staffs today. Delivered as a VMA
(Virtual Management Appliance), VKernel software helps VMware users quickly
optimize their virtual environments by increasing VM densities, improving the
utilization of expensive resources, and managing VM sprawl.

"Organization have embraced virtualization in a big way and are now looking to
management solutions that can help deliver on its promised savings," said Alex
Bakman, founder and CEO of VKernel. "The number of new customers we've gained,
the increased penetration at existing customers and a new funding round are
all strong evidence that VKernel has just what the market needs. There's a lot
of momentum for VKernel right now and we look forward to building on our
success in the second half of 2009."

VKernel company highlights in the first half of 2009 included:
-- $7 million Round B funding in May which was led by new investor,
Longworth Venture Partners, and joined by prior investors, Hummer
Winblad Venture Partners and Polaris Venture Partners
-- Two new members joined VKernel's Board of Directors - Nilanjana
Bhowmik, partner at Longworth, and Doug McNary, former CEO of Onaro
-- New customer acquisitions grow by 260 percent compared to first half
of
2009. Notable new customers include TheLadders, McKesson, General
Nutrition Centers (GNC), Motorola, Cisco, Adobe, PayPal, US Navy, and
NVIDIA
-- Kevin Conklin joined VKernel in May as vice president of marketing and
product management
-- Shipped Capacity Analyzer 4.0 with new root cause analysis and problem
resolution capabilities in April
-- Introduced SnapshotMyVM, a free VMware documentation tool, in March
-- Shipped Modeler 1.0 in March

-- Over 19,000 total product downloads of VKernel software to date

VKernel currently supports VMware ESX and vSphere, with plans underway to
support Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XEN. The company's current products
include:
-- Capacity Analyzer - proactively and predicatively monitor shared
capacity resources to prevent current and future problems and optimize
the environment
-- Chargeback - provide instant cost visibility and implement a
chargeback
processes
-- Modeler - quickly test and validate additions and changes to see the
performance impact on the environment before going live
-- SearchMyVM - free "Google-like" search utility quickly finds
information in virtual environments
-- CompareMyVM - a free community website tool allows visitors to
exchange
and compare virtual machine (VM) resource allocations with that of the
community at large

-- SnapshotMyVM - free tool that completely automates the time-consuming
process of documenting the virtual data center

About VKernel Corporation
Based in Portsmouth, NH, VKernel Corporation is an award-winning innovator
delivering a truly unique and differentiated management and monitoring
approach for dynamic virtual data centers. As an alternative to complex and
expensive systems management vendors, VKernel's "plug-and-play" Virtual
Management Appliances (VMAs) are affordable and simple to use to maintain the
health of the virtual data center, optimize resource allocations, lower and
control costs, and achieve an instant ROI. For more information, visit
www.vkernel.com.

VKernel and the VKernel logo are trademarks of VKernel Corporation. All other
company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective
holders.

Contact:
Christian Simko Ed Marshall
VKernel Corporation Beaupre
Ph: 603.610.4322 Ph: 603.559.5816
Email: csimko@vkernel.com Email: emarshall@beaupre.com
Web: www.vkernel.com

SOURCE VKernel Corporation

Christian Simko of VKernel Corporation, +1-603-610-4322, csimko@vkernel.com;
or Ed Marshall of Beaupre for VKernel Corporation, +1-603-559-5816,
emarshall@beaupre.com