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
SAN DIEGO--(Business Wire)--
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 at www.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 visit
www.verari.com or call (888) 942-3800.

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

Verari Systems
Mike LaPan
858-874-3800
mike.lapan@verari.com

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