3Tera Announces New Assured Success Plan for Web 2.0 Companies Embracing Utility Computing

Business Wire, Oct 16, 2007

AppLogic Users Get One-on-One Training, Consultation and Support to Smoothly Deploy and Scale Their Online Applications

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- 3Tera, Inc., the leading innovator of grid computing and utility computing services for web applications, announced today the new Assured Success Plan (ASP), a subscription that combines one-on-one training, consultation and support, offered to AppLogic users running Virtual Private Datacenters (VPDC). ASP ensures Web 2.0 and SaaS companies can quickly deploy and operate their applications on a highly available and scalable utility computing platform.

"We designed the Assured Success Program to help subscribers get to market quickly," said Bert Armijo, senior vice president, Sales and Product Management, 3Tera. "With consultation from our engineers, new users can have their application in production on a virtual data center with scalable, resilient infrastructure in just a few weeks."

About the Assured Success Plan

Assured Success Plan (ASP) is a subscription that combines one-on-one training, consultation and support for new AppLogic users running Virtual Private Data Centers. The plan guarantees Web 2.0 and SaaS companies using AppLogic can quickly deploy and operate their applications on a highly available and scalable utility computing platform. ASP includes three elements:

Training           Subscribers get one-on-one training covering the
                   basic operation of an AppLogic virtual data center.

Consultation       After training, customers get three regularly
                   scheduled consultation sessions during which 3tera
                   engineers will work with them to build the
                   application infrastructure and deploy their
                   application.

Support            To keep communication open as subscribers move into
                   production, after the training and consultation is
                   complete, subscribers receive up to five hours
                   pre-paid support monthly.

Pricing and Availability

The Assured Success Plan is available now for $300 per month. It can be ordered directly from 3Tera or through 3Tera's hosting partners. Prospective users can find more information at www.3tera.com/assured-success-plan.html.> About 3Tera, Inc.

3Tera, Inc. is the leading innovator of grid and utility computing, simplifying the deployment and scaling of Web applications. Named a 2007 Category Breaker by NetworkWorld magazine, 3Tera's AppLogic grid operating system enables the first true utility computing services that completely remove the cost and complexity associated with infrastructure. The operating system converts commodity servers into scalable grids on which users can visually operate deploy and scale transactional Web applications without any modification of code. Software-as-a-Service providers, Web 2.0 companies, enterprises and open source developers can now get new online services quickly to market by utilizing resources from commodity hosting providers on a pay-as-you-go basis, while maintaining complete control of applications including visual operation, scaling and on-demand resource provisioning using only a browser. For more information, visit www.3tera.com.

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