Fortisphere to Support VMware VMsafe™ Technology

Business Wire, July 16, 2008

CHANTILLY, Va. -- Fortisphere, a leading provider of policy-based virtualization management software, today announced that it plans to support VMware VMsafe[TM] technology, expanding the market reach of its Virtual Essentials[TM] software suite, which provides customers with greater levels of visibility and control over their VMware virtualized environments.

VMware VMsafe technology helps vendors combat the challenges of compliance, management and security in ways previously not possible in physical environments. VMsafe technology integrates into the VMware hypervisor and enables vendors to develop open, interoperable and cross-platform technologies that enable better granularity, visibility, correlation and scalability in VMware environments.

"With VMware VMsafe technology, Fortisphere can offer customers an effective solution to help enforce operational, security and compliance policies in real time," said Nand Mulchandani, senior director, product management and marketing at VMware. "Together, VMware and our VMsafe technology partners like Fortisphere help customers protect and enhance business operations with critical management and security solutions for their virtualized production environments."

"As our customers move toward more dynamic, flexible data center infrastructures, the need for real-time management has become clear," said Michael Harper, president and CEO, Fortisphere. "Enhancing our patent-pending Inside Track[TM] Technology with VMsafe technology will provide our customers a solution that combines agentless infrastructure visibility with real-time, policy-based control. Through our relationship with VMware, we are delivering solutions right now to support virtual environments that meet the needs of our customers."

For more information about VMware VMsafe technology, please visit http://www.vmware.com/overview/security/vmsafe.html.

About Fortisphere

Fortisphere is a leading provider of policy-based virtualization management software that ensures virtualized environments operate efficiently, effectively and securely. With its patent-pending Inside Track[TM] Technology, Fortisphere is pioneering solutions that provide a new level of visibility, control and automation around the inventory, configuration and policy-based management of virtual machines.

Fortisphere is a venture-backed company, headquartered in Chantilly, VA, with offices in Boston, MA and Glenwood, MD. More information about Fortisphere is located online at www.fortisphere.com.