Prowess VM Express 1.1 Named "Best of TechEd 2008 IT Professional Awards Finalist" by Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazines

Business Wire, June 10, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Prowess today announced that its VM Express[TM] 1.1 product was named as a finalist of the "Best of TechEd 2008 IT Professional Awards" in the Virtualization category by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro[R] and SQL Server Magazine[R].

The Best of TechEd 2008 Awards recognize companies who offer innovative products in the industry. The judges reviewed over 220 products and services submitted for the contest and chose 29 finalists to be interviewed at the TechEd 2008 IT Professionals Conference in Orlando, Fla. Winners will be announced on June 12 at an evening reception for all of the finalists and at www.WindowsITPro.com/awards on June 13.

"Choosing from such a wide variety of outstanding entries is a challenge every year, and the quality of this year's entries was particularly high," said Karen Forster, group editorial and strategy director for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine. "The products selected as finalists clearly provide innovative solutions and strategic importance to the market, are competitively advantageous, and provide exceptional value to customers."

Prowess VM Express is designed to reduce the time and cost associated with virtual machine (VM) distribution. VM Express also accelerates VM deployment for end-users. Based on the Prowess SmartDeploy framework, VM Express significantly reduces VM size, yet maintains full system integrity. For more information, visit www.prowesscorp.com/products/vmexpress.> About Prowess

Founded in 2003, Prowess is a software and services company focused on making IT technology easier to learn and use. With a background in marketing, technical writing, and IT services for Fortune 500 companies, Prowess produces system deployment tools and associated service offerings.

About Windows IT Pro

Penton Media's Windows IT Pro, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, has Windows IT Pro as its flagship print publication. Windows IT Pro also includes SQL Server Magazine and Office SharePoint Pro. The Windows IT Pro network has 2.5 million unique visitors to its Web sites each month, and more than one million subscribers who opt-in to one or more email newsletters. Windows IT Pro is the world's leading producer of custom road shows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT and developer professionals. For more information visit: www.windowsitpro.com.

About Penton Media

Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.