Akorri Adds Seven VMware and Storage Solution Providers to Optimize Partner Program

Market Wire, October, 2007

Akorri, Inc., the leader in cross-domain performance management for the virtualized data center, today announced seven new VMware and storage resellers as members of their Optimize Partner Program . Virtual solutions provider, AccessFlow ; infrastructure services firm, Computer Design & Integration ; virtual technologies provider, Expert Server Group ; professional services company, Gibraltar Solutions ; IT services and solutions firm, Long View Systems ; infrastructure services and professional services company, Lumen21 ; and customized IT solutions provider, Prosys Information Systems are now authorized resellers of the Akorri BalancePoint(TM) solution. BalancePoint helps enterprises manage, optimize and plan performance and resource utilization across the virtualized data center.

"Akorri is pleased to expand our Optimize Partner Program with the addition of seven resellers who are so closely aligned with our strategy and technology. AccessFlow is one of a small group of VMware Premier Partners nationwide and won the VMworld 2007 'Rising Star' award as the fastest growing VMware partner in North America. They are focused on designing and deploying enterprise virtualization," said Tom Riddle, Vice President of Channel and Alliance Development for Akorri. "Server virtualization and storage are Computer Design & Integration's two big practices. They understand Akorri's value proposition and believe we can help their customers adopt VMware faster. Expert Server Group understands that a storage solution is more than just its hardware and software components. They focus on our customers' entire IT infrastructure. The company has a strong relationship with VMware as one of its first channel partners and has won many virtualization awards and accolades over the past 5 years."

"Gibraltar Solutions concentrates on IT infrastructure design and implementation, with a strong virtualization practice. They were an early VMware partner, so they truly understand how BalancePoint can help VMware customers resolve performance problems and improve service levels," continues Riddle. "Lumen21 specializes in helping clients architect infrastructure solutions and assist them in the area of professional services particularly in integration. Long View Systems has strong storage and virtualization practices and has strong relationships with many of Akorri's partners. In fact, they were VMware's Partner of the Year for the Americas. Finally, ProSys was recently cited at VMworld 2007 as VMware's Market Maker partner for the US."

BalancePoint is the first IT management solution to provide cross-domain visibility into application performance and infrastructure utilization that is critical to making capacity planning decisions across IT silos. BalancePoint's unique analytics technology enables IT organizations to quickly solve performance problems, optimize application performance, improve infrastructure utilization and accurately plan for growth and change.

About Akorri

Akorri cross-domain performance management software provides automated visibility and analysis across IT silos to help enterprises manage, optimize and plan performance and resource utilization across the virtualized data center. Akorri BalancePoint software provides visibility into the root cause of performance issues through deep drill down into server and storage resources, and the ability to understand both server and storage virtualization. BalancePoint enables IT organizations to optimize performance and capacity to meet service level objectives at the lowest possible cost. For more information, visit www.akorri.com .

Akorri, BalancePoint, and the Akorri logo are trademarks of Akorri, Inc. All other trademarks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.

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