Invirtus Joins VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program

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Invirtus Joins VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program

Atlanta, GA – September 27, 2006 – Invirtus, the leading provider of solutions which optimize and automate virtual machine technology, announced today that it has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program. Founded in 2004, Invirtus counts hundreds of businesses worldwide among its customers, including many Fortune 500 organizations.

"We've established a significant presence among VMware customers in the Virtual Machine space with our first product, VMOptimizer™," said Tom Edwards, Invirtus CEO. "Partnership with VMware will further enable us to optimize our current and upcoming products with VMware's virtual infrastructure software."

Continued Edwards "Invirtus software gives VMware customers the ability to optimize virtual machines, and Invirtus products are tailored for and support VMware’s virtual infrastructure products. The partnership enhances our value proposition and will offer VMware customers the benefits of advanced storage management and disaster recovery on physical and virtual machines." The VMware Technology Alliance Partner program enables partners, regardless of specialty or size, to sell their solutions in a virtual environment by providing a comprehensive program with marketing and technical benefits. Invirtus VM Maker Humboldt can perform physical-to-virtual, virtual-to-virtual, and with the next release, virtual-to-physical server restoration. As a VMware technology partner, Invirtus will further enhance the ability of its products to work even closer with VMware products.

About Invirtus

Invirtus pioneered the technology credited with reducing the size of virtual machines and continues to lead the development of tools that assist with the management of virtualization technologies, a market that Gartner estimates will grow to $30 billion by 2008. Invirtus is currently developing new technologies that will help companies discover innovative ways to enhance their IT capabilities while extending their IT budgets. For more information: www.invirtus.com or call 678-679-4490.

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