DataSynapse Selected by AlwaysOn as AO100 Private Company Award Winner

Recognized for Leadership in Emerging Technology

NEW YORK · July 18, 2006 · DataSynapse, a global provider of virtual application infrastructure software, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the Top 100 Private Company award winners. DataSynapse was handpicked by the AlwaysOn editorial panel based on a set of five criteria – technology innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.

DataSynapse and the AO100 will be honored as part of the AO2006: Stanford Summit, July 25-27, at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California. It will bring together successful entrepreneurs, business and political thought leaders, and top venture capitalists to spot trends and spark new ideas and initiatives.

The AO100 was selected from over 1,000 companies, peer-nominated by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts. The AO100 consists of private companies at all stages of development, from early to late stage.

DataSynapse's software and services enable organizations to scale with simplicity, improving business agility while reducing cost and complexity of the IT infrastructure. Bringing virtualization to the application layer or the IT stack, DataSynapse's flagship products, GridServer and FabricServer™ virtualize business-critical applications and services, adaptively provisioning them across a shared computing environment.

"The AO100 companies are driving the next wave of innovative technologies that are disrupting the old guard and shaping the new media landscape," said Tony Perkins, founder of AlwaysOn. "As ever, we were inundated with nominations from leading companies, and it's heartening to know that tomorrow's thought leaders and technology visionaries are already out there. My congratulations to each AO100 winner – these are the companies which we predict will have the greatest market traction, strongest innovation and most game-changing approaches this year."

"DataSynapse is focused on helping leading-edge organizations embrace application virtualization to maximize their existing IT infrastructure," said Kelly Vizzini, chief marketing officer of DataSynapse. "Underscoring the benefits our customers have achieved to date, and the impact virtualization technology will continue to have across industries, we are honored to be a recipient of this year's AO100 award."

A full list of all the AO100 companies can be found on the AlwaysOn website.

About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn is transforming the communication business with its online blogging network; establishing it as a leader in the open media revolution. Borrowing on the underground blogging and social networking traditions, AlwaysOn was launched in 2003. Today, AlwaysOn's annual Summit@Stanford and OnHollywood events, print "blogozine" and online services encourage direct collaboration between the global thought leaders and technology insiders whose ideas and innovations are shaping the always-on world.

AlwaysOn, LLC, is a privately held and virtually headquartered company born out of the heart of Silicon Valley.

DataSynapse is a world leader in dynamic application service management software for the always on, always responsive data center. The DataSynapse platform is used by leading organizations to deliver, manage, and optimize scalable enterprise-class application services. DataSynapse provides a standardized, automated approach to configuring, activating and scaling enterprise applications in real-time environments for many of the world’s leading companies. For more information, please visit www.datasynapse.com.

Alison Minaglia

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