VIRTERA Nominated for SYS-CON's "Virtualization Journal Readers' Choice Awards"

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - October 22, 2008) - VIRTERA, a leading virtualization professional services and consulting firm specializing in maximizing virtualization ROI, announced today that it has been nominated for SYS-CON's "Virtualization Journal Readers' Choice Awards." The Readers' Choice Awards program has been a fixture of the software ecosystem for more than a decade and is regarded as one of the industry's most prestigious award events.

This year's Virtualization Awards will be handed out in 18 categories based on votes from Virtualization Journal readers. VIRTERA has been nominated for their Virtualization Configuration Management professional services offering which is currently being leveraged by customers across a wide variety of vertical markets throughout the U.S.

VIRTERA's vSpectrum methodology enables consistent and thorough design and delivery for configuration management as part of their suite of virtualization services. This proven process enables policy enforcement (key to successful configuration management) throughout the infrastructure and across a broad range of configuration points, providing customers' maximum flexibility.

"We are honored to be nominated for a Readers' Choice Award by such a respected source as SYS-CON's Virtualization Journal," said Howard Pavony, CEO of VIRTERA. "VIRTERA is committed to driving best practices standards and guidelines for virtualization consulting and professional services and we will continue to assist enterprise organizations to recognize the promise of maximizing virtualization ROI."

To vote for VIRTERA in this year's Virtualization Readers' Choice Awards program, please visit: http://virtualization.sys-con.com/general/vote.htm.

About SYS-CON Media's Virtualization Journal Readers' Choice Awards

SYS-CON Media's Virtualization Journal announced today that the polls have opened for its first annual Virtualization Readers' Choice Awards. Readers will be casting their votes until November 8, 2008. Winners and finalists will be announced at the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo 2008 West, November 19-21, in San Jose, CA. SYS-CON's Readers' Choice Awards, also known as the "Oscars of the Software Industry," has been one of the most prestigious industry award programs for more than a decade. This year's virtualization awards will be given in 18 categories and award-winning products and services will be selected by Virtualization Journal readers.

About VIRTERA

VIRTERA is a vendor agnostic, independent Information Technology (IT) professional services and consulting firm delivering virtualization technology solutions and services to companies nationwide. VIRTERA's proven vSpectrum consulting methodology uniquely ensures successful and rapid adoption of virtualization technologies while delivering an optimum return on organizations' IT investments. VIRTERA's team of certified solution architects and consultants develop, deploy and manage Virtual Infrastructure (VI) solutions designed to solve today's most challenging IT issues while its industry-unique Strategy group tests and analyzes virtualization trends across the entire virtual ecosystem. VIRTERA was founded in 2007 and maintains its corporate headquarters in New York, NY. For more information, visit www.virteratech.com.

Contact Information: Contacts: Shawn McDonald Vice President of Marketing VIRTERA (207) 363-3735 smcdonald@cri1.com Or Jackie Abramian BridgeView Marketing (for VIRTERA) (207) 439-0963 jackie@bridgeviewmarketing.com