Virtera Has Been Chosen by the Connecticut Technology Council (CTC) as an Award Winner in the Inaugural UHY LLP Tech Top 40

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - October 28, 2008) - VIRTERA, a leading virtualization professional services and consulting firm specializing in maximizing virtualization ROI, announced today that it has been named to the Connecticut Technology Council's inaugural UHY LLP Tech Top 40 program, a celebration of the 40 fastest growing Software, IT, New Media, Advanced Manufacturing, Energy/Telecom/Green Tech and Life Sciences companies in Connecticut. Selection was based on the percentage revenue growth over four years from 2004-2007.

"We're honored to be selected as one of CTC's 40 fastest growing companies," said Howard Pavony, VIRTERA's CEO. "Major contributors to our strong year-over-year revenue growth in Connecticut include such local customers as SS&C Technologies, Open Solutions Inc., Connecticut Online Computing Center Inc. and CIGNA. We'll continue to provide innovative solutions to these and all of our valued customers enabling them to maximize their business efficiencies through virtualization technologies."

To qualify for the UHY LLP Tech Top 40, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2004 and $3,000,000 in 2007, be headquartered in Connecticut, and own proprietary technology or proprietary intellectual property that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues; or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology.

For more information on the UHY LLP Tech Top 40 and/or the CTC please visit the CT Technology Council's website at www.ct.org.

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About The Connecticut Technology Council, Inc.

The Connecticut Technology Council is the state's industry association for the technology sector. CTC's mission is to "connect people, ideas and opportunities to the global technology and innovation community." CTC provides members with business assistance and specialized programs, in addition to promoting and supporting public policies that position Connecticut to have a globally recognized "culture of innovation" that helps attract great ideas and entrepreneurs to in turn develop new jobs and wealth for the state. www.ct.org

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