Availigent Joins Open Grid Forum (OGF) to Aid Development of Global Grid Technology.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Availigent, a leading provider of Application Service Management software for Linux-based, dynamic data centers, has joined the Open Grid Forum to accelerate the development of a common set of standards for grid computing. Grid computing is an emerging computing model that allows many networked computers and data resources to be dynamically pooled and shared as virtual resources.

"Providing the automated intelligence needed by enterprise grid data centers is Availigent's mission, and we are pleased to join the Open Grid Forum as it strives to bring standardization to grid software," said Availigent CEO Bud Michael. "One of the OGF's goals is to better integrate enterprise grid architectures with virtualization efforts, and that meshes perfectly with Availigent's application virtualization capability."

Availigent's Duration[R] software allows data center managers to monitor the health and performance of applications, Operating Systems and networks and employ virtualization to migrate live applications to alternate resources without interruption or loss of data.

"OGF welcomes Availigent as a new class of application service management firm bringing efficiency and productivity gains to the data center," said Mark Linesch, OGF president. "Solution providers such as Availigent are critical collaborators helping OGF develop software interoperability standards and best practices to accelerate grid adoption."

Michael said Availigent would participate in an OGF working groups concerned with both industry trends and technical applications. Michael will take the lead in the former and Allan Havemose, Availigent's chief technology officer, will have responsibility for the latter.

About Availigent

Availigent is a leading Application Service Management provider for dynamic data centers. Its Duration software enables organizations to deliver optimal application service levels, maximize the utilization of commodity-based computing infrastructure and minimize the costs and complexities of application deployment and system administration. Duration uses Application Virtualization that leverages OS, storage and network virtualization already used in modern data centers. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Availigent is privately funded by Intel Capital, Diamondhead Ventures and Smart Technology Ventures. For further information consult our Web site at www.availigent.com or phone us at 408-570-3500.

About Open Grid Forum

Open Grid Forum (OGF) was formed in June, 2006 with the merger of the Global Grid Forum (GGF) and the Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA). Headquartered in Chicago, OGF is a community of users, researchers, developers, and solution providers representing over 400 organizations in more than 50 countries. OGF works to accelerate grid adoption -- providing an open forum for grid innovation and developing open standards for grid software interoperability.