205 percent increase over third quarter 2008

ANDOVER, Mass., October 6, 2009 — VKernel Corporation, a provider of powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable virtualization management and optimization software, today announced record third quarter sales. The company grew sales by 205 percent through its 2009 third quarter over the same period in 2008.

“Organizations spent a lot of money on their initial virtualization phases and now are wondering how much more it’s going to cost to grow the infrastructure,” said Alex Bakman, founder and CEO of VKernel. “We’re seeing tremendous interest in our software as it allows customers to run more virtual machines (VMs) on their existing hardware by reclaiming unused storage and server resources. They can also rightsize VMs to only use the resources that are actually needed. The instant ROI our prospects see when trialing our software is a direct contributor to our great sales growth.”

VKernel company highlights in the third quarter of 2009 included:

• Launched and shipped the new Optimization Pack with three new powerful management applets, Wastefinder, Rightsizer, and Inventory
• Successful VMworld 2009, including significant lead generation activity and validation of the Optimization Pack
• Moved corporate headquarters to Andover, Mass., to accommodate current and future growth
• More than 12,000 product downloads in 2009

VKernel virtualization management and optimization tools solve a number of critical data center challenges impacting IT staffs today. Delivered as a VMA (Virtual Management Appliance), VKernel software helps VMware users quickly optimize their virtual environments by increasing VM densities, improving the utilization of expensive resources, and managing VM sprawl.

VKernel currently supports VMware ESX and vSphere, with plans underway to support Microsoft Hyper–V and Citrix XEN. The company’s current products include:

• Capacity Analyzer — proactively and predicatively monitor shared capacity resources to prevent current and future problems and optimize the environment
• Optimization Pack — collection of management and optimization applets to help users quickly reclaim unused server and storage resources – delivering an instant ROI
• Chargeback — provide instant cost visibility and implement a chargeback processes

About VKernel Corporation
Based in Andover, Mass., VKernel Corporation provides an innovative, award–winning approach to optimizing and managing dynamic virtualized data centers. VKernel’s “plug-and-play” Virtual Management Appliances (VMAs) are task–focused, affordable, quickly deployed and easy to use. VKernel’s solutions deliver ROI by helping IT managers safely increase VM density, optimize resource utilization and reduce VM sprawl. For more information, visit www.vkernel.com.