Virtual Iron will leverage iValue's competency of building scalable andoptimized delivery models based on Solution Life Cycle stages for itssolutions in India & SAARC. iValue's comprehensive customer profiling basedon Customer Life Cycle adoption methodology will provide a quick jump startframework for instant success of Virtual Iron's solutions in the region.

The agreement immediately makes Virtual Iron's solutions available to ahighly qualified group of channel partners carefully chosen by iValue basedon their relevancy for the vertical, geography and customer needs.

Leveraging the strengths of a highly qualified and passionate team withmore than 200+ man years of combined domain experience and a stellar recordof delivering high-performance, customized solutions -- iValue combines ahigh-touch, consultative sales approach with extensive technical expertiseand broad product knowledge to help channel partners capitalize on thedemand for mid-market and enterprise-level server, storage and softwaresolutions. Along with providing a consultative solution selling approachand targeting and recruiting qualified channel partners, iValue offers fullscale channel orientation and empowerment programs that focus on the latestenterprise server, storage and other data center infrastructure solutions.

"With an impressive record of providing production-ready servervirtualization and management at a reduced cost and complexity, VirtualIron and its partners will drive the mainstream adoption of this technologyin India," said Craig Stockdale, Managing Director in Asia Pacific Regionfor Virtual Iron. "iValue InfoSolutions has a very strong presence acrossIndia and SAARC and its Services Division brings deep expertise invirtualization and IT infrastructure management."

"Server virtualization enables our channel partners to presentend-customers with a compelling solution that can cut costs and streamlinemany data center operations," said Sriram S, CEO of iValue InfoSolutions."The addition of Virtual Iron strengthens our server virtualizationsoftware offering and provides our channel partners greater flexibilitywhen developing the latest data center solutions creating a win-winsituation."

The server virtualization market is growing at 60% per year according toIDC, but user adoption, only at 3-5% today, has been hindered by the highprice and complexity of previously available commercial solutions. VirtualIron addresses this gap by providing customer-proven, enterprise classvirtualization and management capabilities at a fraction of the cost. Theplatform combines an industry-standard hypervisor with advancedvirtualization services, policy-based management and transparent workloadmigration capabilities. The software also takes full advantage of newhardware-assisted virtualization (Intel VT and AMD-V) on servers to delivernear native performance. Unlike other virtualization solutions, VirtualIron requires no installation or management of software on physicalservers, further simplifying deployment and data center operations.

Virtual Iron, in partnership with iValue, adopts a 100% channel orientedstrategy that maximizes both solution and services opportunities for itspartners. This affords channel partners the opportunity to deliver completesolutions to their customers that include servers, SAN, storage, softwareand professional services.

About iValue InfoSolutions (www.ivalue.co.in)

iValue InfoSolutions is a premium technology enabler in the space ofInformation Security, Storage and Network Management services space with aregistered channel base of 400+ channel partners and 4000+ end-customers.iValue's vision is to achieve stakeholder delight through maximizing valueof technology investments. With more than 200+ man years of combined domainexperience, a track record of creating largest business in the domain, anda knowledge base that covers geography, demographics, regulatorycompliances and culture of the SAARC region, iValue achieves its missionwith a unique go to market strategy that aligns cutting technologies andservices with customer business needs.

For more information please contact us at hari@ivalue.co.in.

About Virtual Iron Software, Inc.

Virtual Iron provides enterprise-class software for server virtualizationand virtual infrastructure management at one-fifth the cost of comparablealternatives. Its solutions enable companies to dramatically reduce thecomplexity and cost of managing and operating their data center. VirtualIron delivers advanced virtualization capabilities that leverage industrystandards, open source economics and built-in hardware-assistedacceleration. It is available for free download athttp://www.virtualiron.com/free. Organizations use Virtual Iron for serverconsolidation, rapid provisioning, business continuity, capacity managementand virtual desktop infrastructure to deliver significant improvements inutilization, manageability and agility. The company is privately held andbased in Lowell, Massachusetts with offices in the UK and Australia. Formore information, visit http://www.virtualiron.com or emailcstockdale@virtualiron.com.

Contact:Craig StockdaleVirtual Iron Software+61 418.390354Email ContactHari AnkemiValue InfoSolutions+91 9243016659Email Contact