Surgient Delivering On-Demand Business Applications for VMware Environments

   AUSTIN, Texas – April 12, 2005 – Surgient, the leading provider of on-demand applications that automate the provisioning of virtual labs for testing and training, today announced that it has been utilizing VMware Virtual Infrastructure to dynamically manage and deliver applications for software sales, marketing, training and testing. Surgient also announced that it has joined the VMware Technology Software Alliance Program.

   Surgient packaged applications leverage VMware virtual infrastructure's scalability, manageability; security and efficiency to cost effectively automate delivery of enterprise applications on-demand.

   "Companies like Documentum and Starwood are realizing the strong benefits that Surgient can provide by orchestrating virtual resources to deliver applications which solve real problems", said Sameer Jagtap, Surgient Director of Product Management. "We are pleased to leverage the very latest advances in virtual infrastructure technology from VMware."

   "Surgient applications are an excellent example of how VMware virtual infrastructure can be utilized to deliver applications that automate and enhance business processes", said Brian Byun, Vice President of Alliances for VMware.

   "Surgient infrastructure partners are instrumental in enabling us to deliver value to our customers", said Erik Josowitz, Vice President of Marketing for Surgient. "VMware enables us to deliver a powerful self-service infrastructure model for automating business processes."

   About Surgient
Surgient is a leading provider of on-demand applications for software demo, test and training lab automation. Customers, including Adobe, BEA, Cognos, Documentum, EDS, Microsoft, National Instruments, Siebel, and Symantec, use Surgient's applications to automate and enhance software sales, marketing, training and testing processes. Surgient applications automate the provisioning of lab environments that enable the use of distributed enterprise applications by an unlimited number of users, on-demand, from anywhere at anytime. Surgient partners with leading technology companies including VMware, Microsoft, Mercury, and Centra. An Austin-based company, Surgient is backed by a prestigious group of investors, including Austin Ventures, Seaport Capital, Sternhill Partners, and MFI Austin. For more information, visit www.surgient.com.

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