Surgient Launches Cloud Express™ to Help Enterprises Turn On Private Clouds in 30 Days

New Offering Quickly Delivers the Benefits of Cloud Computing within the Secured Enterprise

Austin, Texas — January 25, 2010 — Surgient®, the leader in private cloud automation for the enterprise, today launched Surgient Cloud Express™ -- a new program that combines the best of cloud computing technology and implementation services to help organizations deploy on-premise clouds within 30 days. The offering is designed to help enterprises more quickly and easily experience the improved performance, provisioning, and security benefits private clouds can deliver. Surgient Cloud Express is available for $50,000 USD, and includes all the software, documentation and services needed to roll out a comprehensive private enterprise cloud environment on virtualized infrastructure.

“A properly implemented private cloud is the key to solving costly IT service delivery challenges in the enterprise,” said Tim Lucas, president and CEO of Surgient. “This carefully designed program lets enterprises experience firsthand the proven value and dramatic productivity improvements that Surgient-powered private clouds can deliver in their data centers.”

The new Surgient Cloud Express offering is a rapid implementation of an on-site enterprise cloud environment that marries the core Surgient platform with services and proven best practices that come from successfully deploying and supporting over 150 enterprise clouds. With the unique technology from Surgient, IT professionals can provide their users the ability to reserve and guarantee delivery of virtualized, self-service computing resources. Together, the technology, services and best practices from Surgient help organizations tap into the power of cloud computing to reduce overall IT costs, while supporting top-quality service levels for critical business applications and initiatives.

Availability

Surgient Cloud Express is now available to enterprises with a virtualized infrastructure. More information and details on the new Surgient Cloud Express offering will be provided during a free Webcast on Tuesday, January 26 at 1:00 PM Central. Interested parties can sign up for the Webcast at www.surgient.com/cloudexpress.

About Surgient

Surgient, the leader in enterprise cloud automation software, leverages leading virtualization and systems management technologies to automate the deployment and management of complex, user-centric IT services. Through a patented, just-in-time self-service approach, administrators and users access dynamic resource pools (clouds) on-demand and through guaranteed reservations. With support for mixed virtual/physical environments and seamless scaling from the department to the enterprise, Surgient drives substantial business savings. Using Surgient, world-class companies including IBM, Merck, Raymond James, HP, AHIMA, EMC, Iron Mountain, GE, SAP and Cisco are reducing capital costs, increasing operational efficiency, improving compliance and driving overall business agility. Surgient is a private, venture-backed company based in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.surgient.com.

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