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Tech Data/Azlan and Virtual Iron Software Announce European Distribution Deal



    Virtual Iron Software (www.virtualiron.com), the leading provider
    of enterprise server virtualization made easy, today announced a new
    European distribution agreement with IT products distributor Tech
    Data/Azlan. The agreement expands Virtual Iron´s existing European
    channel and makes its solutions available to a highly qualified group
    of value-added resellers in France, Spain, Portugal, Scandinavia and
    the United Kingdom. It also opens up the server virtualization market
    in Europe by making an easy-to-use and easy-to-afford enterprise-class
    alternative broadly available to end-users.

    Virtual Iron will be distributed through Tech Data/Azlan This
    division combines a high-touch, consultative sales approach with
    extensive technical expertise and broad product knowledge to help
    value-added resellers capitalize on the demand for mid-market and
    enterprise-level server, storage and software solutions. With Virtual
    Iron, Tech Data/Azlan will provide a consultative solutions selling
    approach and target qualified value-added resellers focused on the
    latest enterprise server, storage and other data center infrastructure
    solutions.

    "By reducing the complexity of production-ready server
    virtualization, Virtual Iron and its distributor and reseller partners
    are driving mainstream adoption of the technology," said John
    McCarthy, senior vice president of sales for Virtual Iron. "Tech
    Data/Azlan has a very strong presence in France, Iberia, Scandinavia
    and the U.K. and brings deep expertise in virtualization and IT
    infrastructure management."

    "Server virtualization enables our value-added resellers to
    present their end-user customers with a compelling solution that can
    cut costs and streamline many data center operations," said Markus
    Bauer, director of virtualization at Tech Data Europe. "The addition
    of Virtual Iron strengthens our server virtualization offering and
    provides our value-added resellers greater flexibility when developing
    the latest data center solutions."

    The server virtualization market is growing at 60% per year
    according to IDC, but user adoption, only at 6% today, has been
    hindered by the high price and complexity of established commercial
    solutions. Virtual Iron addresses this gap by providing
    customer-proven, enterprise server virtualization capabilities that
    are both easy to use and afford. The platform combines the Xen(R) open
    source hypervisor with robust virtualization services, policy-based
    management and transparent workload migration capabilities. The
    software also takes full advantage of new hardware-assisted
    virtualization (Intel VT and AMD-V) on servers to deliver near native
    performance. Unlike other virtualization solutions, Virtual Iron
    requires no installation or management of software on physical
    servers, further simplifying deployment and data center operations.
    Users leverage Virtual Iron to support a broad range of data center
    initiatives including server consolidation, development and test
    optimization, high availability, disaster recovery, capacity
    management and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).

    Virtual Iron has adopted a 100% channel distribution strategy that
    maximizes both product and services opportunities for its partners.
    This affords value-added resellers the opportunity to deliver complete
    solutions to their customers that include servers, SAN, storage,
    software and professional services. Some of the typical reseller
    partner services and consulting engagements driven by Virtual Iron
    include data center assessments, physical to virtual migration,
    business continuity and disaster recovery planning, capacity planning
    and utilization, implementation and deployment, policy-based
    automation development and various managed services.

    About Tech Data/Azlan

    Founded in 1974, Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ GS: TECD) is a
    leading distributor of IT products, with more than 90,000 customers in
    over 100 countries. The company´s business model enables technology
    solution providers, manufacturers and publishers to cost-effectively
    sell to and support end users ranging from small-to-midsize businesses
    (SMB) to large enterprises. Ranked 109th on the FORTUNE 500(R), Tech
    Data generated $21.4 billion in sales for its fiscal year ended
    January 31, 2007. For more information, visit www.techdata.com.

    About Virtual Iron Software, Inc. - Enterprise Server
    Virtualization Made Easy

    Virtual Iron is the leading provider of enterprise-class server
    virtualization made easy. The software enables organizations of all
    sizes to dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of managing and
    operating their data centers. Virtual Iron includes advanced
    capabilities that leverage industry standards, open source economics
    and built-in hardware-assisted acceleration. The software is available
    exclusively through Virtual Iron´s Channel One partner network.
    Evaluation copies are available for free download at
    http://www.virtualiron.com/free. For more information, visit
    http://www.virtualiron.com or email info@virtualiron.com.