Press Release

June 26, 2006

Ciara Technologies announces its new products line

Montreal, Canada — VXTECH, division of Ciara Technologies and leading provider of high-density rack-mounted servers, storage, personal cluster and high density clusters announced today the availability of its entire product line using the new Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5100 series providing faster, energy-efficient processing capabilities to achieve increased system performance and responsiveness, while lowering power consumption.

Ciara Technologies works continuously to develop its leading-edge server solutions for customers, VXRACK® High Density Cluster Technology, VXSTOR® Network Storage, VXPRO® Rack-mount Server and newly acclaimed NEXXUS4000® Personal Cluster featuring the new Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 series represent the latest evolution in that effort. Optimized for rack and blade form factors, new 80W, 65W and 40W Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor options boost power efficiency by up to 3x, ideal for increasing data center performance density. This next-generation Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 series is based upon Intel® Core™ microarchitecture and are compatible with the Intel® 5000P, 5000V, 5000X chipsets.

“VXRACK® and NEXXUS4000® featuring the new Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor are ideal for customers seeking excellent computing performance, improved powerefficiency and value for a broad range of server applications - a great addition to their wide range of Intel-based solutions,” said Sophia Chew, Vice President of Intel's Reseller Channel Operations. “Quickly bringing innovative solutions to market is just one of the benefits our channel server customers such as Ciara Technologies bring to the industry.”

"This is an exciting step in the evolution of Intel® Xeon® processor," said Patrick Scateni, Vice President at Ciara Technologie and co-creator of VXRACK® and NEXXUS4000®. "As we continue to innovate, we are confident that our customers will appreciate the improved performance per watt. Our VXRACK® and NEXXUS4000® personal cluster based on new Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processors bring advancements in memory, power, I/O, and security. Our solutions are optimized for today and tomorrow's multicore processing demands. The combination of Ciara Technologie thermally-efficient, power friendly server designs and the new Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 series is a compelling solution for high-density, thermally challenged data centers," said Patrick Scateni.

Contact:
Patrick Scateni
VXR-3DT Co-creator
Ciara Technologies
T: (514) 798-8880 Ext. 6550
pscateni@ciara-tech.com

Contact:
Andre Fuochi
Vice President, Technology Practice
GCI Group
T: (416) 486-7227
afuochi@gcigroup.com