Press Release

Stephen DeWitt and Team Pioneer New Computing Delivery Model

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – February 14, 2005 – Azul Systems™ Inc. today announced that CEO and President Stephen DeWitt has been named to the Fast Company Magazine 2005 Fast 50, the award-winning magazine’s annual recognition of 50 leaders, innovators, and technology pioneers. Citing his boldness in claiming Azul’s technology as "the most important new development in computer systems in decades," Fast Company listed DeWitt number 31 in the overall ranking – and first in the “milestones” section.

Azul has pioneered the industry’s first network attached processing, a fundamentally new approach to delivering massive scalability and compute capacity to enterprise Java. Azul compute appliances will shatter the economics of compute by eliminating capacity planning at the application level along with much of the cost and complexity associated with the conventional delivery of computing resources.

The Fast 50 list is chosen from thousands of entries and reader comments from around the world. Among the many responses are the following: “I think that network attached compute is a logical progression to the evolution in IT. It will be fun to watch this technology take hold in the market.” and ”DeWitt and his team are remaking the way networking is done. Great things are yet to come.” The complete Fast 50 entry and the reader responses are available online at http://www.fastcompany.com/fast50_05/winners/31.html.

“I am honored to have been included in such a distinguished listing as the Fast Company Fast 50,” commented DeWitt “It is truly a testament to the game-changing technology that our brilliant Azul team has created.”

The Fast 50 is Fast Company magazine’s annual readers’ challenge, a worldwide search for ordinary people doing extraordinary things. According to the magazine, “the goal is to remind the world of all the good that's created when passionate people with big ideas and strong convictions are determined to make a difference.”

About Fast Company
Fast Company is the only idea-driven business title. It provides impact players in business with the best thinking, best tools and best practices to outsmart and outperform the competition. Fast Company is about innovation, creativity, leadership, and vision. Every issue is filled with innovative solutions and smart technologies that companies can use to gain the strategic advantage. Owned by Gruner + Jahr, a unit of Bertelsmann AG, the award-winning magazine has a circulation of 725,000.

About Azul Systems
Azul Systems™ has pioneered the industry’s first network attached processing solution designed to unbound compute resources for Java™ and J2EE™ based enterprise applications. Azul compute appliances eliminate capacity planning at the application level and much of the cost and complexity associated with the conventional delivery of computing resources. More information on Azul Systems can be found at www.azulsystems.com.

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