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CEO of Azul Systems Delivers Address at Utility Computing Conference, Says On-Demand Compute is On the Wayt

San Francisco, California - October14, 2004 - Stephen DeWitt, president and CEO of Azul Systems, Inc., delivered an address at UtilCompWorld in San Francisco yesterday, elaborating on the company’s vision of network attached processing, an elegant approach to delivering the function of compute that will eliminate a tremendous amount of IT complexity, dramatically reduce infrastructure costs, and enable developers to build a new class of innovative applications for the enterprise.

DeWitt, the former CEO of Cobalt Networks and a true thought-leader in the technology industry, explained that unlike most technology trends, utility computing has been a very attractive business model in need of technological advances. Entitled “Unbound Compute: Delivering on the On-demand Promise – Now,” the address clearly laid out how network attached processing will become a catalyst for utility computing, making it a viable option by reducing the cost and complexity of managing enterprise-class data centers without requiring architectural changes or forcing customers to make vendor-specific operating system and platform choices.

“We realize that customers want to spend money on applications that make them more competitive,” DeWitt told the crowd of senior executives and IT managers. “Network attached processing will allow enterprises to focus on meeting the needs of the business, rather than worrying about the capacity of their IT systems.”

Additionally DeWitt stated that network attached processing will deliver unbound compute power to business applications built on Java™ and J2EE™ platforms, without requiring customers to make changes to their applications or existing environments.

The UtilCompWorld conference and expo series, which holds three events each year in San Francisco, New York, and London, provides an opportunity for attendees to learn how utility computing is being used to boost profits and transform the functionality of enterprise IT, and how these changes affect both businesses and the IT industry.

About Azul Systems, Inc.
Azul Systems is introducing the industry's first network attached processing solution designed to unbound compute resources for Java and J2EE platform-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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