Astute Networks Adds Former LeftHand Sales Veteran Steve Kucker as Vice Presiden t of Sales Joins Executive Team

to Expand Companys Global Reach of High Performance Virtual Machine Storage Appliances that Break the Performance Barrier for Virtual Server and VDI Environments San Diego, CA, August 14, 2012 -- Astute NetworksTM, Inc., the leading provider of high-performance virtual machine storage appliances, today announced that it has added storage industry veteran Steve Kucker as Vice President of Sales to le ad Astutes sales and channel initiatives as the company accelerates its global fo otprint to capitalize on the multi-billion flash market. His appointment follows the companys recent appointment of Senior Vice President of Marketing, Len Rosen thal, and the completion of its $12 million Series B funding. Astute Networks patented DataPump EngineTM and Networked Performance Flash (NPF) a rchitecture found in its ViSX appliances were designed from day one to deliver t ightly fused, high-performance, low power solutions that significantly accelerat e Virtual Machine (VM) and application performance. Together, these patented adv ances help companies overcome key virtualization challenges of limited VM count s per physical server, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) boot storms, and con strained deployments of virtualized business-critical applications due to lack o f confidence in predictable sustained performance. ViSX operates with all major virtualization platforms including VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and Red Hat RHEV. By complementing existing SAN or NAS infrastructures, with seamlessly additive highly optimized flash-bas ed datastores, ViSX satisfies the performance requirements demanded by todays bus iness-critical applications. The ViSX Networked Flash-based appliances cost-effe ctively deliver up to 100,000 sustained random IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second), that is shareable by all virtual machines on all hosts over standard 1 0G or 1G Ethernet networks - all in an affordable, small footprint, multi-teraby te, and easy-to-deploy rack mount device. The addition of Steve Kucker to Astutes management team is a direct response to t he dramatic growth the company has seen as it delivers game changing high-perfor mance VM storage appliances that break the performance, complexity, and cost bar riers for virtual server and VDI environments. Steve will oversee the companys ex panding sales, pre and post-sales support, and service teams. We continue to see deepening demand and growing traction as customers embrace the benefits and value of ViSX to overcome the performance and ease of use barriers plaguing virtualized environments, said Steve Topper, CEO, Astute Networks. Steve brings a strong track record in building and scaling highly effective sales org anizations for some of the industrys largest storage players. We are delighted to have him join our management team as we extend our reach and drive continued mo mentum throughout 2012 and beyond. Steve Kucker comes to Astute from industry leading VMware (NYSE: VMW), EMC (NYSE : EMC), and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) partner AdvizeX, where he was responsible for a large, revenue doubling business unit P&L. Prior to AdvizeX, he was regional di rector for LeftHand Networks, which was acquired by HP. At LeftHand, he spearhe aded a channel sales model which helped to drive the companys business from $250, 000 to a run rate of $80 million. He has also held key sales positions with EMC and MTI Technology, and holds degrees from the University of Lowell and Wentwort h Institute. He is also a veteran of the United States Navy. In my many years working in the storage industry, I cant think of a technology opp ortunity more properly aligned with a market need as what we are delivering here at Astute Networks to our channel partners and, ultimately, end customers, said

Steve Kucker, Vice President of Sales, Astute Networks. With virtualization becom ing the foundation of nearly every enterprise data center, ViSX high-performance VM storage appliances are helping enterprises finally realize the full potentia l of their virtualization investments. Im pleased to join the Astute team and lo ok forward to expanding our market presence and position as the market leader fo r virtualization-optimized storage appliances. Tweet this: @AstuteNetworks Adds Steve Kucker as Vice President of Sales http:/ /bit.ly/Rb12Yp Follow Astute on Twitter at http://twitter.com/astutenetworks About Astute Networks Astute Networks is the leading provider of high-performance virtual machine stor age appliances. The companys ViSXTM family of Networked Flash appliances, powered by its patented DataPump Engine, overcome virtualization performance limitations by non-disruptively delivering shared performance to all virtual machines, acro ss all hosts, over pervasively deployed Ethernet networks. With ViSX, IT organiz ations have the power to confidently virtualize and deploy business-critical app lications while eliminating costly over-provisioning of IT infrastructure. ViSX is available through the companys network of authorized channel partners. For mor e information, visit www.astutenetworks.com. Astute Networks, Networked Performance flash, ViSX G3, DataPump Engine, and Flas hWRX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Astute Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Contact : Sabrina Sanchez The Ventana Group for Astute Networks Chantilly, VA (925) 785-3014 ssanchez@theventanagroup.com http://www.theventanagroup.com/