Cupertino, CA — August 31, 2009 — Neterion, Inc., the industry pioneer of I/O Virtualization (IOV) in 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE), today announced that its X3100 series 10 GbE adapters are now VMware Ready Certified. This designation indicates that the X3100 series adapter has completed the VMware I/O Partner program testing criteria for use with VMware ESX 3.5 and is now listed on the VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide. The VMware IOVP program enables IHVs to provide mutual customers with jointly supported hardware solutions.

Passing the extensive certification testing helps ensure that Neterion is compatible with VMware technology and ready for deployment in customer environments.

"Neterion's X3100 series of network adapter cards enables VMware customers to use I/O intensive applications in a virtualized environment by leveraging Neterion's Hypervisor Offload (Hy-O)™capability," said Bernie Mills, senior director, Alliance Programs, VMware. "We are pleased that Neterion's X3100 10GbE network adapters qualify for the VMware Ready Certified logo, signifying to customers that the X3100 series has passed specific VMware integration and interoperability criteria and is ready to run their mission-critical business applications and operations."

"Maintaining guaranteed throughput for mission-critical applications is a key requirement today. Neterion's hardware-based I/O Quality of Service (IOQoS) ™ ensures that each virtual machine has guaranteed bandwidth, enabling these core applications to sustain required performance levels," said Todd Oseth, president and CEO of Neterion, Inc. Oseth continued, "Customers can now leverage 10GbE technology with a broader class of applications in the Virtual Server environment and accelerate reaping the benefits of virtualization across their enterprise."

Neterion X3100 GbE series adapters can be found within the online VMware Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.

About Neterion
Neterion is the leader in I/O Virtualization for 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters that provide high speed solutions for customers' server and storage systems. Xframe®and X3100 Series are the industry's highest performing line of 10 GbE adapters, allowing IT managers to virtualize many more applications per physical server - including the most I/O-intensive ones - drastically decreasing costs when deploying virtualized servers. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California with an additional office in Ottawa, Canada. More information on Neterion, Inc. can be found at http://www.neterion.com.

The Neterion logo, Xframe, IOQoS and VLT, names and logos and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Neterion, Inc. All other names are for informational purposes and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Neterion Company Contact:
John Hagerman
Vice President, Marketing & Business Development
Office: (408) 366-4639
John.hagerman@neterion.com