[May 14, 2013]

VMTurbo Founder Shmuel Kliger Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® Semifinalist in New England

VMTurbo, the leading provider of software-defined control of cloud and virtualized environments, today announced that Shmuel Kliger, chief technology officer and founder of VMTurbo, has been named a semifinalist for the 2013 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in New England. Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award is considered the world's most prestigious business award, consisting of gravity-defying entrepreneurs who take the standard of excellence to new heights, transforming the face of the industry and contributing to local communities. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 26 at the Renaissance Waterfront in Boston, Mass.

"I am thrilled to have been named a semifinalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award," said Kliger. "I have always been driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and am grateful to be recognized for not only my own accomplishments, but the outstanding technology produced by our team at VMTurbo."

As chief technology officer and founder, Kliger has led VMTurbo to deliver an innovative control system for virtualized data centers that has been proven to reduce capital and operational costs, as well as the risk of service disruption. By leveraging the dynamic resource allocation abilities of virtualization and automating the decision-making process and workload placement in software, the solution ensures applications get the resources required while maximizing utilization of IT assets.

Now in its 27th year, the Entrepreneur of the Year Program has expanded globally to recognize company builders in over 140 cities and in more than 50 countries throughout the world. Regional award winners go on to compete at the natioal level. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the National Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Overall Award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, Calif., on November 16, 2013. The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum^®, the nation's most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.

Sponsors

Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards are nationally sponsored by SAP (News - Alert) America and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. In New England the local sponsors include RBS Citizens, True Capital, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Nixon Peabody, RR Donnelley (News - Alert), Silicon Valley Bank, Scherzer International, Murray Devine, Bingham McCutchin, Empire Valuation Consultants and Goodwin Procter.

About Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year^®

Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award recognizes the significant contributions of entrepreneurs who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement.

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About VMTurbo

VMTurbo delivers a Software-Defined Control platform for cloud and virtualized environments. The company's solutions utilize its Economic Scheduling Engine to dynamically adjust configuration, resource allocation and workload placement to meet service levels and business goals. It is the only technology on the market capable of closing the loop in IT operation by automating the decision-making process to maintain the environment in the desired state. The VMTurbo platform first launched in August 2010 and since that time more than 9,000 cloud service providers and enterprises worldwide have deployed the platform, including British Telecom, Colgate, CSC (News - Alert) and the London School of Economics. Using VMTurbo, customers ensure that applications get the resources they need to operate reliably, while utilizing infrastructure and human resources in the most efficient way. For more information, visit us at www.vmturbo.com.

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