InTouch Selects AFORE to Deliver Advanced Virtual Data Center Services

AFORE's ASE3300 Enhances Distributed Service Delivery for Server and Storage Extension

OTTAWA, Feb. 27 -- AFORE Solutions, Inc., a leader in the design and delivery of technology solutions for the networking industry, today announced that InTouch N.V., a leading provider of advanced cloud computing and virtual data center services has selected the AFORE ASE3300 advanced service delivery platform to more effectively extend their current services to customers, and to enable new business services. InTouch offers its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions across eight European countries and is using AFORE's ASE3300 to enhance their storage, server and data center virtualization extension solutions.

InTouch selected AFORE's ASE3300(http://www.aforesolutions.com/?itvdc) to respond to their growing distributed network and the demand for secure, lossless application delivery regardless of location. The ASE3300 is designed to optimize data center resources, enable enhanced service delivery, reduce operating costs and improve business agility.

"AFORE's ASE3300 unique capabilities significantly simplifies and enhances our service offerings to customers," said Rager Ossel, CTO of InTouch. "The ASE3300 eliminates the complexities of implementing distributed virtual data center services while enabling new service offerings."

The ASE3300 enables the implementation of improved solutions for storage replication, disaster recovery, server clustering, application mobility, cloud computing and more, over any network. The ASE3300 attaches to existing IP or Ethernet wide area networks and creates 'virtual wire' connectivity using HyperTUNNEL technology while leveraging AFORE's packet loss recovery, data encryption, in-flight lossless data compression and jumbo frame MTU transparency technologies. ASE3300 extends both server and storage networks, supporting native Fibre Channel (FC), with distance extension capabilities, seamless support for iSCSI and emerging Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) standards, to provide a migration path for data center environments requiring the flexibility to support a range of storage networking technologies.

"The ASE3300 appliance delivers broad and powerful capabilities that will enable InTouch to enable new and advanced cloud computing data center strategies," said Jonathan Reeves, AFORE's Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer. "We are delighted to be working with InTouch to enhance and support their virtualization initiatives."

AFORE will showcase the new virtualization technology in a live demonstration at the Pan Dacom exhibit located in Hall 13, Stand C47 at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany from March 3 - 8, 2009.

About AFORE Solutions:

AFORE is a leading provider of innovative technology to the networking industry. Our unique blend of system solutions, custom development services and InterPort(TM) technology enable network equipment providers, service providers and enterprises to accelerate innovation and deployment of advanced networking applications. For more information visit: AFORE Solutions(http://www.aforesolutions.com/?itvdc). AFORE - Acceleration FOR Ethernet(TM)

About InTouch N.V.:

InTouch is a leading solutions provider of advanced ICT utility computing solutions to leading businesses throughout Europe. InTouch's virtual data center services allow businesses to leverage an extensive array of solutions to help organizations gain competitive advantages by leveraging information and communication technology as an integral part of business processes. Visit: www.intouch.nl.

About Pan Dacom:

Pan Dacom is a leading system integrator and provider of professional services for telecommunication and networking solutions. Pan Dacom provides system integration and services, sales and marketing, consulting and design, development and manufacturing, implementation, project management, roll-out operations and training for enterprise and carrier networking, transmission systems, cabling, security and storage solutions. Visit: www.pandacom.de.