PALO ALTO, Calif - July 23, 2007 - Qlusters, the leading provider of open source systems management software, today announced the appointment of Dror Harel to company President and John Harleman as Vice President of Sales and Business Development effective immediately.

"Over the past several years, Qlusters and the openQRM project have risen to a leadership position in the open source systems management space and a key contributor to our growth and success has been the dedication, diligence and vision of Dror Harel," said company founder and CEO Ofer Shoshan. "Today, I am delighted to announce his appointment as President of Qlusters. Not only is he a strong and seasoned technology executive with an extensive background in systems management, Dror's international leadership experience, drive and passion make him the ideal choice to lead the company and expand the project's rapid acceptance in the global marketplace."

In his new role, Harel will maintain his duties as Chief Operating Officer (COO) but will also take on the role of company President where he will oversee business operations and drive product development. Since joining the company in 2003 Harel served as the COO and Vice President of Operations and Product Management. Prior to joining Qlusters, he held a senior product management position at Sanctum, Inc., where he led the development of the company's AppShield and AppScan security software products. Harel also previously held positions as Vice President of Quality and Product Integration and Vice President of Product Management at Veon, which was later purchased by Philips N.V.

"Over the last eighteen months, Qlusters and the openQRM project have experienced strong growth and acceptance by the open source community and I am excited for the opportunity to expand my position at this critical juncture in the company's history," said Dror Harel. "I look forward to helping continue its momentum and the growth of the openQRM project as organizations of all sizes are starting to deploy our leading systems management platform to address the growing server virtualization and provisioning challenges brought on by the growing demand for data center computer technologies seen worldwide."

Also joining Qlusters is John (JL) Harleman who will lead the company's sales and business development efforts worldwide. Prior to joining the company, JL served as Vice President of Sales and Strategic Development at ServGate where he closed strategic deals with Dell, CA, China Telecom and others. Harleman also led west coast sales and business development for Pedestal Software (Alteris) where he conceived, initiated and led development planning with strategic networking partners including Cisco Systems and 3Com. While at Fortinet, Harleman was integral in doubling revenue every quarter and the strategic development of and positioning for key enterprise accounts and partnerships. Harleman also served as General Manager of Certicom's enterprise division, which he founded and whose first product was a VPN client for hand-held devices/mobile phones that he conceived of and launched in conjunction with Cisco Systems, CheckPoint and NetScreen.

"As we expand into new business territories, I am excited to add John Harleman to our executive team," said company founder and CEO Ofer Shoshan. "We are confident that his seasoned industry and sales experience will prove an invaluable asset to Qlusters as we continue to establish the company as a leader in the open source system management space."

"Qlusters represents the opportunity to work with the worldwide leader in open source systems management," said Harleman. "I am very excited to be joining a company with such a desirable combination of market leadership, rapid growth and innovation. I look forward to contributing to the success of Qlusters business development by developing strategic partners and expanding the company's global footprint."

About openQRM

openQRM is the premiere open source data center provisioning and management solution for the enterprise. With more than 87,000 downloads since its launch in January 2006, openQRM features an open plug-in architecture that enables easy integration with existing data center applications, such as Nagios™, VMWare™, Xen™, QEMU and Linux VServer, helping to improve reliability and increase automation while reducing overall management costs. Additionally, openQRM is the only data center management solution that works with Solaris, FreeBSD, Windows and Linux.

About Qlusters, Inc.

Founded in 2001, Qlusters is a leading data center technology and services provider. Qlusters' openQRM (www.openqrm.org) is the leading open source data center management and automation solution on the market today and is currently used by multiple data centers worldwide to improve uptime and reduce operations costs. Qlusters is the founding member of the Open Management Consortium (www.open-management.org), which creates open source alternatives to proprietary management systems. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with offices in New York City and Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information visit www.qlusters.com.

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