San Mateo, California, September 13, 2007 - B-hive Networks, Inc., a leader in virtual data center management, today announced that B-hive Conductor, the first Service Level Control solution for virtualized environments, was named a Best of VMworld Finalist Award winner in the Performance Monitoring and Optimization category at VMworld 2007, the largest virtualization industry event, being held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Award winners were chosen in nine categories from more than 100 exhibitors offering new products and technologies. An independent team of judges consisting of experts and editors from SearchServerVirtualization.com, a TechTarget publication, reviewed and evaluated the products according to innovation, value, performance, reliability, and ease of use.

"We are honored to have been selected as a Performance Monitoring and Optimization Best of VMworld winner," said Yoav Dembak, CEO and Co-founder of B-hive. "Data center operations must be automated to truly leverage the benefits of virtualization and allow scalability through large mission critical, dynamic environments. Automation must be driven by business level policies indicative of cost and performance goals. Only by connecting infrastructure to business level goals can features such as on-demand computing, disaster recovery and Green IT be achieved."

B-hive's flagship product, B-hive Conductor enables data centers to cost-effectively deliver web-enabled distributed applications in accordance with corporate service level policies. Conductor enables Service Level Control for virtualized environments and helps improve performance, reliability, and predictability while reducing overall cost. Conductor delivers Service Level Control for VI3 environments, monitoring end user performance, issuing service level reports, and resolving problems by automating the decision processes around virtualization functions such as server provisioning, transaction routing, or system re-boots.

About B-hive

B-hive is a 3-year-old private software company in the San Francisco Bay area founded by data center veterans. B-hive's Conductor™, the first Service Level Control solution for virtualized environments, helps industry-leading retailers, financial organizations and Web companies deliver higher customer service. For more information, visit www.bhive.net.

About SearchServerVirtualization.com

SearchServerVirtualization.com is a leading server virtualization resource for system architects and IT managers published by TechTarget. The site's editors, resident experts and news writers help IT organizations determine if virtualization is appropriate for them, and helps those who have adopted the technology to use it to its greatest effect. SearchServerVirtualization.com provides access to the latest news, articles, tips, expert advice, learning guides, white papers, and webcasts covering all areas of server virtualization, including virtualization platforms, server hardware, managing virtual environments, virtualization architectures and strategies, and application issues.

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About VMware

VMware (NYSE:VMW) is the global leader in virtual infrastructure software for industry-standard systems. Organizations of all sizes use VMware solutions to simplify their IT, fully leverage their existing computing investments and respond faster to changing business demands. VMware is based in Palo Alto, California and majority-owned by EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC). For more information, visit www.vmware.com.

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