Attenda Wins EMEA and Global VMware Service Provider Program Partner of the Year Award at VMware Partner Exchange 2010

VMware Partners from Around the World Take Home Top Honours for Delivering VMware Virtualization Solutions to Companies of All Sizes

London, February 26, 2010 – Attenda Limited, the Always On Managed Services company, today announced that it has been recognised by VMware as a winner of a VMware Partner Network Award in the EMEA and Global VMware Service Provider Program Partner of the Year categories. The award was presented at VMware Partner Exchange 2010, VMware’s annual partner event, on February 9th in Las Vegas.

Simon Hansford, VP Service Strategy & Marketing, Attenda comments “This award is further validation of our investment and success in deploying cloud-based solutions for enterprise-class clients. By leveraging the functionality of the VMware platform, we have been able to deliver for our clients greater agility at higher availability and reduced costs.”

During 2009, more than 50 clients were deployed onto Attenda’s cloud services, Attenda RTI, all recognising that cloud services bring new levels of agility and efficiency, delivering their infrastructure as a service.

“VMware’s partners continue to be the bedrock of our business, and we are pleased to recognise the great work they have accomplished throughout the year,” said Doug Smith, senior director, global partner sales, VMware. “We congratulate Attenda and look forward to continuing our work together to help deliver virtualization solutions for clients building private cloud infrastructures.”

As Simon Hansford concludes, “Through adoption of Attenda RTI and cloud based solutions, we shall continue to build stronger and deeper relationships with our clients and strategic partners, to become recognised as a strategic outsourcing partner of choice.”

At VMware Partner Exchange 2010, VMware acknowledged key performances and outstanding achievements by the company’s ecosystem partners during 2009. Winners from around the world were recognised in 15 categories:

• VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP) Partner of the Year
• Solution Provider of the Year
• Education Partner of the Year
• Distributor of the Year
• Systems Integrator of the Year
• SMB Partner of the Year
• Desktop Virtualization Partner of the Year
• Academic Partner of the Year
• Technology Innovator
• Vertical Trailblazer
• VMware Competency Partner of the Year
• Partner Executive MVP
• Corporate Reseller of the Year
• Federal Partner of the Year
• SpringSource Partner of the Year