openQRM Downloads Nearly Triple in Less Than 90 Days; Qlusters' Named ''Hot Open Source Company'' by Red Herring and ''An Open Source Company to Watch'' by Network World

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Sept. 5, 2006--Qlusters, Inc., the leading provider of open source systems management software, today announced that openQRM downloads have nearly tripled over the last 90 days -- now reaching more than 44,000 since the project's launch on January 30, 2006. Additionally, in August Red Herring called Qlusters a "Hot Open Source Company" while Network World named Qlusters one of the top 10 "Open Source Companies to Watch."

"Over the past several months we have increased openQRM's capabilities by expanding support for dominant server OSes like Solaris and UNIX as well as leading virtualization technologies from companies like VMWare(TM) and Xen(TM)," said Ofer Shoshan, founder and CEO of Qlusters. "We are very pleased to be recognized by these leading publications and the community and will capitalize on this momentum to develop and expand openQRM's footprint."

Qlusters has taken several steps to expand the project's presence over the last several months, recently announcing support for FreeBSD and Solaris as well as plug-ins for popular virtualization offerings from VMWare, Xen, QEMU and Linux VServer. In addition to these achievements, openQRM has received several accolades from leading industry sources. In July, SourceForge chose openQRM as its Project of the Month, while in August, Qlusters was named both a "Hot Open Source Company" by Red Herring as well as an "Open Source Company to Watch," by Network World.

About openQRM

openQRM is the premiere open source data center provisioning and management solution for the enterprise. With more than 44,000 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(TM), VMWare(TM), Xen(TM), 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.

The project is derived from a proven commercial product and distributed as an open source project through SourceForge, using a modified Mozilla Public License. For more information visit www.openqrm.org.

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 provisioning and management 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.

Qlusters and openQRM are trademarks of Qlusters, Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.