ST. LOUIS, — October 22, 2009 — Appistry, a pioneer in private cloud computing for the enterprise, today announced that Gartner Inc. has positioned it in the visionaries quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Servers” report (Yefim V. Natis, Massimo Pezzini, Kimihiko Iijima; September 24, 2009)

“In my opinion, our positioning in this report highlights the benefits we provide in the cloud computing market,” said Kevin Haar, CEO, Appistry. “More importantly, I believe it recognizes the ability of our platform to support large, critical application deployments across a wide range of IT environments.”

Appistry and 27 other technology providers were assessed on the degree to which they anticipate and influence prevailing market trends; their attained industry and market presence and reputation; their record of business and technical execution; and the degree to which they have delivered the essential core functionality expected from a competitive product.

Appistry serves a range of customers in the public and private sectors with its enterprise-grade cloud computing software. The company's flagship product, Appistry CloudIQ Platform, simplifies cloud computing for the enterprise, enabling the creation of portable platform-as-a-service environments within private and hybrid clouds.

The Gartner Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009 by Gartner, Inc., and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Appistry

Appistry simplifies cloud computing for the enterprise, opening the door to a more agile and scalable IT environment. Appistry CloudIQ Platform addresses the complex challenges of delivering and managing a wide variety of applications and services for both public and private clouds. The company's platform is designed specifically for cloud environments, delivering transparent scalability, application portability, and automated management to new and existing applications. Appistry customers include FedEx, GeoEye, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. For more information about Appistry, please visit www.appistry.com.



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