Emic Networks Achieves Substantial Growth in First Half of 2005

EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- July 18, 2005 -- Emic Networks, the leading provider of application clustering solutions for the open source stack, today announced that the company achieved strong growth in the first two quarters of 2005. During the first half of 2005, Emic tripled its customer and partner engagements and achieved a 398 percent increase in revenue and a 121 percent increase in its global employee base, compared to the same period last year.

"As open source continues to capture market share in the enterprise, there has been an increased need for the solutions that Emic provides to deliver the high availability, scalability services and business value taken for granted in the proprietary world," said Eero Teerikorpi, CEO of Emic Networks. "Emic has experienced tremendous growth in the first half of this year, as evidenced by the continual additions to our worldwide client roster, and we look forward to finishing the year with an even stronger Q3 and Q4."

Significant Q1 and Q2 milestones for Emic include the launch of the latest version of its flagship product, Emic m/cluster. Emic m/cluster provides businesses in such industries as financial services, telecom and e-tail with the high availability, business continuity, scalability and manageability services needed to support and sustain their open source investments. Emic provides application clustering solutions for MySQL(R) databases and Apache(TM) web servers, as well as for the LAMP and LAMJ stacks - providing customers with the option of purchasing stand-alone products or integrated solutions that best fit their individual needs.

Emic also secured significant customer engagements with global companies that include CanadaDrugs.com, the largest online mail-order pharmacy; CombineNet, a Web-based software company that helps Fortune 1000 companies deliver unprecedented savings in strategic sourcing; and Endurance International Group, one of the largest providers of shared web hosting services in the world. Significant partnerships include Rackspace Managed Hosting(TM), the fastest-growing managed hosting provider, and Zenplex, a provider of integrated workflow solutions for the media, print and publishing industries.

Emic joined the MySQL Network Certified Partner program. Emic and MySQL AB work in close collaboration to help customers smooth the integration of MySQL into their existing IT environments and support their business-critical applications. Additionally, Emic's membership this year in ObjectWeb, a consortium of companies and research organizations that have joined forces to produce next-generation open source middleware, solidified Emic's global presence and commitment to furthering the proliferation of open source in the enterprise.

Emic's leadership team conducted pivotal speaking engagements at some of the industry's most noteworthy events, including MySQL Users Conference, ApacheCon Europe and O'Reilly Open Source Convention, among others.

To accommodate Emic's rapid growth, the company relocated to larger headquarters in Emeryville, CA. Emic's new address is 2000 Powell Street, Suite 1090, Emeryville, CA 94608.

About Emic

Emic offers solutions that provide availability, scalability and manageability, allowing you to run mission critical applications on low-cost open source platforms. In order to provide high availability, Emic supplies synchronous data replication, hot standby with fail-over, disaster recovery and online maintenance to minimize downtime. To allow your applications to scale seamlessly, Emic provides dynamic load balancing and the ability to add new servers to the cluster in real time. To easily manage your cluster, Emic provides a single management interface for deployment, performance monitoring, health checks and alerts. Emic is headquartered in Emeryville, CA, and its products are available worldwide through direct and indirect channels. For more information, please visit http://www.emicnetworks.com.