Hong Kong – 22 October, 2009 – Mr. Tony Chiu, Director of Business (Marketing and Sales), of Cluster Technology Limited (CLUSTERTECH) gave a presentation at “HP Storage Virtualization Seminar”.

More than 40 IT professionals from various sectors were attracted to this seminar. As the partner of HP and the sole distributor of GigaSpaces in Greater China Region, CLUSTERTECHwas invited to give a presentation on how GigaSpaces eXtreme Application Platform (XAP) helped enterprises build up a stable and scalable on-demand application server.

On behalf of CLUSTERTECH, Mr. Chiu gave a comprehensive presentation on "GigaSpaces-Enterprise Architecture: Complementing the Data Storage Virtualization”. He clearly explained how GigaSpaces offered a Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution which allows enterprises to deploy existing applications on the cloud. The advantages such as linear scalability, extreme performance and high usability can help enterprises tackle the challenges ahead and complement the data storage virtualization.

"With GigaSpaces XAP’s on-demand scalability, advanced failover and self-healing capabilities, enterprises can better utilize the existing resources and fully migrate the applications to a consistently stable and scalable support platform,” according to Mr. Chiu.

Mr. Chiu also demonstrated that XAP allows businesses to predictably scale systems under peak demand, guarantees performance under any data processing load. To simplify migration from traditional middleware to new virtual computing architectures, XAP supports open-source and standard development frameworks.

About GigaSpaces

GigaSpaces Technologies is a leading provider of a new generation of application platforms for Java and .Net environments that offer an alternative to traditional application-servers. The company's eXtreme Application Platform (XAP) leverages open-source and standard development frameworks to speed new application development and simplify migration of existing systems from traditional middleware and application server technologies to new virtual computing architectures. GigaSpaces customers include six of the world’s top 10 investment banks, world-leading exchanges, market data providers, hedge funds, retail banks, leading international and US telecommunications and mobile carriers, global Web-commerce companies, five of the world's top online gaming companies, and leading Internet media organizations. Founded in 2000, GigaSpaces has offices in the US, Europe and Asia.

For more information, please visit http://www.gigaspaces.com, the company’s open-source community portal or the company's blog at http://blog.gigaspaces.com/.

About Cluster Technology Limited (ClusterTech)
Founded in 2000, Cluster Technology Limited specializes in the provision of advanced computing technology solutions. ClusterTech utilizes Cluster, Grid, Cloud and other high performance computing (HPC) technologies to improve operational efficiency, address large-scale computing demand, develop Business Intelligence, and ensure high availability. ClusterTech, headquartered in Hong Kong, opened branches in Mainland China starting 2003, to provide one-stop advanced computing professional services including pre-sale testing, system design, software and hardware integration and optimization for clients in China. In 2009, ClusterTech was awarded the "Hong Kong Awards for Industries - Technological Achievement Certificate of Merit."

ClusterTech has served the advanced computing needs of over a hundred multinational and national level institutes including:

• Banking & Finance: HSBC, Bank of China, DBS (Singapore), Fubon Bank (Hong Kong, Taiwan), ING (North America), AMTD Financial Planning Ltd., Guangdong Investment Limited, Pan Asian Mortgage, etc.
• Government: The Chinese National Marine Data & Information Service, Chinese Meteorological Administration, China Earthquake Administration, 14 institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Environmental Protection Department of the Government of the HKSAR, Planning Department of the Government of the HKSAR, etc.
• Oil and Gas: China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China Petrochemical Development Corporation (CPDC), PetroChina, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) , etc.
• Manufacturers: Changchun FAW Group Corporation, China Sanjiang Space Group, etc.
• Retail and Service Industries: Shenzhen Yijing National Cartoon & Animation Industry Base, PCCW (Hong Kong), The Hong Kong Jockey Club, ITV(Britain), etc.
• Education and Research: 14 institutes of The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, China University of Technology, etc.

For more information, please visit http://www.clustertech.com.