Hong Kong – 31 December, 2008 – Cluster Technology Limited (CLUSTERTECH) announced today its sole local distributorship in North China region with GigaSpaces Technologies Limited (GigaSpaces). Showing extraordinary capability in delivering consultation and professional technical services to its customers, Clustertech is already in the final stages for several deals with financial services clients to deploy GigaSpaces.

Clients from varied industries in the North China market now have access to GigaSpaces’ eXtreme Application Platform (XAP) through CLUSTERTECH. The scale-out application server includes GigaSpaces notable Cloud Computing Framework. CLUSTERTECH is charged with handling complete sales cycles, including pre-sales consultation, proof of concept, marketing, training and post-sales support. Additionally, a call centre will be set up to handle post-sales technical inquiries in the region, providing customers with proper support.

GigaSpaces XAP is a next-generation application server built for today's most demanding enterprise and web applications. Unlike traditional application servers, XAP enables predictable application scalability on-demand. It allows businesses and developers to predictably scale systems under any peak demand, guarantee performance under any data processing load, and seamlessly leverage the economies-of-scale offered by virtual computing environments such as clouds and grids.

Mr. Greg Lenehan, Regional Director, Asia Pacific of GigaSpaces said, “CLUSTERTECH shows continuous devotion and passion in selling GigaSpaces. It is a reliable distributor with proven technical expertise and knowledge of GigaSpaces product and technology.”

“We are glad to be the sole local distributor of GigaSpaces. As a further step to business development, we are setting up a strong team in the Greater China region, providing clients in sales, marketing and technical support,” said Dr. P.H. Ng, Director of Business of CLUSTERTECH.


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.