Emic Achieves Recognition as 'Best Distributed Computing Solution' Finalist for 2005 SIIA Codie Awards

Emic Achieves Recognition as 'Best Distributed Computing Solution' Finalist for 2005 SIIA Codie Awards SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Software & Information Industry Association announces Emic Application Cluster (EAC) as a finalist for the 20th Annual Codie Awards. EAC enhances open-source software with database clustering and was nominated by its peers for the award in the category of "Best Distributed Computing Solution." Emic develops and markets a complete suite of high-availability, high performance and manageability solutions for open-source components. Emic's solutions offer availability, scalability and manageability, allowing companies to run mission-critical applications on low-cost, open-source platforms. "It is a true honor to be recognized as a finalist for this award because it is based on nominations by our peers and competitors," said Eero Teerikorpi, Emic CEO. "This recognition serves as a testament to the fact that we are delivering the open source solutions companies want and need." The SIIA Codie Awards is the only peer-recognition awards program of its kind in the industry, providing a unique opportunity for companies to earn the praise of their competitors. The awards showcase the software and digital content industry's finest products and services. "The 20th annual Codie Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the software, content and education technology industries," said Ken Wasch, SIIA President. "When one considers the number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a Codie Awards finalist is a significant achievement." SIIA is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. Codie Awards winners will be announced on May 25, 2005 at the Codie Awards Gala held in Universal Studio's Globe Theater in Universal City, CA. About Emic Emic offers 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 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 San Jose, CA, and its products are available worldwide through direct and indirect channels. For more information, please visit www.emicnetworks.com. NOTE: Emic Application Cluster and EAC are trademarks of Emic Networks. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. Source: Emic Networks CONTACT: Petri Virsunen, Director of Marketing, +1-408-998-7882, or petri.virsunen@applicationcluster.com, or Mary Lynn Heath, Public Relations, +1-405-641-9733, or marylynnheath@yahoo.com, both of Emic Networks Web site: http://www.emicnetworks.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment