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SAN JOSE, USA, April 21, 2009 – Platform Computing, the leader in grid and cloud computing software, announces the appointment of Randy Clark as Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, Mr. Clark will be responsible for Platform’s worldwide marketing and will also be focusing on the company’s cloud computing initiative. He will be reporting to Platform’s CEO Songnian Zhou.

“Platform had yet another year of record revenue and profitability and continues to invest in its existing businesses and in new markets.  Accordingly, we are also strengthening our senior leadership team. The addition of Randy Clark as CMO represents a clear shift in focus for Platform.  He brings to the team experience in building market-focused organizations and in leading companies into new growth areas,” said Songnian Zhou, CEO, Platform Computing.  “Randy will be leading the development of our strategy to drive the adoption of cloud computing.  From a technology perspective Platform’s solutions are well positioned to deliver clouds for enterprises.”

“A market opportunity like cloud computing comes along once every 10 years and Platform is very well positioned to take advantage of it,” said Randy Clark, CMO, Platform Computing.  "Cloud computing is the natural evolution for Platform’s business and I look forward to helping bring Platform’s cloud computing solution to market.”

Mr. Clark brings to Platform more than 20 years of proven experience in leading marketing and business development for both early stage and large public enterprise software companies. Most recently, he was VP of Marketing at Symyx, a public software and systems company focused on the chemicals and life-sciences industries. Previously, he was SVP Market Development for PTC, a leading public company focused on product lifecycle management. Mr. Clark has also been an early management team member for two venture-backed software companies, Enigma and ClearForest. His career began in consulting with Arthur D. Little and in venture capital with Advent International before he moved to the operating side doing vertical marketing with Bay Networks. Mr. Clark graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Economics and holds an MBA from Harvard University.

About Platform Computing

Platform Computing is the leader in grid and cloud computing software that dynamically connects IT resources to workload demand according to business policies. Over 2,000 of the world’s largest organizations rely on our solutions to improve IT productivity and reduce data center costs. Platform has strategic relationships with Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat, and SAS. Building on 16 years of market leadership, Platform continues to help data centers be more efficient, responsive and dynamic. Visit www.platform.com.

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