Whamcloud to Exhibit at AMAX Technology Showcase 2011

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Exclusive Leading Enterprise Technology Event Features the Latest Advances in HPC and OEM Appliance Technology. Danville, CA – March 7, 2011. Whamcloud, a venture-backed company formed from a worldwide network of high-performance computing (HPC) storage industry veterans, announced today their participation in the 9th Annual AMAX Technology Showcase 2011, an exclusive leading enterprise technology event, which will take place at AMAX’s corporate headquarters in Fremont, California on March 10, 2011.

Danville, CA – March 7, 2011. Whamcloud, a venture-backed company formed from a worldwide network of high-performance computing (HPC) storage industry veterans, announced today their participation in the 9th Annual AMAX Technology Showcase 2011, an exclusive leading enterprise technology event, which will take place at AMAX’s corporate headquarters in Fremont, California on March 10, 2011.

The AMAX Technology Showcase features the latest advances in HPC and OEM appliance technology, giving invited corporate decision makers face time with the industry’s top technology innovators. Whamcloud will be joining Intel, AMD and LSI as a featured exhibitor, showcasing Lustre®, a parallel distributed file system that is scalable to large computer systems at a level well above conventional file systems.

"The AMAX Technology Showcase is a great way for organizations needing increased IO performance in their computing environments or just starting to look into Lustre technology to come and see AMAX's innovative high performance computing solutions and talk with Whamcloud directly about questions and issues specific to Lustre," said Brent Gorda, CEO of Whamcloud. "Whether you're migrating to a new solution or starting from scratch, come to this practical event right in your neighborhood and get a jump on improving your computing environment."

“The key to success for AMAX has been identifying key technology partners that complement our high performance, energy-efficient and scalable solutions to meet the specific needs of our customers,” said Jean Shih, President at AMAX. “We’ve seen a sharp rise in demand from our StorMAX storage platform customers for a parallel distributed file system that is scalable to large computer systems, and to answer that demand, we’re ecstatic to have Whamcloud join this year’s event.”

For more information on AMAX Technology Showcase 2011, visit: http://www.amax.com/about/amaxtechshow11.asp.

About Whamcloud Whamcloud is a venture-backed company formed from worldwide high-performance computing (HPC) storage industry veterans focused on enabling unprecedented application scaling and information insight through the evolution of HPC storage technologies in collaboration with the world's most scalable computing centers.

For more information:

Whamcloud Jesse Casman 415-730-2793 pr@whamcloud.com

AMAX Technology Showcase John C. Tran 510-497-8950 john_tran@amax.com

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