Zoho Selects Rackable Systems' Eco-Logical Servers for Reliability and Scalability

Rackable Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:RACK), a leading provider of servers and storage for large-scale data centers, today announced that Zoho, a division of AdventNet Inc., has deployed Rackable Systems’ patented half-depth servers to host their extensive suite of online software, including a word processor, spreadsheets, wikis, CRM and project management applications.

Zoho’s robust portfolio of Web-native applications is an attractive option for consumers and small businesses looking for inexpensive, user-friendly business tools. As the company’s customer base continued to grow, AdventNet, the enterprise management software provided behind Zoho, looked to Rackable Systems to help build out their back end infrastructure. And while Zoho provides the IT infrastructure for tens of thousands of businesses, Rackable Systems provides physical infrastructure for Zoho.

"When our customer base surged past one million, it became increasingly important to find a server vendor that was able to scale with us,” said Neil Butani, vice president of Operations. "Rackable Systems’ servers are extremely efficient and their unique back-to-back architecture allowed us to increase our density within our existing data center footprint.”

By hosting their productivity, collaboration and business applications on Rackable Systems’ Eco-Logical™ servers, AdventNet has met and exceeded Zoho’s requirement for an efficient and scalable solution. The deployment, made up of multiple 44U cabinets with DC-Powered servers running low-wattage Intel^® Quad Core processors, is spread across multiple physical locations. The company estimates that this configuration has saved them about 20 to 25 percent in power and cooling costs over the past 18 months. Rackable Systems architected the solution with AC to DC rectifiers inside the cabinets allowing Zoho an unsurpassed level of reliability and redundancy.

"Our built-to-order server designs are ideal for SaaS leaders like Zoho who require component flexibility, reliability and best-in-class density,” said Tony Carrozza, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Rackable Systems. "With our Eco-Logical server solutions, Zoho will realize increasing energy and cost savings as they continue to scale within their existing data center environment.”

About Rackable Systems

Rackable Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:RACK) is a leading provider of Eco-Logical™ servers and storage for large-scale data center deployments. The company’s products are designed to provide benefits in the areas of density, thermal efficiency, serviceability, power distribution, data center mobility and remote management. Founded in 1999 and based in Fremont, California, Rackable Systems is a founding member of The Green Grid and serves Internet, enterprise software, federal government, entertainment, financial services, oil and gas exploration and HPC customers worldwide.

To learn more about Rackable Systems, visit www.rackable.com.

About Zoho and AdventNet

Zoho is creating the most comprehensive suite of affordable, online collaborative productivity applications and business applications for today's knowledge workers. To date, Zoho has launched 16 different applications and more are in the works. Zoho has received numerous awards including a 2008 PC WORLD 25 Most Innovative Products Award for Zoho Notebook and "Best Enterprise Start-up” at The 2007 Crunchies. Nearly 200 developers work on the Zoho suite. For more information on Zoho, please visit http://www.zoho.com/ and blogs.zoho.com.

Zoho is a division of AdventNet, in business since 1996 providing innovative software products and serving more than 25,000 customers worldwide. For more information on AdventNet, please visit http://www.adventnet.com/.