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Azul Systems Powers One of the Highest Volume Online Transaction Processing Systems in the World MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Azul Systems(R) Inc. today announced that Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEGS) will deploy Azul compute pools to obtain the scalability and cost benefits that can be provided by network attached processing. Azul Systems Inc. is the pioneer of the industry's first network attached processing solution, designed to unbound compute resources for Java(TM) and J2EE(TM) Platform-based applications. Pegasus Solutions is a global leader in providing technology and services to hotels and travel distributors. Leveraging Azul Compute Appliances, the world's largest processor-count symmetric multiprocessing systems (SMP), Pegasus will be able to run its critical transaction processing system on fewer, less expensive servers, resulting in reduced IT costs and more efficient use of IT resources. Pegasus' customers include more than 60,000 hotel properties around the globe. Its services include central reservation systems, electronic distribution services, commission processing and payment services, and marketing representation services, including the consumer Web site, hotelbook.com(TM). As a global services company, Pegasus must continue to meet the high demands of the hospitality industry. Alternative technologies, such as network attached processing by Azul, provide operational efficiencies not present in traditional data center operations today. "We expect Network attached processing to allow our services to scale beyond the current industry norms," said Dennis Law, senior vice president product management at Pegasus. "The innovative technology developed by Azul will help us to meet the ballooning demand of our hospitality customers around the world with far greater predictability, efficiency and control over costs resulting in a greater level of performance." With more than one billion inquiries and transactions every month, the volume of traffic puts a significant load on the Pegasus infrastructure. As it experiences exponentially growing look-to-book ratios, Pegasus Solutions represents one of the highest volume online transaction processing systems in the world. "Look-to-book" is a travel industry metric which refers to the average number of queries by customers compared to the number of actual bookings. "Azul has created a whole new way for data centers around the world to efficiently plan for fluctuations and manage large volumes of transactions," said Stephen DeWitt, president and chief executive officer at Azul Systems. "Azul compute pools provide unprecedented amounts of predictable compute power, making it easy for Pegasus to seamlessly scale its services to ensure that customers receive reliable, consistent service no matter how busy the travel season." Azul Compute Appliances help Pegasus drive down costs and improve efficiency by consolidating applications and redeploying existing servers for other tasks. Pegasus reaps additional cost savings through reduced maintenance, power consumption, cooling and real estate costs due to the small footprint and low power consumption of Azul Compute Appliances. About Azul Systems Azul Systems(R) has pioneered the industry's first network attached processing solution designed to unbound compute resources for Java(TM) and J2EE(TM) based enterprise applications. Azul Compute Appliances eliminate capacity planning at the application level and much of the cost and complexity associated with the conventional delivery of computing resources. More information on Azul Systems can be found at http://www.azulsystems.com/ . About Pegasus Solutions Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions, Inc. is a global leader in providing technology and services to hotels and travel distributors. Founded in 1989, Pegasus' customers include a majority of the world's travel agencies and more than 60,000 hotel properties around the globe. Pegasus' services include central reservation systems, electronic distribution services, commission processing and payment services, and marketing representation services, including the consumer Web site, hotelbook.com(TM). The company's representation services, including Utell by Pegasus(TM) and Unirez by Pegasus(TM), are used by nearly 7,000 member hotels in 140 countries, making Pegasus the hotel industry's largest third-party marketing and reservations provider. Pegasus has 18 offices in 13 countries, including regional hubs in London, Scottsdale and Singapore. For more information, please visit http://www.pegs.com/. Legal Notices Azul Systems and Azul are registered trademarks and the Azul arch logo is a trademark of Azul Systems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Other marks are the property of their respective owners and are used here only for identification purposes. DATASOURCE: Azul Systems Inc. CONTACT: Karen Reynolds of Azul Systems Inc., +1-650-230-6581, or ; or Joy Jennings of Pegasus Solutions, Inc., +1-214-234-4615, or ; or Elyce Ventura of Eastwick Communications, +1-650-480-4054, or , for Azul Systems Inc. Web site: http://www.pegs.com/ Web site: http://www.azulsystems.com/

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