3Tera Names Web Hosting Industry Influencer Isabel Wang to its Advisory Board

November 21, 2006; 12:57 AM

Aliso Viejo, Calif. — 3Tera, Inc., the innovator of grid and utility computing solutions for online services, today announced that it has named Isabel Wang to its advisory board. A 10-year hosting industry veteran and influencer, Ms. Wang will provide strategic insight and guidance to 3Tera’s management team as it positions the company’s new AppLogic grid operating system and further pursues the hosting market. As an advisor to 3Tera, Wang will lend her expertise to strategic initiatives such as product positioning, and will apply her deep understanding of the unique requirements of hosting providers and their offerings.

“Isabel is a thought leader who is widely respected in the Internet hosting industry. She will help us understand even better the needs and priorities of hosting providers as they move to serving Web 2.0 and SaaS customers,” said Vlad Miloushev, president & CEO, 3Tera, Inc. “Her expertise in Internet infrastructure will be an asset to 3Tera as we continue to provide enabling grid technology to the Web hosting market and position for rapid growth.”

“Having spent six years running a Web-based business and three years working within a hosting company, I've experienced a wide variety of Web hosting related challenges from both sides of the table,” said Isabel Wang. “When I came across 3Tera, I immediately knew it’s the next big thing. Problems ranging from hardware failure to scaling a growing Web site simply become irrelevant on an AppLogic grid. I’m really excited to work with 3Tera’s team in making this technology a market success.”

Isabel Wang joins other distinguished advisors on 3Tera’s advisory board including Thomas Burniece, CEO of iVivity and a storage industry veteran; Ismael Ghalimi, CEO of Intalio and organizer of the Office 2.0 conference; Rich Freyberg, former CIO of Schwab Capital Markets; Richie Lary, a renown storage industry expert and architect of VAX Clusters; Sam Pullara, VP of Technology Strategy at Yahoo!; and Ross Schibler, senior director at Cisco Systems, entrepreneur and founder of TopSpin and Rapid City.

About Isabel Wang

Isabel has been working in the Internet infrastructure market for nearly 10 years. She is the author of the popular “Isabel Says” blog, http://www.isabelwang.com, where she writes on the convergence of Web 2.0 and Web hosting. She is a freelance writer/consultant and also writes a blog for The Web Hosting Industry Review magazine http://www.thewhir.com/blogs/isabel-wang/. Formerly, she was the editor and publisher of Web Hosting Magazine where she covered the rise and fall of early Web hosting pioneers. Isabel also served as vice president of Communications at EV1Servers where she focused on the dedicated servers business. Prior to her position at EV1Servers, she co-founded ISPcheck, a company providing banner ads to early Web hosting providers. Isabel attended MIT and majored in political science.

About 3Tera, Inc.

3Tera, Inc. is the innovator of grid and utility computing solutions that simplify the deployment, operation and scaling of online services. The company’s breakthrough AppLogic grid operating system allows hosting providers to offer true utility computing that enables anyone with a browser and basic IT skills to operate dozens of servers, and hundreds of online applications, without owning and operating hardware infrastructure. 3Tera is a privately-held company headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California with R&D facilities in Silicon Valley, Israel and Eastern Europe. For more information about 3Tera and its solutions, please visit the company’s Web site at http://www.3tera.com.