SIMtone Supports Green Computing with Sponsorship of the Green Comm Challenge

Italian Yachting Team to Utilize SIMtone’s Cloud Computing Platform in Their Quest for the 33rd America’s Cup

SIMtone Corporation, a privately held company delivering Universal Computing, today announced that it is sponsoring the Green Comm Challenge, also known as Circolo di Vela Gargnano (CVG), a team that recently submitted its challenge in the 33rd America’s Cup Race. As a technical partner, SIMtone’s Universal Computing platform will allow the Green Comm Challenge team to access data, applications and information services from the cloud, on-demand and on-the-fly, on water and land.

SIMtone is one of several technical partners including Sofinnova and Wave Group. The technical and research team is being led by Professor Mario Gerla of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Computer Science Department and Professor Giovanni Lombardi at the Department of Engineering at University of Pisa, in cooperation with Politecnico of Turin.

“SIMtone transforms computing into low cost services that are usable anywhere, via any network, with non-processing devices, radically reducing end-to-end power consumption and the overall carbon footprint,” said Mario Dal Canto, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of SIMtone Corporation. “We are delighted to support the first America’s Cup boat driven by world-changing innovation and a scientific mission that is completely aligned with our vision. By eliminating complexity in the organization, SIMtone will make Green Comm ‘go faster’ and enable the entire team to work together simply and safely from anywhere. With SIMtone, the only carbon involved with the Green Comm Challenge will be in the hull!”

“With SIMtone’s simple to use yet massively scalable network computing solution, we are able to minimize our information system’s carbon footprint while delivering unmatched performance, mobility and flexibility to the team of the Green Comm Challenge on-demand, anywhere they need it,” stated Lorenzo Rizzardi, President of Circolo di Vela Gargnano.

About Green Comm Challenge

Representing Italy, the Green Comm Challenge aka Circolo di Vela Gargnano (CVG) formally submitted its challenge to Société Nautique de Genève (SNG), the defender of the America’s Cup on May 11, 2009, which begins on July 10, 2009 in Valencia Spain. The 90×90 foot vessel is one of several teams aiming to compete in the America’s Cup. It is supported by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Pisa (Italy), and the Politecnico of Turin (Italy) and other international companies.

About SIMtone Corporation

The SIMtone Corporation makes Cloud Computing universally simple. The company has developed and commercialized the patented SIMtone Universal Cloud Computing Platform that allows network operators and businesses to host, manage and quickly provision any Cloud-hosted services, and ubiquitously deliver them to zero-touch terminals that can be standalone, low cost hardware appliances, or software terminals usable via browsers or on PCs, thin clients and mobile devices. With the SIMtone, Cloud services such as virtual desktops, DaaS/SaaS, PC Remote Access or Web services, are simple and very inexpensive to host and manage for businesses and providers, and become usable without a computer, on-demand and on-the-fly, simply and safely, by everyone, everywhere. SIMtone Corporation’s North American headquarters are based in Durham, North Carolina and SIMtone International headquarters are based in Vevey, Switzerland. SIMtone is a privately-held company backed by Motorola Ventures and Kodiak Venture Partners. For more information: www.SIMtone.net.

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