Vice President Of Global Field And Channel Operations

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—July 9, 2008—GroundWork Open Source, Inc. (www.groundworkopensource.com), the leader in commercial open source systems and network management software, today announced the appointment of Alan Cooke as Vice President of Global Field and Channel Operations.

Cooke brings over two decades of experience in sales and leadership to GroundWork. He previously served as Vice President of Worldwide Field & Channel Operations for Vormetric, a leading provider of security solutions for protecting sensitive enterprise data from unauthorized access and theft. Prior to Vormetric, Mr. Cooke was Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Actional, the leader in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Management, Monitoring and Security software. Cooke helped lead his team to a 400% increase in revenue from 2004 to 2006, which contributed significantly to the acquisition of Actional by Progress Software.

“The traction that GroundWork Monitor is gaining in vertical markets such as higher education and financial services proves that the solution delivers great value for a wide range of enterprises,” said Cooke. “The growth that open source systems management, and GroundWork in particular, has seen in enterprise adoption indicates to me that the benefits that these solutions have over proprietary offerings are finally being realized, and that the time is ripe for further adoption.”

"I am delighted that Alan has joined the GroundWork team; the combination of his domain expertise in systems management and his deep multi-channel distribution management experience is just what’s needed to drive GroundWork’s continuing rapid growth." said Dave Lilly, CEO and co-founder of GroundWork Open Source. "Alan is expert at using Web 2.0 marketing and sales techniques to drive mid-enterprise sales to sustainable profitability.”

GroundWork, whose products amalgamate over eighty best-of-breed open source project into a cohesive and comprehensive systems and network monitoring solution, achieved a record number of bookings in 1H of 2008. Adoption of GroundWork’s enterprise solution also jumped significantly during that time, in part bolstered by tight collaboration with partners such as DSP and nCell, who aided institutions like Cancer Research UK deploy GroundWork’s solutions.

Prior to Actional, Cooke held senior sales leadership positions at a number of web-based technology companies including Datasweep and Bidcom, where his teams consistently exceeded sales quotas and contributed to aggressive company growth. Cooke doubled revenues to $21 million over the span of two years at Datasweep and grew revenue from subscription licenses to more than $6 million from $500,000 in only two years at Bidcom, which later merged with a major competitor as a result of his contributions. He arrived at both positions with a reputation for exceeding sales quotas, built IntelliCorp, Boeing Computer Services and Sybase, where he led senior sales leadership quotas ranging from $7 to $100 million dollars and helped grow the company to over $1 billion from $160 million. Cooke has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Ohio Wesleyan University and studied at Wroxton College.

About GroundWork

San Francisco-based GroundWork Open Source, Inc. (http://www.groundworkopensource.com) is the market leader in commercial open source network and systems management software, delivering enterprise-class network, system and application management solutions at a fraction of the cost of proprietary solutions.

GroundWork's best of breed approach gives customers the flexibility to use diverse open source and proprietary technologies together under a unified interface, allowing users to leverage the advantages of open source while simultaneously preserving existing investments in legacy management tools. GroundWork’s solutions are in use at organizations like Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, SAIC, Seton Hall University, Siemens, and World Bank. GroundWork’s solutions are available from GroundWork, its partners including Red Hat, Unisys, Fujitsu, and a worldwide network of channel partners. The company is privately held, with investments from Canaan Partners, Mayfield Fund, JAFCO Ventures and SAP Ventures.