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Attune Systems Joins Network Appliance™ Partner Program

Maestro File Manager™ Complements NetApp® Unified Storage Solutions

Santa Clara, Calif. – June 29, 2006 – Attune Systems, Inc., a provider of enterprise-class network file management solutions, today announced it has become a member of the NetApp Partner Program. Membership in the Partner Program allows Attune to provide the interoperability of its network-attached storage (NAS) virtualization solutions with customers’ existing NetApp enterprise storage infrastructures to further improve performance and reduce data management costs.

“The NetApp Partner Program brings cost-effective, validated solutions to our customers that reduce the management complexity of their storage environments,” said Patrick Rogers, vice president, Partners and Alliances Marketing at Network Appliance, Inc. “By joining the NetApp Partner Program, Attune Systems will provide a complementary solution to NetApp storage for file storage management that reduces storage costs and optimizes performance of existing environments—without disrupting ongoing business activities.”

"This is an important milestone for Attune, because it reinforces our unique, integrated solution across NAS and common file server environments,” said Alan Kessler, chief executive officer at Attune Systems. “By validating our flagship product, the Maestro File Manager, with NetApp unified storage systems, we show our commitment to delivering joint file management solutions for heterogeneous IT environments, thereby minimizing the deployment risk and improving the ROI of existing storage resources.”

About the NetApp Partner Program
The NetApp Partner Program provides qualified infrastructure and application providers with access to NetApp solutions, software development kits, technical support, training, certification, product information, and marketing and sales assistance. Customers benefit by having access to best-of-breed partner solutions that are tested to work with NetApp storage. Additional information on the NetApp Partner Program is available at www.netapp.com/partners/become/join.html.

About Attune Systems
Attune Systems’ Network File Management solutions reduce file management complexity for enterprise storage environments while slashing operating costs and increasing scalability. The company’s flagship product, the Maestro File Manager, is a NAS virtualization appliance that helps IT administrators discover, analyze, manage and optimize their existing, heterogeneous file storage resources without impacting end users. Attune’s investors include Alloy Ventures, QTV Capital, Shea Ventures, Rock Creek Capital, and Shoreline Venture Management. For more information, please call 877-GO-ATTUNE (877-462-8886) or visit the company’s website at www.attunesystems.com.

Attune and Maestro File Manager are trademarks or registered trademarks of Attune Systems. NetApp and the Network Appliance logo are registered trademarks and Network Appliance is a trademark of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.