Pano Logic Names Matt Alfano as Vice President of Business Development

Experienced business development executive joins virtual desktop company to drive strategic technology partnerships and alliances

MENLO PARK, Calif. – August 20, 2009 – Pano Logic®, the leader in virtual desktops, today announced the appointment of Matt Alfano as vice president of business development. In this role, Alfano will be responsible for developing the company’s strategic technology partnerships and alliances. He joins Pano Logic from Wyse, a leading thin client solutions provider, where he served as the senior director of business development and was responsible for hardware OEM relationships and company alliances. During Alfano’s tenure at Wyse, he established and managed relationships with leading companies such as NEC, Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, Symantec and AMD.

“Matt is well-versed in the desktop space and will bring valuable experience to Pano Logic, including his ability to develop strategic alliances with key partners,” said John Kish, CEO of Pano Logic. “With the desktop virtualization market beginning to accelerate, Matt will help Pano Logic develop the strategic technology partnerships that will best help us fulfill market demand today and in the future.”

Prior to Wyse, Alfano was the director of business development for CEVA, Inc., a licensor of DSP cores and communications solutions to the semiconductor and electronics industries. While there he focused on licensing and strategic partnerships. Before CEVA, Alfano worked in private equity at TPG Growth and J&W Seligman. He began his career in the technology investment banking group at Credit Suisse. Alfano received his B.S. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

“The virtual desktop market is an incredibly exciting space and poised for rapid growth and adoption,” said Alfano. “With its zero-client architecture, the Pano System is an incredibly differentiated, innovative offering and uniquely positioned to be the best-of-breed solution in the market. I look forward to working with the executive team to determine where the Pano solution can be broadly implemented and how customers can benefit from our technology and partnership ecosystem.”

About Pano Logic

Founded in 2006, Pano Logic develops an integrated virtualization-based software and hardware solution that delivers a superior desktop computing experience. The company is privately held and backed by leading investment firms Foundation Capital and Goldman Sachs. Pano Logic is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. For more information about Pano Logic, visit www.panologic.com.

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Bryan Nash, SVP of Information Technology at McHenry Savings Bank

“Our users have been up and running quickly, and have benefited from the fact that the Pano devices just work and don’t require the same amount of maintenance as PCs.”

Derek Niedermayer, Network Support Supervisor at McHenry Savings Bank

“Before the Pano solution our training room could take a half to a full day for two people to deploy. We needed a way to make the process a lot faster and the Pano virtual desktops did just that.”

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Jeff Cunningham Director of Information Systems AREC Department University of Maryland

“There were many features that attracted me to the Pano device. Two of the main ones are that it was the most cost-effective solution on the market, and it easily integrated with our existing virtualization infrastructure.”

Derek Niedermayer, Network Support Supervisor at McHenry Savings Bank

“We chose Pano due to the versatility of the device. Financial institutions use serial printers which are not supported by most other virtual desktop solutions, but we were able to make it work with the Pano solution.”

Brian Nash, SVP of information technology at McHenry Savings Bank

“Since Pano is a zero client, we just plugged it in and it worked right out of the box. The Pano Logic concept was very simple, so we quickly saw how Pano could replace our other existing desktops.”

Kunal Patel, IT director at Nina Plastics

“Pano virtual desktops have significantly decreased my workload and made it easier for me to implement software changes and updates.”

Derek Niedermayer, Network Support Supervisor at McHenry Savings Bank

“We view Pano Logic’s approach to desktop virtualization as an incredibly revolutionary way for end-users to lower TCO and obtain a number of benefits.”

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