VirtualLogix Elects Mobile Handset Industry Pioneer as Chairman

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VirtualLogix™, Inc., a leader in virtualization technology, today announced that mobile industry executive Juha Christensen has been elected Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. Christensen, who became an independent director in 2008, will work closely with the board and with Glenda Dorchak, the company’s Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, to guide the company through its rapid growth with VLX™ virtualization software for mobile and wireless solutions.

“In the past year, since joining our board, Juha has been instrumental in introducing the company to partners as well as playing a key role in helping shape our strategic direction to win the mobile handset market.”

Christensen brings a wealth of experience to this position including his leadership with Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson and other companies to create Symbian in the late 1990s, and his position as Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Mobile Division.

“With our strategy to establish industry leadership for virtualization in the wireless and embedded segment, Juha’s deep mobile expertise and demonstrated leadership will prove extremely valuable in helping to accelerate VirtualLogix’s growth,” said Dorchak. “In the past year, since joining our board, Juha has been instrumental in introducing the company to partners as well as playing a key role in helping shape our strategic direction to win the mobile handset market.”

“VirtualLogix has invested behind a strategy that is already resulting in design wins with mobile market leaders,” said Christensen. “We are expecting remarkable success as more customers adopt and integrate the company’s technically superior virtualization solution for ARM-based mobile handsets and Intel-based mobile products.”

In addition to VirtualLogix, Christensen serves as Chairman and CEO of CloudMade, Chairman of Cogniance and board member of Teleca, the mobile industry’s largest systems integrator. He is a founding Partner at Progression Partners, and a founding venture partner at Sunstone Capital, a venture fund with approximately $750 million under management.

VirtualLogix is backed by Index Ventures, Atlas Ventures, DFJ Esprit and Progression Partners, as well as industry leaders Intel, Texas Instruments, Cisco and Motorola.

About VirtualLogix

VirtualLogix™, Inc. is the global leader in Real-Time Virtualization™ software technology for mobile products including wireless handsets. VirtualLogix’s flagship product, VLX™, enables multiple operating system environments to run concurrently on shared hardware for both Intel and ARM-based solutions. VLX delivers isolation technology and virtualization that improves power management, performance, application independence, fault tolerance and security options, which can be tailored to address specific market requirements. This enables developers to reduce R&D costs, accelerate adoption of the latest silicon solutions, improve time to market and deliver improved mobile device security. VirtualLogix is accelerating the availability and innovation in the next generation of wireless devices. For more information, go to www.virtuallogix.com or www.vlx.com.

VirtualLogix Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with operations in France, Japan, China, and Korea.

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