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SmartCEO names Zenoss a 2010 Future 50 winner

2010/01/26

ANNAPOLIS, MD - January 26, 2010 – Zenoss, Inc., a leading commercial open source provider of Unlegacy enterprise IT management products, is honored to announce that Baltimore SmartCEO magazine, in partnership with the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel and Hartman Business Technology, has named the company as a 2010 Future 50 award winner. The sixth annual Future 50 program recognizes the 50 fastest-growing companies across all industries in the Greater Baltimore area based on employee and revenue growth.

"We are honored to be recognized by Baltimore SmartCEO for our continued growth and success which we attribute to our award-winning technology, hard-working employees global user community and expanding list of enterprise clients," said Bill Karpovich, Zenoss co-founder and CEO. "We are also pleased to be an active part of the Baltimore/Washington business community. Silicon Valley is not the only location where innovation thrives."

Founded in 2005, Zenoss has quickly established itself as a leader in commercial open source software. With a 150% revenue growth in 2009, leading organizations around the globe including Rackspace, VMware, LinkedIn, Tyco Electronics, Carlson, Motorola, and Deutsche Bank now trust the monitoring of their IT infrastructure to Zenoss. To date, the Zenoss network and service-monitoring software has been downloaded over 1 million times and has been deployed in over 25,000 organizations in 180 countries. Zenoss, the fastest growing alternative to legacy enterprise monitoring solutions, provides service monitoring up and down the infrastructure stack from servers, to network devices, and applications across both physical and virtual realms.

"Each Future 50 and Emerging Growth winner has effectively translated their passion and innovation into tremendous growth and success," says Craig Burris, Publisher at SmartCEO magazine. “We are honored to recognize Zenoss as one of the 55 fastest-growing companies in Greater Baltimore."

Winners were recognized at the Baltimore SmartCEO Future 50 event on Jan. 7, 2010, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel. Serving as keynote speaker for this year's running-themed event was Kevin Plank, CEO of Under Armour. For a complete list of winners visit www.smartceo.com.

About Zenoss Inc.

Zenoss is a leading commercial open source provider of Unlegacy IT enterprise management products. Zenoss Enterprise is a single model-based product that enables organizations to seamlessly manage physical, virtual and cloud based infrastructure with unprecedented power, agility and value. Leveraging a commercial open source model, Zenoss products monitor over one million network and server devices daily and are used in over 25,000 organizations in 180 countries around the world. Commercial customers include leading companies such as Rackspace, VMware, LinkedIn, Tyco Electronics, Carlson, Motorola and Deutsche Bank. To learn more about Zenoss' award-winning IT operations management software, visit http://www.zenoss.com.

About Baltimore Smart CEO magazine

Baltimore SmartCEO magazine is a regional “growing company” publication aimed at providing resources each month to help educate, motivate and inspire Baltimore’s decision-makers. The publication’s readers range from younger, dynamic companies, to established multi-generational, family-owned firms.