Nakhoda Named VP Commercial Sales

Circadence Appoints Shahid Nakhoda New Vice President of Commericial Sales

New VP to Drive Commercial Sales Growth in Enterprise Optimization Market

BOULDER, CO., September 15, 2009 - Circadence Corporation, the global leader in the development of innovative enterprise performance technologies, announced the appointment of Shahid Nakhoda as its Vice President of Commercial Sales. Mr. Nakhoda will lead Circadence’s efforts to further its commercial presence in the WAN optimization, cloud computing and virtualization markets. He is joining us from Citrix Systems, Inc., where he was most recently Sales Director for its Netscaler application delivery services product line.

“We are thrilled to announce this appointment during this period of significant growth,” Said Michael Moniz, CEO and president of Circadence. “Shahid’s unique network infrastructure, application delivery and virtualization background, in addition to his deep commercial sales understanding, will be a tremendous asset as we move forward with our commercial market entry strategy.”

“Having worked with leaders in the enterprise infrastructure industry, I share Circadence’s vision of bringing innovative, cutting-edge technologies to optimize the performance, management and health of entire networks,” noted Nakhoda.

With more than 15 years of experience in leadership and sales roles, Mr. Nakhoda is ideally suited to lead Circadence's sales force, as well as directly contribute as a vital member of the Company’s executive team during the Circadence's overall growth in the network optimization market.

“There are exciting opportunities ahead for Circadence to become a force in the commercial WAN optimization and virtualization markets. I hope to add value by exploring and establishing new business avenues,” finished Nakhoda.

About Circadence

Circadence Corporation, founded in 1993 as VR-1, Inc., has its origins in the massive multi-user online simulations industry. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Circadence grew through several acquisitions, successful product launches and the formation of strategic partnerships including Microsoft, Deutsche Telekom, and Hewlett Packard. The Company’s proven and patented Transport Morphing Protocol® (TMP), built into the Company's Web Assured Response Protocol (WARP) solution, provides WAN optimization through the efficient use of bandwidth, while providing additional data transport speed, reliability and consistency. Circadence’s newest product line, AscensionTM, offers universal management of physical and virtual machines within cloud computing environments for full enterprise management, performance and monitoring. For more information, please visit www.circadence.com.