Press Release - January 5, 2005

Scalar partners with VMware to extend their optimization practice.

Toronto, Canada, January 5, 2005 – Scalar Decisions is pleased to announce a close partnership with VMware to promote and sell their virtualization products into the Canadian marketplace.

“VMware offers the industry leading products designed to virtualize IT infrastructures and we are very pleased to be leveraging them into the marketplace. ” said Roger Singh, VP Technology, Scalar Decisions. “With the addition of the VMware product line Scalar can now more completely fulfill on our tagline - IT Optimization for Business.”

Through aggressive onsite analysis and customer consultation, Scalar Decisions is poised to deliver alternative IT environments and solutions that will result in substantial savings, IT productivity and efficiencies for all our customers. IT environments of tomorrow are predicted to see dramatic improvements in optimization and performance, as a result of the Scalar Decisions with Thin Client Computing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

scalar decisions
56 The Esplanade, Suite 208
Toronto ON Canada
M5E 1A7
press@scalar.ca

About Scalar Decisions
Scalar Decisions, headquartered in Toronto, Canada is an innovative provider of powerful, practical and low cost technology and consulting services focused around 'Optimizing IT for Business' and a belief that technology should be doing work and not creating work.

About VMware
VMware, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC), is the global leader in virtual infrastructure software for industry-standard systems. The world's largest companies use VMware solutions to simplify their IT, fully leverage their existing computing investments and respond faster to changing business demands. VMware is based in Palo Alto, California. For more information, visit www.vmware.com or call 650-475-5000.