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Executive Alliance Invites Nominations for the Data Center Executive and Project of the Year National Awards 2008

Achievements by Data Center Professionals and Project Teams to be Recognized

ATLANTA - June 18, 2008 - Executive Alliance, creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums worldwide, announced the official Call for Nominations for the Data Center Executive of the Year (DaCEY) and Project Security Executive of the Year Awards.

The DaCEY Award is presented to a chief security officer or executive in an equivalent position who has made a positive impact in the industry through risk management, data asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy, and information security.

Brand new in 2008, the Data Center Project of the Year Award honors the team behind the project in the following eight categories: Data Center Design, Green Initiatives, Infrastructure Management, Legacy Devices Solutions, Network Operations, Security, Storage, and Virtualization. Each category will recognize an outstanding project team that has successfully completed a data center project in the past 12-18 months that greatly impacted an organization.

Nomination forms, eligibility criteria and other details for this prestigious award are currently available at http://www.datacenterawards.com. Nominations will be accepted through Wednesday, September 10, 2008. The winners will be named at the celebrated DaCEY National Awards Gala on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at the Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, GA.

The DaCEY Nominees and Project Teams are invited to participate in the Data Center Executive Summit comprised of cutting-edge roundtables, speakers, and presentations in a relaxed environment that allows industry leaders to interact and network with their peers.

"The DaCEY Awards brings together an impressive representation of security leadership from a multiple industries from across the United States," said Marci McCarthy, CEO of Executive Alliance. "The program will be rich in content and provide opportunities for leaders to discuss their challenges and solutions and also recognize the outstanding contributions of their peers in the data center industry."

Registration for the Data Center Executive Summit and tickets for the Dinner and DaCEY Awards Gala will be available Monday, July 28, 2008 at http://www.datacenterawards.com.

Limited sponsorship opportunities are available. Contact Executive Alliance at sales@infosecaward.com or 1-404-982-8562.

About the Sponsors

The Data Center Executive Summit Featuring the DaCEY Awards 2008 is the property of Executive Alliance, and is brought to the business community by these sponsors: Terabyte Sponsor - Avocent; and Media Sponsor - Information Week Magazine.

About Avocent Corporation

Avocent (Nasdaq: AVCT) delivers IT infrastructure management solutions that reduce operating costs, simplify management and increase the availability of critical, "always on" IT environments via integrated, centralized in-band and out-of-band hardware and software. Through LANDesk, Avocent also is a leading provider of systems, security, and process management solutions. Additional information is available at: www.avocent.com.

About Executive Alliance

Executive Alliance is recognized worldwide as the premier organization for creating leadership recognition forums that honor and celebrate outstanding achievements of executives in different industries. These forums facilitate deep relationships and provide visibility for executives and their companies while offering access and insight to the key people leading these industries.

Recognized by Morgan Keegan as the largest most widely recognized awards program for IT security executives, the Executive Alliance ISE Award Program Series includes these regions and cities, Southeast/Atlanta; Central/Dallas; Mid-Atlantic/Washington, DC; United Kingdom/London, England; West/San Francisco; Northeast/New York City; and North America/Washington, D.C. Included in the Executive Alliance series is the Data Center Executive of the Year Awards (DaCEY). For more information, visit www.infosecaward.com or www.datacenterawards.com.