<h3>Goldman Sachs Executive to Provide Financial Services Industry Insight  and Leadership</h3>

<p><strong>Ottawa, Canada, May  20, 2008</strong> <em>- </em>Solace  Systems, the leading supplier of high-speed, low-latency content networking  systems, today announced the appointment of former Goldman Sachs executive Ralph  Frankel as chief technology officer, financial services. Mr. Frankel will be  responsible for steering the company’s technology vision and working closely  with financial services customers to help them derive maximum value from their  investment in hardware-based high-speed messaging and content networking. </p>
<p>Prior to joining  Solace, Mr. Frankel spent four years at Goldman Sachs as the vice president of technology,   application &amp; systems infrastructure. He served as the global head of messaging  engineering and was responsible for messaging product procurement, messaging  architectures, and global deployments for a variety of front and back office  technologies. He also spearheaded several initiatives in the ultra-low latency  space and worked very closely with several start-up vendors in this capacity. Before  his stint at Goldman, Mr. Frankel was responsible for software development of a  new order routing infrastructure and front office technology for major hedge  fund companies including Millennium Partners and DE Shaw.</p>
<p>“Solace enables our  customers to overcome their most pressing challenges and provides unique  opportunities to transform and grow their businesses, ” said Craig Betts,   Solace’s CEO. “Ralph has lived and breathed the issues our customers face  within one of the largest, most successful investment banks in the world. His  guidance will help our products and solutions deliver rapid results within  customer deployments.”</p>
<p>Mr. Frankel holds a  B.Sc. in computer science from the University  of Toronto and a Masters of Science in  computer science from New York   University. </p>
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