Expansion expected to capitalize on Microsoft SharePoint’s accelerated adoption throughout the APAC region and AvePoint’s sustained growth as a premiere solutions provider

Tokyo, Japan August 25, 2008 — AvePoint, the leading provider of infrastructure management software solutions for Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies, today announced the opening of new offices in Tokyo, Japan, and the launch of a new company website for the Japanese market. These new initiatives reflect AvePoint’s ongoing commitment to deliver its award-winning products and services to new international markets and customers, and coincide with the upcoming release of AvePoint’s flagship product – the DocAve® Software Platform v5.0 – which will be introduced at this year’s Tech Ed 2008 Yokohama conference, to be held from August 26th – 29th, 2008.

“We are extremely excited about expanding AvePoint’s presence in Japan”, said Dr. Tianyi Jiang, AvePoint co-founder and COO. “We have many deep and abiding relationships with customers throughout the region, and establishing offices and a robust online presence in the Japanese market is integral for us to better serve the country’s dynamic SharePoint community.”

New Office in Japan to Serve as Sales and Support Resource for Region’s Customers and Partners

AvePoint’s Tokyo office was established on June 3, 2008. The regional office houses professional inside sales, enterprise sales, and technical support staff tasked with exclusively serving Japan’s emerging SharePoint community. Commensurate with AvePoint’s commitment to build mutually-beneficial professional relationships with complimentary vendors and professionals, the Tokyo office also serves as the company’s regional Partner & Certified Re-Seller Resource Center, where affiliates can receive training, collaborate in joint marketing initiatives, and assist in the development of future products and offerings. AvePoint’s Tokyo office is located in the Ark Mori Building 12F, 1-12-32, Akasaka, Minato-ku 107-6012, Tokyo.

AvePoint a Gold-Level Sponsor and Featured Speaker at Tech Ed-Japan 2008

AvePoint is proud to be a Gold-Level Sponsor of this year’s Tech Ed 2008 Yokohama, being held on August 26th – 29th. This year’s conference will serve as host to hundreds of Microsoft solutions providers, feature numerous seminars and breakout sessions, and is expected to draw thousands of attendees. As part of the conference’s Featured Speaker series, AvePoint co-founder and COO, Dr. Tianyi Jiang, will deliver a presentation on SharePoint Data Protection and Administration.

Additionally, AvePoint will introduce the latest release of its flagship product, the DocAve Software Platform, at this year’s conference. DocAve – winner of the Best of Tech Ed 2008 IT Pros Award for “Best SharePoint Product” – is the world’s most comprehensive and powerful infrastructure management solution for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. The upcoming release, version 5.0, will deliver powerful new tools to streamline data protection routines, optimize platform performance, and accelerate deployment productivity.

“We are very excited about the release of DocAve 5.0”, said Dr. Jiang. “Because of the high esteem in which we hold our Japanese customers and partners, it is only fitting that we unveil 5.0, localized for the Japanese language, to the world at Tech Ed 2008 Yokohama.”

Tech Ed 2008 Yokohama will be held at the Pacifico Yokohama, located at 1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama. For more information and to register, please visit www.microsoft.com/japan/teched/2008/. For more information regarding AvePoint’s sponsorship and participation, please contact Yumiko Fukushima, at SalesJP@avepoint.com.

AvePoint-Japan Website Set to Launch

AvePoint’s new Japanese website – www.avepoint.co.jp – is dedicated to enhancing service for customers and partners throughout Japan, and will serve as the online anchor for AvePoint’s new Tokyo office. The interactive website will deliver full functionality, with native online and phone support, locally denominated product pricing, and local events calendars.

“We are thrilled and honored to be expanding AvePoint’s online presence into Japan”, said Dr. Jiang. “As SharePoint administrators throughout the country rely increasingly on DocAve to manage and protect their deployments, we are committed to build both our workforce and our online presence to meet their needs. This launch represents another step toward cementing AvePoint as the premier international brand when it comes to SharePoint solutions.”

Please visit AvePoint’s new Japan website at www.avepoint.co.jp

About AvePoint

Since 2001, AvePoint has been a global leader in enterprise-strength infrastructure management solutions for all Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. Propelled by one of the world’s largest SharePoint-exclusive development teams outside of Microsoft, AvePoint’s award-winning DocAve Software Platform delivers comprehensive and flexible infrastructure support for backup and recovery, replication, migration, administration, archiving and compliance solutions for Microsoft SharePoint.

AvePoint’s globally recognized pioneering technology pilots the products of OEM partners such as NetApp and IBM. Headquartered in Jersey City, NJ, AvePoint serves over 3000 thousand enterprise customers, including many Fortune-500 companies, across 6 continents, via offices in Jersey City, San Jose, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Dallas, USA; London, UK; Melbourne, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; and Changchun, Dalian, China. Winner of the Best of Tech Ed It Pros award for “Best SharePoint Product” in 2008, AvePoint is a Managed Gold Certified Microsoft Partner and GSA Certified Provider.

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