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VETTE CORP ADDS PHIL KOEN, CEO OF SAVVIS INC., TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Portsmouth, NH (USA) June 17, 2009 - a leading global provider of thermal management solutions, announced today that Philip Koen, chief executive officer and a director of Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS), has joined Vette’s board of directors.

Vette Corp specializes in solving the thermal, energy, and cost challenges for enterprises at the component, system, and data center level.  Vette has best-in-class cooling solutions for high-density server, storage, and communications equipment deployments, designed with reliability and cost savings in mind.  Mr. Koen’s expertise in the data center environment contributes greatly to Vette’s mission to provide high quality, end-to-end thermal management solutions.

“Phil has tremendous experience in leading IT service companies.  His knowledge and insight of end-customers’ demand for data center services will bring a valuable perspective to our data center and electronic cooling business.  We look forward to the customer, operational, and financial perspective that Phil brings to the board,” said George Dannecker, CEO and president.

 “Demands placed on data centers and telecom facilities are growing at astounding rates and, in today’s economy, IT providers need to answer these demands cost effectively and energy efficiently.  Vette’s thermal solutions provide a significant value proposition to IT providers and consumers allowing them to expand data center needs with less space, reduced energy, and an overall lower total cost of ownership,” said Mr. Koen. “I am thrilled to be working with a company that has such broad best-in-class thermal solutions.”

Prior to joining Savvis in 2006, Mr. Koen was the president and COO for Equinix, Inc. a provider of data center and Internet exchange services.  Mr. Koen held a variety of positions at Pointcast, Inc. including president and CEO, COO and CFO respectively.  Prior to Pointcast, he served as CFO for Etec Systems, Inc.

Currently Mr. Koen serves on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Greater St. Louis, Regional Business Council, St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association and Webster University Board of Trustees. He received a B.A degree from Claremont McKenna College and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia.

About Vette Corp
Vette Corp is a global thermal management solutions provider specializing in solving thermal challenges for sustainable data center and telecom facilities, as well as for OEM’s of computer, communications and industrial electronic equipment.

Vette Corp is privately held and headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. For additional information about Vette Corp, please visit www.vettecorp.com or contact Vette at +1 603.570.3480.
Donna Michael
Director of Global Marketing Communications
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