APTARE NAMES RICK OSWALD VICE PRESIDENT OF WORLDWIDE SALES

High-Tech Industry Veteran Appointed to Manage Global Sales For Leading Web 2.0-based Enterprise Storage Reporting and Management Company

CAMPBELL, Calif. - November 18, 2008 -

Enterprise storage software leader APTARE®, Inc. today announced the appointment of Rick Oswald as vice president of worldwide sales. Oswald, who brings over twenty years of executive sales and management experience in Fortune 500 companies like Hewlett-Packard and IBM/Rational, will manage APTARE’s direct and indirect global sales channels. He reports to Richard Clark, president and CEO of APTARE.

Oswald will focus on leading sales teams, and growing the company’s global relationships to help expand APTARE’s enterprise customer base.

“Rick is a strong asset to lead APTARE’s worldwide sales team,” said Clark. “His depth of experience, including senior roles at Fortune 500 companies, will help us continue to attract new customers around the world for our enterprise storage reporting and management product offerings.”

Over the course of his career, Oswald has held numerous executive positions managing large-scale sales organizations comprised of direct, inside, channel and field marketing teams. Prior to joining APTARE, he was vice president of worldwide sales at Palamida, an application security solution company where he was instrumental in building global relationships. He also led sales initiatives at Infogain and Segue Software. In addition, he was responsible for closing multi-million-dollar deals in roles at IBM/Rational and Hewlett-Packard.

“It is an excellent time to join APTARE as the company continues to expand its leadership in the storage management software industry,” said Rick Oswald. “I'm extremely pleased to join such a strong organization and look forward to helping APTARE deliver leading APTARE StorageConsole reporting solutions for customers around the globe.”

Oswald holds an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois and a B.A. in business administration from Michigan State University.

About APTARE

Headquartered in Campbell, California, APTARE is a provider of enterprise storage resource management and reporting applications that simplify the optimization of complex enterprise storage environments. APTARE StorageConsole®, the company’s software platform, is a Web 2.0-based solution that gives IT administrators and executives a centralized view of their storage environment through out-of-the-box dashboards. Using APTARE StorageConsole products, companies like Novell, Calamos Investments, Eprod and York University increase management effectiveness, maximize storage utilization, and reduce costs. The software is sold direct and through a large base of resellers and managed services providers. For more information, please visit www.aptare.com.

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