(EMAILWIRE.COM, January 30, 2001 ) Penguin Computing Inc., a San Francisco, Calif.-based provider of reliable Linux systems for Internet serving, today announced that Scott Weinbrandt has joined the company as vice president of marketing, effective immediately. A seasoned product marketing and management executive, Weinbrandt brings 14 years of experience launching, marketing and accelerating market share growth for server products from Dell Computers (NASDAQ: DELL), AT&T (NYSE: ATT), and AST Research.

Weinbrandt is the second former Dell executive to join Penguin Computing in the past month. He is preceded by Marty Seyer, Penguin Computing's president and CEO, who held the position of director of product marketing at Dell before operating most recently as the vice president and general manager of the eBusiness and High Availability Server division at NCR.

The two executives, together with the recent appointment of former Agilent executive John Page as chief financial officer, collectively bring over 60 years of proven leadership experience with well-known high-tech companies to the senior executive staff at Penguin Computing.

"Recruiting a seasoned marketing executive like Scott, with demonstrated experience and success in the server market, is a tremendous win for Penguin Computing," said Seyer. "Scott has the skills and the determination required to fast-forward Penguin Computing's marketing efforts and dramatically increase our share of the server market."

Prior to joining Penguin Computing, Weinbrandt served with Dell for eight years in senior marketing executive roles for servers, enterprise systems, and storage products. During his tenure as Dell's North American director of brand marketing for its server and storage brands, Weinbrandt drove server market share from 2% to 20%, taking it to the number two market share position in the US. Most recently, Weinbrandt served as the director of marketing for the K-12 Education division and was also the director for Dell's Public Sector client brand marketing organization. During this period, Dell's K-12 Education division market share position moved from number three to number one, surpassing Compaq and Apple.

Beyond eight years of experience with Dell, Weinbrandt has five years of experience operating in senior marketing management roles for server products at AT&T Global Information Solutions and at AST Research.

Weinbrandt has a BS in Computer Science from San Diego State University.

About Penguin Computing

Penguin Computing Inc. (http://www.penguincomputing.com) is the leading provider of reliable Linux systems for Internet serving. Founded in 1998 by Open Source advocate and active Linux community member Sam Ockman, Penguin Computing is based in San Francisco, Calif. (USA) and is privately held.

Linux, an Open Source version of UNIX, is increasingly popular as an operating system for server computers. Industry research analysts have predicted that the market for Linux servers will reach $5.7 billion by 2003.

© Penguin Computing Inc. 2001. All rights reserved. Penguin Computing is a registered trademark of Penguin Computing Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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