Pentaho Corporation Names Open Source Luminary to Its' Board; Larry Augustin Joins Pentaho Board of Directors

Today, Pentaho Corp., the world's leading provider of Open Source Business Intelligence (BI) software, announced the appointment of Larry Augustin to its' Board of Directors. The addition of Mr. Augustin will position Pentaho for continued rapid growth as the leadingOpen Source Business Intelligence Software provider.

Mr. Augustin is best known for founding VA Linux, now known as VA Software, and for helping to coin the term "Open Source". Under his leadership as Chairman and CEO, Mr. Augustin led VA Linux through the "largest first day gain ever" in an IPO. Five years after its' IPO, VA Software still enjoys the benefits associated with having developed the largestOpen Source development site on the internet, SourceForge.net. In 2000, Worth Magazine named Mr. Augustin as one of the top 50 CEOs in America.

Today, in addition to remaining as VA Software's visionary Chairman, Mr. Augustin actively serves on the board of multiple successfulopen source companies that span the spectrum, from infrastructure leaders such as JBoss, to enabling technology companies like Zend, to application innovators such as SugarCRM. In addition, Mr. Augustin serves on the board of directors of non-profit industry organizations such as OSDL (Open Source Development Lab) and LMI (Linux Mark Institute) the licensing organization for the Linux trademark.

"I am delighted to have been invited to join the Pentaho Board and I am looking forward to contributing to the company's continued success as the leadingOpen Source Business Intelligence Software provider," said Larry Augustin.

Mr. Augustin holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, as well as a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

Commenting on Mr. Augustin's appointment, Andre M Boisvert, Pentaho's Chairman and co-founder, stated "Larry is well recognized as one of the world's foremost experts onOpen Source and as such we are honored to have him be part of our team. I am confident that his insight and high energy will serve the company well."

About Pentaho

Pentaho provides a full spectrum of open source Business Intelligence (BI) tools from reporting and analysis to dashboards to data mining. Formed by a highly experienced team of industry veterans Pentaho's mission is to bring innovative, high quality technology and professional support to the BI market. Pentaho uses a revolutionary approach to development, distribution and support made possible by anopen source business model. Pentaho's technologies support a wide range of business initiatives from sales and profitability analysis, customer analysis, HR reporting, Financial reporting, KPI dashboards, Supply Chain analytics, and operational reporting.

For more information: Pentaho's web site is located at www.pentaho.org

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