Tervela Joins the Financial Information Forum

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Tervela Joins the Finanicial Information Forum

Membership Further Extends Company's Collaborative Effort
to Improve Financial Services Industry

NEW YORK, August 12, 2008 – Tervela, the leading provider of high-performance, low-latency messaging systems, today announced its membership in the Financial Information Forum (FIF), an organization dedicated to addressing the implementation issues that impact the financial technology industry across the order lifecycle.

"We are pleased to welcome Tervela to FIF and look forward to working with them as part of our association," said Manisha Kimmel, Executive Director for FIF. "With over sixty contributing members, FIF seeks to analyze and improve the securities market in order to maximize efficiency and performance. Tervela is a great addition to our growing community."

As a member of FIF, Tervela emphasizes the critical importance of messaging to the entire financial services ecosystem. Using an ultra‐low latency message network to ensure continuous, predictable and high‐performance operations, Tervela’s products meet the increasing demands of technology vendors, end users and liquidity venues across the trade order lifecycle.

"Joining FIF strategically aligns with Tervela’s mission to lead the financial services industry to the next‐generation trading infrastructure," said Barry Thompson, CTO of Tervela. "Being part of a dedicated financial organization presents a unique opportunity for us to collaborate with like‐minded companies on industry best practices. Together, our mind share will yield transformative results for the securities sector of financial technology."

Founded in 1996, FIF addresses the issues that impact financial technology operations and development in light of rapid changes occurring in the marketplace. Through committees and active working groups, FIF provides a collaborative environment for broker dealer, vendor and exchange members to benefit from technology, regulatory and market innovations.

About Tervela
Founded in 2004, Tervela delivers the next‐generation communications infrastructure – the message network – designed and engineered to exceed the information dissemination and processing requirements of the world’s most demanding financial services institutions. Addressing the challenges of market volume, volatility and visibility, Tervela invented the message switch to enable investment banks, hedge funds, exchanges and other data‐intensive organizations to deliver consistent, outstanding and predictable performance – even in the most demanding market conditions. The company is funded by Goldman Sachs, Sigma Partners, Acartha Group and North Hill Ventures. For more information, please visit www.tervela.com .