Taipei, Taiwan, April 17, 2009-- Areca Technology Corporation (ARECA), a leading provider of PCI-X, PCI-Express SAS and SATA ll RAID adapters, today announced that its PCI-X/PCIe SAS and SATA ll RAID adapters device driver has passed VMware Ready certified for ESX 3.5 U4 GA. By successfully completing the VMware Hardware Certification Program, VMware Ready Certified indicates that Areca SAS and SATA ll RAID adapters make sure every functions can work well in the virtual environment.

With more than 900 members worldwide, the VMware TAP program works with best-of-breed technology partners to provide them a comprehensive set of VMware technical and marketing services, support, tools and expertise to deliver enhanced value to joint customers

Areca has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program since January 2008. The VMware TAP program can help technology vendors integrate their products with VMware virtualization software and deliver timely, joint solutions to mutual customers. Each vendor must also have run the VMware Compatibility Analysis tool on their specific hardware and received a positive result in the ability to be supported by the current release of the ESX Server product line. As part of the VMware TAP program, Areca expects that we will continue to deliver even greater options for our customers in the future products.

VMware is recognized as a market leader for delivering the most trusted virtualization platform for running applications, Working with VMware Areca provides our mutual customers unprecedented visibility to improve reliability and performance in the virtual environment, while minimizing complexity and preserving IT cost savings of our mutual customers.