Maynard, Mass., June 7, 2006 – Commitment to excellence over the past year has earned Stratus Technologies, Inc. recognition as an outstanding supplier to AT&T Inc., one of the world’s leading data, voice, wireless and Internet services providers.

"We are proud of our long-standing tradition of providing unparalleled products and services to our business and residential customers," said Maureen Merkle, President, AT&T Procurement. "We're successful on that front in large part thanks to supplier partners like Stratus Technologies that consistently go above and beyond the call of duty."

Stratus Technologies received one of 49 supplier recognition awards for its work in helping AT&T deliver outstanding service to its customers during the past year. Stratus Technologies was recognized for its contribution to the Technical Innovations category.

"In the award citation, Stratus was recognized for helping AT&T reduce costs and improve operations. A customer can offer no greater compliment to a supplier than that, and we are honored," said David Laurello, Stratus president and CEO.

As part of its annual supplier recognition program, AT&T took out a half-page ad in the June 7, 2006 edition of The Wall Street Journal to publicly thank the selected companies.

About Stratus Technologies
Stratus Technologies is a global solutions provider focused exclusively on helping its customers achieve and sustain the availability of information systems that support their critical business processes. Based upon its 25 years of expertise in server and services technology for continuous availability, Stratus is a trusted solutions provider to customers in manufacturing, life sciences, telecommunications, financial services, public safety, transportation & logistics, and other industries.

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