Fanfare Adds New Members to Executive Team and Board of Directors

Recent Appointments of Craig Lewis and Bob Wiederhold Help Position Fanfare for Continued Growth in the Device Testing Market

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-November 8, 2007- Fanfare, delivering innovative testing solutions to network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) and service providers (SPs), today announced the appointment of Craig Lewis to the position of vice president of worldwide field operations. Lewis brings over 22 years of experience building and leading global customer-facing organizations. Fanfare also announced that Bob Wiederhold, a veteran of the software technology industry, has joined its board of directors.

At Fanfare, Lewis will be responsible for overseeing the global sales force, sales channels and partners, applications engineering, professional services, and customer support to ensure the continued satisfaction of Fanfare customers.

"I'm excited to join Fanfare at such an important juncture in its evolution as a company," said Lewis. "Fanfare has experienced significant momentum in the past year, and the demand for testing solutions in the networking market continues to grow on a global scale. I look forward to applying my skills and experience to developing and executing new market strategies, and forging strategic sales alliances to continue growing the company."

Before joining Fanfare, Lewis held executive level and senior vice president roles at Cadence Design Systems, a leader in engineering design automation solutions; think3, a product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services firm; Business Objects, a provider of enterprise wide IT business intelligence solutions; and Charter Consulting/TSC, a consulting firm that assists Fortune 500 companies develop and execute revenue growth strategies. Wiederhold, the newest addition to Fanfare's board of directors, is the president, CEO and Chairman of Transitive, a software company that provides solutions that allow the transportability of software applications across multiple hardware platforms. He has over 20 years of high technology experience, having served as President and CEO of Tality Corporation, the worldwide leader in electronic design services, and having held several executive general management positions at Cadence Design Systems, Inc., an electronic design automation company.

"We are pleased to be able to add such stellar members to our executive team and board of directors," said Tom Ryan, president of Fanfare. "Over the last 12 months, Fanfare has experienced rapid growth, doubling the size of our company and adding 40 new customers, many of them global-house companies. Both Craig and Bob bring a wealth of knowledge and experience that will bolster our strengths for this exciting phase of our company. We look forward to working with them as we take the next step and position ourselves for even further growth in the device testing market."

About Fanfare

Fanfare provides software solutions to high-tech equipment manufacturers and service providers that simplify and accelerate device and system testing. Developers and testers create and share automated tests that control and analyze results from multiple devices, traffic generators, and applications while automatically documenting each test with pass-fail criteria. With Fanfare solutions, companies can move along the path toward automation while accelerating QA cycles, reducing time to market, and increasing the quality of released products. Industries such as communications, aerospace and defense, consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, and medical devices have benefited from Fanfare products. For more information please visit www.fanfaresoftware.com.

Media Contact:

Marisa Marzano
Big Sky Communications
(705) 484-5105
marisa@bigskypr.com

[back]