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Carahsoft Technology and Tangosol Bring Data Grid Solutions to Federal Agencies -- Tangosol today announced it was awarded a three-year GSA contract (GS-35F-0131R) by Carahsoft Technology Corp. to provide federal, state, and local government agencies with highly scalable and reliable solutions for in-memory data management across data grids. This agreement permits government agencies to purchase Tangosol Coherence on the GSA Schedule through Carahsoft, an IT solutions provider with an extensive government customer base. The GSA Schedule is the contract vehicle used by government agencies to select vendors, which must meet stringent criteria to be placed on the Schedule. "There is increasing demand among government agencies for software that combines large scale applications, Web services, and clustered/grid computing," explained Craig P. Abod, president of Carahsoft. "Tangosol Coherence is an essential solution in delivering improved performance, scalability, and reliability to these massive applications." "Carahsoft's years of experience with government agencies will further open the government market to Tangosol, allowing us to continue exponential sales and revenue growth," noted Cameron Purdy, president of Tangosol. Under the terms of the agreement, the GSA awarded Tangosol products onto the Carahsoft GSA schedule effective through November 2009.