(Source: Business Wire)

Voltaire Ltd. (NASDAQ: VOLT), a leading provider of scale-out data
center fabrics, today announced financial results for the three- and
nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009.
Main Highlights (compared to second quarter 2009)
Gross profit reaches $7.4 million, compared to $5.7 million in second
quarter 2009
Narrowed both operating and net loss, on 51.0% gross margin
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities at September 30, 2009
totaled $50.4 million
Reiterate 2009 annual revenue guidance of $50 million
Witnessing growing demand for 40 Gb/s InfiniBand director switches and
Unified Fabric Manager software
Financial Results
Revenues for the third quarter of 2009 totaled $14.5 million, compared
to $14.7 million in the third quarter of 2008. Revenues increased 35%
sequentially from $10.7 million in the second quarter of 2009.
Gross profit for the third quarter of 2009 totaled $7.4 million,
compared to $8.0 million in the third quarter of 2008. Gross profit
increased 30% sequentially from $5.7 million in the second quarter 2009.
Gross margin for the third quarter of 2009 totaled 51.0%, compared to
54.5% gross margin for the third quarter of 2008, and 52.9% gross margin
in the second quarter 2009.
Operating loss for the third quarter of 2009 totaled $1.5 million,
compared to an operating loss of $1.2 million in the third quarter of
2008 and an operating loss of $2.8 million in the second quarter 2009.
Net loss for the third quarter of 2009 totaled $1.5 million, or $0.07
loss per share, compared to a net loss of $0.9 million, or $0.04 loss
per share, in the third quarter of 2008. Net loss for the second quarter
of 2009 totaled $2.9 million, or $0.14 loss per share.
Net loss, on a non-GAAP basis, for the third quarter of 2009 totaled
$0.9 million, or $0.05 loss per share, compared to net loss, on a
non-GAAP basis, of $0.4 million, or $0.02 loss per share, in the third
quarter of 2008.
Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable bonds and securities as of
September 30, 2009, totaled $50.4 million, compared to $50.6 million as
of June 30, 2009.
Mr. Ronnie Kenneth, Chairman and CEO of Voltaire commented, "This
was a quarter of strong financial performance and business execution for
Voltaire, with continued order momentum driving higher revenues and
gross profit. This growth, paired with prudent expense management,
enabled us to further narrow our operating and net income, while
minimizing cash expenditure. This quarter we witnessed growing demand
for our 40 Gb/s InfiniBand director switches as well as our Unified
Fabric Manager software by the government, HPC and financial services
vertical markets, contributing to the majority of revenues."
Mr. Kenneth added, "In terms of our go-to-market strategy, this
quarter we further expanded our partnerships with our premier server OEM
partners. HP started selling Voltaire's Unified Fabric Manager software
as part of its scale-out infrastructure portfolio, and IBM became the
first of our OEM partners to sell our new Vantage 8500 low latency, 10
Gigabit Ethernet switches, in addition to our 20 and 40 Gb/s InfiniBand
platforms."
"Looking ahead, we believe we are back on track to generate long term
growth, entering the fourth quarter with a healthy backlog and pipeline,
driven by the increasing demand for our 40 Gb/s InfiniBand director
switches, incremental software business and continued growth in the Asia
Pacific region," concluded Mr. Kenneth.
Outlook
Management reiterates previously announced guidance, and expects
revenues for the full year of 2009 to be around $50 million. Gross
margin for the year is expected to be around 50%, and to return to
approximately 55% in 2010. Non-GAAP operating expense levels for this
year are expected to remain at a similar level to 2008.
Conference Call Details
The Company will be hosting a conference call later today, at 10:00 am
EDT. On the call, management will review and discuss the results and
will be available to answer questions. To participate, please either
call one of the following teleconferencing numbers, or access the live
webcast on the Company's website. Please begin placing your calls at
least 10 minutes before the conference call is due to commence. If you
are unable to connect using the toll-free numbers, please try the
international dial-in number.
US Dial-in Number: 1-888-668-9141 UK Dial-in Number: 0-800-917-5108
Israel Dial-in Number: 03-918-0610 International Dial-in Number: +972-3-918-0610
at 10:00 am Eastern Time; 7:00 am Pacific Time; 2:00 pm UK Time; 4:00 pm Israel Time
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The conference call will be broadcast live on the Company's website. To
participate, please access the investor relations section of Voltaire's
website -- www.voltaire.com,
at least 10 minutes before the conference call is due to commence. A
replay of the call will be available following the call under the
Investor Relations section of the website at: www.voltaire.com.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measure
Voltaire reports its results of operations in accordance with GAAP and,
additionally, on a non-GAAP basis. Non-GAAP operating income (loss) and
non-GAAP net income (loss) are calculated based on the operating income
(loss) or net income (loss) in Voltaire's financial statements excluding
(i) non-cash equity-based compensation charges recorded in accordance
with SFAS 123R, and (ii) the $2.1 million expense recorded in the first
quarter of 2008 under cost of revenues for the one-time repayment of
grants to the Office of the Israeli Chief Scientist. Reconciliation of
this non-GAAP measure to operating income (loss) and net income (loss),
the most comparable GAAP measures, is provided in the schedules attached
to this release. Voltaire provides these non-GAAP financial measures
because its management believes that they are useful in enhancing an
understanding of Voltaire's ongoing performance. Voltaire uses
internally the Non-GAAP information to evaluate the Company's ongoing
performance. Voltaire is providing this information to investors to
enable them to perform comparisons of operating results in a manner
similar to how the Company analyzes its operating results.
About Voltaire
Voltaire is a leading provider of scale-out computing fabrics for data
centers, high performance computing and cloud environments. Voltaire's
family of server and storage fabric switches and advanced management
software improve performance of mission-critical applications, increase
efficiency and reduce costs through infrastructure consolidation and
lower power consumption. Used by more than 30 percent of the Fortune 100
and other premier organizations across many industries, including many
of the TOP500 supercomputers, Voltaire products are included in server
and blade offerings from Bull, HP, IBM, NEC and Sun and provide the
internal server-to-storage connectivity for the HP-Oracle Database
Machine. Founded in 1997, Voltaire is headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel
and Billerica, Massachusetts. More information is available at www.voltaire.com
or by calling 1-800-865-8247.
Forward Looking Statements
Information provided in this press release contains statements
relating to current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections
about future events that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements generally relate to Voltaire's plans,
objectives and expectations for future operations and are based upon
management's current estimates and projections of future results or
trends. They also include third-party projections regarding expected
industry growth rates. Actual future results may differ materially from
those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These
factors include in particular, but are not limited to, the impact of the
economic downturn on capital expenditures by our customers and our
product mix during the balance of the year. These factors and
others are those discussed in detail under the heading "Risk Factors" in
Voltaire's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31,
2008. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date
hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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