SHREWSBURY, NJ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/07/08 -- Programmer's Paradise, the leading independent marketer of software development and infrastructure tools for technology professionals, announced the winners of its 2007 Riding the Crest® Awards at the company's annual awards ceremony at The Water's Edge in Sea Bright, New Jersey.

The Riding the Crest awards are given annually as Programmer's Paradise recognizes leading products from its exclusive "World View" software ecosystems for Application Lifecycle Management, Virtualization, Security, Database Infrastructure, Networking, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery, and Business Productivity.

"Now in their twelfth year, the Riding the Crest Awards continue to reflect the leading-edge software choices made by our development and technology customers," said Richard Bevis, vice president, marketing for Programmer's Paradise. "Congratulations to our winning partners on this well-deserved recognition of their compelling software development and infrastructure solutions."

The overall Riding the Crest winner for best-selling product in 2007 was the market-leading VMware Infrastructure 3 datacenter virtualization and management suite. VMware Lab Manager captured the award for overall Virtualization World View product of the year for 2007. VMware Lab Manager leverages VMware virtualization software to automate the creation and management of software development configurations and streamline the software development lifecycle.

"We are extremely pleased that VMware Infrastructure 3 and VMware Lab Manager have received Riding the Crest Awards as best-selling products for Programmer's Paradise in 2007," said Steve Houck, vice president of worldwide channels at VMware. "Our longstanding relationship with Programmer's Paradise has provided customers access to the business benefits of VMware virtualization through innovative sales programs, a high level of technical expertise and excellent customer service."

Quest Software was recognized as Programmer's Paradise Partner of the Year for 2007. The company also won three awards in the Database Infrastructure World View: Quest TOAD database development tool in the Database Development and Test category; Quest Central in the Database Management and Administration category; and Quest Spotlight for Database Performance Monitoring and Tuning.

"We are extremely pleased to be recognized as Programmer's Paradise Partner of the Year for 2007, as well as for winning multiple Riding the Crest Awards for our database management suite. These awards speak to the great teamwork between Programmer's Paradise and Quest Software," said Mike Ragusa, VP North America Alliances and Channels, Quest Software, Inc. "With the unquestioned commitment and dedication of the joint Quest-Programmer's team, we look forward to continued success in bringing Quest's best-in-breed application, database, and Microsoft Windows management solutions to our mutual customers."

New Product of 2007 was awarded to CA for its CA XOsoft WANSynch data replication software. Other CA products were also recognized: CA ERwin Data Modeler for Database Design/Modeling; CA ERwin Modeling Suite for Database Deployment and Migration; CA Threat Manager for the Enterprise as overall Security product winner; and CA ARCserve Backup as overall product winner for Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery.

"We are pleased to receive these prestigious Riding the Crest Awards for our CA ERwin, CA XOsoft and CA ARCserve products," said Richard Benigno, VP Channel Sales CA. "This recognition depends in large measure on the excellent service and support that Programmer's Paradise demonstrates in helping customers to take advantage of these best-in-breed CA database modeling, threat management and recovery management solutions."

Intel was also a multiple award winner with Riding the Crest awards in three Application Lifecycle Management categories: Intel C++ for the Development -- C++ category; Intel Fortran for the Development -- Fortran category; and Intel VTune Performance Analyzer for the Application Lifecycle Management -- Test category.

"We appreciate and are honored to receive these prestigious awards and recognition from Programmer's Paradise and Wayside Technology," said Phil De La Zerda, Director of Intel Developer Products Division's Sales and Business Development. "The Wayside Technology companies have been instrumental in the phenomenal growth of Intel software sales and use in 2007. We look forward to working closely with them in the coming year as we continue to expand our business worldwide."

CodeGear was the winner of the Riding the Crest award in the Java Development category with its Eclipse-based JBuilder 2007 Enterprise development environment.

"We're thrilled that our JBuilder 2007 Enterprise development environment has won the Riding the Crest award for Java Development, in our first full year under the CodeGear name," said Craig Leiser, National Channel Sales Manager, CodeGear, from Borland. "This award reflects a vote of confidence by our developer customers in a great Java development tool and the terrific service provided by the Programmer's Paradise team. They're a winning combination!"

"Software FX is honored to have Chart FX recognized as the most selected Charting Component by Programmer's Paradise customers," said Robert Williams, Vice President of Software FX. "We look forward to continuing to help developers integrate advanced data visualization and presentation solutions within diverse technologies, platforms and environments."

"It is an honor to have XMLSpy recognized again this year by Programmer's Paradise and the development community as the best tool for working with XML," said Alexander Falk, president and CEO for Altova. "We look to our users for feedback when adding new enhancements to our tools; and it is this customer-focused approach that gives them the functionality they need and allows XMLSpy to maintain its leadership position year after year."

A complete list of Riding the Crest winners can be viewed on the Programmer's Paradise website at www.programmers.com/ridingthecrest.

About Programmer's Paradise

Programmer's Paradise®, Inc., a subsidiary of Wayside Technology Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTG), sells and services a broad range of application lifecycle management tools and infrastructure software technologies, including networking, virtualization, security, database modeling, and business continuity/disaster recovery. Development and information technology professionals in business, education, and government rely on Programmer's Paradise for unparalleled value, great selection, in-depth product expertise, and superior service. Additional information can be found by visiting www.programmers.com.

About Wayside Technology

Wayside Technology Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTG) is a unified and integrated technology company providing products and solutions for corporate resellers, VARs, and developers, as well as business, government and educational entities. Through its Programmer's Paradise software reseller, Lifeboat Distribution specialty software distributor, and TechXtend value added reseller business units, the company offers technology products from software publishers such as Adobe, Borland, CA, CodeGear, ComponentOne, Compuware, IBM, Infragistics, Intel, Macrovision, Microsoft, Quest Software, and VMware. Additional information can be found by visiting www.waysidetechnology.com.

Programmer's Paradise and Riding the Crest are registered trademarks of Wayside Technology Group, Inc. Lifeboat is a registered trademark of Lifeboat Distribution in the US and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

The statements in this release concerning the Company's future prospects are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include the continued acceptance of the Company's distribution channel by vendors and customers, the timely availability and acceptance of new products, and contribution of key vendor relationships and support programs. The forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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