Campbell, Calif. – January 3, 2008 – Rainmaker Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMKR), a leading provider of sales and marketing solutions combining hosted application software and execution services, today announced it has been awarded a three-year contract by QLogic, a leading supplier of high-performance networking solutions to Global 2000 corporations, to deploy its live, virtual and on-demand ViewCentral™ Classroom and eLearning Solutions.

Rainmaker's ViewCentral platform is a fully-hosted, online solution that supports all aspects of live and virtual training management and administration, and will be deployed to enhance the performance and productivity of QLogic's blended in-person, virtual and on-demand training programs to customers and channel partners on a global basis.

The ViewCentral platform uniquely addresses the demands specific to customer and partner-facing training programs including: automation of pricing, packaging, discounting, posting, self-registration, eCommerce, credit card transactions, email communications, reporting, and targeted remarketing.

"We selected Rainmaker because their solution was customer and channel partner focused, not a bulky talent management system. This externally focused approach has resulted in a system that best suited our needs to train and certify our customers and partners," said Jeff Nesler, Sr. Director of Global Services for QLogic. "Within one month, our developers were able to deploy a fully functional branded Training Portal."

"Rainmaker's ViewCentral solution helps clients grow their training revenues and registrations and improve productivity, while greatly reducing training management and administrative overhead," said Michael Silton, Rainmaker's CEO. "The QLogic agreement is significant for us in that it is a three-year engagement with this premier client. And, at the same time, it represents a growing number of agreements to deploy our high-end training solutions to an ever-expanding group of prestigious, global brands."

About QLogic
QLogic is a leading supplier of high performance storage networking solutions, which include the controller chips, host adapters and fabric switches that are the backbone of storage networks for most Global 2000 corporations. The company delivers a broad and diverse portfolio of products that includes Fibre Channel HBAs, blade server embedded Fibre Channel switches, Fibre Channel stackable switches, iSCSI HBAs and iSCSI routers. The company is also a leading supplier of InfiniBand switches and InfiniBand host channel adapters for the emerging high performance computing market. QLogic products are delivered to small-to-medium businesses and large enterprises around the world via its channel partner community. QLogic products are also powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index.

About Rainmaker
Rainmaker Systems, Inc. delivers sales and marketing solutions, combining hosted application software and execution services designed to drive more revenue for our clients. Our Revenue Delivery Platform^SM combines proprietary, on-demand application software and advanced analytics with specialized sales and marketing execution services. Rainmaker clients include large enterprises in a range of industries, including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, and financial services industries. For more information visit www.rmkr.com or call
800-631-1545.

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