InterCloud Systems Awarded New Contracts Valued at Over $2.1 Million

NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2016 -- InterCloud Systems, Inc. (the "Company" or "InterCloud") (OTCQB:ICLD), a leading provider of cloud networking orchestration and automation solutions and services, today announced that it was recently awarded over $2.1 million in new contracts for professional and managed services in connection with next generation network services for new and existing customers, including over $400,000 for a major NY area hospital. A majority of the work is expected to begin immediately.

Mark Munro, CEO of InterCloud Systems stated, "Our Company continues to execute on new business opportunities from our sales pipeline. We have garnered organic growth from our operations this year despite our challenges in the equity markets.  We have recently reduced our debt by over $16 million and will continue to execute on our plans to reduce liabilities and strengthen our balance sheet."

About InterCloud Systems, Inc.

InterCloud Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of cloud networking orchestration and automation, for Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) cloud environments to the telecommunications service provider (carrier) and corporate enterprise markets through cloud solutions and professional services. InterCloud's cloud solutions offer enterprise and service-provider customers the opportunity to adopt an operational expense model by outsourcing cloud deployment and management to InterCloud rather than the capital expense model that has dominated in recent decades in IT infrastructure management. Additional information regarding InterCloud may be found on InterCloud's website at www.intercloudsys.com.

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