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Tresys Technology and Ten Art-ni Corporation Announce Strategic Alliance for Security Enhanced Linux Applications in Japan

TOKYO & COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2005 Tresys Technology, LLC and Ten Art-ni Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange:3744) announce a strategic alliance to jointly support the application and use of Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) in Japan. SELinux is an enhancement to Linux originally built and released as open source software by the US National Security Agency. Through years of continuing open source community investment, SELinux has become the leading security enhancement to the Linux operating system. Many popular Linux distributions, including the leading commercial distribution, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, include SELinux as part their standard features.

Tresys Technology is a leading innovator and developer of SELinux capabilities and tools. Tresys has released and continues to work on many extensions and features that make SELinux even more powerful, flexible, and easy to use. Tresys has unmatched experience applying SELinux as the key technology to strengthen the security of Linux-based computer systems and network infrastructures. Ten Art-ni is the leading Japanese open source products and services, and the largest Red Hat service provider in Japan. Ten Art-ni's enterprise Linux customers have been increasingly expressing interest in SELinux, leading Ten Art-ni to start providing SELinux professional services and support.

"We are excited about this alliance with Ten Art-ni. With our SELinux technology and application experience, and their extensive experience with open source software and the Japanese market, we make a great team" says Frank Mayer, Tresys co-founder and Chief Technology Officer. "When I spoke at a Tokyo conference on SELinux this spring, I was impressed with the level of interest in advanced security technology. There is definitely a need to provide better services to that market. In our dealings with Ten Art-ni, it became clear that they were the best company to team with. Together I think Ten Art-ni and Tresys are best suited to respond to this need."

The strategic alliance involves a number of planned joint efforts between Ten Art-ni and Tresys. Initially, Ten Art-ni will take the highly successful Tresys SELinux training course, and make it available for Japanese language organizations. Both companies plan further cooperation, especially in the area of joint services and technology to help implement SELinux to help secure critical infrastructures in Japan. "SELinux is the best solution for the enterprise Linux users who need to secure their critical information systems," said Nobuo Kita, the president and CEO of Ten Art-ni. "This is a natural fit for us to have the strategic alliance with Tresys, because we know Tresys is the world best SELinux solution provider."

About Ten Art-ni Corporation
Based in Tokyo, Japan, Ten Art-ni is a leading IT solution provider and has built its business on open source software technologies. Ten Art-ni provides professional services ranging from pre-development research, analysis and design to system development and support along with a wide range of open source software. Ten Art-ni stock is publicly traded at Tokyo Stock Exchange with the stock code:3744. For more information visit www.10art-ni.co.jp/english/

About Tresys Technology
Tresys Technology is leader in information security technology innovation, development and application. Tresys is a principal contributor in support of the open source Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) project, and has the most experience using this technology to build secure computer systems and networks. Tresys also provides business and government organizations with expert security engineering services including technology planning, security testing and assessments, Common Criteria testing, cryptographic solutions, and security technology innovation. For more information visit www.tresys.com.