Trustix Software Technologies Now Available on IBM S390 Mainframes

Trondheim, June 27, 2001 - Engineers from Trustix and IBM have completed
the porting of Trustix XPloy system management solution to the IBM S390
Linux platform. Trustix' core technology for Linux systems management is
now fully implemented on one of the most popular and stable main-frame
platforms in today's market, IBM's S390 series.

It is IBM in Boeblingen in Germany that has provided adequate hardware and
locations necessary for completing the porting. The engineers from Trustix
have been working with engineers at IBM's laboratory in Boeblingen to
complete and verify the porting of Trustix XPloy. The porting of Trustix
XPloy to IBM's S390 series verifies the functionality and advantages
provided by the Trustix technology on the S390 platform equal to those on
the Intel x86 platform. 

Trustix systems management solutions on the S390 gives the customers a
scalable and performant platform for managing hundreds or thousands of high
throughput, high performing Linux services, like Apache web servers or
Squid proxy servers.

Managed by XPloy, these services are now easier to use and faster to
reconfigure. The graphical and easy-to-use management console can be run on
a MS Windows, Linux or S390 platform.

Trustix XPloy is now used to demonstrate systems management of Linux on the
S390 by IBM Boeblingen. 

"We believe that the IBM S390 is a very interesting Linux platform, and we
are very satisfied with this cooperation with IBM porting our systems
management solutions to this Linux mainframe platform," says Trustix CEO
Havard Wollan. 

About Trustix

Trustix is a leading provider of Internet infrastructure software and
services, providing next generation Linux solutions for managed
infrastructure operating and application environments. Trustix XPloy is the
leading eBusiness Systems Management Solution for Linux. Other products
from Trustix include the XSentry firewall and security administrator and
Trustix Secure Linux, the high performance, secure and stable Linux
operating system developed by Trustix and used by customers
worldwide. Trustix AS is a privately held corporation with headquarters in
Trondheim, Norway. For more information about Trustix, please visit the
Trustix web site at www.trustix.com. 

About IBM.

IBM is the world s largest corporation within the area of information
technology, with more than 80 years of experience helping companies with
innovation and progress. Within eBusiness, IBM is offering companies a wide
range of consulting services, solutions and technologies. IBM has helped
hundreds of companies to deliver solutions for wireless and mobile
appliances.  In order to take eBusiness to mobile eBusiness, IBM will
utilise its expertise within systems integration, web hosting, and
eBusiness solutions, creating systems integration, web hosting, and
eBusiness solutions, creating secure and scalable solutions with a global
reach. Further information at www.ibm.com . 

Goldbox, XPloy, Trustix Secure Linux, XSentry and Manage your eBusiness!
are trademarks of Trustix AS. IBM is a registered trademark of IBM. Linux
is a registered trademark of Linux Torvalds. All other trademarks, service
marks and company names are the property of their respective owners.
Media Contacts:

IBM:
Helena Zissis
Director of Communications
IBM Norge
+47 66 99 80 00
zissish@no.ibm.com

Trustix:
Arne Midjo
VP Sales and Marketing
Trustix
73 54 50 54 / 98 21 79 11
arne.midjo@trustix.com