TCS OPENS LINUX RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY IN TEXAS TCS AND DELL ANNOUNCE AVAILABILITY OF TEST HARNESS AND SUITE FOR RED HAT LINUX June 26, 2000 - Dallas, TX --- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one of the world's leading software technology consulting firms, today announced the opening of a new facility to support research and development of Linux-related technologies for Dell Computer Corporation. Simultaneously, the company announced the offering of a new Linux tool, co-developed with Dell, that provides Linux Red Hat 6.X users with a versatile, easy-to-use product to stress test the functionality of the operating system. TCS' Linux Research and Development facility will be located in Round Rock, Texas. Over the course of several months, TCS will recruit highly skilled employees to assist with the development of Linux related products for existing and new clients located worldwide, including Dell. TCS' recruitment effort will include an aggressive outreach to Texas universities and from within the local community. "With Linux becoming a popular operating system, TCS is investing in the development of products that benefit Linux users," said S. Ramadorai, CEO of TCS. "Our relationship with Dell creates a solid foundation for the growth of our new Linux facility in Texas. With Dell's support, significant progress has already been made with the offering of a new Linux test harness and suite available to the Open Source community under GPL." Available exclusively at the TCS website -- www.tcs.com -- the test harness and suite, called TAAL (Testing And Analysis tooL) benefits businesses and consumers who use Red Hat Linux 6.X by evaluating the Linux operating system. The test harness and suite was developed primarily for the remote, automated script testing of Linux-powered Dell(tm) PowerEdge(tm) servers. "TCS and Dell are making a commitment not only to help each other develop and support the latest Linux technologies, but also to provide those technologies to the Open Source community," said Ramadorai. "TCS' Round Rock office is poised to be a major technological center for Linux innovation." "Dell's products have always demonstrated the highest standards of quality and with the Linux Test Harness, we can provide an improved level of robustness to the Linux environment," said Russ Holt, vice president and general manager, departmental and workgroup servers for Dell's Enterprise Systems Group. "Our partnership and future endeavors with TCS will insure that our customers continue to receive the best, most reliable products for Linux on the market." TCS is a software technology consultancy company that provides information technology and management consulting services to organizations in over 50 countries across the globe. The $500 million company has 25 offices in the United States and 68 worldwide. Its clients include companies such as American Express, AIG, Citibank, Dell Computer Corporation, The Gap, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Kelloggs, Nike, The State of Pennsylvania, Target Corporation, U.S. West and Lucent Technologies.