Expanded Suite of Wireless Strategy Services, Training, and Products

CTIA WIRELESS 2001/LAS VEGAS - March 20, 2001 - Lutris Technologies Inc., a
leading provider of application server technology for wired and wireless
development and deployment, today announced new targeted wireless consulting
services, new heterogeneous wireless client platform support, and new
enterprise hardware certifications for the Lutris Enhydra Java/XML
application server.  With these consulting, training and product offerings,
Lutris customers and ISV partners enjoy a clear advantage in wireless
application development.  Lutris continues to deliver on the promise of
Enhydra: an open platform that allows one application to easily talk to any
device over any protocol.

 

"Our customers and partners are tired of duplicating applications in order
to provide wired and wireless access to their users," said Yancy Lind, CEO
of Lutris.  "They're looking for the simplicity of a single, supportable
application.  They want the flexibility to target any of their users' device
types, from HTML to WAP to i-mode to PDAs.  With no proprietary languages or
vendor lock-in, Lutris Enhydra and our services provide customers with an
easy to use and entirely portable application Internet infrastructure." 

 


Lutris Targeted Services for Wireless, Architecture and Performance


A comprehensive suite of services aimed at helping customers streamline
their Web site and custom Web application developments is now available from
Lutris.  Lutris Targeted Services allow customers to purchase only the type
and amount of service they need to augment or validate their existing Web or
wireless application development efforts.  Lutris Targeted Services
(Wireless Planning, Enhydra Application Architecture Assessment and Enhydra
Application Performance Assessment) include a two-day executive planning
session on developing wireless Web applications, as well as architectural
and performance assessments for applications built with the Enhydra
application server.  Lutris will soon offer other Targeted Services that
derive from its core expertise in the planning, development and full life
cycle management of Enhydra-based Web applications.  These will include
branding, graphic design, usability analysis and platform migration
services.

 


 


Expanded Wireless Support


In order to more fully support both the emerging Sun Java 2 Micro-EditionÔ
(J2ME) and Microsoft .NET wireless devices and appliances, Lutris Enhydra
3.5 has expanded support for wireless application development by integrating
the Sun Microsystems' J2ME Toolkit, XML extensions for Flash 5.0 on Palm,
WinCE, and other devices, and new certifications of the VoiceXML development
suites from Nuance and IBM.  In conjunction with these server and client
platform enhancements, Lutris has also expanded its suite of training
services to help customers accelerate their wireless application development
efforts.

 


Expanded Enterprise Hardware Certifications


In partnership with HP and Compaq, the Lutris Enhydra 3.5 Java/XML
application server now supports an increased range of enterprise server
platforms.  Working with HP, Lutris has certified the HP e3000 MPE/iX 6.5,
HP-UX 11.0, and HP Linux and Windows Netserver product line.  In
collaboration with Compaq, Lutris has certified on the Alpha 64-bit chip
within the Compaq Tru64 5.1 server family, as well as the enterprise capable
Linux 2.4 Kernel (SuSE 7.1).  These certifications further Lutris' ability
to work within enterprise customers' existing heterogeneous environments,
maximizing their investments in both hardware and software.

 


Pricing and Availability


A development license of Lutris Enhydra 3.5, including the HP e3000 MPE/iX
6.5, HP-UX 11.0, Compaq Tru64 5.1, and SuSE 7.1 platforms, is available now
and priced at $695, which includes documentation and access to Lutris
support and services.  Deployment licenses for the technology are available
separately, beginning at $995 per CPU.

 

Targeted Services for Wireless Planning, Enhydra Application Architecture
Assessment, and Enhydra Application Performance Assessment are available
now.  Wireless Planning is priced at $9,500.  The Architectural Assessment
is priced at $15,900, and the Performance Assessment is priced at $14,900.
Client requests for customizations are possible for all three services.

 


About Lutris Enhydra


Lutris Enhydra is a leading Java(tm)/XML application server powering wired
and wireless Web applications throughout the world.  To give users anytime,
anywhere access to information, applications increasingly are required to
support both Web and wireless clients, including HTML browsers, Flash
devices, Internet-capable phones, PDAs, and pagers.  Lutris Enhydra uses
Enterprise Java standards and XML to create an extensible,
device-independent Internet application server that supports current and
future Web-enabled devices.  With its unique XML compiler (Enhydra
XMLC(tm)), supporting multiple clients from an application is easy and
manageable.  A single Lutris Enhydra application can deliver content to
HTML, Flash, WML, XHTML, cHTML, VoiceXML, and Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition
(J2ME(tm)) devices.  Additional information about Lutris Enhydra can be
found at  <http://www.lutris.com/> www.lutris.com/products.

 

About Lutris Technologies

Lutris Technologies, a leading provider of application server technology for
wired and wireless development and deployment, is the original developer and
primary sponsor of Enhydra, a leading open source Internet application
server supporting Java, XML, and wireless technologies.  Lutris offers a
full range of support services and technical training to Lutris Enhydra
customers and provides complete Internet consulting services, including
strategy and development services, to the Enhydra community and to
Internet-savvy businesses.  Clients range from entrepreneurs and companies
launching new Web ventures to Fortune 500 IT organizations growing their
business with an online presence.  Additional information about Lutris
products and services is available at www.lutris.com, or call (877)
688-3724.

 

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Lutris and Enhydra are registered trademarks of Lutris Technologies, Inc.
Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. All other trademarks belong to their respective holders.

 

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