SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – August 6, 2001 – Lutris Technologies Inc., a leading provider of Java/XML application server products for building a Web of Services, and esävio, a full service technology enabler, today announced a partnership that allows esävio to market and sell Lutris products and custom application development services. This agreement, fostered by the partnership between Lutris and HP to promote Lutris products to HP partners, brings custom development and reselling expertise of the Lutris application server to the East Coast.
The joint solution brought to market by esävio, HP and Lutris provides mid-market and enterprise corporations and ISVs with an end-to-end offering of hardware, application software and managed services expertise. As an HP OpenView Platinum Certified Partner, esävio brings extensive e-services solutions experience to the network and systems management arena, ensuring that customer solutions built upon Lutris products will perform exceptionally across HP and heterogeneous environments.

esävio is one of HP’s elite, Master-Best-in-Class resellers, which is looking to Lutris products for cost effective wireless and Java/XML application server solutions for its customers.

“The combination of HP?s credentials and Lutris’ upward position within the application server industry gives us the confidence that Lutris products will assist us in delivering the best possible solutions to our customers,” said Jeff Jamieson, VP of Sales and Marketing at esävio. “As our relationship with Lutris evolves, we anticipate great enthusiasm from our current and future users.”

“Establishing a partnership with esävio validates our efforts to work with HP to deliver Enhydra products and services to their customers and partners,” said Yancy Lind, president and CEO of Lutris Technologies. “esävio is the kind of first class technology and services provider that gives us the confidence that Lutris products will be well represented on the eastern seaboard.”

About esävio
esävio is a full-service technology enabler that improves clients’ IT capabilities through rapid deployment of new technologies leveraged with existing systems. esävio combines application development and infrastructure design with a comprehensive set of managed services. The speed and efficiency with which esävio manages clients’ business assets is designed to achieve results in performance improvement. esävio’s alliance with SunGard Business Continuity and Internet Services Group, an operating unit of SunGard (NYSE: SDS) and a global leader in integrated IT solutions, allows the company to integrate reliable collocation and web-hosting services to its technology services.

The company is headquartered in Devon, PA, with offices in New York (NY), Piscataway (NJ), Atlanta (GA), Ellicott City and Annapolis (MD), St. Petersburg and Miami (FL). To learn more about esävio, visit www.esavio.com

About Lutris Technologies

Lutris Technologies is a leading provider of Java/XML application server products for building a Web of Services?. Lutris leverages the worldwide open source process to combine industry standard technology with the freedom of innovation. The company’s mission is to deliver the highest value development and deployment platforms to our partners in the OEM, VAR, ISV and System Integrator community. Lutris offers a full range of product support, training and custom engineering services to its partners. Additional information about Lutris products, services and partner programs is available at www.lutris.com, or call (877) 688-3724 (U.S. toll free), (831) 460-7590 or +44 1923 431669 in the United Kingdom.

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Lutris and Enhydra are registered trademarks of Lutris Technologies, Inc. Web of Services is a trademark 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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