ALYA Signs Master Distributor Agreement for Northern Europe.

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 1998--ALYA International, Inc. ("ALYA" or the "Company") announced today the signing of a master distribution agreement with Ing. K. Simonsen A/S ("Simonsen") of Norway.

Simonsen will market ALYA products in northern Europe and particularly in Norway and Sweden.

Simonsen is one of the largest value added wholesalers in Scandinavia, established in 1964, presently with revenues of US$11.5 Million. Simonsen (http://www.simonsen.no/info_eng.html) distributes electronic, automation, and security systems for building applications and industrial automation. Simonsen is one of the founders and is the leader of the LonUsers Norway (association of manufacturers, distributors and end-users of LonWork based products) and has operations in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Simonsen is an Echelon approved "Authorized Network Integrator" for Norway, and according to Mr. Oyvind Simonsen, President, Simonsen is "...taking Networking Beyond the Computer..." Based on their LonWorks/LonMark expertise together with a wide range of application experts, Simonsen is focused on interoperable networking based on a truly open architecture.

Mr. Bjorn Vigeland -- Simonsen's Product Manager for Security recently completed one week of training in ALYA's offices on the System's installation. ALYA is shipping two of the Company's Advanced Security Management Systems to Simonsen for installation in their offices as reference sites.

Simonsen will incorporate ALYA's O.P.E.N.centrix(tm) in a demonstration of interoperability at the upcoming trade show "ELIADEN '98" in Oslo, Norway on May 25, 1998. -0-

ALYA International, Inc. (OTC BB:ALYA) is a leader in software design using Microsoft's(R) Windows NT(R), Echelon's(R) LonWorks(R) technology and Local/Wide area networks communication protocols. ALYA's first product, O.P.E.N.cortex(tm) is a development platform based on these de facto standards directed to companies implementing applications for end users such as building management systems and process control applications. ALYA has utilized this platform in the design of its second product O.P.E.N.centrix(tm), an application for Security Systems and Building Access. LonWorks technology is a de facto standard in the building automation and process control industries providing a new standard for open architecture and interoperable control systems. The LonMark(R) Association, supported by Motorola(R), Honeywell Inc.(R), Johnson Controls, Inc.(R), Olivetti(R), BTE(R) and Toshiba Corporation(R) endorses LonWorks. ALYA is one of the first companies to develop "plug and play" open architecture (ALYA's O.P.E.N.(tm) "Open Platform for Essential Networks") hardware and software for the security and control industries.

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