API's Strategic Partnerships Ensure Alpha Linux Market Growth; Continued Collaboration with TurboLinux and New Alliance with Stormix Helps Meet Industry Demand for Alpha Linux Applications.

Business/Technology Editors

LinuxWorld Coference & Expo

API Booth Number: 538

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2000

API (Alpha Processor, Inc.), a leading developer of high-performance solutions for high-bandwidth and compute-intensive applications, today announced the expansion of its partner program to include Linux innovator Stormix Technologies Inc. This alliance builds on API's strong relationships with other Linux vendors, including TurboLinux, to ensure rapid growth of Alpha Linux as the performance platform of choice for Linux solutions.

Through its new partnership with Stormix Technologies, API is providing a robust, high-performance platform for Storm Linux 2000 products. Stormix is a Linux solutions provider for small and medium sized businesses. Based on a powerful and versatile operating system that is simple to install, learn, and operate, Stormix offers a range of products for beginners and advanced users. All products offer text and graphical interfaces and include modules for maintaining users and groups, setting up networks and installing and removing software. Storm Linux 2000 Deluxe Edition also offers comprehensive support including 60-day telephone installation support and 90-day email support. Stormix Technologies is expanding their product line to provide more customization for Linux users, ensuring continued market growth for Alpha Linux.

"Our new alliance with API allows us to leverage the power of Alpha and provide a solid, high-performance Linux solution. This partnership represents Stormix's ongoing strategy to support leading technologies and bring the power of Debian to the forefront," said David Talmor, founder and CEO of Stormix Technologies Inc.

API's partner program has played a key role in propelling robust Alpha Linux offerings into the market and continuing its performance leadership. API's ongoing collaboration with TurboLinux is helping to provide the market with a high-performance, 64-bit Linux OS for Alpha systems ideal for the financial industry, ISPs and large production houses and movie studios. The TurboLinux OS rapidly calculates financial data, saving financial companies time and money. It also enables ISPs to support more users and allows movie studios to deploy large server farms for compute-intensive graphics rendering.

"TurboLinux has established itself as innovator in the Linux market. Our TurboLinux OS for Alpha extends our growing product family of enterprise products," said Ly-HuongPham, executive vice president of worldwide development for TurboLinux. "Our work with API provides the foundation necessary to deliver an OS that lets businesses quickly perform compute-intensive tasks."

API is also strengthening its work with other leading Linux vendors. These vendors include SuSE, MandrakeSoft and Covalent. SuSE is on its third release on Alpha, signifying the platform's popularity among its customers. Present on the new version of SuSE Linux 6.4 is the new KDE 1.1.2 with over 220 applications. API is also helping Covalent Technologies, Inc., deliver its new SNMP Module for Apache on Alpha, along with the latest version of Raven_ SSL 1.5, the premiere security module for Apache. The SNMP module provides real-time management information for server access statistics, activity load and utilization and actively informs management applications of serious anomalies using SNMP traps. The premiere demonstration of the SNMP module will be at LinuxWorld in API's booth, number 538, and Covalent's booth, number 3050.

"Our continued collaboration with Linux innovators and the addition of companies including Stormix strengthens our partner program and ensures its success," said Guy Ludden, marketing manager at API. "Our work with these companies has made a significant contribution, propelling Alpha Linux into the market."

Also new is MandrakeSoft's release of its powerful Mandrake Linux 7.1 distribution on API's Alpha platform, which gives users a robust alternative for running compute-intensive applications. One of the top Linux distributions, this latest release is ideal for enterprise workstation and server environments and other areas where high-bandwidth and high-performance are critical.

"Mandrake Linux 7.1 demonstrates our core strength -- developing an operating system that is powerful, yet user-friendly. This is why it has widely expanded to the workstation and server market," said Henri Poole, CEO of MandrakeSoft. "Our ongoing relationship with API enables us to continue delivering the latest technology and ensure the growth and success of Alpha Linux."

For additional information or to join the API Partner Program, please visit the API Partner Program section on our Website at http://www.alpha-processor.com/partners.

About API

API (Alpha Processor, Inc.) is a leading developer of high-performance solutions for high bandwidth and compute-intensive applications dedicated to the development of Linux solutions for the Internet and High Performance Computing (HPC) markets. Addressing the demand for increased memory and I/O bandwidth to power rapidly expanding computing-heavy applications, API's products are ideal for today's high-performance clustering, rendering, Web server and e-commerce solutions. API's industry-recognized design team is committed to working with leading companies to deliver the highest performance, scalable systems available for VARs and system integrators. For more information on API and its product line, please see the Website at www.alpha-processor.com.