BlueSpace(R) and Sun Microsystems Expand Partnership.

BlueSpace Becomes a Sun Global Connect Partner;

Sun Federal Systems to Resell BlueSpace TransMail Trusted Edition

AUSTIN, Texas -- BlueSpace Software Corporation, a leader in trusted messaging systems, and Sun Microsystems announced that BlueSpace has become a Global Connect Partner and that Sun Federal Systems will resell BlueSpace TransMail Trusted Edition to defense and intelligence customers.

Sun Federal will be demonstrating TransMail Trusted Edition at the DoDIIS Conference in San Diego, CA, the week commencing 17th March.

Sun and BlueSpace have been closely collaborating over the introduction and rollout of TransMail Trusted Edition which fully leverages the multi-level capabilities of Solaris 10 with Trusted Extensions and the Sun Ray desktop. TransMail Trusted Edition provides the defense and intelligence users with a unified messaging experience across multiple security domains. The result is much greater user productivity and collaboration without compromising security.

"Multi-level messaging is such an important collaborative and knowledge based application for the intelligence community," said Bill Vass, President of Sun Federal. "Our partnership with BlueSpace provides our customers with infrastructure and critical applications that enable them to meet their mission objectives faster, with less risk and at lower cost."

"Sun has made major investments and as a result is a leader in providing the infrastructure for secure, multi-level applications," stated Justin Marston, CEO of BlueSpace. "By leveraging the unique capabilities of Solaris with Trusted Extensions and the Sun Ray desktop we were able to bring a much needed solution to this market in record time."

Edward Bryant, Technical Director at UCDMO, commented, "I see the BlueSpace application taking advantage of the multi-level capabilities of currently deployed multi-level clients, and this is a critical capability needed to meet information sharing requirements."

In addition to TransMail Trusted Edition, Sun and BlueSpace are collaborating on the BlueSpace Trusted Client Framework (TCF) which significantly reduces the time and effort to create multi-level applications. The TCF enables "mashups" of data and applications running at multiple security levels into a single user experience without sacrificing confidentiality or requiring expensive cross-domain management, certification and accreditation processes.

Klaus Weidner, Principal Consultant at Atsec (a Common Criteria Testing Laboratory in the US) commented that, "The Trusted Client Framework uses a core trusted component which connects mutually isolated, single-level application services to provide what appears to the user to be an integrated multi-level application. This makes it feasible to pursue a high assurance level with minimized security testing and accreditation footprint."

Under the expanded partnership, Sun will resell TransMail Trusted Edition and the two companies will work together collaboratively and with other Sun Partners on sales, marketing, services and support.

About BlueSpace Software

"BlueSpace Software is a leading provider of trusted messaging and multi-level solutions. BlueSpace TransMail is a messaging system that was built from the ground up to be "secure by design". TransMail supports metadata integration into messages via XML, and this data can be used within customer defined rules to define access control, communication and retention policies - enabling attribute-based information sharing, backed up by rigorous audit logs. This design enables TransMail to be core to secure messaging solutions in defense, intelligence, government, health care and financial services. TransMail Trusted Edition is the first commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), multi-level end user application - providing a user with a single inbox for messages across multiple classification levels. Also available, the BlueSpace Trusted Client Framework enables rapid development of multi-level user interfaces for both COTS software applications and custom solutions. BlueSpace is privately held and is headquartered in Austin, Texas."

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