Britestream SSL Offload Solution Awarded Covalent Certified Classification; Best-In-Class Solution Providers Are Charter Members of Covalent Certified Partner Program, Ensuring Open Source Success Across The Enterprise.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Britestream Networks, the leading provider of hardware-based data privacy technology, announced today that Covalent Technologies, the most trusted source for complete enterprise open source solutions, has certified their SSL security network interface card (NIC) for interoperability with Covalent's products. Britestream is one of eight charter members of the Covalent Certified Partner Program designed to provide customers with access to a trusted network of best-in-class solutions providers to help ensure Open Source success across the enterprise. Other members of the program include Computer Associates, Novell and TIBCO Software.

To be awarded the Covalent Certified classification, products must demonstrate their interoperability with Covalent's Enterprise Ready Server(TM) (ERS), the most widely distributed Web infrastructure stack in Fortune 500 enterprises. Covalent recently introduced ERS 3.0, which includes the Apache HTTP Web Server and the Apache Tomcat Application Server, among the most popular Open Source components in the world today. To become a certified partner, Britestream's SSL offload solutions passed a series of rigorous quality assurance tests from Covalent's Certification Labs.

"Our customers look to us to provide both Open Source and proprietary technologies that are interoperable, manageable, reliable, secure and consistent across the enterprise infrastructure," said Mark Brewer, CEO of Covalent Technologies. "Britestream's best-of-breed technology has proven to be easily interoperable with our customers' existing networks."

The Britestream solution is the first SSL security NIC that is completely self-contained and manages all facets of SSL processing on a single PCI card. It is a groundbreaking new concept that is resetting the bar for Internet security. By processing data in real time directly in the network stream, Britestream technology handles secure data -- completely, autonomously and transparently -- freeing up systems to handle the tasks they were designed for. The Britestream solution offers plug-and-play simplicity and uncompromised performance with fortified protection.

"Security shouldn't be limited to one particular platform or architecture," said Bob Weinschenk, president and CEO of Britestream. "This certification from Covalent Technologies shows the interoperability of the Britestream solutions. We are looking forward to working with Covalent's enterprise customers through their Certified Partner Program."

About Covalent Technologies

Covalent Technologies is the most trusted source for complete enterprise open source solutions. The leading provider of products and services for Tomcat and Apache, the world's leading Web server, and the only source for full commercial support for Apache and Tomcat on a global basis, Covalent Technologies has been the trusted source that Fortune 500 enterprises turn to when migrating to Open Source and when deploying new Open Source initiatives. Covalent currently supports more than 50% of Fortune 500 and 70% of Fortune 100 companies. Customers include: SBC, Pfizer, Morgan Stanley, National Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, Johnson & Johnson, British Telecom, Fidelity Investments, NASA, Hewlett-Packard, Siemens, General Electric, and Bear Stearns. Covalent has assembled the deepest talent pool of Apache experts in the industry and is proud to be one of the most distinguished supporters of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the dominant community for useable Open Source, and the Open Source community in general. For more information visit www.covalent.com.

About Britestream

Britestream Networks provides plug-and-play SSL security NICs or ASICs that deliver a unique combination of powerful simplicity, un-compromised performance, and fortified security. Delivered in an industry-standard Ethernet NIC, Britestream's patented in-stream TCP/IP processing engines eliminate the need for network integration and provide 100% CPU offload. With sensitive information stored in hardware, Britestream solutions are tamper-proof. From existing applications such as servers, load balancers, firewalls, and content switches to fast-growing emerging applications such as SSL VPNs, XML/Web Services, and secure e-mail gateways, Britestream's board and chip solutions remove all barriers and penalties of ubiquitously deploying security. This is Internet security as it is meant to be. Automatic. Easy. Everywhere. For more information, visit: www.britestream.com.