Today at JavaOne, MontaVista Software announced a partnership with Zentek, a
provider of Java-based software solutions for digital consumer devices.

Zentek will adopt and promote MontaVista Linux as its standard embedded
Linux platform, while MontaVista will reference and leverage Zentek¹s
browser and Java application solutions as part of its offering for wireless
devices.

The two companies are displaying their Java solutions at the JavaOne(SM)
2002 Conference in San Francisco through March 29. MontaVista Software
products are on display in the IONA booth #1436 and Zentek Technology is in
booth #632. 

For more details, please see the release below.

Thanks,

Annette Oevermann
Pacifico, Inc,.
(408) 293 8600 x341

MontaVista Software and Zentek Technology Join Forces
Focusing on the Wireless Devices Market

JavaOne 2002 Conference, San Francisco, March 26, 2002 ‹ MontaVista Software
Inc. and Zentek Technology Japan Inc. today announced they would join forces
to provide embedded developers with innovative solutions targeting
applications in the wireless devices market.

A rapidly increasing number of embedded system developers are considering
Linux for application development, and they require a robust yet flexible
Linux platform for their wireless and mobile applications.  Zentek will meet
these market needs by supporting one of the leading embedded Linux platforms
on the market today, MontaVista� Linux®.  As a new member of the MontaVista
Partnering Program, Zentek will adopt and promote MontaVista Linux as its
standard embedded Linux platform.  MontaVista Software will reference and
leverage Zentek¹s browser and Java application solutions as part of its
vertical offering for wireless devices.

³Our customers' interest in embedded Linux is ramping up significantly,²
said Shozo Ohtani, president and CEO, Zentek Technology Japan Inc. ³We are
pleased to be able to recommend MontaVista Linux to them as our platform of
choice.²

Zentek provides leading edge software solutions, including the Z-API, a
platform for digital consumer products; the JADE series of complete
development environments for Java-enabled cellular phones and wireless
devices; and NBJ, a cHTML pure Java browser for digital consumer devices.
Zentek¹s Z-API will be the first of its products that will be ported to run
on MontaVista Linux.

³MontaVista Software has sharpened its focus on the consumer electronics
market and the wireless segment is one of the most important and interesting
areas.  We are very pleased to have Zentek as a partner, since Zentek has a
leading Internet browser and solid Java application solutions,² said Hitoshi
Arima, vice president of sales, MontaVista Software, Japan. ³We expect to
see this partnership yield many innovative wireless application solutions
for our customers.²

The two companies will be displaying their Java solutions at the JavaOne(SM)
2002 Conference in San Francisco, March 25-29. MontaVista Software products
are on display in the IONA booth #1436 and Zentek Technology is in booth
#632. They will also be demonstrated during the worldwide MontaVista seminar
tour under the theme "Embedded Linux and Java."  For more information on
seminar dates and locations, visit
http://www.mvista.com/wwseminars/seminar.html.

About Zentek Technology Japan Inc.

Zentek has offices in Tokyo and Osaka in Japan and in Redwood City in
California. It develops software for the consumer electronics market and
concentrates on two areas: development tools for makers of wireless device
applications and digital television middleware. Zentek originated in
California and was founded to bring Silicon Valley computer expertise to the
consumer electronics industry. Zentek went public on NASDAQ Japan on August
31, 2001.

Zentek's customers include major consumer product manufacturers such as
Matsushita, Sanyo, Sharp, NEC and Fujitsu.  For more information about
Zentek, please visit http://www.zentek.com.

About MontaVista Software Inc.

MontaVista Software Inc. powers the embedded revolution by providing
open-source systems software solutions for embedded system developers.
Founded in 1999 by real-time operating system (RTOS) pioneer James Ready,
MontaVista's principal products include MontaVista® Linux®, a Linux-based
embedded source and binary distribution, cross development platform and a
set of tool kits for x86/IA-32, PowerPC, StrongARM, MIPS, SH, ARM, XScale
and other microprocessor architectures. MontaVista offers developers a
family of products and services for embedded design and development targeted
for applications ranging from communications infrastructure to consumer
devices.  MontaVista Software also provides several technology add-on
products addressing specific customer needs such as the Java development
environment, High Availability technology, powerful graphics toolkits and
more.

Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale, Calif.,
MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by leading investors
such Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, WR Hambrecht + Co.,
IBM, Intel Capital, Panasonic and Sony Corporation. For more information
about MontaVista Software, please visit http://www.mvista.com or email to
info@mvista.com or call (408) 328-9200.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MontaVista is a trademark
of MontaVista Software, Inc.  Java is a trademark and JavaOne is a service
mark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks,
registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

Contacts:
Joe Samagond
Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications
MontaVista Software Inc.
Phone: (408) 328-9234
E-mail: jsamagond@mvista.com

Patricia Colby
PR Strategy and Business Development
Pacifico Inc.
Phone: (408) 293-8600 ext. 340
E-mail: pcolby@pacifico.co
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Sung-Ae KANG
Technical Marketing
Zentek Technology Japan, Inc.
Phone  +81-3-5296-6536
E-mail: press@zentek.co.jp
Web site:  http://www.zentek.com/