Japanese Systems Integrator Ten Art-ni joins OSDL

Japanese Systems Integrator Ten Art-ni Joins OSDL;
Linux Specialist Launches Big Push Into Enterprise Data Centers in Japan

BEAVERTON, Ore. and TOKYO, April 20 -- The Open Source Development Labs
(OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux,
today announced that Ten Art-ni, a leading Japanese open source technology
integrator, has joined OSDL and will participate in OSDL's Data Center Linux
and Carrier Grade Linux working groups to advance Linux in Japan. 

"Japanese enterprises are rapidly moving to Linux," said Nobuo Kita,
President and CEO of Ten Art-ni.  "We are joining OSDL to work more closely
in the global Linux eco-system and deploy large Linux systems throughout the
enterprise with a focus on data centers." 

Since its founding in 1997, Ten art-ni has built its business on open source
technologies. Ten Art-ni's company-wide mission is to continually incorporate
cutting-edge technologies into their offerings while addressing customer
business challenges. In addition to providing Linux support, professional
services, and system development, Ten Art-ni sells a range of Linux hardware
and software products. 

Enterprises are embracing Linux in Japan. Market research firm IDC predicts
that Linux adoption will continue growing at a much faster pace than Windows
and UNIX in the Japanese server market. According to IDC Enterprise Server
Tracker, Linux server shipments will grow at a compound annual growth rate of
40 percent from 2002 to 2007. 

"With the rapid global adoption of Linux, we're pleased to have Ten Art-ni
join OSDL," said Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL. "This newest OSDL member will
bring a wealth of knowledge about the use of Linux in the Japanese corporate
data center." 

About Ten Art-ni Corporation 
Ten Art-ni was founded in 1997 to create customer-focused IT solutions using
open source technologies.  The company is financially backed by leading
global technology and venture capital groups including: Otsuka Shokai Co.,
Ltd., Inabata & Co., Ltd., Intel Pacific, Inc., NEC Corporation,
Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd, SGI Japan, Ltd., Oracle Corporation Japan, and
NIF Ventures Co., Ltd.   With global company headquarters in Tokyo, Japan,
the company provides pre-development research, analysis and system design to
system development and support with a wide range of Linux and Java software
and hardware that it sells throughout Asia.  Additional information on the
company is available in English at (www.10art-ni.co.jp/english/)

About Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) 
OSDL -- home to Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux -- is dedicated to
accelerating the growth and adoption of Linux. Founded in 2000 and supported
by a global consortium of Linux customers and IT industry leaders, OSDL is a
non-profit organization that provides Linux expertise and computing and test
facilities in the United States and Japan available to developers around the
world. OSDL members include Ten Art-ni, Alcatel, BakBone Software, BSTC,
Cisco, Co-Create, Computer Associates, Ericsson, Force Computers, Fujitsu,
HP, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, IP Telecom, Linuxcare, Miracle Linux Corporation,
Mitsubishi Electric, MontaVista Software, NEC Corporation, NEC Soft, Network
Appliance, Nokia, Novell, NTT, NTT Data Intellilink, Portlock, Red Hat, Sun
Microsystems, SUSE LINUX, TimeSys, Toshiba Solutions, Transmeta Corporation,
Trolltech, Turbolinux, Unilever, VA Software and Wind River Systems. Visit
OSDL on the Web at www.osdl.org.