VA Linux partners with Clara Online

VA Linux to Cooperate With Clara Online in Load Balancing and
High-Availability Services; 'VA Balance' Offered to Customers of Clara
Online's Dedicated Server Service for Linux

Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 31, 2005 - (JCN Newswire) - VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
(VA Linux), Japan's leading Linux and Open Source solutions provider, and
Clara Online, Inc. today announced that the latter would adopt VA Balance,
the former's load balancer and high-availability service solution, for
Clara Online's dedicated server service for Linux.  Both companies agreed
that Clara Online would sell VA Balance to its housing customers at
Clara's data centers and also work closely in marketing VA Balance.

VA Balance is a load balancer and high-availability service solution
developed by VA Linux.  VA Balance is comprised of Linux OS and various
Open Source Softwares, and has been accepted by many network careers and
ISPs since its first release in November, 2004.

According to the arrangement this time, VA Linux will provide VA Balance
and its support to Clara Online, and meanwhile Clara Online will recommend
VA Balance to its customers of dedicated server service for Linux as the
load balancing component (up to Layer 4).  Also, two companies will work
together in promoting VA Balance.  By this agreement, customers will enjoy
both VA Linux's solid development / failure analysis power and Clara
Online's high-quality server space service, and it will lead to high
quality server space solution with reliable yet low-cost load balancing /
high-availability feature. Clara Online's two customers of dedicated
server service for Linux have already chosen VA Balance.

"VA Balance is the fruit of VA Linux's strong development competence based
on rich experience in developing many Open Source Softwares including the
Linux kernel itself", said Tatsuya Ueda, President and CEO of VA Linux in
Tokyo. "I think that combining our development ability with Clara Online's
high quality server space service would be the perfect match for coping
with our customers' various demands, by enhancing the foundation of
internet services.  We at VA Linux are sure that this agreement promises
better customer experience for customers of Clara Online's dedicated
server service for Linux. VA Linux continues to plan and develop Open
Source solutions such as VA Balance."

"Clara Online maintains its own data centers and networks, and adopts Red
Hat Enterprise Linux and DELL servers for its all services. By
establishing strong ties with our business partners, we can provide high
value-added service at low cost", said Kentaro Iemoto, President and CEO
of Clara Online, Inc.  "These days, we face the rapid growth of access
numbers and the size of web contents, so both the load and demand for
reliability for our servers are increasing.  Now we can work with VA
Linux, well known for its excellence on Linux-related technology and
experience, we hope we can provide our customers to new value-added
service which provides better load balancing and high-availability via VA
Balance.  It will lead to better performance and customer experience for
Web server systems.  Also, by working together closely, we market VA
Balance aggressively."

Starting from this arrangement, both companies will continue to deepen the
partnership.


About VA Balance

VA Balance is a highly effective, high-availability load balancing
software fully integrated with Linux OS and ideally suited to enterprise
systems.  VA Balance consists of UltraMonkey, a scalable open source load
balancing software, and VA Core, a GNU/Linux system based on Debian; both
are developed by VA Linux. VA Balance is a fully integrated solution. The
control-configuration-monitoring framework provided by VA Core and the
special UltraMonkey load balancing software optimized for VA Core are
tightly linked and provide an effective and robust load balancing solution
ideal for local area networks.
* VA Balance product page: http://www.valinux.co.jp/en/products/balance/


About Clara Online, Inc.

Clara Online, Inc. is a server hosting company based on Tokyo, Nagoya, and
Taiwan.  Owning 4.1Gbps connection channel in total, Clara Online has five
data centers (two in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Seoul). Clara Online
provides dedicated server service (one server for one customer), VPS
service (one server for several customers by using virtual hosts),
co-location service (housing customers' server in  Clara's data centers)
and domain name acquisition service.  Please see http://www.clara.co.jp/
(in Japanese).

About VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
Founded in September 2000, VA Linux Systems Japan K.K. (VA Linux), which
has based its operations on the development of Linux and Open Source, has
become one of the premier providers of Linux kernel, technological, and
software solutions in the Japanese domestic market. From March 2004
onward, VA Linux has been the recipient of funding from NTT Comware and
NTT Data. VA Linux is currently at the forefront of implementing Linux
solutions for telecommunication and enterprise system markets. For more
information, please visit www.valinux.co.jp/en/<BR />

Contact

Tomohisa Iwai
Clara Online, Inc.
phone:  +81-52-219-5130
fax:  +81-52-219-5134
Email: press@clara.co.jp

Takako Iizuka
Public Relations
VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
phone: +81-3-3293-5151
fax: +81-3-3293-5152
Email: mktg@valinux.co.j

Oct. 31, 2005, 17:10 (JST)
Source: VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
http://www.valinux.co.jp/en/index.html
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