ActiveState & Ositis partner on all-in-one security appliance:
ActiveState selected to provide spam protection for Ositis' eShield and
WinProxy products

VANCOUVER, BC - June 18, 2003 - ActiveState, the leader in enterprise
email content filtering software, and Ositis, a leading developer of
security appliances and secure Internet sharing solutions, today
announced a licensing agreement to provide ActiveState's PureMessage
anti-spam engine within the Ositis eShield appliance and WinProxy
SecureSuite software.  Through the combined products, individuals and
businesses alike will have access to a fully integrated email and web
content security solution. 

Individuals and small businesses are faced with a growing problem of
controlling unwanted content from infiltrating their organization.
Industry analyst, the Radicati Group, projects corporate and consumer
mailboxes to rise from 772 million to over 1.5 billion over the next
five years.  At the same time, the projected amount of unwanted mass
mailings and malicious computer code will skyrocket, with spam growing
from 30 billion to more than 76 billion messages, and the cost of
viruses more than doubling to over $75 billion in economic losses. 

"Until today, consumers and businesses have had limited access to
effective anti-spam technology in all-in-one email and web filtering
products," said Shawn Thomas, Director of Business Development,
ActiveState.  "ActiveState is pleased to power a part of the Ositis
solution, by providing the same accurate, anti-spam protection deployed
by hundreds of the world's largest organizations."

The ActiveState PureMessage anti-spam engine safely identifies up to 98%
of spam using a combination of heuristics, spam directories, and spam
signatures.  Regularly scheduled anti-spam filter updates ensure
continued effectiveness against the changing tactics of spammers.

"We are very excited to welcome ActiveState onto the eShield platform
because of their reputation for market leading anti-spam solutions. This
partnership is yet another validation by the industry of the strength,
flexibility, and effectiveness of our platform," said Vilis Ositis,
president and CEO of Ositis Software. "By partnering with ActiveState we
are able to deliver eShield customers the most comprehensive, reliable,
and high performance security appliance available today."

eShield is an integrated security solution designed for  medium to large
network managers. The eShield Network Security Appliance by Ositis
features a web browser-based central management console, which allows IT
managers to easily deploy antivirus, web filtering, and PureMessage's
anti-spam filtering, and to create, enforce, and update policies to
ensure network servers and user PCs are properly protected. 

Ositis' WinProxy SecureSuite provides small and mid-sized businesses, as
well as home-based network users, with an easy-to-use, integrated
security and connectivity solution that does not require dedicated
security or IT staff to install and maintain.  It also provides the
PureMessage anti-spam engine, secure firewall, gateway antivirus, Web
Access Control, and caching to enhance Internet connection speeds.

The combined products will be available this summer.  More information
is available at: www.ActiveState.com/PureMessage and www.ositis.com.

About Ositis: 
Ositis Software develops, licenses, and markets award-winning software
and hardware solutions that provide customers with a complete system to
safeguard and connect networked PCs. For inquiries, contact Ositis at
6120 Stoneridge Mall Road, Suite 210, Pleasanton, CA 94588; telephone
(888) 946-7769 within the U.S.,  For Europe Middle East and Africa  +32
3 380 08 90 or +1 (925) 225-8900 outside the U.S.; fax (925) 225-8904;
e-mail info@ositis.com; or visit www.ositis.com. 

About ActiveState Corp.
ActiveState enables IT professionals and enterprises to increase
productivity and organizational efficiency. The Company's PureMessage
product empowers organizations to take control of their email
communications to protect against spam and viruses, and to enforce email
policy. Additional information on ActiveState's industrial strength
anti-spam software for enterprises and professional tools for
programmers is available at: http://www.ActiveState.com.

Media & Analyst Inquiries:
Lori Pike, ActiveState
LoriP@[...].com
604.808.6655

Kirsten Davidson, Horn Group
kdavidson@[...].com
415.905.4035

Michael Doyle, Ositis Software, Inc.
mdoyle@[...].com
925.225.8913

Renate Rossiau, Ositis Europe, bvba.
Tel : +32 3 380 08 90
Fax: +32 3 380 08 99

ActiveState and PureMessage are trademarks of ActiveState Corp. eShield,
WinProxy, Powering Internet Management, and Ositis, are registered
trademarks or trademarks of Ositis Software, Inc. All other company
names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Copyright ActiveState Corporation 2003.
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