Jul 29, 2003 05:32 ET

Sun and Seclutions join forces to launch Enterprise Security solution

Zurich, July 29/PRNewswire/ -- - Plug-and-play application security
gateway will target small to mid-size enterprises

Today, leading application security software company of Switzerland, Seclutions
AG,
announced its partnership with Sun Microsystems (Schweiz) AG to launch
Enterprise Security solutions for small to mid-size enterprises. The
turnkey solution will be targeted at companies whose business processes
or information depend on the Internet and that wish to boost the
security and availability of their Web applications while lowering
total cost of application ownership. Seclutions' award-winning AirLock
application security gateway will be bundled together with Sun server
hardware and professional services, providing an affordable, one-stop
solution that is simple for smaller companies to deploy and manage.

"While firewall protection is standard, most companies are still
unprotected at the application level, where they are in fact the most
vulnerable," says Seclutions' CEO, Roland Heer. "Smaller companies,
particularly e-Businesses that handle critical information and
transactions on the Internet depend on comprehensive, state-of-the-art
security to protect their core business assets. These companies need a
hassle-free solution that assures the security and availability of
their Web applications, together with flexible pricing mechanisms
enabling them to benefit from a return on investment within a short
time period. Seclutions' AirLock provides affordable high-security
protection 'in a box', bringing high security to everyday companies."

Seclutions is a global Sun iForce Partner for Web application security
solutions and has a history of successful partnership with Sun
Microsystems. Seclutions' award-winning application security gateway,
AirLock, was first developed for the Sun server platform in 1996 to
provide secure Web access for Switzerland's first online home banking
application. AirLock technology has been implemented in over 30 Swiss
and international projects on the Sun platform for leading financial,
government, telecommunications, and other security-conscious
organizations. AirLock has been proven in public and private commercial
Web and wireless applications with millions of transactions. The
AirLock application security gateway comes complete with Sun's Solaris?
8 Operating System and is fully compatible with Sun servers and Sun?
ONE products.

Dietmar R. Schulz, Manager of Marketing and Business Development for
Sun's Enterprise and Mid Market says, "Seclutions has proven the
security and scalablity of its technology with some of the world's most
demanding institutions. Sun is pleased to offer the benefits of such a
high quality solution now to smaller companies."

The Sun Enterprise Security Solutions campaign begins this month and
continues throughout the year. It will be highlighted by an enterprise
security event hosted by Sun on October 29th, to present key security
business benefits to small and mid-size enterprises and to introduce
Seclutions and other best-of-breed security technologies. A second
event will feature a technical presentation of the Seclutions' AirLock
solution and its implementation. For further details on the AirLock
solution, please contact Seclutions.

- About Seclutions

Seclutions is a Swiss information security software company, whose
application security gateway delivers high security protection and
availability to Web-enabled businesses while lowering costs. Based on
more than 30 man-years of technology research and development, as well
as large-scale, commercial deployments within stringent Swiss privacy
and security requirements, Seclutions' technology sets new standards in
Web application security and availability. Seclutions was awarded the
Swiss Technology Award 2003 and is a spinoff of Ergon Informatik AG,
Switzerland's eighteen-year-old and leading provider of
mission-critical Web and wireless enterprise applications.

http://www.seclutions.com/en/ct_about_en.htm

- About Sun Microsystems

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW) to its
position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware,
software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more
than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com/ and
http://www.sun.ch/ .

Source: Seclutions AG

Contact: Seclutions AG, Elena Jeung Branet, Vice President of
Marketing, Ottikerstrasse 59, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland, Tel: +41 1
366 8850, Email: elena.branet@seclutions.com ,
http://www.seclutions.com/ or Sun Microsystems (Schweiz) AG, Ku"nsang
Chopathar, PR Specialist, Javastrasse 2 / Hegnau, CH-8604 Volketswil,
Tel: +41 1 908 90 00 (94 34), Email: kuensang.chopathar@sun.com ,
http://www.sun.ch/ .