Press Release

Bangalore, India - - March 23, 2004 - - Azul Systems, Inc., a privately funded technology company, based in Mountain View, CA announced today the opening of a software design and development center in Bangalore, India. With Stephen DeWitt, former president and CEO of Cobalt Networks at the helm, along with his executive staff of senior business and engineering executives from industry-leading networking, silicon and system vendors, this innovative company is poised to make significant market impact in the years ahead.

The Bangalore center opened in early March and has already attracted an experienced team of world-class design engineers; the company has plans to significantly grow the center during 2004. The company’s entry to India was facilitated by Tavant Technologies.

Azul Systems’ corporate values are driven by fierce and consistent commitment to delivering innovative customer focused solutions. The Bangalore center will allow Azul Systems to scale their design engineering efforts by leveraging 24x7 design, support and test cycles and exponentially increase quality. “By expanding our software development organization to Bangalore, India, we continue to attract the brightest engineering minds across the globe. This will allow us to round out our product line while building significant leverage into our engineering efforts,” said Stephen DeWitt, Azul Systems President and CEO.

Azul chose to partner with Tavant Technologies in order to ensure seamless navigation of the local, cultural, HR and legal issues unique to India. “We are pleased to partner with Azul in its efforts to expand its business into India,” said Ashish Gupta, Vice President, Tavant Technologies. “We believe the company’s technology is clearly on the forefront of innovation and we wish them great success in their endeavor,” he added.

At the annual 2003 Datacenter Ventures conference, VentureWire, a leading publication focused on emerging companies, recognized Azul Systems as “Investors Choice” - one of the top ten datacenter ventures most likely to succeed. The event featured startups working in storage, security, systems and server management products. The Investors' Choice award goes to the ten privately held companies presenting at the conference judged most likely to succeed.

About Azul Systems, Inc.
Founded in 2002, Azul Systems^TM is a dynamic and innovative technology company, focused on specialized data center infrastructure. Azul Systems is building a world-class organization. To find out more about professional opportunities at Azul Systems, email: jobs@azulsystems.com or visit www.azulsystems.com.

About Tavant Technologies
Tavant Technologies is the Industry leading provider of collaborative commerce and strategic IT solutions. Its products and solutions enable businesses to manage, streamline and enhance multi-level distribution channels. Tavant facilitates collaboration between manufacturers and financial services businesses and their channel partners by making critical information available to participants in various and multiple distribution channels. It automates all interactions by channel partners through a Web interface that eliminates the delays in costs of fax and telephone based legacy systems. Tavant is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. For more information about Tavant, please visit www.tavant.com.

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