SDK Will Allow Software Engineers To Develop New Products Or Features Based On The Core PowerCockpit 1.1 Capabilities And Modules

San Francisco, Calif., February 19, 2002 - Turbolinux, Inc., a worldwide leader in Linux operating environments and multi-platform software deployment and management products, today announced general availability of the PowerCockpit Software Developers' Toolkit (SDK), as well as a new release of its award-winning PowerCockpit server provisioning and management software. The PowerCockpit SDK enables developers to customize the functionality of PowerCockpit to meet the specific needs of their IT organization. PowerCockpit 1.1 adds new features, performance and scalability enhancements for both security and high-availability, including SSH Protocol 2 and extensible support for EXT3 and Reiser File Systems, and represents a leap forward for PowerCockpit's server provisioning technology. With version 1.1 and the SDK, enterprises can now use PowerCockpit's technology to provision servers with less effort and in less time, an operational imperative in the current volatile economy.

PowerCockpit offers customers dynamic server provisioning - a highly automated system for configuring, deploying, or redeploying Linux servers throughout the enterprise. This represents a radical shift in the way servers are currently defined and creates enormous ramifications for every segment of the marketplace. For instance, IT managers can improve the security of their servers by using PowerCockpit to easily deploy the latest security updates to servers located around the world. Service providers can use PowerCockpit to rapidly reconfigure hardware assets to meet constantly changing demands - web servers, for example, can become application servers in 10 minutes or less using just a few simple commands. PowerCockpit works with Linux distributions from Turbolinux, Red Hat, SuSE, and Debian.

"PowerCockpit is the ideal product for the rapid server provisioning required by today's data center or any business that has multiple servers," said Pete Beckman, vice president of engineering for Turbolinux. "And PowerCockpit SDK provides developers with instant access to internal interfaces and APIs (Application Programming Interface) which allows them to create new applications that link directly to PowerCockpit's capabilities or to embed PowerCockpit into other programs. With compelling performance results and key features such as the capability to develop new modules as third-party plug-in extensions to PowerCockpit, the SDK will allow developers to offer more extensive solutions to end users or remove selected features to create targeted software options."

PowerCockpit SDK Features
PowerCockpit SDK is targeted towards developers, and there is a significant focus on breadth and accuracy of documentation, allowing developers to more easily write new modules that can be loaded into an existing PowerCockpit 1.1 installation. In addition, it allows developers to tailor and extend PowerCockpit and then package it into a customized product. The release of the PowerCockpit SDK features:

• Dynamically-loadable module and component infrastructure
• Detailed technical information on how to create custom PowerCockpit applications
• Capability to develop new modules as third-party plug-in extensions to PowerCockpit
• Complete programmatic access to all PowerCockpit features well beyond the detail available from the Perl interface
• 400-page Programmer Guide documentation
• Full online HTML-based reference documentation for all PowerCockpit interfaces

PowerCockpit 1.1 Update
PowerCockpit 1.1 is fully compatible with the earlier release and allows developers to build upon their existing investments while taking advantage of new features and functionalities. Version 1.1 provides enhanced support for industry standards technologies such as SSH Protocol 2 and extensible support for EXT3 and Reiser File Systems. Compatibility with these journaling file systems for use on high-availability networks makes PowerCockpit and Linux applications built using Turbolinux's platform an attractive option for creating and managing enterprise systems.

About Turbolinux
Founded in 1992, Turbolinux® Inc. is a global software company providing Linux operating environments and multi-platform software deployment and management products that allow computing assets to be quickly redefined on demand -- enabling true flexible processing power. Backed by some of the world's leading technology companies, including Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, NEC, Novell, Oracle, SGI and Toshiba, Turbolinux is headquartered near San Francisco with offices around the world. For more information, visit the Turbolinux Web site at http://www.turbolinux.com.