News & Events > Press Release - 04/10/01
LEWIZ COMMUNICATIONS AND BUSINESS CAFE FORM STRATEGIC
ALLIANCE TO ENTER JAPANESE MARKET


Santa Clara, California, April 10, 2001 - LeWiz Communications, Inc. (www.lewiz.com), a pacesetter in the development of intelligent network equipment, and Business Cafe Japan, Inc., today announced a strategic alliance in which Business Cafe will support and coordinate Japanese corporate partnerships and market development. for LeWiz. Business Cafe, a Japanese based firm offering services for the growth of venture business and creation of new businesses, will support LeWiz through strategic research, planning and advising in order to expand the Company's business Japanese networking companies.

"We are extremely pleased to be partnering with LeWiz Communications," said Reiko Sota, CEO of Business Cafe. "LeWiz has a powerful technology with their intelligent network switch and is posed for rapid growth. In addition, LeWiz has a solid business model and a clear, strong strategy for the future. These are the types of companies Business Cafe introduces to the Japanese market."

"Business Cafe has the breadth of contacts in Japan necessary to penetrate the Japanese market effectively," stated Chinh Le, CEO of LeWiz. "Business Cafe has a proven infrastructure, and management team with extensive backgrounds in technology, that creates a strong synergy and will allow LeWiz to grow its business in Japan."

Business Cafe will provide LeWiz with the services and support required for growing the Company's business in Japan. Also, Business Cafe will communicate and coordinate information and support services to Japanese entities seeking to establish partnerships with LeWiz. Other technology startups that Business Cafe is supporting include Wiredpocket (www.wiredpocket.com), Portal Wave (www.portalwave.com) and Kurant (www.kurant.com).

About Business Cafe Japan, Inc.

Connecting Tokyo with Silicon Valley, Business Cafe offers up-to-date information and support services for continuous solutions that concern emerging businesses. Venture assessments made by an advisory board selects competitive ventures, and also provides advice on strategic alliances and procurement of management resources. For more information please visit www.business-café.com.

About LeWiz Communications, Inc.

LeWiz Communications is a pacesetter in the development of intelligent network equipment. LeWiz's leading-edge technologies speed up the backbone and transaction of Internet content. LeWiz's product family includes Web switches and ASIC solutions, which are designed for high performance and high availability e-commerce, hosting and enterprise environments. LeWiz's unique layer 3-7 content processing technology processes the content in the Internet traffic, supporting both XML and normal Web traffic. The content processor enables advanced networking functions such as load balancing, traffic management and traffic filtering using upper network layer information. LeWiz's products enable quick and cost-effective solutions for maximizing business transactions beyond what can be done at the TCP/IP level, creating a faster, more efficient, reliable and enjoyable Internet experience. Founded in June 2000, LeWiz is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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Contact information:
Mary Le
Vice President of Operations
(408) 567-9936 x109
maryl@lewiz.com

Kurt Montgomery
Business Development Manager
(408) 567-9936 x110
kurtm@lewiz.com

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