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Tarantella Inks Deal with Marix Technologies

Multi-year Agreement Provides Key Technology for Marix Technologies

SANTA CRUZ, CA., May 15, 2002: Tarantella, Inc., (Nasdaq: TTLA), a leading supplier of Internet infrastructure software, today announced that Marix Technologies, a provider of enterprise class software solutions has signed a multi-year agreement for Tarantella Enterprise 3 technology, licences, support, and maintenance. The Tarantella Enterprise 3 software will be integrated with Marix software products, providing key technology to enable secure, remote access and control over critical applications, documents, and e-mail attachments.

"It is essential that enterprises have a centralized point where applications, documents, and e-mail attachments can be accessed remotely and securely,” said Dennis Johnson, CEO of Marix Technologies. "The Tarantella software is an integral component of our technology, providing Marix users with immediate and secure access to all corporate applications, documents, and attachments from anywhere in the world via any Java-enabled client device.”

"Marix saw the opportunity to use Tarantella as the engine to address customers’ needs for secure and controlled access to documents linked to e-mail messages,” said Edmundo Costa, vice president of worldwide channel sales for Tarantella. "This agreement is another example of how independent software vendors are utilizing Tarantella software to exploit the opportunities of server-based computing, improve the value they deliver to customers, and boost their bottom line.”

Tarantella, Inc. creates Internet infrastructure software that enables enterprises to provide users anywhere with managed, secure web-based access to critical corporate applications and services. Tarantella Enterprise 3 software provides instant access to mainframe, AS/400, Windows, Linux and UNIX applications, enabling enterprise users to work effectively from anywhere, at any time. Tarantella software offers scalable, cross-platform solutions for both the public Internet and private intranets.

Marix Application Manager provides secure remote access to centrally managed applications and documents, allowing browser-based access from any location. Marix Attachment Manager offers policy-based control of e-mail attachments, protecting sensitive documents and shielding desktops from potential viruses. All Marix products contain the company’s patent-pending AppLink technology, which encapsulates a document and an application into a URL. This technology results in an entirely new way of managing, viewing, and manipulating documents.

About Tarantella, Inc.
Tarantella is the leading provider of Internet infrastructure software that enables web-based access to enterprise applications. The Tarantella Enterprise 3 solution instantly provides managed and secure web access to enterprise mainframe, Windows, AS/400, Java technology, Linux, and UNIX applications. It leverages existing IT assets to provide cost savings, improved productivity, and the flexibility to accommodate the rapid changes in today's organizations. For more information, go to http://www.tarantella.com.

About Marix Technologies, Inc.
Marix Technologies provides enterprise software products that offer unique and secure remote access to applications and documents, resulting in an entirely new way of managing, viewing, and manipulating documents. Marix Application Manager provides secure remote access to centrally managed applications and documents. Marix Attachment Manager offers policy-based control of e-mail attachments, protecting sensitive documents and shielding desktops from potential viruses. For more information, go to http://www.marix.com/.

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Tarantella, Tarantella Enterprise 3, and the Tarantella logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tarantella, Inc., in the USA and other countries. Marix, Marix Application Manager, Marix Attachment Manager, and AppLink are trademarks of Marix Technologies, Inc. Java and all Java-based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of their respective owners.

Contact Information:

Tarantella Contact
Bette Kun
831-427-7397
bettek@tarantella.com
InterActive Public Relations
Melissa Hourigan
415-391-1106 x230
melissa@ipri.com


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