For Immediate Release

Mistral Announces Partnership with Continuous Computing Corporation

Bangalore, June, 2004 - Mistral Solutions, Bangalore, a specialist player in niche, real- time embedded and telecom solutions, has announced a reseller partnership with Continuous Computing, the leading provider of high availability Network Service-Ready Platform™ solutions for telecom equipment manufacturers. Mistral was earlier a partner to Trillium Digital Systems, Inc., an ® company, and was providing the Trillium® Portable Suite to Indian customers. Continuous Computing purchased the industry-leading portable software business of Trillium® from Intel Corp. in February 2003.

As a Continuous Computing Partner, Mistral will make available in India the entire range of telecom enabling products and services from Continuous Computing. Continuous Computing provides high availability hardware, software, middleware, and pre-integrated solutions that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to quickly develop and deploy Voice-over-IP and infrastructure applications. The solutions range from components including Flex21™ cPCI and FlexATCA™ platforms, Trillium® communications software, upSuite® high-availability middleware, and complete Network Service-Ready Platform™ solutions, thereby providing customers a choice of modular building blocks at multiple levels of integration.

“This ongoing partnership with Continuous Computing and the Trillium® team will enhance the offerings provided by Mistral to the telecom and embedded market in India,” said the Country Manager, Mistral, Mujahid Alam.

“We are pleased to highlight our partnership with Mistral Solutions in India, with whom we have been doing business since 2002,” said Pradeep Malhotra, Managing Director for Continuous Computing India Private Ltd. “Customers can continue to count on Mistral and Continuous Computing for the best service and most complete high availability infrastructure product line.”

About Continuous Computing

Continuous Computing Corporation is the leading supplier of high availability Network Service-Ready Platform™ solutions for telecom equipment manufacturers. The ISO 9001-certified company provides high availability hardware, software, middleware, and integrated solutions that enable customers to quickly deploy Voice over IP and 3G Wireless applications for rapid time-to-market and return-on-investment. Known for superior product quality and exceptional customer service, Continuous Computing supports over 400 projects with over 250 customers worldwide including every major telecom vendor in the VoIP and 3G Wireless markets. Customer applications range from softswitches and signaling gateways to radio network controllers and home location registers. Founded in 1998, Continuous Computing is based in San Diego, CA, with regional offices in Japan, South Korea, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Additional information is available at www.ccpu.com.

About Mistral

Mistral Software is an ISO 9001:2000 certified premier Product Realization Company providing end-to-end design services for embedded product design and development. Mistral has expertise in complex real-time solutions, RTOS, driver development, DSP, communication protocols, FPGA and hardware board design. The company has several re-usable software and hardware components that can help organizations get their product-to-market faster. Mistral has operations in USA, Japan, Germany and India.

For more information visit www.mistralsoftware.com.

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