NetSTAR

TOKYO April 17th, 2009

NetSTAR, Inc. (headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; president: Noboru Ogahara; hereinafter “NetSTAR”), a developer of URL filtering product technologies and services, also involved in the collection, categorization, and delivery of URL lists, hereby announces that from May 1, its “Site Umpire” filtering service for small & medium networks will be available in "SEIL", a series of routers developed by Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; president: Koichi Suzuki; hereinafter “IIJ”).

“SEIL”, a series of proprietary routers that combines IIJ’s years of experience as an Internet service provider, has been available since 2002. With support for the proprietary “SMF (SEIL Management Framework)” network management system, the network devices allow for automatic configuration and complete management.
NetSTAR, on the other hand, has been offering its “Site Umpire” filtering services for business routers since 2007. Since Site Umpire is designed to run on a router, it allows for a significant reduction of operation cost in comparison to existing software alternatives. As such, Site Umpire is quickly gaining popularity amongst a range of enterprises, including small & medium businesses monitoring their employees’ Internet activities for the first time, as well as sales branches of larger businesses.
As of May 1, Site Umpire will become available from IIJ as a feature of SEIL routers. The SEIL-version of Site Umpire will come with a new “read-only access to forums” function, as well as a more flexible filtering settings. Existing users of the SEIL rental service, IIJ SMF sx service, or SEIL routers may also make use of Site Umpire by upgrading the SEIL firmware. For details on the firmware update and the service, visit http://www.seil.jp/.

Last but not least, we would like to share a comment we received from Kiyoshi Ishida, Director and Chief of SEIL Department of IIJ.
“I am very happy that we can now offer NetSTAR’s Site Umpire to the users of our SEIL series. With one of Japan’s largest URL database maintenance framework providing a year-round, 365-days categorization and visual confirmation, NetSTAR’s high-accuracy URL database, alongside the unified management feature that Site Umpire will add to our routers, is sure to please our customers, both existing and new.”

NetSTAR will continue to collaborate with various partners in an effort to provide the global community with safe Internet access across a wide variety of platforms.

■ SEIL Series with “Site Umpire” support: Product Details
● Supported models: SEIL/B1, SEIL/X1, SEIL/X2
● Supported firmware: Ver2.30 and later
● For more information on firmware updates and supported models, visit http://www.seil.jp/.
● Main features:
- Internal database URL filtering
- Prevent posting
- Sender IP address list
- Access blocking to specific IP addresses
- URL filtering status display
- URL or category log export
● Price: 160,000 yen/year (Up to 50 client terminals per license)
● Supported services: IIJ SMF sx service, SEIL rental service
For more information on the above services, visit http://www.iij.ad.jp/service/.

■ About the “Site Umpire” filtering service
Site Umpire, released by NetSTAR in May 2007, is a filtering service for small & medium networks. It is designed to run on a router, thereby eliminating the need for client software installation and server management, significantly reducing the installation and operation cost. Its highly-customizable category-based access control further adds to its benefits. Site Umpire offers a simple yet accurate web access management solution, and at a lower price than competing software packages (starting at 34,650 yen for a 1-year, 5-user license).
For more information, visit http://www.netstar-inc.com/smb/router/.

■ About NetSTAR, Inc.
NetSTAR specializes in the development of URL filtering software and services, and in the collection, categorization, and delivery of URL lists. Its URL lists boast the largest market share in Japan for corporate filtering products, at well over 40%, and are also used widely for home filtering services. Over the years, NetSTAR has gained much recognition for the quality and reliability of its collection/categorization and delivery processes. Its URL lists for filtering services have been adopted by all mobile phone operators in Japan, and is the de facto industry standard.
For more information, visit http://www.netstar-inc.com/.

■ Purchase Information
Internet Initiative Japan Inc.
SEIL Department, Business Promotion Division
Email: sales-seil@iij.ad.jp
Phone: +81-(0)3-5205-6390
Fax: +81-(0)3-5205-4839

NetSTAR, Inc.
Product Services Marketing Division
Email: rt_filter@netstar-inc.com
Phone: +81-(0)3-5795-4628
Fax: +81-(0)3-5795-4839

■ Trademark Information
Site Umpire and NetSTAR are trademarks or registered trademarks of NetSTAR, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.