NetSTAR

TOKYO December 17, 2009

TOKYO—December 17, 2009—NetSTAR, Inc., Japan’s premier developer of URL filtering product technologies and services, today announced that it has formed a partnership with Nomura Research Institute (Beijing), Ltd. (NRI). Initially targeting Japanese companies entering the Chinese market, in December NRI Beijing began offering Web filtering products that contain URL lists tailored to the Chinese market.

As of the end of June, there were 338 million Internet users in China, a 14% jump over the previous year, and of those, over 90% were using broadband connections.(*1) As internal corporate systems grow, lowered productivity due to unrelated Internet use and the threat of information leaks and virus infections are a growing concern. Thus, being able to ensure proper Internet use is vital to corporations.

NetSTAR has been offering URL lists for corporate and home use inthe Japanese market since 2001, with URL list collection,categorization, and distribution services being offered in theChinese market since 2005. To be able to provide its partners with URLlists that closely mirror the Chinese Internet usage trends and thelegal and cultural intricacies of China, NetSTAR established its URLresearch center in Dalien, China, in 2007.
NRI Beijing opened its doors in 2002 to represent NRI’s systems business in China. Starting in 2009, they offer consulting services for the security solutions sector as well.

Through this partnership, NetSTAR's URL filtering products for the Chinese market will be included among the products offered by NRI Beijing as part of its security solution consulting services.
The legal system and work customs of China are vastly different than those of Japan, which causes Japanese companies concern about the proper method for controlling Web access in a Chinese environment. Now, there is a one-stop Web security service that covers everything from Internet usage statistics to the introduction and operation of Web filtering products that are specifically tailored to local customs and conditions. Currently, the plan is to provide services to 100 companies by 2012, starting with these Japanese companies entering the Chinese market.

NetSTAR will continue to collaborate with various partners in an effort to provide Japan and the global community with safe Internet access across a wide variety of platforms.
*1 The 24th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China

About NetSTAR, Inc, and URL Lists
NetSTAR specializes in the development of URL filtering software and services, and in the collection, categorization, and delivery of URL lists. NetSTAR URL lists are used in a number of market-leading products like InterSafe WebFilter by Alps System Integration Co., Ltd., and InterScan and WebManager by Trend Micro Incorporated.  Recognized for its high performance and low false positive rate, our products are number one (*1) among large companies with strict quality requirements, including approximately 60% of prefectural governments, 40% of central governments, and 40% of the companies in the Nikkei Excellent Company Ranking. We also have a greater than 40% share of the market nationwide. (*2)
NetSTAR's URL lists are now being used in security appliance products and routers for small- and medium-size businesses, and many individual customers are using them through our home-use filtering services. Over the years, NetSTAR has gained much recognition for the broad applicability of its individual URL lists as well as the quality and reliability of its collection, categorization, and delivery processes. NetSTAR’s URL lists for filtering services are the only lists that have been adopted by all mobile phone operators in Japan. (*3)
http://www.netstar-inc.com/
*1. Based on NetSTAR's research *2. according to Fuji Chimera Research Institute *3. we distribute new lists daily for use in the filtering systems of NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, Softbank Mobile, WILLCOM, and EMOBILE.

Press contact
NetSTAR, Inc., Sales Department OEM Sales Division
E-mail: partner@netstar-inc.com

Nomura Research Institute (Beijing), Ltd., Shanghai Branch
E-mail: nribj-sh-secure@nri.co.jp

For queries about URL lists and partnerships
NetSTAR, Inc., Sales Department OEM Sales Division
E-mail: oem_sales@netstar-inc.com

* NetSTAR is a registered trademark of NetSTAR, Inc. Other product and company names are the registered trademarks of their respective companies.