Lantronix Partners with Kaba Benzing to Showcase UPnP enabled ID Card Reader at CeBIT

Business Wire, March 23, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Prototype Device Server(TM) Technology Running UPnP Gives CeBIT

Attendees a Glimpse into the Future of Network

Enabled Data Collection Systems

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2001

Lantronix Inc., the pioneer of Device Server(TM) Technology, will partner with Kaba Benzing at CeBIT 2001 to demonstrate a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) enabled ID Card Reader system. Prototype Device Server Technology built to support UPnP protocols is embedded in components of Kaba Benzing such as a Legic ID Card Reader and controllers, to connect to a client running Microsoft Windows ME and communicate over a network or the Internet for real-time access to data and remote management capabilities.

UPnP protocols were established to facilitate the development of easily connected devices and to simplify the implementation of networks in the home and corporate environments. To comply with UPnP standards, Kaba Benzing's Demo is built upon open, Internet-based communication standards. The Demo also features an added level of security, incorporating Axis Communication's Network Cameras that capture and distribute live images over a network or the Internet using a standard Web browser. All components in the Demo are based on open standards and could be used in commercial and industrial environment as well, e.g. Enterprise Data Collection.

"Lantronix has supported the development of UPnP protocols for the past two years, and believes the acceptance of open standards will help spread the adoption of Internet and network enabled devices," said Fred Thiel, CEO, Lantronix. "Lantronix welcomes the opportunity to work with Kaba Benzing and showcase our prototype Device Server Technology with UPnP support at CeBIT, one of the world's largest technology events."

Kaba Benzing is the leading manufacturer throughout the world for Enterprise Data Collection products. Its intelligent systems provide the highest levels of data integrity by offering a combination of terminals, sub-terminals and an access manager to provide optimal protection for facilities and buildings.

"Our demonstration at CeBIT gives attendees a look into the future of Internet-enabled systems," said Bertram Schmitz, CEO, Kaba Benzing. "With Lantronix Device Server Technology, Kaba Benzing was able to bring Internet connectivity to our most intelligent systems simply and quickly."

About Kaba Benzing GmbH

Kaba Benzing GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kaba Holding AG Switzerland, is the market leader in Europe in Enterprise Data Collection. Kaba Benzing is a strategic partner of SAP and it recently started operations in the United States supplying subsystems for SAP in the area of time and attendance, and shop floor data collection (www.kaba-benzing-usa.com).

About Lantronix

Lantronix, Inc., the pioneer of Device Server(TM) Technology, adds intelligence to devices, allowing them to be smarter and leverage the power of networks and the Internet for real-time access to information, and device management. Lantronix's Device Server Technology adds intelligence to almost any device enabling them to be accessed, managed, controlled, reprogrammed and configured or reconfigured over the Internet or other networks using standard protocols for connectivity, including fiber optics, Ethernet and wireless. Lantronix was established in 1989, and its headquarters are in Irvine, Calif. For more information, visit the company on the Internet at www.deviceserver.com.

This press release may contain statements relating to future plans, events or performance. Such statements may involve risks and uncertainties, including risks associated with uncertainties pertaining to the demand for network enabled devices or systems and other risks identified in Lantronix's SEC filings. Actual results, events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Lantronix undertakes no obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.