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Today, Oracle announced that it has acquired OctetString. We want to share this exciting news with you, and let you know how we anticipate this transaction will benefit you as a valued OctetString customer or partner.

The combination of Oracle and OctetString brings the industry's leading virtual directory solution into a suite of best-in-class identity management offerings, which spans access control, identity administration, identity federation, user provisioning, other directory services, and web services management—all integrated to work together seamlessly across all leading platforms. You can look forward to enhancements to our product capabilities, and broader and more seamless application integration leading to lower costs of deployment and improvements in your users' experiences. In addition, OctetString's products will be supported by a full range of development, technical support, and professional services—on a global basis—from Oracle.

We recognize that continuity is important and that is why all of your existing OctetString contacts for support, professional services, and sales remain the same, including all OctetString specific contact information. Oracle has retained all personnel and we're delighted to continue to serve you as we have in the past, just now with the global infrastructure scale of Oracle. As any contact information changes, we will communicate those changes to you through normal channels.

OctetString's representatives will be reaching out you to answer any questions you might have. You may also learn more information at oracle.com/octetstring Also, please also join us on November 21 at 9:00 a.m. PST for a conference call for our customers and partners to learn more about the combination and to answer any further questions you may have. The call information will be sent to you shortly.

We are also having an Oracle Identity Management Webcast on December 6 at 8a.m. (PST) for our customers and partners to provide an update on Oracle's roadmap for identity management. Details on the webcast will be sent to you shortly.

Thank you for your continued role in our success.

Sincerely,

Clayton Donley Senior Director IdM Development Oracle (formerly CEO of OctetString)

Thomas Kurian Senior Vice President Oracle Server Technologies Oracle

The above is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into a contract. This acquisition is subject to regulatory approval.