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JXTA, the Industry Leading P2P Technology, to be Embedded as Discovery Mechanism as Part of Multi-Billion-Dollar Future Combat Systems Project

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that Boeing, the lead systems integrator for the U.S. Army’s multi-billion dollar Future Combat Systems (FCS) initiative, has selected JXTA technology to provide the P2P discovery service for the System of Systems Common Operating Environment (SOSCOE.)

“The entirety of FCS software depends upon the flawless operation of the SOSCOE,” said Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems vice president and general manager of Future Combat Systems. “JXTA technology was selected to be included as the basis for P2P discovery service in SOSCOE because it has the proven flexibility, extensibility, security, and scalability necessary to connect hundreds of thousands of personnel, remote sensors, and other resources in real-time. JXTA technology ensures that services registered can be found quickly and efficiently.”

FCS is a networked “system-of-systems,” combining advanced communications and technologies to link soldiers with unmanned sensors and air platforms, and both manned and unmanned ground platforms. As a key part of the Department of Army’s visionary transformation plan, FCS will significantly increase the Army’s agility and reduce logistics requirements, allowing it to go anywhere and to overcome any adversary. FCS is also designed from the ground up to enhance joint operations and coordination between U.S. and coalition forces.

“We are proud to add FCS to JXTA technology’s continued adoption in the federal government space. The SOSCOE development points out the critical importance the government places on dynamic discovery and distribution of content,” said Juan Carlos Soto, chief technology officer, Software, Sun Microsystems. “Working with Boeing, the FCS program and the U.S. Army offers JXTA technology yet another opportunity to illustrate how P2P has moved from traditional file sharing to large scale, highly complex deployments.”

Sun Microsystems reports that in addition to FCS, JXTA technology is currently deployed or under consideration by several other companies under contract by federal and state/local government agencies, including BBN Technologies and ShareDynamics, Inc.

The open source community of more than 20,000 members has evolved JXTA technology into an open set of XML-based protocols for creating P2P style network computing applications and services quickly and easily. The community also just released the latest version of JXTA technology, which offers enhanced scalability and performance. To download the new release visit www.jxta.org.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A singular vision — “The Network Is The Computer” — guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world’s most important markets. Sun’s philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, JXTA, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Sun Strengthens Position in High-Growth Storage Market with Intellectual Property Purchase

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) today announced it has completed the acquisition of all intellectual property rights of Procom Technology, Inc. relating to its Network Attached Storage (NAS) offerings. In addition, the company has welcomed the majority of Procom’s employees related to NAS into the Sun organization.

“The Procom transaction, combined with our recent announcement that we’ve signed a definitive agreement to acquire StorageTek, signifies the strategic importance of data management to Sun and underscores our commitment to a total systems approach,” said Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief operating officer, Sun Microsystems. “We will now be positioned to have the broadest storage product line in the industry, supported by what we believe to be the ultimate data management operating system, Solaris 10.”

Through a previous software licensing agreement with Sun, Procom’s technology is already embedded and currently shipping within the Sun StorEdge 5000 family of NAS Appliances. With the close of this acquisition, Sun now owns the intellectual property rights relating to Procom’s NAS product offerings and therefore gains additional engineering expertise, enabling it to build future NAS and next-generation file-based storage systems much faster and more cost-effectively.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A singular vision — “The Network Is The Computer” — guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world’s most important markets. Sun’s philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, Java, Sun StorEdge and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

This Press Releases contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding future results or financial performance of Sun Microsystems, Inc., including statements relating to the acquisition of certain assets of Procom, strengthening Sun’s position in the high-growth storage market, positioning Sun to have the broadest storage product in the industry and the ultimate data management operating system, and enabling Sun to build future NAS and next-generation file-based storage systems much faster and more cost-effectively. Such statements are just predictions and involve risks and uncertainties such that actual results and performance may differ materially. Factors that might cause such a difference include the successful integration of Procom’s technology assets and employees into Sun, building future NAS and next-generation file-based storage systems, Sun’s inability to compete successfully in the highly competitive and rapidly changing marketplace, failure to retain key employees, cancellation or delay of projects, increased competition and continued adverse general economic conditions in the U.S. and internationally. These and other risks are detailed from time to time in Sun’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Sun’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended September 26, 2004, December 26, 2004 and March 27, 2005.

Advanced Outpatient Imaging Center Takes Advantage of High-Quality Images and Patient Comfort Features

Delivering patient-focused imaging technology without sacrificing clinical performance, Toshiba America Medical Systems’ Vantage, the company’s ultra short-bore 1.5-tesla (1.5T) high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, provides optimal imaging performance and patient comfort features at Health Scan Imaging in Murrieta, Calif.

“The Vantage continues to prove its clinical value with superior imaging performance and patient-focused features for more comfortable MRI exams,” said Bob Giegerich, director, MR Business Unit, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.  “The Vantage offers the clinical capabilities of a high-field MRI in an ultra short-bore, open design, while Toshiba’s patented Pianissimo^TM noise reduction technology effectively reduces scan noise by 90 percent to provide patients with a less stressful exam.”

In addition to its patient comfort features, the Vantage MRI system performs a wide variety of MRI exams including the latest state-of-the-art imaging techniques.  For example, the system enables physicians to perform wide-ranging studies including brain and cardiac imaging, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), as well as advanced chest and abdominal applications.

“With the Vantage MRI, Toshiba has identified a ‘tipping-point’ without the technical disadvantages of an excessively short-bore magnet for fast, efficient imaging.  The Vantage offers a patient-friendly bore size for an ultra-short bore, high-field magnet for optimal performance and noise suppression, which is key from the patient’s perspective and a noticeable differentiator compared to other vendors,” said Bill Kelly, M.D., founder and medical director, Health Scan Imaging. 

“From a physician’s perspective, the larger number of sequences and extraordinary high-quality images captured per unit time with the Vantage allows for high-end applications, such as high-resolution imaging, MRA and off-center field-of-view skeletal imaging.  Image quality for neurological applications also has been consistently excellent,” Kelly said. “These advantages helped launch our start-up with after-burners.  We have quickly and consistently filled our schedule 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. with great throughput while building tremendous referral loyalty at a new practice location where we previously had no referral relationships.”

“Achieving reliable, consistent fat saturation is almost effortless with the Vantage. The specification that ensures this directly is the Vantage’s improved homogeneity using a unique primary shim system that delivers less than 2 ppm homogeneity,” adds Dr. Kelly.

Unmatched MRI Performance and Patient-Focused Features

The Vantage features an ultra-short magnet at 140 cm with linear 30 mT/m (milliTesla per meter) gradient strength with a slew rate of 50 T/m/s (Tesla per meter per second), or 130 T/m/s.  Despite the short length of the magnet, the system delivers the highest homogeneity of any magnet in the industry over the full 50 cm diameter spherical volume (DSV).

The Toshiba Vantage also offers some of the most advanced MRI applications available on the market today, including optional packages for cardiac imaging, advanced Echo Planar Imaging (EPI), Perfusion and Diffusion Imaging, Peripheral MRA, and SuperFASE (Fast Advanced Spin Echo) imaging.  In addition, Toshiba has pioneered research into contrast-free MRA with its Fresh Blood Imaging (FBI) protocol and Body Diffusion.

With Toshiba’s patented Pianissimo technology, which reduces acoustic noise by as much as 90 percent, the Vantage dramatically reduces the most significant cause of patient discomfort and enables clinicians to better utilize all of the system’s high-field MRI capabilities including SPEEDER parallel imaging for increased acquisition speed which reduces examination times.

For more information about the Vantage, TAMS and its wide range of medical imaging products, please visit www.medical.toshiba.com.

About Toshiba

With headquarters in Tustin, Calif., Toshiba America Medical Systems markets, sells, distributes and services diagnostic imaging systems, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the United States.  Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, an independent group company of Toshiba Corporation, is a global leading provider of diagnostic medical imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, such as CT, X-ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and information systems.  Toshiba Corporation is a leader in information and communications systems, electronic components, consumer products, and power systems.  Toshiba has approximately 162,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of $55 billion.

The Excelart Vantage^TM is a trademark of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation.

WHAT

Fujitsu will demonstrate scalable, reliable triple-play solutions and discuss significant product enhancements during the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Cable-Tec Expo 2005. Fully converged carrier-class optical transport solutions will be demonstrated in their booth covering the following topics:

• The benefits of converged multiservice optical networks based on Fujitsu platforms that offer innovative services while delivering CAPEX and OPEX savings
• The market-leading FLASHWAVE® 7500 Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) with significant, generation-skipping advancements including a Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS), which delivers the most advanced wavelength routing and topology migration capabilities available
• Advanced Ethernet service delivery options that include Carrier Ethernet transport, high-density multiplexed Gigabit Ethernet over Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM), and Ethernet over SONET (EoS) solutions
• Broadcast video solutions for a converged core network using the highly scalable and flexible FLASHWAVE 7500 ROADM and modular FLASHWAVE 4500 Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP)
• Multiservice optical access solutions that take advantage of new Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) and Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) capabilities to lower provisioning costs and offer more options for profitable service delivery
• Comprehensive consulting and customer services to support MSOs at any network design, development, deployment and maintenance stage

WHEN

• Wednesday, June 15, 2005; 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Thursday, June 16, 2005; 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Friday, June 17, 2005; 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

WHERE

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas

Fujitsu Booth No. 527

About Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. creates and delivers robust wireline and wireless solutions that power next-generation telecommunication networks. With an unequalled portfolio of IT and telecom products and the support of Fujitsu Limited, a $44.5B company with over 150,000 professionals in more than 100 countries, Fujitsu helps its customers fuse information and networking technology with commercial value. Over 300,000 Fujitsu network elements have been deployed by all major carriers across North America. As the metro market leader in both SONET and ROADM technology, the fundamental building blocks of next-generation networks, Fujitsu is helping customers take networking beyond convergence.

For more information, please see: http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom

Press Contacts

John Stewart
Sr. Dir. Marketing Communications
Tel: 972-479-2055
E-mail:John.Stewart@fnc.fujitsu.com

Bob Laurent
Fujitsu Network Communications
Tel: 972-479-3480
E-mail:bob.laurent@fnc.fujitsu.com

Fujitsu Network Communications
News Bureau
Tel: 866-346-1389

FLASHWAVE® is a trademark of Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. (USA). FUJITSU (and design) ® and THE POSSIBILITIES ARE INFINITE™ are trademarks of Fujitsu Limited. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Qualified and Recommended Physical Synthesis Software for Fujitsu AccelArray Structured ASICs

Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. (FMA), and Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP) today announced the availability of Synplicity’s new Amplify® AccelArray™ Pro software, a physical synthesis solution uniquely optimized for Fujitsu AccelArray structured ASIC devices.

The Amplify AccelArray Pro software is fully qualified by Fujitsu and is integrated into the new AccelArray design kit. The new design kit enables AccelArray customers to dramatically improve the efficiency of their design process and their ability to generate clean, one-pass hand-offs, resulting in lower project investment and greatly reduced risk.

AccelArray from Fujitsu is an innovative structured ASIC device that leverages Fujitsu’s proven ASIC design and system-level expertise as well as its IP development technologies to enable customers to achieve high-performance designs with extremely fast design schedules. An ideal solution for imaging applications that require high-speed processing, as well as for the storage and networking, telecommunications, and industrial automation markets, AccelArray delivers lower power consumption, higher performance, and dramatically reduced development costs.

“By partnering with Synplicity, we were able to provide a design environment that enables customers to maximize the performance, density and time-to-market advantages of AccelArray devices,” said Fujio Nakanishi, deputy general manager of the ASIC, network and communication products division of Fujitsu Limited. “We are pleased to recommend Synplicity’s Amplify AccelArray Pro physical synthesis and floor-planning software to Fujitsu’s AccelArray customers.”

Andy Haines, vice president of marketing at Synplicity added, “Our partnership with Fujitsu goes back more than three years, during which time the company announced its full support of our Synplify ASIC® tool for cell-based ASIC designs. Today’s announcement reinforces our common goal of delivering software solutions that meet our customers’ most stringent design requirements. Our close partnership with Fujitsu allows us to deliver a highly automated, accurate and user-friendly physical synthesis solution for structured ASIC customers using Fujitsu devices.”

About Amplify AccelArray Pro Software
Developed in close cooperation with Fujitsu, Synplicity’s Amplify AccelArray Pro software provides a single integrated design environment, allowing AccelArray structured ASIC customers to floorplan their design, perform physical synthesis, interactively analyze and modify their AccelArray design based on physical results and generate a legalized placement that meets handoff criteria. At the time of hand-off, Synplicity’s patented SNAP™ (Sensitive Net Analysis and Prevention) technology has additionally configured the circuit topology to provide predictable routing. The software thus generates a legally placed gates design, with timing closely correlated to the timing of the final routed design. This close correlation allows Fujitsu to quickly close timing after hand-off, eliminating iterations between the designer and Fujitsu.

Availability
The new AccelArray design kit with Amplify AccelArray Pro software is available for immediate delivery.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers’ success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com

About Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.

Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) leads the industry in innovation. FMA provides high-quality, reliable semiconductor products and services for the networking, communications, automotive, security and other markets throughout North and South America. For more information about AccelArray please see http://us.fujitsu.com/micro/accelarray

About Synplicity

Synplicity® Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP) is a leading supplier of innovative synthesis, verification and physical implementation software solutions that enable the rapid and effective design and verification of semiconductors. Synplicity’s high-quality, high-performance tools significantly reduce costs and time-to-market for FPGA, structured/platform ASIC and cell-based/COT ASIC designers. The company’s underlying Behavior Extracting Synthesis Technology® (BEST™ ), which is embedded in its logical, physical and verification tools, and has led to Synplicity’s top position in FPGA synthesis, now provides the same fast runtimes and quality of results to ASIC and COT customers. The company’s fast, easy-to-use products support industry standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. Synplicity employs over 280 people in its 20 facilities worldwide. Synplicity is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information visit http://www.synplicity.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Press Releases contains forward-looking statements including, but not limited to the performance and achievements of the Amplify AccelArray Pro used in conjunction with Fujitsu’s products. In some cases, you will be able to identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “believes” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual achievements or performance of the integrated verification flow to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, including the performance and quality of Synplicity’s products relative to other comparable software, latent defects, design flaws or other problems with the Amplify AccelArray Pro software and the growth and changing technical requirements in the ASIC market. For additional information and considerations regarding the risks faced by Synplicity, see its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as other periodic reports filed with the SEC from time to time, including its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Although Synplicity believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, Synplicity cannot guarantee the future performance or achievements of its software. In addition, neither Synplicity nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of these forward-looking statements. Synplicity disclaims any obligation to update information contained in any forward-looking statement.

Fujitsu Limited Press Contact
Fujitsu Limited
Public and Investor Relations
Website: http://pr.fujitsu.com/en/news/pressinquiries.html

Emi Igarashi
Fujitsu Microelectronics America Press Contact
Tel: 1-408-737-5647
E-mail:eigarash@fma.fujitsu.com

Steve Gabriel
Porter Novelli
Tel: 1-408-369-4600 x627
E-mail:steve.gabriel@porternovelli.com

Angela Sutton
Synplicity Inc. Customer Contact
Tel: 1-408-215-6000
E-mail:sutton@synplicity.com

Customer Contacts

Fujitsu Limited Customer Contact
Fujitsu Limited
ASIC Marketing & Application Engineering Dept.
ASIC, Network and Communication Products Division
LSI Business Unit, Electronic Devices Business Group
E-mail:edevice@fujitsu.com

Fujitsu Microelectronics America Customer Contact
Fujitsu Microelectronics America
Tel: 1-800-866-8608
E-mail:inquiry@fma.fujitsu.com

Synplicity, Amplify, Behavior Extracting Synthesis Technology and Synplify ASIC are registered trademarks of Synpilcity Inc. BEST is a trademark of Synplicity Inc. and AccelArray is a trademark of Fujitsu Limited. All other names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners.

Sun Java Enterprise System Provides Reliable, Secure Messaging Infrastructure

Sun Microsystems, Inc., the creator and leading advocate of Java(tm) technology, has been chosen by the Holy See to provide a secure end-to-end infrastructure to manage its Internet Office activities. The Sun Java Enterprise System, an integrated, open standards-based software system, along with Sun Fire servers running the Solaris Operating System and connected to a Sun StorEdge array create the foundation of this collaborative infrastructure.

“E-mail is one of the most important IT services we provide at the Holy See — enabling our internal communication, facilitating correspondence between our consulates, and aiding our worldwide evangelization efforts,” said Sister Judith Zoebelein, Internet Office, Holy See. “We now have an efficient, easy-to-manage enterprise communications solution that can reliably support our massive volume of daily e-mail traffic.”

As the first phase of the project, the Sun Client Solutions team designed and implemented an end-to-end messaging infrastructure in just two months, which was comprised of key components of the Sun Java Enterprise System, including the Messaging Server and Directory Server.

The Messaging Server’s enhanced e-mail account management, security and filtering capabilities enable messages to be managed in a highly sophisticated way, enabling the new messaging solution to support more than 100,000 e-mails a day, with 99.999% system availability. The new infrastructure also provides the Holy See with other benefits, including a significant reduction in system administration and a substantial decrease in help-desk call volume.

“The reliability of our Solaris-based platform and Sun’s experience in managing complex IT infrastructures were key to providing a complete solution to enable Holy See with the ability to handle high-volume email exchanges,” said Mauro Banchero, Managing Director, Sun Microsystems Italy. “We welcome the Holy See as one of our valued customers and we are proud of our contribution to such a strategic project.”

Moving forward, the Holy See plans to build a new worldwide portal to strengthen its web community and centralize its multiple external and internal Internet sites. Sun is now working with the team to implement the Portal Solution with components of the Sun Java Enterprise System. The new portal will provide users with fast, anytime access to comprehensive applications and services, including content management, streaming, e-learning, and collaboration.

Sun also provided instructor-led training for the Holy See IT staff on administering the Sun Java Enterprise System and Sun Fire servers. Because of the flexibility of the open standards-based software system, the Holy See can easily integrate third-party products for increased security services into its new infrastructure.

About Sun Java Enterprise System

The Java Enterprise System is an open, standards-based software system that delivers a core set of industry-leading shared enterprise network services as a single, integrated entity on a predictable release cycle. It serves as the strategic underpinning of Sun’s software strategy. Components of the Java Enterprise System, such as Sun Java Communications Suite, can be purchased separately for as low as $50 per employee per year to deliver a rich set of communication and collaboration services–messaging, real-time collaboration, calendaring, and scheduling–at less than half the cost of alternative solutions. For more information on the Java Enterprise System or the Java System Suites please visit: http://sun.com/javaenterprisesystem

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A singular vision — “The Network Is The Computer” — guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world’s most important markets. Sun’s philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Java, , Solaris, StorEdge, Sun Fire, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Company Received Top Honor for Low-Volume to Mid-Volume Scanning Hardware and was Recognized as a Finalist in the High-Volume Category

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a market leader in document imaging scanners and services, today announced that at the AIIM ON DEMAND Conference, ECM Connection magazine selected the company as the Industry ACE Award winner for low-volume to mid-volume scanning hardware vendors, and as a finalist in the high-volume hardware category. The Industry ACE designation honors noteworthy achievement across three criteria: appeal, content and education.

According to Brian Sherman, chief editor, ECM Connection, “Fujitsu’s appeal refers to its innovative, feature-rich product line; content refers to the valuable information resources offered on the company’s website and in its marketing collateral; and education refers to the vendor’s outstanding outreach programs and services.”

The Fujitsu scanner product portfolio delivers a broad spectrum of scanning solutions to address the needs of many document management applications or requirements. Some of the most popular Fujitsu low-volume to mid-volume scanning solutions include fi-4120C2 and fi-4220C2 color workgroup scanners, the fi-4530C, and the fi-5650C. These scanners have both speed and versatility with innovative scanning features including hard-card scanning, dual interfaces, auto de-skew, and page-size detection.

“It is an honor to be recognized by ECM Connection for our product and service offerings,” said Victor Kan, vice president of sales and marketing, Imaging Products Group, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. “Currently we have about 20 distinct scanner models and a wide variety of service options available to meet the different needs of our customers. We also work hard to keep our customers educated on our scanning solutions, services and the benefits of document and enterprise content management by having detailed information easily accessible via our website and by participating in a number of industry events.”

Judged by a panel of industry analysts and editors, ECM Connection’s ACE Awards recognize vendor commitment to helping users and/or integrators make informed decisions about technology adoption and deployment.

About ECM Connection

ECM Connection is the source for enterprise content management news and solutions covering the full range of technologies used for capturing and managing all types of digital content: scanners, imaging software, content management software, workflow tools, mailroom solutions, and so on.

For more information, please see: http://www.EnterpriseContentManagementConnection.com

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers’ success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.

For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com

About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. conducts engineering and marketing activities in San Jose, CA and sales operations throughout the United States. Fujitsu Computer Products of America currently offers products and services including scanners and scanner maintenance, hard disk drives, and Magneto-Optical drives. Fujitsu Computer Products of America is located at 2904 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95134. For more information about Fujitsu products and services, call us at 800-626-4686 or 408-432-6333.
For more information, please see: http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com

Press Contacts

Shareen Harvey
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
Tel: 408-894-3926
E-mail:sharvey@fcpa.fujitsu.com

Tiffany Leinassar
Voce Communications
Tel: 650-228-5171
E-mail:tleinassar@vocecomm.com

Copyright 2005 Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Fujitsu and the Fujitsu logo are registered trademarks and The Possibilities are Infinite is a trademark of Fujitsu Ltd. Statements herein are based on normal operating conditions and are not intended to create any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. reserves the right to modify at any time without notice these statements, our services, products, and their warranty and performance specifications.

New Products Evidence Company’s Position at Forefront of ATCA Development

Continuous Computing® Corporation, global provider of high availability platform solutions that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy converged communications, today announced the release of two innovative blades for AdvancedTCA (ATCA): FlexCore™ ATCA-FM30 and FlexDSP™ ATCA-TI320. FlexCore allows for three times the density improvement over current solutions, while FlexDSP is the first general purpose ATCA digital signal processing blade on the market and an ideal triple-play solution. Continuous Computing’s delivery of these two unique blades demonstrates the company’s dedication to and leadership in the ATCA market.

FlexCore is a highly optimized ATCA switching card that allows customers to maximize performance and density while minimizing the overall solution cost. The blade optimizes system deployments by providing in only two slots the same functionality typically found in six cards, thereby allowing telecom equipment manufacturers to develop cost competitive 3G wireless network elements by combining multiple functions in a single chassis such as RNC, SGSN and GGSN. FlexCore includes an integrated Intel Pentium M application processor that eliminates two CPU blades in the system, thereby saving money and freeing up slots for revenue-producing payload blades. Switching, application processing and storage options are all contained in the single FlexCore blade.

“FlexCore is unique in the industry since it includes so much functionality on one blade,” said Mike Coward, CTO and general manager of Continuous Computing’s Platforms business unit. “With this option, our customers get a lower overall solution cost while maintaining the performance capabilities of previous system incarnations. Furthermore, if FlexCore is used in conjunction with our Trillium® protocol stacks, customers will spend less time working on integration and more time developing applications – which is their core competency.”

Continuous Computing’s other blade introduction, FlexDSP, is the first general purpose DSP blade for the ATCA market. FlexDSP allows a new set of applications to run on ATCA platforms, including media servers, media gateways, video gateways, wireless nodes and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) applications. Supporting voice (with a capacity of 8,064 voice channels in a single slot), video and data processing, FlexDSP makes for an ideal high-density triple-play solution.

“The availability of FlexDSP bolsters Continuous Computing’s leadership in the ATCA space because we’re offering the highest density DSP product – up to 32 DSPs,” said Mr. Coward. “Additionally, the blade’s support of converged communications will allow our telecom equipment manufacturer customer base to continue the migration to next-generation service offerings.”

According to Heavy Reading analyst Simon Stanley, “The AdvancedTCA industry is rapidly transforming into a market that values new capabilities, top performance and high density as well as low overall solution cost. Continuous Computing is one player helping to drive the trend with innovative offerings such as FlexCore and FlexDSP.”

Benefits and features of FlexCore include: Base and Fabric Gigabit Ethernet switching; up to five 10Gigabit Ethernet uplinks; an integrated application processor that is open to customer applications or system management; and onboard storage options such as disk drive, DVD and CompactFlash. Available in July, FlexCore’s pricing is dependent on configuration and is available upon request; customer samples are available now.

Benefits and features of FlexDSP include: 32 Texas Instruments C6415T DSPs with up to eight GigaMACs per DSP for a total of 256 GigaMACs per blade; local memory for each DSP; shared memory for DSP clusters allowing for complex multi-DSP algorithms; supports for up to two channelized OC-3 links; and an integrated network processor for traffic management and distribution. FlexDSP uses the latest Texas Instruments DSP for maximum performance and capacity to deliver the highest density blade available in ATCA

More information about FlexCore and FlexDSP is available on Continuous Computing’s web site at www.ccpu.com and at the company’s SUPERCOMM trade show booth (#32076) at Chicago’s McCormick Place from June 7 to 9.

About Continuous Computing

Continuous Computing® Corporation provides high availability platform solutions that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy converged communications. The company supplies integrated solutions in the wireless and Voice over IP markets to over 125 customers worldwide who rely on Continuous Computing to accelerate time to market, reduce total life cycle costs and increase return on investment. The company offers a comprehensive set of Trillium® protocol software; AdvancedTCA and CompactPCI systems; upSuite® platform management; Trillium+plus Network Service-Ready Platforms™; and customization and product life cycle management services. Founded in 1998, Continuous Computing is based in San Diego with offices globally. The company is ISO-9001 certified and a member of the Intel® Communications Alliance. Additional information is available at www.ccpu.com

Continuous Computing, the Continuous Computing logo, Create | Deploy | Converge, Flex21, FlexChassis, FlexCompute, FlexCore, FlexDSP, FlexPacket, FlexStore, FlexSwitch, Network Service-Ready Platform, Quick!Start, TAPA, Trillium, Trillium+plus, the Trillium logo, upBeat, upDisk and upSuite are trademarks or registered trademarks of Continuous Computing Corporation. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Continuous Computing is an Associate member of the Intel Communications Alliance.

The Intel Communications Alliance is a member-based program comprised of communications and embedded developers and solution providers. Members are committed to providing a strategic supply of standards-based solutions to the communications and embedded market segments. For more information, please visit: www.intel.com/go/ica

Advanced Outpatient Imaging Center Takes Advantage of High-Quality Images and Patient Comfort Features

Delivering patient-focused imaging technology without sacrificing clinical performance, Toshiba America Medical Systems’ Vantage, the company’s ultra short-bore 1.5-tesla (1.5T) high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, provides optimal imaging performance and patient comfort features at Health Scan Imaging in Murrieta, Calif.

“The Vantage continues to prove its clinical value with superior imaging performance and patient-focused features for more comfortable MRI exams,” said Bob Giegerich, director, MR Business Unit, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.  “The Vantage offers the clinical capabilities of a high-field MRI in an ultra short-bore, open design, while Toshiba’s patented PianissimoTM noise reduction technology effectively reduces scan noise by 90 percent to provide patients with a less stressful exam.”

In addition to its patient comfort features, the Vantage MRI system performs a wide variety of MRI exams including the latest state-of-the-art imaging techniques.  For example, the system enables physicians to perform wide-ranging studies including brain and cardiac imaging, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), as well as advanced chest and abdominal applications.

“With the Vantage MRI, Toshiba has identified a ‘tipping-point’ without the technical disadvantages of an excessively short-bore magnet for fast, efficient imaging.  The Vantage offers a patient-friendly bore size for an ultra-short bore, high-field magnet for optimal performance and noise suppression, which is key from the patient’s perspective and a noticeable differentiator compared to other vendors,” said Bill Kelly, M.D., founder and medical director, Health Scan Imaging. 

“From a physician’s perspective, the larger number of sequences and extraordinary high-quality images captured per unit time with the Vantage allows for high-end applications, such as high-resolution imaging, MRA and off-center field-of-view skeletal imaging.  Image quality for neurological applications also has been consistently excellent,” Kelly said. “These advantages helped launch our start-up with after-burners.  We have quickly and consistently filled our schedule 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. with great throughput while building tremendous referral loyalty at a new practice location where we previously had no referral relationships.”

“Achieving reliable, consistent fat saturation is almost effortless with the Vantage. The specification that ensures this directly is the Vantage’s improved homogeneity using a unique primary shim system that delivers less than 2 ppm homogeneity,” adds Dr. Kelly.

Unmatched MRI Performance and Patient-Focused Features

The Vantage features an ultra-short magnet at 140 cm with linear 30 mT/m (milliTesla per meter) gradient strength with a slew rate of 50 T/m/s (Tesla per meter per second), or 130 T/m/s.  Despite the short length of the magnet, the system delivers the highest homogeneity of any magnet in the industry over the full 50 cm diameter spherical volume (DSV).

The Toshiba Vantage also offers some of the most advanced MRI applications available on the market today, including optional packages for cardiac imaging, advanced Echo Planar Imaging (EPI), Perfusion and Diffusion Imaging, Peripheral MRA, and SuperFASE (Fast Advanced Spin Echo) imaging.  In addition, Toshiba has pioneered research into contrast-free MRA with its Fresh Blood Imaging (FBI) protocol and Body Diffusion.    

With Toshiba’s patented Pianissimo technology, which reduces acoustic noise by as much as 90 percent, the Vantage dramatically reduces the most significant cause of patient discomfort and enables clinicians to better utilize all of the system’s high-field MRI capabilities including SPEEDER parallel imaging for increased acquisition speed which reduces examination times.

For more information about the Vantage, TAMS and its wide range of medical imaging products, please visit www.medical.toshiba.com.

About Toshiba

With headquarters in Tustin, Calif., Toshiba America Medical Systems markets, sells, distributes and services diagnostic imaging systems, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the United States.  Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, an independent group company of Toshiba Corporation, is a global leading provider of diagnostic medical imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, such as CT, X-ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and information systems.  Toshiba Corporation is a leader in information and communications systems, electronic components, consumer products, and power systems.  Toshiba has approximately 162,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of $55 billion.

The Excelart VantageTM is a trademark of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation.

Application conversions using Fujitsu NetCOBOL for .NET, the NeoKicks CICS COBOL migration tool and Visual Studio .NET 2003 take less than 3 percent of time required for rewriting in JAVA

A study just conducted by DePaul University researchers Dr. Howard A. Kanter and Dr. Thomas J. Muscarello of The Laboratory for Software Metrics concluded that when Fujitsu Software solutions combined with Visual Studio .NET 2003 are used, the time required to Web-enable mission-critical COBOL/CICS legacy applications is on average less than 3 percent of the time needed to rewrite the applications in JAVA. A common understanding has been that rewriting was one of the few choices available if applications were to take advantage of newer technologies like the Microsoft .NET Framework™. This study indicates there are other more viable routes. These applications still provide tremendous value but are on costly platforms with limited tools to extend them for today’s business needs. Companies have made a huge investment in mainframe applications and this migration allows them to maximize that investment by extending it to newer platforms.

“This study validates what our customers already know: Fujitsu Software delivers the most time and cost effective solutions available for Web-enabling legacy COBOL/CICS applications, to say nothing of the agility customers gain from having those applications run on the Microsoft .NET Framework,” said Ron Langer, VP of Global COBOL Sales, Fujitsu Software Corporation. “The advantages of moving off the mainframe are only going to increase with the release of Visual Studio 2005 and its team supporting functions.”

“With Fujitsu’s recent announcement of the PRIMEQUEST™ line of mission-critical Intel® Itanium® based servers, this study’s confirmation of the efficacy of Fujitsu’s CICS migration solution, and the added productivity of Visual Studio 2005, even the largest mainframe CICS applications are candidates for migration to the Microsoft .NET Framework,” said Richard Burte, product manager in the .NET Developer Product Management Group at Microsoft Corp.

The study also showed that with Fujitsu NetCOBOL for .NET and NeoKicks, the skill level of the programmer had little overall effect on conversion time when compared to the time needed to rewrite code in JAVA. At all skill levels, conversion times with Fujitsu application tools were less than 5 percent of JAVA rewrite times.

The purpose of this study, which was undertaken because of the pressing need for organizations around the world to modernize their legacy applications, was to gather and present empirical and anecdotal evidence related to the efficiency and effectiveness of two commonly considered legacy modernization approaches: revision (using NetCOBOL for .NET and the NeoKicks CICS migration solution) and total system rewrite (using the Java language.)

The study approach was based on the situation classically found in standard IT environments when new software tools are obtained and measuring their effect is required by management: programmers work with whatever tools management provides; management obtains new tools that it believes will increase productivity; programmers are trained in the new tools; the new tools are used; management wants to measure the increase in productivity that should justify the cost of obtaining and utilizing the product; productivity is comprised of both speed and accuracy; the tools must support the creation of useful, usable, satisfying interfaces; the legacy system to be converted is not to be changed, i.e. the processes, screen display information, data captured and files maintained are to be retained.

Experienced IT professionals, working as paired programmer teams, executed each phase of the study tasks. Expertise ranged from less than 5 years of experience to programmers with more than 12 years of experience. Each subject received a condensed version of the ordinary training course in each of the COBOL software tools used and had access to full documentation and escalated support. The tools involved in the study were: NetCOBOL for .NET; Fujitsu’s NeoKicks CICS migration solution; and a JAVA environment with all necessary features and tools. Where skills needed for task completion were multidisciplinary (e.g. COBOL/business logic expertise and Java programming skills) the teams were comprised of experts in each skill area.

To read the complete study, please visit www.netcobol.com.

About Fujitsu Software Corporation

Fujitsu Software Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is part of the Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) family. The wholly owned subsidiary delivers one of the world’s broadest lines of application infrastructure software products, including the Interstage® Suite and NetCOBOL®. Fujitsu Software Corporation leverages Fujitsu’s international scope and expertise in developing and providing information technology solutions, including more than 4,000 software developers worldwide. To learn more about Fujitsu Software Corporation, visit www.fsw.fujitsu.com.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers’ success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com