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.
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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

New STP Service for the Automation of Transaction and Market-Related Claims intended to become Industry’s Standard Procedure for Settlement of Back-Office Disputes

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), Metatomix Inc. and Claimonitor Ltd. today announced the development of Claimonitor, a new Web-based STP (Straight-through Processing) utility for automating transactions and market-related claims in the global custodian, investment banking, asset management and broker communities.

The new standards-based automation utility, scheduled to go live in July 2005, provides a solution for the STP trade cycle area of post-trade settlement events. These events include interest claims arising out of failed cash payment, FX, and securities transactions and interest due on over-draft balances of cash or nostro accounts. In addition, system functionality will allow for handling securities market buy-ins, market fines, and also securities dividend and stock entitlements arising from corporate action events on failing and open stock loan and borrow transactions.

According to the International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communications (ISITC) Europe, it is intended that the utility will become the industry standard procedure for settlement of claims disputes. Claimonitor Ltd. was created to own and run the new service, including handling the automated capture, distribution, tracking, matching, exception management, real-time reporting and helps facilitate the actual claims settlement. By automating processes and facilitating more STP functions in the post-trade, pre-settlement portion of the trade cycle, Claimonitor can increase efficiency and reduce costs and operational risk.

The service has already won the backing of such banks as HSBC and State Street Bank and Trust.

Stuart Mckinlay, Vice President at State Street Bank and Chairman of ISITC Europe, said, “We are excited with the industry adoption of the ISITC Interest Claims working party findings. This is a significant area of investigation for our technology sub-committee and we see a major role for ISITC Europe, in the first phase, to propagate innovation in the interests of market efficiency. In this respect, we are highly supportive of these initiatives. The parties involved clearly listened to our stated needs and addressed the issues we raised.”

“This area of our trade processing activity was previously manually intensive, prone to errors and wrought with time delays,” stated Richard Cato, senior manager for operations at HSBC. “With Claimonitor, we see a valuable new service to increase efficiency, reduce costs and remove an area of systemic risk in the way the operations currently work. We are pleased that Sun Microsystems, Metatomix and Claimonitor have collaborated to in hopes of making this new capability the new industry standard.”

Currently, settlement errors cost the market millions of dollars from interest and process expenses. In addition, claims are often handled manually and, without any audit trails or receipts, leave room for dispute. As a result, the cost of recovery can be higher than the claims themselves, so organizations don’t always pursue them. The new utility can eliminate the costly investigation, processing and storing of documents related to claims disputes.

About the Technology

Claimonitor is being developed on Sun’s x64 Sun Fire servers powered with the AMD Opteron (TM) processor, running on the Solaris 10 Operating Systems (OS) with the Sun Java Enterprise System and Sun Java System Identity Manager. The new service is fully hosted and run by Sun’s Managed Services Division, adding the strength of support vital for a utility of this significance.

The utility is built on Metatomix’s advanced ERI MTX platform, which includes sophisticated data management tools, rules engines and visualization to enable both the flexible deployment of new functions and the ability to view underlying data to support changing business requirements. In addition, Oracle Database 10g database is being used for historical transactions, which can be accessed through the Claimonitor information reporting tools.

“We are pleased to fully support the development and rollout of Claimonitor. The automation of the trade cycle is a key focus for Sun, and we will continue to play a proactive role in projects of this type, matching our innovation with the demands of the securities market,” said Donna Rubin, director of financial services, Sun Microsystems.

Nigel Matthews, capital markets manager for Oracle Corporation in the UK stated: “Claimonitor fills a missing element for automation in the STP Data Management space.”

About Claimonitor

For more information on Claimonitor, please visit http://www.claimonitor.com. In addition, Metatomix and Claimonitor will be joining Sun on the SUN Stand at the SIA Technology Management Conference, June 21-23, in New York City.

About ISITC Europe

ISITC Europe is a working committee of securities operations professionals representing custodian banks, investment managers, brokers, and vendors. The group’s mission is to foster alliances and advocate standards that promote straight through processing (STP) of securities transactions. The members of ISITC Europe actively participate in and influence industry-wide initiatives that promote direct electronic processing and information flow among all industry participants, throughout the entire trade life cycle.

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

All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the US and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Acquisition Will Enhance Company’s Position in China and Strengthen Global Product Development and Regional Customer Support Capabilities

Continuous Computing® Corporation, global provider of high availability platform solutions that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy converged communications, today announced the signing of an agreement to acquire key people, products and technology from the product division of China-based UPTech (United Platform Technologies). When closed, this acquisition will enhance Continuous Computing’s market position in China and add global product development and regional customer support resources. The addition will increase Continuous Computing’s total staffing by approximately 80 people, primarily in Shenzhen, China.

According to PJ Go, president, CEO and co-founder of Continuous Computing, “The acquisition will help Continuous Computing achieve its 2005 corporate goals for extending global reach and augmenting sales, development and manufacturing capabilities. We also expect the acquisition to significantly accelerate our ability to deliver Network Service-Ready Platforms™ to telecom equipment manufacturers. Continuous Computing is excited about its new position in the worldwide marketplace and optimistic about additional growth prospects in the future.”

UPTech is a leading software and product provider in the rapidly-growing Chinese VoIP market. The entrepreneurial spirit of the acquired team is expected to streamline the division’s integration with Continuous Computing and to help accelerate the company’s development of additional VoIP products.

“This is a win/win situation for both UPTech and Continuous Computing,” said Chareleson Zheng, CEO of UPTech. “Continuous Computing will benefit from the success of the products and the market in China while UPTech will be able to focus its energy on the rapid growth of software and services.”

King Chen, CTO of UPTech and general manager of the product division, will lead the new business unit at Continuous Computing, to be called IP.Enterprise. Chen, who was formerly vice president of fixed networks for Huawei Technologies before joining UPTech, brings well-established relationships with Chinese telecom equipment manufacturers to his new role. “The combination of key UPTech assets with Continuous Computing yields a comprehensive offering not currently available today,” said Chen. “We are delighted to be part of Continuous Computing and look forward to expanding our strong team in China.”

The acquisition is expected to close in approximately 30 days. More information is available on Continuous Computing’s web sites at www.ccpu.com and www.ccpu.com/cn 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

Sun and Partners Offer Infrastructure Solutions, Technologies & Services Portfolio to Maximize the Value of New IP-based Converged Networks

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced the launch of its Open Service Delivery Platform Solutions Program. This partnership initiative will help telecommunications service providers rapidly and cost-effectively deliver new, differentiated revenue-generating consumer and enterprise services utilizing technologies such as IMS and VoIP.

The Program presents a framework of discrete technologies, products and services that can be combined to meet the unique needs of service providers now evolving their service delivery infrastructure to support expanded portfolios of new services. This framework is based on Sun products and technologies such as the carrier-grade Solaris 10 Operating System (OS). Sun is collaborating with an ecosystem of industry leaders, including Network Equipment Providers (NEPs), Systems Integrators (SIs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to build out the framework. Among the initial partners announced by Sun today to build out this framework are Appium, Drutt, EDS, jNetx, Open Cloud and Terraplay.

“Leveraging Sun’s rich tradition in the telecoms space and our heritage as a champion of open standards, we are able to offer customized solutions that empower service providers to build their next-generation delivery infrastructure and create the network of the future,” said Darrell Jordan-Smith, Vice President, Global Telecommunications, Sun Microsystems.

Component-oriented Approach to Customization

With the advent of IP-based next-generation networks, service providers can now quickly build and deploy new data services for the first time. Ranging from IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) services and Voice Over IP (VoIP) applications to video conferencing, multi-player gaming and ringtone download, these services will be indispensable to increasing average revenue per user (ARPU) and building customer loyalty. The challenge for service providers is that existing infrastructures are typically proprietary and not cost-effective, whereas new data services require scalable, open systems that can easily integrate and manage new applications.

Sun announced its first-generation service delivery platform (SDP) program as early as 2003 to enable service providers to launch new, secured, and innovative services quickly while maintaining control of their own networks. Since then, Sun’s Open Service Delivery Platform (OSDP) Solutions Program has evolved to allow new services to be developed for existing networks, to coordinate services from third-party vendors, and to integrate, package and deliver services to end-user customers.

The new Open SDP Solutions Program will help service providers easily grasp the benefits of SDPs as a launch pad to new services and stronger long-term growth. Guided by a mature component-oriented approach, Sun offers its service provider customers the freedom to pick and choose components from the framework according to their unique needs, releasing them from the burden of purchasing costly and unwieldy new systems and services that are not required.

Framework for Fast, Cost-effective Implementation of Cutting-edge Services

To deliver diverse implementations appropriate to each service provider customer, Sun has created a multi-layer Open SDP architecture that is end-to-end Java and can take advantage of the carrier-grade Solaris operating system. This approach ensures the easy integration of components, whether they come from Sun or from its ecosystem of partners.

Sun’s diverse product portfolio is the key to the power and range of the Open SDP infrastructure. End-user services can be created or consumed using Sun Java Studio software. Sun Content Delivery Server provides content management, digital-rights management, access control, customer management and personalization functions. Java technology-based Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME platform), Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE platform) and JAIN specification SLEE (the Java specification for Service Logic Execution Environment (SLEE)) support the creation and execution of services while delivering specific carrier-grade functions, such as transaction security and persistence. Sun Java System Identity Manager looks after user provisioning and the exchange of identity data between applications.

Sun technology also underlies the crucial integration of operations support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS) to ensure that service providers properly manage their billing systems as new services are launched evermore rapidly. Sun recently announced a major win (http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-05/sunflash.20050518.1.html) to help KT (formerly Korea Telecom), one of the largest service providers in Korea, buildout its OSS/BSS infrastructure network.

Sun partners add strength to every layer of the Open SDP architecture. Several of the first solutions created under the Open SDP Solutions Program will be demonstrated at Supercomm. These include:

• Appium, Drutt, Terraplay – This joint solution demonstrates the depth of converged mobile services available today. It allows users to purchase, download and play multi-player games and then voice conference with the other players. Leveraging the existing mobile network, this scenario combines three revenue streams-m-commerce, online gaming and phone conferencing-into a seamless customer experience.
• jNETx – The jNetX solution demonstrates how Java technology-based services can be used in a convergent carrier-grade network environment to simplify IMS service delivery and deliver portability across 2G/3G mobile, IMS and PSTN networks.
• Open Cloud’s Fault Tolerant 3G IMS Application Server and SCIM Java solutions are being demonstrated at booth 43077.

“Differentiated telecommunications services are set to add sparkle to the daily lives of consumers-and bring enhanced competitiveness, customer loyalty and longevity to service providers able to evolve their current service delivery infrastructure to take advantage of the opportunities ahead,” Jordan-Smith added. “The Open SDP Solutions Program supports Sun’s component-oriented approach to its Open SDP by creating an ecosystem of industry leaders and a clear, open standards-based framework within which collaboration can flourish. The end result is a highly flexible, customizable solution that helps service providers deliver exciting differentiated services faster, more efficiently and more cost-effectively.”

Note: Sun Microsystems and partners will be introducing the Open SDP Solutions Program at a presentation and demonstration on Wednesday, June 8, at 10:00am, 1:00pm and 3:00pm CDT in room 91025. These solutions will also be demoed at the Sun booth 78022 at Supercomm .

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Since its inception in 1982, 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, J2EE, J2ME, Solaris, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a market leader in document imaging scanners and services, today announced that the Fujitsu fi-5650C color duplex document scanner received the “Best of AIIM 2005” award in the mid-volume scanner category. The “Best of AIIM” award acknowledges extraordinary products that offer users an array of features that increase competence and return on investment. The awards are presented by AIIM E-DOC Magazine and solutions are judged by a panel of industry experts during the annual AIIM ON DEMAND Conference & Expo. This year’s event was held on May 17-19 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Fujitsu fi-5650C high-speed dual color duplex scanner combines user versatility, compact design and state of the art technology. The scanner features a 200-page automatic document feeder with dual control panels for left or right handed scanning flexibility, superb paper-handling capabilities with its ultrasonic double-feed detection technology, 300-page exit stacker and up to an 8,000 page per day duty cycle. The scanner is also equipped with Adobe® Acrobat® 6.0 Standard, ScandAll 21™, Kofax® VirtualReScan® (VRS) 4.0 software technology, and a 30-day trial version of Software Image Processing Control (IPC) software.

“We congratulate Fujitsu on winning this year’s Best of Show award for mid-range scanners,” said John Mancini, president, AIIM. “Versatility and cost-effectiveness are just a few components that we judge when considering a solution for the ‘Best of AIIM’ award. We are pleased to honor the Fujitsu scanner with this acknowledgement.”

“We are delighted to have the Fujitsu fi-5650C scanner receive this recognition from the AIIM E-DOC Magazine and the enterprise content and document management community” said Victor Kan, vice president, sales and marketing, Imaging Products Group, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

“The Fujitsu fi-5650C scanner offers users a simple, fast, reliable, and cost-effective method to digitally store paper-based files, comply with government regulations, decrease operational costs, and increase productivity and ROI.” The Fujitsu fi-5650C scanner is priced starting at $6,995.00 (U.S. list) and is available through authorized resellers, VARs, and distributors including Compucenter de Mexico, Cranel Imaging, Ingram Micro, Optical Laser, NewWave Technologies and Tech Data. For more information about Fujitsu scanners call 800-626-4686 or visit: http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com.

Fujitsu fi-5650C Scanner Service Options

Fujitsu offers one of the most comprehensive portfolios of service programs in the document imaging industry which are now available for the Fujitsu fi-5650C scanner. From ScanCare™, Fujitsu’s flagship preventative maintenance program combining training and consumables with its on-site Basic parts, labor and travel, to ScanAid™, the easy-to-install consumable kit, Fujitsu’s services suite has a program to meet nearly any budget. Fujitsu fi-5650C customers who register their scanner within 90 days of purchase will receive a free nine-month depot service upgrade.

For more information about Fujitsu services, contact a Fujitsu distribution partner or service sales at 1-800-301-9475 or visit: http://www.ImagingService.com.

About AIIM E-DOC Magazine

AIIM E-DOC Magazine is an unrivalled and unbiased industry source for information on enterprise content management (ECM) topics that help management professionals worldwide make informed and effective technology decisions. Published six times a year by AIIM International (the enterprise content management association), AIIM E-DOC Magazine is written by technology experts and experienced executives. Each issue includes insightful feature stories, targeted case studies, lessons learned, and problems solved. It explains how content management technologies can be put to work to harness the unstructured information and data in a company – the topics ECM professionals care about.

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.
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E-mail:sharvey@fcpa.fujitsu.com

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Voce Communications
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E-mail:jreynolds@vocecomm.com

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First Public Demonstration of Sun’s High Performance, Highly Available Netra ATCA Blade Platform; Industry Support from Leading Real-Time Data Management Providers

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW) and NTT COMWARE, a group company of NTT , today made the first public demonstration of Sun’s upcoming Netra ATCA (advanced telecom computing architecture) blade platform at 2005 Supercomm. The demonstration shows NTT COMWARE’s next-generation SIP application server technology for “triple-play” services (voice, video and data) on Sun’s Netra ATCA blade running carrier-grade Solaris Operating System. This new platform is scheduled for release at the end of 2005.

“Today we are demonstrating a major step toward enabling service providers to quickly deploy next generation voice, video and data services on our upcoming ATCA platform,” said Raju Penumatcha, VP of Netra Systems and Networking (NSN), Sun Microsystems. “This demonstration validates the importance of Sun’s ATCA strategy for high-performance, highly available next-generation telecom services that meet the demand of today’s service providers.”

The combination of the UltraSPARC processor-based ATCA blade running the proven carrier-grade Solaris 10 Operating System, NTT COMWARE’s best-in-breed SIP application server and NMS Communications’ Open Access platform will uniquely enable high performance, highly available triple-play services for emerging fixed mobile convergent networks.

“NTT COMWARE has been working very closely with Sun on our next-generation SIP application server technology and we intend to deploy this technology on Sun’s ATCA blade platform to enable triple-play services for our key service provider customers,” said a senior vice president with NTT COMWARE. “Leveraging an open, standards-based computing platform like Sun’s Netra ATCA blade platform will allow us the flexibility to rapidly deploy revenue-generating services that can easily adapt to evolving marketplace needs.”

Earlier this year, Sun announced that NMS Communications would be delivering its OpenAccess technology on Sun’s upcoming ATCA platform. Concurrently, NMS Communications is announcing publicly its plans for delivering its ATCA standards-based OpenAccess products to the market. This real-world telecom application provides the first tangible example of this collaboration on Sun’s ATCA blade platform.

Additional Industry Support From Leading Real-Time Data Management Providers: TimesTen and Solid Information Technology

To accelerate development and deployment of next-generation telecom services, such as IP multimedia subsystems (IMS), Sun today also announced alliances with leading real-time data management software providers, TimesTen and Solid Information Technology. Next-generation telecom services, such as IMS, demand real-time data management and open, scalable ATCA platforms to meet the performance and capacity requirements of today’s service providers. Real-time data management software is used to facilitate seamless call transfer from one network to another and enable location/presence-based services without noticeable delays.

“By bringing together Sun’s Netra ATCA blade platform with leading embedded data management providers, service providers and network equipment providers will be able to more quickly develop and deploy revenue-enhancing next generation telecom services for emerging convergent networks,” said Raju Penumatcha, VP of Netra Systems and Networking, Sun Microsystems. “Sun’s Netra ATCA blade platform will deliver the scalable, highly available, carrier-grade platform needed to make next generation telecom services cost-effective while reducing time-to-revenue.”

TimesTen will be qualifying and delivering its embedded, real-time data management software products on Sun’s Netra ATCA blade platform, supporting both Solaris 10 and carrier-grade Linux operating systems. TimesTen’s products, based on in-memory SQL relational database technology (RDBMS) and open, standard APIs, provide the ideal foundation for such services, and match the carrier-grade expectations of service providers worldwide.

“TimesTen and Sun have been working together for more than six years to meet the needs of telecom customers. We share a commitment to providing best-in-class software and hardware infrastructures that innovate and optimize value,” said John Trembley, director of telecom and networking at TimesTen. “The Sun Netra ATCA blade platform and TimesTen’s real-time data management software are well-positioned for the evolution of core networks and converged services.”

Similarly, Solid Information Technology, a long time Sun partner, will also be qualifying and delivering its complete embedded data management software platform on Sun’s Netra ATCA blade platform, supporting both Solaris 10 and carrier-grade Linux operating systems. Optimized for carrier-grade telecom devices and services, Solid’s embedded data management software platform provides a truly integrated in-memory and disk based SQL relational database engine (RDBMS) that includes patented bi-directional data distribution technology to guarantee data consistency across loosely connected systems.

“By bringing together Sun’s standards-based ATCA blade platform with Solid’s standards-based embedded data management software platform, we are making it much easier for service providers to speed their next-generation services to market,” said Alain Couder, President and CEO of Solid Information Technology. “Solid delivers proven, high-availability core technology so that service providers don’t have to reinvent the wheel and can instead focus on creating new services like IMS, VoIP, PTT and other novel IP-based services.”

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, Netra, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Strong Customer Relationships and Technological Leadership Result in Record Sales

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced considerable mobile and enterprise hard disk drive (HDD) shipment growth during the first calendar quarter of 2005. Fujitsu increased its mobile hard disk drive sales for the eleventh consecutive quarter to sustain its position as the second largest supplier of 2.5″ mobile hard disk drives. During the quarter the company shipped 4.269M mobile units, a 67% increase over the same quarter last year (Q1CY04). Fujitsu also sustained its position as the second largest supplier in the enterprise hard disk drive market, increasing shipments to 1.421M units, an unprecedented 43% increase as compared to the same quarter last year.

“We are extremely pleased with our sales this quarter and the results of our HDD products in fiscal 2004” said Lorne Wilson, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Fujitsu Computer Products of America. “Over the past several years, Fujitsu has steadily grown its market share by delivering hard disk drives with industry leading quality, combined with our vertical integration of Fujitsu technology and by focusing on customer satisfaction. We are looking forward to continued success in 2005.”

Fujitsu improved its market share position during the first quarter by continuing to lead the industry with advanced 2.5″ Serial ATA (SATA) and Serial Attached-SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive technology. Quarterly milestones include volume delivery of 2.5″ small form factor (SFF) SAS hard disk drives to major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), announcing the industry’s first 120GB 4200 RPM mobile hard disk drive, and continued work with channel partners to integrate next generation technologies including the 300GB 10K and 147GB 15K hard disk drive families.

“Over the past 2 years, Fujitsu has consistently grown its market share to become a significant force in the hard disk drive industry’s enterprise and 2.5″ mobile segments,” said Dave Reinsel, director of storage research, IDC. “The company’s strategic decision to aggressively advance small form factor serial interface technology has been a primary contributor to its achievements.”

Fujitsu attributes much of its quarter over quarter growth, which exceeds market averages, to positive customer experience and the low “Total Cost of Ownership” that results from the company’s outstanding product quality. Low maintenance and replacement costs give Fujitsu hard disk drives a marked advantage over competitive offerings.

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

Jason Baker
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
Tel: 408-894-3803
E-mail:jbaker@fcpa.fujitsu.com

Matthew Podboy
Voce Communications
Tel: 650-228-5178
E-mail:mpodboy@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. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owner. 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, services, products, as well as warranty and performance specifications.