Amdahl IT Services Enters Storage Marketplace With Services That Enable Control of Information From Server to Storage Device.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2001

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Amdahl IT Services, the IT infrastructure experts and a strategic member of the Fujitsu Group companies, today announced the launch of services created to provide high availability, enterprise-wide storage solutions for business continuance and storage consolidation and management.

The new services utilize Amdahl's Adaptive Integration(TM) methodology and include consulting practices for information management across all storage platforms, plus software solutions that encompass intellectual property from Fujitsu and products from alliance partners, including Brocade, Fujitsu Softek, Microsoft, Sun, and VERITAS, all integrated into a comprehensive business information solution.

An addition to Amdahl's InfraCare(TM) service offerings, the services are being announced in conjunction with the availability of the Fujitsu(R) GR Storage Systems in North America and Europe and combine to provide the most effective storage services and product solutions available. The services have been specifically designed to help enterprises with large, heterogeneous environments move to a single, cost-effective storage architecture that delivers the right information, at the right time, at the right cost and with the right availability.

"Even in today's tough economy, industry estimates show that enterprise storage growth and costs continue to increase at extraordinary rates," said Larry Fillmer, president of Amdahl IT Services. "The solution is not to replace islands of server storage with islands of storage arrays; it is to implement a single information architecture that extends across the enterprise, regardless of server type, and supports the entire business operation."

"Storage is probably the most complex, expensive, and difficult to manage area in all of IT," said Steve Duplessie, Sr. Analyst, The Enterprise Storage Group, Inc. "Having a service provider the size of Amdahl, with a global reach, couldn't come at a better time."

Amdahl IT Services solutions feature ISO 9001 certification, multi-environment integration of all major IT technologies and operating systems (including Microsoft Windows NT(R), UNIX(R), System/390(R), and LINUX), plus more than 30 years of experience in supporting complex IT installations in the world's largest computing environments.

In North America and Europe, Amdahl IT Services offers InfraCare services in partnership with the Fujitsu Group companies. Amdahl IT Services offers a single point of contact and the capability to deliver consulting and management services that span enterprise IT infrastructure deployment, operational environment support, project lifecycle management, and E-business and legacy system support. Enterprises can now entrust their IT infrastructure to over 65,000 consultants working 24x7x365 everywhere that business relies on computing for success. InfraCare branded services from Amdahl IT Services are supported by more than 40 call centers and 50 internet data centers throughout the world.

For more information on Amdahl IT Services and Fujitsu GR Storage Systems, please email [e-mail] or visit www.itservices.amdahl.com.

About Amdahl IT Services

Amdahl IT Services is a strategic member of the Fujitsu Group of companies, a leading provider of Internet-focused information technology solutions for the global marketplace. Amdahl IT Services has been an expert in enterprise-scale computing, networking, and storage systems for more than 30 years and through its InfraCare(TM) services, manages projects from design through deployment, operation, and maintenance. The entire life cycle is handled through one management contact ensuring single accountability for delivery of systems and services across data center, distributed, and global network environments. Amdahl IT Services provides the people and processes required to align IT with our customers' business and to integrate diverse technologies into a seamless environment that delivers business value.

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