Amdahl IT Services and Fujitsu Announce Availability of Fujitsu's GR Storage System in North America and Europe.

Business and High Tech Editors

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

"The first high performance, industrial strength solution

designed for open systems that bridges the gap to

effective mainframe access, interchange and storage management"

Amdahl IT Services, a strategic member of the Fujitsu Group, announced today that it will market Fujitsu GR Storage Systems and state-of-the-art software for centralized administration, connectivity and replication of data in North America and Europe as a key component of Fujitsu's information architecture solutions offerings for companies with large, heterogeneous storage environments.

"Today, access to information through an efficient storage architecture is a critical factor for every large business organization," said Larry Fillmer, President of Amdahl IT Services. "Fujitsu is the fastest growing supplier of storage hardware and software in the world. Fujitsu's highly successful GR Storage Systems have been available in Japan and the Asia Pacific region since early 2000, with shipments in excess of 3,000 systems to 1,400 customers. Leveraging our proven expertise in the architecture, deployment and support of enterprise storage systems, Amdahl IT Services is proud to represent Fujitsu in offering enterprises in North America and Europe a complete and powerful alternative to existing storage devices."

"Fujitsu is committed to providing enterprise customers around the world with comprehensive IT solutions that meet their strategic requirements for doing business in the emerging broadband Internet era," said Tatsushi Miyazawa, Senior Vice President and Group President, Storage Systems Group, Fujitsu Limited. "The high-performance, highly reliable GR Storage Systems are a key element of our total solutions capability and ideally suited to match the storage requirements of the world's most demanding enterprises."

The GR730 and GR740 storage systems feature high performance, industry-leading scalability, superior intelligence, assured information protection, and connectivity through industry-standard interfaces that challenge traditional boundaries between mainframes and open systems. These capabilities are not found in any other storage system.

Available in both direct attach and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations, a single GR740 series array can scale from a medium-sized departmental system up to 16 terabytes of storage in RAID 0+1, 1 and 5 (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) configurations. The GR740 storage system also features up to 16 connections to hosts running Solaris(TM), Microsoft Windows 2000(R), Microsoft Windows NT(R), Linux, HP-UX, AIX(R) and IBM(R) OS/390(R) operating systems.

The Fujitsu GR Storage Systems offer integrated data replication facilities through point-in-time replication (One Point Copy) and mirroring (Equivalent Copy) with the ability to suspend and resume, ensuring continuous access to data for critical business applications such as the Oracle(TM) database and Microsoft(R) SQL Server.

Sophisticated data replication and SAN management software (SystemWalker/StorageMGR(TM)) makes it easy for users to manage local, remote and distant data replication needs for information delivery, information protection and information management. GR DataEXPRESS offers cross platform data exchange between System/390(R) and open systems, or between different open systems platforms (such as Windows and Solaris).

"If you are currently considering an enterprise storage solution, then you should add Fujitsu's GR Storage Systems to your evaluation list," said Randy Kerns, a partner at the Evaluator Group, a storage industry analyst firm. "Amdahl IT Services and Fujitsu have entered the market with a high performance, robust solution that bridges the gap between mainframes and open systems."

Amdahl IT Services designs, builds, deploys, and supports integrated IT infrastructure solutions for the world's most demanding enterprises. The storage service offerings from Amdahl IT 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, and VERITAS , all integrated into a comprehensive business information solution. Amdahl IT Services offers project service offerings covering High Availability and Business Continuance, as well as Storage Consolidation and Storage Architecture, and also provides managed services that encompass technology enabling services and support services.

According to International Data Corporation, the RAID storage market will grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 92% between 2001 and 2004. Similar growth is expected in UNIX(R), Linux, Windows , and OS/390 storage markets (from 69% to 158% growth). (International Data Corporation, "World Wide Disk Storage Systems Forecast and Analysis, 1999-2004.")

For more information on 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.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of Internet-focused information technology solutions for the global marketplace. Its pace-setting technologies, best-in-class computing and telecommunications platforms, and worldwide corps of systems and services experts make it uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet to help its customers succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.48 trillion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001. Internet: http://www.fujitsu.com/

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