NEC and EMC Announce Alliance Focused on IT Operations Management Software.

Tokyo, Japan, June 12, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation and EMC Corporation announced a cooperation agreement in the area of IT operation management software, to reinforce software business through joint-development of products bringing together each company's management technologies and mutual supply of OEM products. Today's announcement is a result of Middleware Product Development Cooperation, a strategic alliance formed in April last year between the two companies.

Product integration this time will be between NEC's integrated operation management product, "WebSAM" and EMC's automated IT management product, EMC Smarts. The advantage of WebSAM is its autonomous operation technology that allows seamless operation covering Network, Servers, OS up to applications, which is centered on a framework of accumulated operation know-how. Smarts is differentiated by its automated intelligence, which enables real-time event correlation and automated root cause analysis of IT infrastructure symptoms - spanning network, application and storage infrastructures.

Integration of EMC and NEC products will enable granular failure analysis of overall system including networks, storage, servers, OS and applications. And it will also effortlessly realize autonomous system operation including provisioning of system resources, enabling flexible response to sudden load changes due to increase in the amount of information and diversification of information types.

Beginning today, NEC will incorporate EMC's patented Codebook Correlation Technology? (CCT) analysis engine into their product, WebSAM, and launch a product in Japan market (Shipment to begin today). This will enable correlation and intelligent analysis of system failures and root cause symptoms, which will significantly reduce the amount of time and energy required for recovery. Furthermore, CCT eliminates time-consuming setting and changing of analysis rules,

allowing simpler operation. As part of the agreement, EMC will also be working towards a future offering of select WebSAM technologies to EMC customers globally.

NEC will focus on sales to the Financial and Communications industries, Data Centers and other users with large-scale mission-critical systems.

By leveraging NEC's SI capabilities, EMC aims to extend Smarts' coverage into the broader information systems arena and expand software business in Japan By planning a future offering of select WebSAM technologies in Smarts technology, NEC aims to grow WebSAM software business into a global business.

About NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701; NASDAQ: NIPNY) is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 150,000 people worldwide and had net sales of approximately 4,825 billion yen (approx. $41.2 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 2006. For additional information, please visit the NEC home page at: http://www.nec.com or the newsroom at: http://www.nec.co.jp/press/en/

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