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NEC Corporation, a leading provider of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers, will be demonstrating its integrated platform management solution, SigmaSystemCenter, at booth 126 of this year�s Microsoft� Management Summit in San Diego, Calif. In today�s complex business environment, IT infrastructures are required to grow quickly and continuously to meet business services needs, while reducing or containing operational complexity and cost. SigmaSystemCenter helps businesses to streamline system management, integrating seamlessly with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager to efficiently maintain system service levels. Providing a unified and scalable solution, SigmaSystemCenter is NEC Corporation�s platform management product currently distributed in Japan and available worldwide. Working closely with Microsoft, NEC now supports Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 in addition to current support of Microsoft Operations Manager 2005. NEC plans to expand the integration through future enhanced products of Microsoft�s Dynamic Systems Initiative and support of Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn Virtualization technology. �Supporting a strategic relationship with a highly regarded company such as Microsoft is a key ingredient to NEC�s success and enables us to deliver the best system management offerings and the most cost-effective solutions for our customers,� said Katsumi Inoue, general manager of 2nd Computers Software Division, NEC Corporation. �Microsoft�s Dynamic Systems Initiative is an ideal complement to our SigmaSystemCenter and aligns with our goal to provide our customers with the best solution to their system management needs.� The joint solution of SigmaSystemCenter and System Center Operations Manager 2007 allows customers to manage heterogeneous system environments of Microsoft� Windows�, Linux� and HP-UX while leveraging the management knowledge of Windows environment provided through System Center Operations Manager 2007. SigmaSystemCenter automatically maintains system service levels by detecting events and alerts from System Center Operations Manager 2007 and other system monitoring tools. NEC�s SigmaSystemCenter incorporates the system management of server, storage and network switches to create a dynamic and robust IT infrastructure. Using SigmaSystemCenter helps businesses maintain a high service level and deploy multiple systems easily as the technology automates system restoration for recovery; dynamically optimizes resource allocation; and unifies the management of physical and logical resources. SigmaSystemCenter also sustains physical and virtual environment support, in cooperation with various management products. About NEC Corporation NEC Corporation (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 $41.2 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2006. For additional information, please visit the NEC home page at: http://www.nec.com. NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. Windows is a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other product or service marks mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. All Rights Reserved. � 2007 NEC Corporation of America