NEC Systems Debuts its New Internet Business Solutions Division

Solutions Provider to Migrate Experience and Market Leadership of NEC Solutions from Asia to Provide IT Consulting and Services to Mid-Size Organizations

San Jose, Calif., August 1, 2000 - Porting its Asian systems integration expertise to the Americas, NEC Systems today introduced its Internet Business Solutions division, an IT consulting and solutions provider offering mid-sized organizations best-of-class, customized, service-based Internet solutions designed to help streamline business processes and improve customers' bottom lines.

NEC Systems brings to market proven IT consulting and service methodologies previously employed by NEC Solutions, a leading provider of systems integration solutions in Asia Pacific. With 52,000 employees and $22 billion in sales worldwide, NEC Solutions provides a tremendous wealth of experience and a large customer base for NEC Systems Internet Business Solutions to draw from.

Headquartered in San Jose, Calif. (with additional branch offices in other major U.S. cities as well as Mexico City and Ontario, Canada), NEC Systems Internet Business Solutions is one of the few providers to exclusively target mid-size organizations throughout the United States, Latin America, Mexico and Canada. Its presence in the mid-size market will give businesses that are often overlooked by larger traditional IT services vendors the opportunity to work with an established brand, which can provide tailored solutions to suit customer needs.

"Our customers will benefit from NEC Systems Internet Business Solutions' highly aggressive nature," said Glenn Hunter, director of Internet Business Solutions at NEC Systems. "We provide solutions with a customer-centric point of view, offering the attention and rapid response of a startup, coupled with the experience and confidence level of working with a trusted brand."

Currently, NEC Systems Internet Business Solutions is focused on providing the following IT services and solutions for its customers:

Despite offering its own solutions, NEC Systems offers its customers flexibility by leveraging other NEC divisions' technologies and resources and creating partnerships with best-of-breed solutions providers including: Nortel Networks Clarify®, Pivotal Corporation, Entrust® Technologies and more.

About NEC Systems Internet Business Solutions
NEC Systems Internet Business Solutions is a leading IT consulting and solutions provider offering mid-sized organizations best-of-class, customized, service-based Internet solutions designed to help streamline business processes and improve customers' bottom lines. Internet Business Solutions is a division of NEC Systems, Inc., a U.S. based affiliate of NEC Corporation. NEC Systems Internet Business Solutions was formed as a result of the growing success of NEC Solutions' systems integration division operating in Asia. NEC Systems Internet Business Solutions' offerings include: Network Consulting, Professional Services and Systems Integration, Internet and Network Security, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions, Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) solutions, Web-based manufacturing applications, secure business application hosting services, 24x7 help desk service and more. NEC Systems Internet Business Solutions is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. with additional branch offices in other major U.S. cities as well as Mexico City and Ontario, Canada. For more information on NEC Systems Internet Business Solutions, please visit www.necsystems.com.

About NEC Systems
NEC Systems, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, CA, with offices throughout the United States, is an affiliate of NEC Corporation. Established in 1972, NEC Systems provides systems integration, advanced software technology development and information technology (IT) marketing services to support NEC's computer and systems integration business in North America. For more information on NEC Systems, please visit the NEC Systems home page at www.necsystems.com.

Nortel Networks and Clarify are trademarks of Nortel Networks.

Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Technologies Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. In Canada, Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Technologies Limited.
All other trade names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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NEC Systems
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