NEC TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 6.0

RISC-based Servers Deliver Leadership Price/Performance for Microsoft SQL
Server

Mountain View, CA, May 2, 1995 -- Strengthening its commitment to deliver
solutions for Microsoft BackOffice, NEC Technologies, Inc. today announced
that Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 will be an integral component of its
distributed database computing strategy. NEC, which recently announced
record-breaking TPC-B results for Microsoft SQL Server 4.21a at $310 per
tps-B on its dual-processor RISCserver 2200, will work with Microsoft to
deliver the same industry leading price/performance results in database
transaction processing capabilities for Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 on its
RISC-based servers.

Joint Work for SQL Server

"Both NEC and Microsoft are committed to providing customers enhanced
database solutions in replication branch, decision support and OLTP
environments for Windows NT based products in North America and Asia, "
said Marisa Haines, director of NEC's RISC NT group. "Working with
Microsoft on the optimization of the MIPS-versions of Microsoft SQL Server
products, NEC has seen how the built-in features of Microsoft SQL Server
6.0 such as replication, OLE, parallel process support and graphical tools
will make distributed computing more cost-effective and efficient for its
customers."

"NEC's commitment to offer RISC systems exclusively for Windows NT Server
makes them a strategic ally for Microsoft BackOffice, " said Jim Allchin,
senior vice president of business systems division at Microsoft. "Our
respective technology competencies and market positions complement each
other, enabling us to offer price/performance advantages for Microsoft SQL
Server-based solutions."

NEC's RISC systems

NEC's RISC-based systems employ the NEC MultiRISC architecture,
incorporating the 64-bit VR4400 family of microprocessors based on the
MIPS RISC architecture, with which Microsoft developed Windows NT.
Available through authorized resellers, NEC's RISC systems come with a
three-year limited warranty plus a variety of support options. NEC
Technologies is a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, a $35 billion dollar
leader in computers, communications and semiconductors.

NEC Technologies
1414 Massachusetts Ave, Boxborough, MA 01719-2298
508-264-8000

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