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FUJITSU SOFTEK GUARANTEES 25% INCREASE IN UTILIZATION

Fujitsu Softek (Fujitsu Software Technology Corporation), a leading provider of storage management software, has announced a storage utilization guarantee. By utilizing Softek storage management software, Softek guarantees that it can show customers a way to improve enterprise storage utilization by at least 25 percent, resulting in dramatic cost savings and deferred capital expenses. By deploying Softek Storage Manager or in combination with one of its other multi-vendor storage management software products, Softek will guarantee 25 percent improved utilization of the storage infrastructure or it will supply a free license of Softek Storage Manager software for one year.

Open system storage utilization is at best 50 percent today, according to storage industry analyst Steve Duplessie, founder of the Enterprise Storage Group. "In this economy, faced with inefficient hardware-centric overprovisioning, it is critical for IT departments to develop automated policy-based management to increase the utilization of their existing resources. Simply stated, companies have unintentionally over-bought their storage infrastructure without the tools to manage its full capacity."

Fujitsu Softek has launched this aggressive guarantee based on their experience with customers during the initial deployment of the Softek Storage Manager software suite. Initially, these customers were complaining that their storage infrastructures were 100 percent allocated but significantly under-utilized. After installing Softek Storage Manager, several Softek users recovered more than half a terabyte of disk space within days of implementing the Softek Storage Manager product, providing instant ROI.

"With today's guarantee, Fujitsu Softek is providing a low-risk opportunity for companies to quickly reclaim the storage utilization that is rightfully theirs, but which had been buried in their current hardware-centric management paradigm," said Steven F. X. Murphy, president and CEO, Fujitsu Softek. "It's a no-lose opportunity. For nearly two years we have been demonstrating that there is a powerful alternative to traditional hardware-based storage management practices through open automated storage management software -- now we guarantee it."

Terms of Offer

For the first 100 assessments, Fujitsu Softek is offering companies a free storage utilization evaluation and use of Softek Storage Manager, the industry's first standalone automated enterprise storage resource management solution. By weighing participants' utilization benchmarks against the results of the pilot implementation of Softek Storage Manager, Fujitsu Softek guarantees to improve utilization by 25 percent.

The guarantee utilization program details are subject to mutually acceptable terms outlined in the Softek Storage Manager licensing agreement. To learn more, visit www.softek.fujitsu.com/guarantee or call 800-560-7804.

About Softek Storage Manager

Softek Storage Manager software is the first product that lets customers manager their storage infrastructure via one interface no matter how many systems, platforms or configurations they are supporting, whether they are direct, networked or SAN-attached. The Softek Storage Manager product is also the first to deliver visualization of storage resources along with policy-based automation of storage management allowing companies to realize best in class ROI from storage assets by improving overall utilization of their storage resources and reducing the time and money to manage them.

About Fujitsu Software Technology Corporation

Fujitsu Softek delivers the first powerful alternative to traditional storage management. The company offers a complete suite of storage management software, which operates across multiple storage vendors and platforms allowing customers to realize best-in-class ROI from their storage assets. Fujitsu Softek offers storage management solutions in storage resource management, storage virtualization, SAN management, data migration, replication, backup, disaster recovery/business continuance and quality of service monitoring. Based in Sunnyvale, California, Fujitsu Softek is backed by the financial strength of Fujitsu Limited. For more information, visit www.softek.fujitsu.com.

Contact: Chris Wagner of Fujitsu Softek, 408-992-2952, or cwagner@softek.fujitsu.com.