Dynamic Technology International Limited, a Leading China Computer Reseller, Propels Sales of Unisys ES7000 Intel-Based Mainframe

Business Wire, May 9, 2000

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000

Agreement expands Unisys reach in the People's Republic of China and Asia-Pacific; includes order for Unisys ES7000 and over 300 other

Unisys servers

Unisys Corporation today announced that it has signed an agreement with Dynamic Technology, a leading reseller of information technology in the People's Republic of China, through which the two companies will market Unisys e-@ction Enterprise Server ES7000 systems and other Unisys servers in Asia-Pacific.

As part of the agreement, Dynamic Technology has ordered Unisys server technology valued at $3.5 million. The servers, which include one 12-processor ES7000 and over 300 Unisys distributed Intel-based two-, four-, and eight-processor systems, will be resold by Dynamic Technology to end users and other resellers.

"Businesses in China are poised to become global economic power players, with growth fueled in large part by the emergence of large-scale e-business over the Internet," said Jerry Yeung, President, Dynamic Technology. "The Unisys ES7000 can enable these emerging enterprises to accelerate their plans for global expansion by substantially lowering the cost of large-scale, enterprise-class computing. This partnership will position Dynamic Technology to be a leader in helping China's businesses take advantage of the growth opportunities afforded by the burgeoning global Internet economy."

The agreement reflects the Unisys commitment to the emerging market in China for U.S. information technology. It also underscores the importance of maintaining normal trade relations with China.

"This alliance reflects our very active participation in the Computer Systems Policy Project and the initiative to achieve open trade with the Peoples Republic of China," said Unisys Chairman and CEO Lawrence A. Weinbach. "Permanent normal trade relations with China will extend benefits to everyone involved and in particular will drive demand for high-level technical skills, creating jobs in the U.S. and developing emerging economies abroad. It will be a major boost to the ability of Unisys and other IT companies and workers to compete effectively in the increasingly global economy."

Unisys is an active participant in the Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP), an association of CEOs of the largest U.S. computer companies formed to develop and advocate the IT industry's public policy positions on technology and trade issues. The CSPP encourages Congressional support for permanent normal trade relations with China. Unisys Chairman and CEO Lawrence A. Weinbach is a co-chair of the Technology Controls Committee of CSPP.

Mainframe-class performance with the economics of industry-standard computing

The Unisys ES7000 combines the cost advantages of Microsoft and Intel technology with the scalability, performance and resilience once available only on large UNIX-based servers and proprietary mainframes. Designed for the power of future Intel IA-64 Itanium processors, the ES7000 is based on Unisys revolutionary Cellular MultiProcessing (CMP) architecture.

The ES7000 accommodates up to 32 Intel Pentium III Xeon processors, which can be field-upgraded to IA-64 Itanium processors when that technology becomes available or combined with Itanium processors in the same server.

The ES7000 provides an array of computing capabilities required for enterprise-class e-business computing and well known to users of large-scale computers, but unprecedented in computing environments based on Microsoft and Intel technology.

The partitioning capability of the ES7000 enables administrators to create "servers within a server," executing multiple functions in heterogeneous operating environments within the same system. It features the flexibility to redefine and reallocate server resources -- memory, processors and input/output (I/O) channels -- to meet changing requirements, without interruptions to processing.

These advantages enable the ES7000 to match the performance of UNIX systems in enterprise-class e-business and other critical applications at a fraction of the price.

About Dynamic Technology

Headquartered in Beijing with 12 service centers nationwide, Dynamic Technology (http://www.dynamic-technology.com) has annual sales exceeding $200 million, making it the seventh-largest computer reseller in the People's Republic of China.

The company is taking a leadership role in applying Internet technology to the needs of large businesses in Asia-Pacific, offering solutions such as Internet-based billing for its key target market segments, which include education, telecommunications, banking and insurance, government, tax and utilities and application service providers.

About Unisys

Unisys is an electronic business solutions company whose 36,000 employees help customers in 100 countries apply information technology to seize opportunities and overcome challenges of the Internet economy. Unisys people integrate and deliver the solutions, services, platforms and network infrastructure required by business and government to transform their organizations for success in this new era.