NEC Leasing Services Announces Rebate On NEC Computers Inc.'s Enterprise-Level Servers and EMC CLARiiON Storage

Business Wire, April 23, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001

NEC Leasing Program Offers Substantial Savings

On Up-Front Costs for U.S. Customers

NEC Leasing Services, a division of NEC Industries Inc., today announced a $500 rebate on new leases for select NEC Computers Express5800 enterprise-level servers and select EMC(R) CLARiiON(R) storage arrays. Available until June 30, 2001, the rebate applies to Express5800 four- or eight-processor servers -- Express5800/140Hb, Express5800/180Ra-7, and Express5800/180Rb-7, and EMC CLARiiON FC4500 and FC5300 fibre-channel storage arrays. Customers who sign a leasing agreement for any of these products on or before June 30, 2001, will receive a $500 rebate for each qualifying product after the first lease payment is made. Full terms and conditions are available at www.neclease.com.

NEC Leasing Services is a single-solution source for leasing packages, including hardware, software, installation, services, and customer training programs. NEC Leasing provides customers the competitive advantages and bottom-line benefits of IT-based solutions without prohibitive capital investment. The leasing program allows customers to acquire financing more quickly, with less paperwork, and often with lower overall cash outlay or down payment.

"NEC Leasing is dedicated to providing innovative options for NEC customers that are embracing advanced technologies through the use of leasing and financial solutions," said Herschel Salan, director, NEC Industries, Inc. "NEC Leasing's business is about providing answers to the question of how to adopt technology now and manage the costs over time."

"NEC Leasing continues to offer new and competitive leasing options so that our customers can easily maintain the standard of their cutting-edge technology," said Peter Thayer, director of marketing, NEC Computers' Server Business Unit. "The leasing programs and the $500 rebate, which are designed with our enterprise customers in mind, offer the flexibility and the added incentive to purchase the latest technology in NEC Express5800 servers."

The leasing program offers resellers and VARs a number of financial benefits by providing extension, add-on and upgrade paths to customers. Authorized resellers and partners of NEC Computers have access to NEC Leasing's online credit applications, allowing them to receive approvals in as little as one hour. NEC Leasing Services also provides regional sales support and staff to facilitate the leasing and sales finance process.

NEC Computers' Express5800 enterprise-level servers and EMC's CLARiiON storage products offer advanced architecture, outstanding performance, and high reliability, making them the viable solution for growing enterprises running mission-critical commercial and technical applications. The Express5800/140Hb scored as one of the fastest among leading 4-processor servers in a June 2000 TPC-C benchmark test(1). The Express5800/180Ra-7, a 4-processor server that is fully expandable to an 8-way, scored the highest performance in a March 2000 TPC-H benchmark test(1) on a 100GB database. Both are available in a rack or tower chassis. The 8-way Express5800/180Rb-7 server is a 7U rack-mount design built on Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Xeon(TM) processors. Its Intel Profusion(R) chipset balances CPU, memory, and I/O throughput for powering business-critical applications.

The EMC CLARiiON FC4500 storage area network (SAN) supports up to 15 active server connections, configurable to 100 hard drives or 7 terabytes, with a fully redundant SAN architecture. The FC5300 server-attached storage connects to a single server or two clustered servers and is configurable to 30 hard drives or 2 terabytes. Both are full fibre-channel arrays.

For further information on NEC Express5800 servers and eligible EMC CLARiiON storage products and to find a reseller in your area, visit NEC Computers' Web site at www.neccomp.com.

About NEC Leasing

Since 1986, the NEC Leasing Services (www.neclease.com) division of NEC Industries, Inc. has delivered flexible leasing and financial solutions to customers nationwide. As a subsidiary of NEC USA, Inc., NEC Industries, Inc. has the financial capacity to comfortably fund its portfolio of commercial leases from modest communication technologies to complex data centers. NEC Leasing Services offers the best of both worlds: uncompromising excellence in financial services delivered by professionals that understand technology. For more information about NEC leasing services and financing programs, NEC Leasing Services can be contacted at 877-NEC-FINANCE or info@neclease.com.

About NEC Computers Inc.

NEC Computers Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Technologies, Inc., delivers mobile, desktop and server computing solutions to the commercial market in North America. For years, select models of NEC's Versa(R) notebook and PowerMate(R) desktop computers, MobilePro(TM) handheld PCs, and Express5800 servers have won awards in leading industry publications, including Smart Business, PC Magazine and Mobile Computing. NEC Computers (www.neccomp.com) focuses on the computing needs of the corporate market and sells systems primarily through the distributor and reseller channel. NEC Computers taps into the technological resources of NEC Corporation's extensive research and development facilities in Japan, where products are developed for the global marketplace. In 2000, NEC Corporation held the second largest number of patents in the U.S. and serves as the source of NEC Computers' technologically sophisticated products.