Business Services Industry

Fujitsu Software and Attachmate Announce Agreement To Deliver World-Class Technology for e-Business Enterprise Application Integration

Business Wire, June 1, 2001

Business Editors/Technology Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif. & BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2001

Agreement Unites Technology Leaders to Deliver Unparalleled Access

to Back-Office Data for e-Business Applications

Fujitsu Software Corporation (FS) and Attachmate Corporation, a leading supplier of enterprise information access and management software and services, announced they have entered into a strategic partnership agreement.

The agreement will enable Attachmate to deliver world-class technology allowing e-Business applications high-speed access to legacy or back-office systems.

The agreement calls for Attachmate to integrate components of the INTERSTAGE e-Business software platform into its host access and EAI products. The products will be marketed through Attachmate's worldwide sales organization.

"Attachmate's EAI technologies combined with Fujitsu's INTERSTAGE platform will enable us to deliver robust e-Business applications that preserve our customers' investment in back-office systems," said Frank Pritt, Chairman and CEO, Attachmate Corporation.

Added Larry Schuiski, senior vice president of worldwide products and support, Attachmate Corporation: "Collaborative development efforts between our two companies will provide our customers with open system alternatives for real-time, high-speed, secure access to back-office systems from any e-Business application."

The INTERSTAGE e-Business software platform already has established its leadership position in Japan, where it commands a 30 percent market share.

"The partnership will combine FS' proven history in platform technology and Attachmate's back-end solutions to provide the best-of-breed, mission-critical, back-office solutions," said Shizuo Inagaki, president, Fujitsu Software Corporation.

About Fujitsu Software Corporation

Based in San Jose, Calif., and established in 1991, Fujitsu Software Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited. Fujitsu Software Corporation leverages Fujitsu's international scope and expertise in developing and providing information technology solutions. Fujitsu Software Corporation's products include the INTERSTAGE Application Server; as part of the INTERSTAGE e-Business software platform built on open standards, the INTERSTAGE Application Server enables enterprises to build and run mission-critical applications; i-Flow, a 100% Java workflow engine for automating business processes; QoEtient, a service for monitoring and managing "Quality of Experience" on the Internet; and Fujitsu COBOL, a COBOL development environment that provides an integrated development environment and a suite of tools to build fast, mission-critical business systems. For more information, visit http://www.fs.fujitsu.com.

About Fujitsu Limited

Fujitsu is a leading provider of Internet-focused information technology solutions for the global marketplace. Its pace-setting technologies, best-in-class computing and telecommunications platforms, and worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position it to unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet to help its customers succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.48 trillion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001. Internet: http://www.fujitsu.com/

About Attachmate (www.attachmate.com)

Attachmate Corporation accelerates the advantages of e-Business through the seamless integration of enterprise Back-Office information. The company's e-Vantage(R) products provide direct, two-way, real-time access to mainframes, AS/400(R), VAX(R) and UNIX(R) systems, with centrally managed Java(TM), ActiveX(R), HTML, and XML desktop or server-based e-business applications. For nearly 20 years, Attachmate has solved business problems for 10 million users worldwide. With 80 offices in 30 countries, Attachmate's global infrastructure provides products, consulting services, support and strategic partnerships worldwide. Attachmate was named 1999's Best Large Company to Work For in Washington by Washington CEO Magazine. For more information about Attachmate(R) solutions, contact Attachmate worldwide headquarters in Bellevue, Wash., at either 425/644-4010 or http://www.attachmate.com/.>