NEC Adds Continuous Availability Option To Its IPHarvest Software Data Mediation Package; New Option is Available in Both Solaris and Windows-Based Environments

Business Wire, April 17, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2002

NEC America, Inc. today announced the addition of a continuous availability option for its IPHarvest data mediation software package.

This option will enable service providers to deploy IPHarvest in areas of business that require continuous uptime, ensuring 24-hour, seven-day-a-week operation.

The continuous availability option is achieved by using specific computer hardware in connection with the standard IPHarvest software. This option is available for both the Solaris and Windows environments. The Solaris environment option is made possible through NEC's relationship with Resilience Corporation, which allows NEC America to resell Resilience's Ultra Series of continuous availability servers. The Windows option is available on the newly announced NEC Solutions (America), Inc. Fault Tolerant Server. Both environments enable service providers to easily deploy and support IPHarvest in mission critical application areas.

"We're delighted that NEC has selected Resilience's fault-tolerant servers as the continuous availability hardware platform for its IPHarvest Solaris offering," said Michael J. Maulick, president and CEO of Resilience Corporation. "By combining Resilience's patented Triple Modular Redundancy with its IPHarvest software, NEC offers a simple-to-manage and deploy solution that ensures non-stop capture and reporting of data -- a critical requirement for successful business intelligence."

"By offering this new availability option, NEC is enabling service providers to realize key benefits, including reliable revenue and profits, and reduced cost of ownership, without costly downtime," said Ken Dilbeck, Director of Software Development for NEC America's Network Management Division. "This essential element expands the areas of the business that IPHarvest can address."

NEC's IPHarvest data mediation software package collects event records then standardizes and aggregates the data before sending it on to other software systems such as CostGuard(R) from InfoDirections and/or Abiliti Solutions' EventProcessor(TM). By implementing IPHarvest, service providers can capture relevant usage and content information associated with new service offerings such as voice over IP, wireless content, mCommerce and video on demand. They can then feed this data to applications associated with network performance monitoring and customer relationship management to create attractive service packages, thus increasing revenue and profits from their existing infrastructure investment.

Additionally, the IPHarvest data mediation package has been certified by the Internet Protocol Detail Record Organization (IPDR) as meeting its IPDR 2.5 compliance standards. IPDR Compliant(TM) status identifies companies and products that have demonstrated the ability to exchange IP usage records that conform to the IPDR Network Data Management -- Usage (NDM-U) specification.

About NEC America, Inc.

NEC America, Inc., an affiliate of NEC Corporation (Nasdaq:NIPNY), develops and markets a complete line of advanced communications products and software for carrier and enterprise networks throughout North America, including terrestrial, submarine and microwave radio networks, digital key telephone and PBX systems; IP telephony solutions; wireless communications; IP routing and switching products and facsimile equipment. For more information about NEC America, visit www.necamerica.com. To learn more about IPHarvest software, call 214/262-3266 or visit the web site at www.ipharvest.com.

About Resilience Corporation

Resilience Corporation specializes in delivering high-performance, high-availability appliances and solutions for mission critical applications. From fully fault-tolerant systems approaching 100 percent uptime to turnkey security appliances for authentication, content security, VPNs and firewalls, Resilience systems stand for simplicity, availability and affordability. Resilience's patented Triple Modular Redundant (TMR) architecture provides full protection against hardware failure, allowing their systems to maintain 100% state fullness and ensure zero transaction loss. The company's solutions are installed in leading finance, telecommunications, service provider, defense and manufacturing companies around the world. For more information visit www.resilience.com.

CostGuard(R) is a registered trademark of Indo Directions, Inc. EventProcessor(TM) is a trademark of Abiliti Solutions, Inc. Resilience is a registered trademark of Resilience Corporation. IPDR Compliant(TM) is a trademark of the IPDR Organization.