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NEC ADVANCES VIRTUAL PC CENTER SOLUTION WITH NEW THIN CLIENT UNIT

October 26, 2007 — NEC Corporation today extended its NEC Virtual PC Center (VPCC) product line with the new NEC US110 model, to offer broader multimedia and Virtual Private Network (VPN) support. The NEC US110, a Microsoft® Windows CE-based thin client unit, supports not only high resolution video but also other multimedia formats popular on traditional PCs today, including Microsoft WMV/WMA and Adobe® Flash®. In addition to the enhanced multimedia, the new US110 also includes support for RSA SecureID VPN connectivity.

The US110 is a thin client device that provides rich PC-quality high-speed video and audio processing, delivering the next-generation in thin client technology. With the powerful ServerEngines™ NetClient processor which enables advanced multimedia application delivery, the US110 runs on Windows CE, enabling it to support the high multimedia demands of PC applications. Improving space efficiency, the palm-sized device can be placed on the desktop or mounted behind the LCD screen.

NEC’s VPCC thin clients, such as the new NEC US110 and the current NEC US100, offer extended multimedia capabilities for common PC applications utilizing multimedia – such as computer-based training, corporate video messaging, voice over IP (VoIP) telephony solutions, and DVD or music playback, which were not supported by previous thin client devices. Because NEC’s thin client devices decode multimedia files on the client-side, the multimedia content can efficiently reach the thin client device through existing network bandwidth, with enough horsepower to play high-resolution video at full frame rates.

The NEC VPCC is a complete thin client personal computer solution with PC functionality and multimedia capability. Designed to secure data by replacing the desktop PC, VPCC offers a full virtual PC environment, combining the US100 or US110 thin client device with NEC Virtual PC Servers and an NEC VPCC Management Server in the data center. Powered by VMware® Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, the entire VPCC system is called "virtual" because a user can utilize any VPCC workstation to access the company network, and work as if using a traditional PC with its familiar Microsoft® Windows® desktop multimedia environment.

“Recent advances in thin client technology are making thin client computing a more viable and cost-effective solution to data security,” said Bob O’Donnell, vice president, IDC. “Part of the challenge to date, however, has been the difficulty in piecing together multiple pieces from multiple vendors into a coherent system. A solutions-based approach can go a long towards easing the transition from traditional PC environments.”

Brian Byun, vice president of global partners and solutions at VMware said “We believe NEC's Virtual PC Center, with enhanced multimedia capabilities and full integration of various clients, server hardware and software into a simplified package makes it an attractive VMware virtual desktop infrastructure solution for our joint customers.”

NEC will strive to improve enterprise security and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) through enhancement of its thin client business.

NB: VoIP, WVM, and Flash for US110 will be supported after December 2007.