NEC Solutions (America), Inc., a premier provider of integrated solutions for the Connected Enterprise in North America, announced today that top U.S. healthcare organizations have deployed NEC's Express5800 Fault Tolerant (FT) servers that deliver up to 99.999 percent increased uptime, with no single point of failure. A continuously available and stable network is integral for healthcare institutions since hospitals and laboratories need to deliver consistent service to physicians, customers and above all, provide better medical care to patients. Additional benefits to implementing NEC's FT technology include reduction in maintenance and total cost of ownership costs through hardware consolidation.

Healthcare organizations run complex, multi-application, computing environments that must perform under extreme conditions. With FDA regulatory requirements, training time, system uptime, and variance in results and data management as major concerns of IT departments, computer servers cannot experience downtime for any reason. Downtime halts all processing, which costs time and resources, and more importantly risks the quality of patient care. NEC's innovative Intel(R)-based FT servers provide a new level of continuous availability for healthcare applications; ensuring maximum application and server uptime to best serve healthcare organizations' requirements.

NEC's healthcare customers are among some of the nation's most recognized names and include, Purkinje -- the maker of Dossier(TM), a chart management tool designed to create medical records including patient history, physical exams, procedures, medication and treatment information; Pharmaceutical Discovery Corporation -- a biotech enterprise recognized for its patented and proprietary Technosphere(TM) drug delivery system; and ProHealth Physicians -- a large practice of primary care physicians serving over 300,000 patients in the Connecticut area.

Rick Schubach, director of IT at ProHealth states, "Our mission is to provide improved patient care -- and by deploying NEC's FT servers, continuous uptime means our patients receive better, faster service because our physicians' offices are running smoothly. We don't have to worry about our servers going down during peak office hours, and our doctors have faster access when they need it, so they're able to deliver the level of care our patients expect and deserve."

"The healthcare industry operates on a 24-hour clock, that demands real-time access to pertinent patient and diagnostic information," said Larry Sheffield, executive vice president, Solutions Platform Group, NEC Solutions America. "With NEC's high availability FT servers our healthcare customers are guaranteed a high level of performance and uptime; granting immediate access to large volumes of mission critical patient data when they need it."

Available for Windows and Linux, NEC's Express5800 series combine Intel's Xeon(R) processors with NEC's next-generation fault tolerant technology to provide optimal performance and added protection against downtime at the application level. With Dual Modular Redundancy (DMR) and hot-swappable components, NEC's Express5800 series enables data instructions to be handled in parallel, instead of individually; accommodating heavier workloads and producing faster response times for better overall performance. NEC's Express5800 series is available now through NEC Solution America's channel partners.

NEC Solutions America's healthcare practice provides hospitals and healthcare systems with tools, solutions and services to improve security, patient safety and staff-to-staff communication while reducing administrative costs. Solutions include TouchPass(R) Secure Single Sign-On, TouchPass Context Management, PersonalPass(TM) Automated Patient Identification and Admissions, Vocera(R) voice communications system, and patient safety consulting services.

About NEC Solutions America

NEC Solutions (America), Inc. is a premier provider of integrated solutions for the Connected Enterprise in North America. As an affiliate of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ:NIPNY) (FTSE:6701q.1), NEC Solutions America taps into a global resource network to help clients leverage technology to achieve a competitive edge. From corporate performance management and biometric security solutions to digital cinema and in-theatre advertising systems, visual displays and server solutions, the expertise is delivered with the personal attention needed to address individual situations. With headquarters in Rancho Cordova, California, NEC Solutions America serves a wide range of markets, including the healthcare and public safety, financial services, cinema, retail and manufacturing markets. Information regarding NEC Solutions America can be found at www.necsam.com.

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