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Fujitsu and Red Hat Enter into Global Partnership to Offer Mission-Critical Linux Solutions

Strategic Collaboration to Enhance Red Hat Enterprise Linux Solutions for Fujitsu's Intel-Based Linux Servers

Thailand, 10 May, 2003 — Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) and Red Hat (NASDAQ: RHAT) today announced that they have signed a global partnership agreement to technically enhance and market Red Hat Enterprise Linux solutions for enterprise customers running mission-critical applications on Fujitsu's Intel-based servers powered by Intel Xeon and Itanium processors. The agreement significantly expands the scope of the companies' cooperative relationship to date.

According to the terms of the agreement, Fujitsu and its principal subsidiaries and affiliates, including Fujitsu Siemens Computers, become Premier partners for the fulfillment and service of the complete Red Hat Enterprise Linux line of solutions on Fujitsu's Intel-based PRIMERGY servers worldwide. The parties will collaborate in software development, marketing, sales, delivery, and support efforts to optimize Red Hat Enterprise Linux for mission-critical use on Fujitsu hardware. Fujitsu also plans to work to ensure that all its enterprise applications are compatible with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform, so that customers will have the benefit of running a fully integrated solution from Red Hat and Fujitsu.

http://pr.fujitsu.com/en/news/2003/05/8.html

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