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Fujitsu Interstage Suite is Application Infrastructure of Choice for Growing Base of Customers and Partners Worldwide

 Interstage Application Infrastructure Products Now Installed at Over 83,000
 Sites Worldwide, Global Partners Choose Interstage to Power their Solutions

    SAN JOSE, Calif. and ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu
Software Corporation today announced that more than 8,000 customers and
partners worldwide are making Interstage(R) Suite products their solutions of
choice to design, develop and manage their customized, mission-critical
applications. More than 83,000 sites have now installed software from the
Interstage Suite, one of the world's broadest lines of application
infrastructure software products.
    New customers contributing to the expanding adoption of the Interstage
Suite represent global companies and leading government agencies around the
world, including Nippon Oil, the Medical Benefits Fund of Australia, Zenith
Insurance Company and iJet Travel Risk Management.
    Fujitsu Software Corporation also announced that strategic partnerships
are expanding the availability of solutions based on best-of-breed technology
from the Interstage Suite:

    -- Sybase, Inc. and Fujitsu Software Corporation intend to team on
       technology as well as sales and marketing campaigns to aggressively
       drive revenue. Within the Interstage Suite, Fujitsu will incorporate
       Sybase Rules and Formatter and Content Capture technologies. Sybase
       Content Capture is an embeddable engine for lightweight integration
       that extracts, aggregates and integrates information quickly and
       easily. Sybase will offer Fujitsu Interstage XBRL Processor products to
       the financial community to solve compliance and risk management issues.
    -- SSA Global is bringing powerful workflow capabilities from the
       Interstage Suite to SSA enterprise resource planning (ERP) customers
       worldwide, extending Fujitsu Software Corporation's presence in the
       manufacturing and healthcare markets.
    -- iManage is partnering with Fujitsu to make the industry's best
       technology an integral part of WorkRoute Pro MP and give customers what
       they need to operate efficiently, adapt to changing needs, and
       streamline their business processes for maximum performance.
    -- Glovia International, Inc. is embedding elements of the Interstage
       Suite, including Interstage Integration Manager and Interstage
       Application Server, within its extended ERP solution, glovia.com, to
       provide customers with a robust and proven collaboration and
       integration platform, as well as expand Fujitsu Software Corporation's
       presence in the manufacturing industry.
    -- GlobalSight Corporation is using Interstage Business Process Manager
       technology to manage the complex processes within its globalization
       software solution, GlobalSight System4. Interstage Business Process
       Manager successfully addresses the frequently encountered issues in
       creating workflow efficiency.
    -- Fujitsu Services, one of Europe's leading IT infrastructure management
       services companies, has appointed Fujitsu Software Corporation as an
       Alliance Partner. Fujitsu Services designs, builds and operates IT
       systems and services for customers in the financial services, telecom,
       retail, utilities and government markets. The Interstage Suite launched
       today by Fujitsu Software Corporation will be incorporated as one of
       the range of components from which Fujitsu Services selects to provide
       solutions for its customers.
    -- Fujitsu Espana, one of the leading IT companies in the Spanish market,
       is using the Interstage Suite to assist the development and delivery of
       quality systems integration projects to its customers.
    -- Blue Martini is using Interstage Business Process Manager as an
       embedded workflow tool for its customers to organize and implement
       business activities such as preparing e-mail campaigns or promotions,
       publishing Web store catalogs and approving product sales. The
       Interstage-based workflow ensures smooth, efficient operations, and
       that only complete and approved data is deployed across all channels.

    The announcement was made in conjunction with the introduction of the next
generation of Fujitsu's Interstage(R) Suite today. (For more information see
Fujitsu Interstage Suite press release also dated October 21, 2003.)
    "The growing demand for our Interstage products among our customers and
partners is strong validation of the value that we are delivering to
organizations around the globe," said Robert Sepanloo, general manager of
Interstage at Fujitsu Software Corporation. "With Interstage, companies get
best-in-class infrastructure software to power their business-critical
applications -- when and where they need it."

    Partners Praise Newest Release of Interstage Suite
    -- "We are looking forward to continuing our productive relationship with
       Fujitsu and remain committed to using Interstage Business Process
       Manager in future product revisions," says Joe Horowitz, principal
       product manager of GlobalSight Corporation. "Fujitsu's product is
       proven to be reliable, with outstanding support, and it integrates
       extremely well with our technology."
    -- "Today's manufacturers require more from their ERP systems; they need
       to be able to collaborate with their customers and suppliers and
       integrate their business processes, data, and internal operations,"
       said Dennis Michalis, president and CEO of Glovia International, Inc.
       "Together with Fujitsu Software Corporation, we can provide our
       customers with world-class collaboration and integration capabilities
       that bring them closer to their customers and business partners."
    -- "Fujitsu Espana is delighted to endorse the Interstage Suite from
       Fujitsu Software Corporation."

    About Fujitsu Software Corporation
    Fujitsu Software Corporation, based in San Jose, California, is part of
the Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) family. The wholly owned subsidiary delivers
one of the world's broadest lines of application infrastructure software
products, including the Interstage(R) Suite and NetCOBOL(R). Fujitsu Software
Corporation leverages Fujitsu's international scope and expertise in
developing and providing information technology solutions, including more than
4,000 software developers worldwide. To learn more about Fujitsu Software
Corporation, visit http://www.fsw.fujitsu.com/ .

    About Fujitsu
    Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications
solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, highly
reliable computing and telecommunications platforms, and a worldwide corps of
systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver
comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers'
success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported
consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$38 billion) for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2003. For more information, please see:
http://www.fujitsu.com/ .

    NOTE:  Fujitsu, the Fujitsu Symbol Mark, and Interstage are registered
trademarks of Fujitsu Limited. All Interstage products and components are
trademarks of Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Software Corporation. All other
registered trademarks, trade names, or service marks mentioned in this
document are the property of their respective owners.


SOURCE Fujitsu Software Corporation




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