OREANDA-NEWS. July 26, 2011. NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today that its high-availability software, "EXPRESSCLUSTER," secured top share in terms of monetary value (22%) in the 2010 HA cluster software market in the Asia Pacific region, including Japan. This is the second year in a row that EXPRESSCLUSTER has taken top share (*1).

In 2010, EXPRESSCLUSTER took the number one domestic position in terms of monetary value with an approximate 30% share according to a sales performance survey on domestic clustering software.

Survey results also indicate that business expansion in the Asia Pacific region was driven through close cooperation with sales partners, particularly in China, where positive results were realized with financial institutions and telecommunications carriers. Domestically, support was received from many customers through implementation of an optimized licensing system (*2) for virtualization environments in June of last year and software performed strongly with virtualization for the financial field and government offices.

Looking forward, NEC will continue to proactively enhance EXPRESSCLUSTER functions, improve support services and expand business partnerships while providing customers with a sense of security and reliability.

For further information about EXPRESSCLUSTER, please visit:  http://www.nec.com/expresscluster

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*1) Sources:

 IDC Asia/Pacific: 2009 - 2010 Asia Pacific HA Clustering Software (value of shipments)
-July 2011; High-Availability and Clustering Software Market in Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) (AP2670312T)

-March 2010; Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Availability and Clustering Software 2010-2014 Forecast (AP2670310S)
IDC Japan: 2010 Japan HA Clustering Software (value of shipments)
- June 2011; Japan System Software 2011-2015 Forecast and 2010 Analysis: The Effect of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (J11310103)
*2)

 NEC Introduces New License Scheme Ideal for Virtual Environments with its High- Availability "EXPRESSCLUSTER" Software (8 June 2010).