San Jose, Calif., September 21, 2000 -- Fujitsu Software Corporation’s products will figure prominently in a global alliance between its parent company, Fujitsu Limited, and Microsoft. Under the terms of the alliance, which was announced in Tokyo today, the companies will collaborate on global promotion and development of Microsoft’s .Net Enterprise Server products and Fujitsu’s COBOL development tools, INTERSTAGE application server products and SystemWalker systems and network management solutions.

This agreement between Fujitsu Ltd. and Microsoft expands the scope of Fujitsu’s support of the .Net framework by strengthening product level technical cooperation for the three Fujitsu products and Microsoft’s .Net Enterprise Server products.

“Now, in addition to giving organizations that use COBOL access to a wide variety of new technologies through the .Net framework, Fujitsu Software will be able to offer its customers an even broader range of cutting edge .Net business and Internet solutions,” said Ron Langer, Director COBOL Sales and Marketing, for Fujitsu Software Corporation.

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About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) is a leading provider of Internet- based information technology solutions for the global marketplace. Comprising over 500 group companies and affiliates worldwide -- including ICL, Amdahl and DMR Consulting -- it had consolidated revenues of 5.26 trillion yen ($49.6 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000. Fujitsu's pace-setting technologies, world-class computing and telecommunications platforms, and global corps of over 60,000 systems and services experts make it uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet to help its customers succeed. Altogether, the Fujitsu Group has 188,000 employees and operations in over 100 countries. Internet: http://www.fujitsu.com/

About Fujitsu Software Corporation
Fujitsu Software Corporation ("FS"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited ("Fujitsu"), was established in July 1991. FS is engaged in software research and development, software product and technology procurement, and software product sales. FS markets and sells the following products: Program Products, such as Fujitsu's network management application package, SystemWalker; Enterprise application server software products, INTERSTAGE; Work Flow products, i-Flow; COBOL language products; and Fujitsu's Japanese-language and translation software products, including Atlas and TransLinGo!.

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