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Long-term Partnership with Microsoft
NEC and Microsoft have collaborated since the beginning of the PC industry - both contributing to the growth of PC adoption in the Japanese market. For servers, the companies have collaborated since the earliest development of Windows®-based systems in order to provide high-performance and high-reliability solutions to our customers.
Strategic Alliance for IT/Network Convergence Area
Amid continuing network development and the advent of NGN (Next-Generation Networks), the demands for improving the enterprise network environment have been increasing. To meet these demands, in May 2006 NEC and Microsoft agreed to expand the collaborative relationship for IT/Network convergence. This collaboration will help create products and solutions that integrate computers, servers, and networks in the marketplace and result in new and improved work processes.
- Enterprise Networking
As communication networks and data networks become more integrated through IP technology (e.g. VoIP phone), people expect to improve productivity in workplaces by integrating networks into the office environment. To meet this expectation, NEC and Microsoft have been working together on creating solutions that provide seamless integration of NEC's IT/Network convergence technologies such as UNIVERGE and Microsoft's Office System products. Together, NEC and Microsoft will strive to improve these solutions and meet our customers' demands.
- High Availability Servers
In the server area, NEC and Microsoft have been working together since 1993 to maximize reliability and performance through the joint development of server products. Today, this collaboration is being extended to develop and expand the global sales of next-generation, high-end servers and Fault Tolerant (FT) servers. NEC's Express5800 series of servers hold the top market share in the Japan, thus enhancing mission critical systems and meeting a wide range of customers IT system demands.
- HPC Servers
Historically, High Performance Computing (HPC) has been used by customers, such as research institutes, that do extremely advanced computing. Today, the needs for advanced computing on the Windows desktop are increasing in industries such as finance and manufacturing. In order to meet these needs, NEC and Microsoft are collaborating on the development of high-performance computing.
- Patent Cross Licensing
Patent cross licensing between NEC and Microsoft promotes effective technology development and will provide faster development of high quality products based on business platforms.
- Collaboration in Japan
As broadband services become widely available, the demands for PC and multimedia converged solutions are increasing in the consumer market. NEC and Microsoft continue to work on joint development of media PCs to meet these increased demands.
NEC and Microsoft have been making joint efforts in system integration areas, as well. For example, the Windows SI Support Center was founded in 2001 during a period of accelerated adoption of Windows servers in enterprise systems in Japan.
IT/Network Area
Development of office communication products
In 2006, NEC and Microsoft began a collaborative relationship in office communications. NEC will enhance this collaboration through integrated products such as NEC's IP telephony server "UNIVERGE SV 7000" and Microsoft's "Live Communication Server 2005." With its computer and communications technologies, NEC holds the top market share in the Asia and Oceania VoIP market with its IP telephony servers. The integration between Microsoft's office application technology and NEC's IP technology will realize utilization of all the communication functions through Microsoft Office products.
Server Area
Joint development of high-reliability, high-performance, and high-availability servers
NEC has been working on the reliability of operating systems and hardware in conjunction with Microsoft development teams since the Windows NT era. For the next Windows server operating system "Longhorn," NEC is the first company in the world to successfully demonstrate dynamic reconfiguration of memory for a high-reliability server that can hold a maximum of 32 Intel® Itanium2 (64-bit CPU) processors. NEC and Microsoft are currently evaluating and developing next-generation FT servers. This makes it possible to provide high-reliability and high availability server products and solutions. NEC and Microsoft will continue working together to expand functions for enterprise platforms for future operating systems.
Technology collaboration on HPC server
As a new area of collaboration, NEC and Microsoft are working together to integrate Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, Microsoft's HPC operating system, and the Global File System (GFS), which is NEC's file system that enables high-speed transfer of large volumes of data. These technologies enable a high-performance environment with low TCO. Furthermore, NEC and Microsoft have been jointly evaluating third-party software to promote HPC servers in the Windows environment.
PC Area
NEC and Microsoft have both made significant contributions to the growth of the PC market. For PC servers, the two companies have been collaborating on the development of Windows server operating systems and providing reliable server systems.
For enterprise PCs, NEC has promoted Windows XP SP1 adoption by completing a large deployment for NEC's internal use. For Windows Vista Media Center, NEC and Microsoft have been jointly working to improve audio/video distribution in the PC environment.
SI/Software Area
In Japan, NEC and Microsoft have established an SI support system by providing high quality consulting and project support in order to promote quick and effective system installations. For mission critical systems, the needs for a .NET environment in addition to UNIX and open environment are increasing. NEC and Microsoft have been conducting joint development and evaluation in this area, and thus have been able to provide highly reliable and functional applications.
To further collaborate as businesses expect flexible systems with enhanced Web services, NEC will expand utilization of Microsoft's .NET system infrastructure in its business packages and provide our customers with .NET-supported application software.
Joint Support for Office System
Joint support systems to leverage the latest technology in the office system include:
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Windows SI Support Center |
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Supporting .NET |
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Office Applications supporting .NET |
Support Service for Mission Critical Systems
As Windows penetrates into office and mission critical systems, NEC has been working to enhance support services and to build collaborative systems with Microsoft. In order to assure that our customers' systems are safe, NEC is the first company in Japan to have provided long-term support (more than 10 years).
Results of Alliance with Microsoft
Partner Program
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
 Gold Certified Partners represent the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies, and have the closest working relationship with Microsoft. NEC is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.
SQL Customer Lab
The SQL Server Customer Lab Program provides customers with an opportunity to work directly with the SQL Server Product Development team in an interactive hands-on lab environment. NEC provides technology and products for the lab.
Microsoft Technology Center
Microsoft Technology Centers (MTCs) provide the facility and resources for customers to utilize and evaluate solutions with Microsoft® and partner technologies for pre-sales activities. NEC provides technology and products to the center in Chicago.
White papers and Case Studies
White Papers
Case Studies
Microsoft Related Press Releases
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May 24, 2006 - NEC & Microsoft Expand Strategic Collaboration into IT/Network Convergence Area
December 6, 2006 - NEC
Successfully Demonstrates Dynamic Partitioning (Hot-Replace) of CPU and Memory Resources at iExpo2006
December 4, 2006 - NEC Corporation of America Provides Superior Integrated Disaster Recovery Solution with its Expresscluster X Wan Edition for Windows
November 14, 2006 - NEC Corporation of America joins Microsoft & other industry leaders in Interop Vendor Alliance
May 23, 2006 - NEC and Microsoft expand strategic collaboration into IT/Network Convergence area
November 7, 2005 - NEC showcases
high availability technologies with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and NEC's Itanium 2 based servers and storage devices
October 14, 2005 - NEC first
to demonstrate dynamic reconfiguration of CPU and memory resources on Microsoft Windows Server "Longhorn"
September 28, 2005 - NEC
Solutions America and Idera Announce Technology Partnership for High Performance SQL Server Database Operations
August 8, 2005 - NEC achieved
the best benchmark score among servers using next generation Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with NEC Itanium® 2 based Express5800/1320XE server
March 8, 2005 -
NEC Solutions
America Announces Results of Two-Tier SAP® SD Standard Application Benchmark on NEC Intel® Itanium® 2-Based Server Running
SAP R/3® Enterprise 4.70
March 22, 2004 -
NEC Solutions America Unveils New Windows CE .NET Handheld PC
October 15, 2003 -
NEC Solutions America simplifies Server Consolidation and migration to 64-bit Computing for Microsoft SQL Server
April 24, 2003 -
NEC Solutions America Supports Microsoft Windows Server 2003 On Full Server Line Including 32-Way Intel Itanium 2-Based Server
Series with Datacenter
April 23, 2003 - Fastest 32-way Non-Clustered TPC-C Benchmark Recorded by NEC Solutions America |
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