NEC Named Winner of the 2008 Tomorrow’s Technology Today Award by Info Security Products Guide

NEC ExpressCluster X WAN Selected a Winner in the Disaster Recovery Category

Santa Clara, CA . - Today, NEC Corporation of America announced that Info Security Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and the world’s leading publication on information security and protection products and technologies, has named NEC ExpressCluster X WAN a winner of the 2008 Tomorrow’s Technology Today Award. This prestigious award recognizes vendors with advanced, ground-breaking network security solutions that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of information protection and recovery. ExpressCluster X WAN was selected by the editorial group of Info Security Products Guide based on technologies that are making the most positive impact on disaster recovery and protection in today’s natural and man-made attacks environment.

“NEC ExpressCluster X WAN was selected for this award because of its unique ability to protect both applications and data in the event of disaster,” says Rake Narang, editor-in-chief, Info Security Products Guide. “This award recognizes products and solutions, like NEC ExpressCluster X WAN, that offer superior technologies that meet today’s needs while also anticipating tomorrow’s IT challenges.”

NEC ExpressCluster X WAN was recognized for the product’s advanced feature set, flexibility and cost efficiency. ExpressCluster X WAN provides a fast, integrated application and data disaster recovery solution for Windows®, Linux® and virtual systems based on leading virtualization platforms such VMware® with little or no application service and data loss. The flexible solution is capable of both synchronous and asynchronous data mirroring support which allows for ease in choosing between full data protection and minimized WAN requirements.

ExpressCluster X WAN’s virtual server identity support enables transparent server application and data workload migration and its unified Web management console enables easy and remote administration for increased usability and manageability. ExpressCluster X WAN comes with both standard and enterprise application and operating system support, which lowers total cost of ownership of the solution, a priority in today’s market environment. To read more about this award-winning technology, please visit: http://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/technology/.

“This is an excellent validation of NEC technology, and we are honored to have NEC ExpressCluster X WAN recognized as an innovative and cutting-edge technology,” said George Wu, director of software business, NEC Corporation of America. “This is an exciting time for ExpressCluster, and this award demonstrates that NEC is well-positioned for growth in the disaster recovery space.”

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Info Security Products Guide, published from Silicon Valley, plays a vital role in keeping end-users informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting their digital resources. It is written expressly for those who are adamant on staying informed of security threats and the preventive measure they can take. You will discover a wealth of information in this guide including tomorrow’s technology today, best deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping info security and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent security decisions. The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognize and honor excellence in all areas of information security. To learn more, visit www.infosecurityproductsguide.com and stay secured.