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NEC boosting Linux systems maintenance

TOKYO - NEC Corp has announced hat it plans to boost its Linux-related systems development business by strengthening maintenance services.

The company began offering maintenance services for Linux-based information systems, including analysis of system troubles and monitoring of information systems employing multiple operating systems.

In addition, NEC plans to double the number of systems engineers versed in Linux to 4,800 by the end of fiscal 2005. By also opening two Linux/open source software evaluation centers in mid-October and offering pre-evaluation of Linux-based systems, the firm hopes to promote their use at businesses and public institutions.

Through these measures, NEC hopes to more than triple its sales from Linux-related businesses for corporate customers to 90 billion yen (US$808.6 million) by 2007.

The company's sales of Linux-related hardware, software, and systems development and maintenance services came to slightly less than 30 billion yen in 2003, capturing around 15% of the domestic market.

(Asia Pulse/Nikkei)

Sep 29, 2004

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