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NEC Solutions America Recognized for Outstanding IT Services and Expertise at Midsize Enterprise Summit

ORLANDO, Fla., May 14, 2003 — NEC Solutions (America), Inc., a leading provider of business solutions and services in North America today announced that it has won the Midsize Enterprise Innovation Award™ for Best Presentation at the Midsize Enterprise Summit in Orlando, Fla. This award recognizes creativity in the design, content and delivery of the company’s mid-market message to IT decision-makers through presentations delivered at the conference.

This is the second consecutive time NEC Solutions America has received the Best Presentation award. In March 2003, the company received Best Presentation honors and was nominated for Best of Show at the Midsize Enterprise Summit held in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Midsize Enterprise Innovation Awards are the only awards voted on solely by the attending Senior IT Executives. These executives review numerous solutions and services at the event, and through voting on this award, they recognized NEC Solutions America as a leader in its category.

"We are honored with the receipt of this award from the Midsize Enterprise Summit. Our goal is to bring the maximum value of services and IT consulting to the midsize enterprises, which is often overlooked," said Jeff Schuett, senior vice president, NEC Solutions America. "It is a testament to our unique industry positioning and process-centric consulting that we were able to receive such a generous distinction from IT professionals."

During the presentation, NEC Solutions America put in perspective the future of the midsize market with its definition of the Connected Enterprise — linking a company’s infrastructure, enterprise applications, e-business components, transport, and digital connections so that they seamlessly extend an enterprise to customers, suppliers, partners, and employees. With the Connected Enterprise come new challenges for corporate IT/IS departments, such as increased complexity, multi-tiered architectures, distributed applications, security management, and real-time access to systems and applications. NEC Solutions America addressed these challenges and outlined the potential for aligning IT with core business processes and strategies to optimize business value.

NEC Solutions America plans to fully unveil its enterprise services strategy at CeBIT America 2003, June 18 — 20, 2003, in New York City.

ABOUT MIDSIZE ENTERPRISE SUMMIT
Midsize Enterprise Summit brings Senior IT Executives from midsize businesses together with Gartner Analysts and leading Vendors. The focus - enabling strategic IT decision-making — drives Gartner-led sessions, Vendor-led World Premiere and Private Boardroom presentations, a Showcase of Exhibits, and networking events. More information on this Summit is available at http://www.midsizeenterprise.com or call 877-619-7956. Vision Events, a Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) company, is a leading producer of highly focused business events including Midsize Enterprise Summit.

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ABOUT NEC SOLUTIONS (AMERICA), INC
NEC Solutions (America), Inc. is the world-class IT services provider that brings a business services perspective and new forms of accountability to unlock the full potential of the Connected Enterprise. As an affiliate of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q.l), NEC Solutions America offers professional consulting and managed services, including enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, supply chain management, application data management, enterprise application integration, network and security management, and web services. More information about NEC Solutions America can be found at www.necsolutions-am.com