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58 -- LARGE-SCALE DATA BASE PROCESSING SYSTEM, DUE 072495. NTT America, Inc., Head Office, 101 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10178, 212/661-0810 also NTT America, Inc., Pacific and Western Div., 800 El Camino Real West, Suite 103, Mountain View, CA 94040, 415/940-6565. This public notice is to request suppliers to provide NTT with general referential information on similar products or technology prior to procurement of the intended product (mentioned below) by NTT. This public notice is also to request that any suppliers wishing to participate as a subcontractor in the procurement program of this product should declare their intentions to that effect. This public notice is not intended to guarantee public notification of procurement of the product. (1) Name: Large-scale database processing system. (2) Overview: The product is a computer system which will be used primarily for processing large-scale relational databases (0.5 to 3 TB) with high-performance to find data, and to work, edit and make report upon the data. (3) Contents of RFI: Applicants are requested to supply NTT with the following information on similar products, or on technology relating to the product mentioned above. (All supplied information will be regarded as non-secret information and may be disclosed to third parties in the form of, for example, inclusion in the corresponding PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION, or may become available to third parties. In any case, NTT will not assume any responsibilities for possible disclosure or use of the supplied information.) (I) Technological information (i) Information on large-scale relational database (a) Method how to process the large-scale database to find the data in more high-speed (b) Correlation between database finding time and some parameters, e.g., number of records (20 million to 70 million) (c) Security system of the data base (architecture and methods) (ii) Information on communication function (a) Protocols, transmission speed and the number of lines connected for communication interfaces such as LAN, public network and private lines (iii) Information on operations (a) Available functions for monitoring and administration (iv) Other (a) Hardware and software configurations of the system (b) Specification of hardware (c) Method to upgrade the database volume and the processing capabilities (d) Configurations and functions of supporting tools for database maintenance, management, development of business applications and others (e) The maximum number of users which can be registered and the maxiumum number of users who can access simultaneously (f) Maintenance services of hardware and software (g) Maintenance service offices (h) Guarantee term of supplying maintenance parts (II) Market prices (III) Standard delivery date after making orders (IV) Sales and installation of the past (V) Others (any related proposals or information that would benefit NTT business) (4) Request for Declaration of the Intention of Subcontracting. Any suppliers wishing to participate as a subcontractor in the product procurement program of NTT, is requested to supply NTT with the information listed below. After preparing a list of supplied information, NTT will provide the list to applicants who request the list; those who have responded to the request for supply of the information listed in Item 2; and to those who have purchased the PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION relating to procurement of the product. NTT, however, will not assume any responsibility for outcomes arising from supply of the list. (i) Name of the applicant (ii) Place of contact (Addresss, name of the person in charge, telephone number, and facsimile number) (iii) The products and/or services that the applicant can supply as a subcontractor. (5) Deadline for Acceptance of Offers for Supply of Information and Declaration of Intention to Subcontract: 3:00 PM, July 24, 1995 (Mail must arrive no later than this deadline). (6) Language: Japanese or English. (177)

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