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58 -- COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, NETWORK PRODUCTS AND OTHER PERIPHERALS SOL IPO.09-5007 DUE 061697 POC Point of Contact -- NTT America, Inc., Head Office, 101 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10178, 212/808-2296 also NTT America, Inc., Pacific and Western Division 700 E. El Camino Real, Suite #200, Mountain View, CA 94040, 415/940-6565 WEB: NTT International Procurement Information Home Page, http://wwwipo.nttinfo.ntt.co.jp. 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: Computer equipment, network products and other peripherals (2) Overview: (I)Servers and Workstations (II)Personal computers which are operated by Windows or Mac OS (III)Printer equipment (IV)Application software (V)LAN equipment (VI)Other relative peripherals (3) Contents of RFI: NTT is inviting the following types of information on a product or technology similar to the above-mentioned system. This is not, however, a request for suppliers to provide proprietary and/or confidential information, (I)Technical information (including product catalogues $B!$ (Jetc.) (I-1)Servers and Workstations (a)Features supported by various operating systems (UNIX, Windows-NT, etc.) and features which are planned to be supported (Schedules) (b)Properties of hardware (Including the setup condition) (c)Future plans of products (d)Correlation between the number of multi-processors and the performance (e)Evaluation methods of adopted performance and its reason (f)The types of connectable lines and its performance (LAN / WAN) (g)Methods and features in order to confirm the reliability (Including back-up features) (h)Features of FT (Fault Tolerant computer system) (I-2)Personal Computers which are operated by Windows or Mac OS. (a)Types of personal computers (i)Notebook type (ii)Desktop type (b)Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) (c)Supportable operating systems, and their versions (d)Properties of hardware (Including the setup condition) (e)Types of connectable lines, and its performance (LAN / WAN) (I-3) Printer (a)Types of printers (i)LaserPrinter (ii)Bubble-jet Printer (b)Connectable main equipment (Manufacturers, equipment) (c)Properties of hardware (Including the setup condition) (d)Types of the connectable interfaces (I-4) Application Software (a)Types of software (i)Database (ii)CASE (iii)Groupware (iv)Internet/Intranet (v)Network management/System administration (vi)The others (b)Supportable main equipment manufacturers and operating systems (c)The properties of the software (features) (I-5)LAN equipment (a)Types of LAN equipment Router, ATM-SW, Hub, ISDN board, Modem, TA etc. (b)Supported features and features which are planned to be supported (c)Properties of hardware (Including the setup condition) (d)Future plan of products (e)Methods and features in order to confirm the reliability (I-6)Other relative peripherals (a)Disk array equipment (b)Peripherals of Personal computers (c)Uninterruptible power supply system (UPS) (d)Cables (e)The others (II)Market Price (III)Standard time of delivery after ordering (IV)Sales records (V)The Others (4) Request for Declaration of the Intention of Participating as a Subcontractor: Any suppliers wishing to participate as a subcontractor in the product procurement program of NTT, are requested to supply NTT with the information listed below. After preparing a list of supplied information, NTT will provide the list to suppliers who wish to be provided with it, to those who have responded to the request for supply of the information listed and to those who have received the PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION relating to procurement of the product. NTT, however, will undertake no responsibilities for any outcomes arising from supply of the list, (I)Name of applicant, (II)Place of contact (Address, 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 of submission of materials and comments: 15:00 June 16, 1997 Local time of the reception (Accept by mail only) (6) Language: Japanese or English***** (0135)

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