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Microsoft Joins Working Group for Open Standards Messaging Software

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Decision to join AMQP Working Group based on commitment to openness, interoperability and providing customer choice.

REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 24, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that it is joining the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) Working Group, an organization focused on the development of the AMQP specification. Microsoft is joining the AMQP Working Group at the request of its members, including several of Microsoft’s customers in the financial services industry, in order to support the development of an open industry standard for ubiquitous messaging.

AMQP is a specification for platform-neutral, open standards-based business messaging. The primary goal of AMQP is to enable the communications necessary for business processes. AMQP Working Group members are collaborating on specifications for messaging infrastructure that provide businesses with a simple and more powerful way of connecting messaging-dependent applications both within and between firms. By joining the AMQP Working Group, Microsoft is seeking to contribute toward the development of such solutions and to enable greater customer choice in the marketplace.

“Customers are seeking scalable solutions with lower costs that will allow messaging within the enterprise and outside the corporate infrastructure,” said Sam Ramji, senior director of platform strategy at Microsoft. “By joining the AMQP Working Group, Microsoft is aiming to contribute to the development of the specification in ways that will best promote interoperability for existing market implementations and provide customers with increased choice.”

Message-based transports with security and transactional integrity are a vital infrastructure component throughout institutions. As Microsoft continues to provide vertical industry solutions, AMQP will provide an alternative to current messaging options. The AMQP specification and related implementations may provide greater interoperability for a number of vertical scenarios in addition to financial services, insurance and healthcare, among others.

AMQP Working Group members embraced the news of Microsoft’s decision to join.

“The AMQP Working Group is doing great work to facilitate open and interoperable standards for messaging infrastructure across platforms,” said Adrian Kunzle, head of Engineering and Architecture at J.P. Morgan. “We welcome Microsoft’s commitment as another step toward AMQP becoming the preferred connectivity for business messaging on the Internet.”

“Cisco has long been a proponent of open industry standards that benefit our customers,” said Pranta Das, technical leader for Cisco Systems Inc. and member of the AMQP Working Group. “We are pleased to welcome Microsoft to the AMQP Working Group as we continue to develop open specifications for messaging.”

Paul Fremantle, chief technology officer of WSO2 Inc., another working group participant, noted: “We welcome Microsoft’s commitment to openness and the AMQP messaging specification. Their participation will be valuable to our efforts to support the development of interoperability solutions across heterogeneous IT environments.”

Members of the AMQP Working Group are Cisco, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Boerse Systems, Envoy Technologies Inc., The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., iMatix Corporation, IONA Technologies, J.P. Morgan, Novell, Rabbit Technologies Ltd., Red Hat Inc., TWIST Process Innovations Ltd., WSO2 and 29West Inc.

More information about Microsoft’s interoperability efforts can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/interop.

Sony Ericsson expands its sustainability credentials with the launch of its environmental warranty and the GreenHeart™ phone

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Lund, Sweden – September 24, 2008 – Today marked the launch of Sony Ericsson’s environmental warranty, and the concept of Sony Ericsson GreenHeart™ phones, just two initiatives the company is taking to further its commitment to a sustainable future and continually reducing its impact on the environment.

Environmental warranty

The launch of Sony Ericsson’s environmental warranty means that now, when any Sony Ericsson product is taken to a designated collection point, Sony Ericsson will recycle this product in an environmentally sound way. This warranty is valid globally, regardless of where the product was originally purchased, as Sony Ericsson strives to show its support for ‘individual producer responsibility’ (IPR).

Sony Ericsson has long-since participated in and supported the development of common industry systems that relate to the collection and recycling of old mobile phones and accessories. Launching its own collection points and system means that Sony Ericsson will be able to further strengthen its commitment to taking responsibility for the products it sold to consumers.

This new initiative has now been initiated in India, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Singapore USA and Mexico. To date, more than 500 collection points are already in operation. Sony Ericsson intends to complete this rollout by 2009 in all the countries in which it operates. The company’s solely-owned collection points will be primarily made available in those countries where the current industry-standard system of phone recycling have been judged to be too limited.

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Kingston Technology Serves Up High Capacity Memory Options in Support of IT Pros at Microsoft Tech·Ed 08

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Memory Optimization Effective Tool to Improve Business Computing, Future-Proof Systems

Microsoft Tech·Ed, Orlando, FL and Fountain Valley, CA — June 9, 2008 — Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today highlighted the availability of its 8GB server memory DIMMs and 4GB notebook SO-DIMMs at the opening of the IT Professional segment of Microsoft’s Tech·Ed 2008, June 9-13, 2008. Memory serves as a powerful tool to help IT professionals optimize systems in the quest to improve computing efficiency while containing operating costs.

“Building system-specific memory is Kingston’s legacy and by continually striving to release higher capacity upgrade modules such as our 8GB server DIMMs and 4GB SO-DIMMs, we reinforce that commitment,” said Liesl Schwoebel, branded product memory marketing manager, Kingston®. “These higher capacity upgrade offerings are an ideal choice for IT professionals requiring reliable memory to power their IT infrastructures.”

Higher capacity modules enable better system performance and allow for memory headroom to address even greater future demands. The Kingston 8GB server modules, available as 16GB memory kits, are designed specifically for server environments while the 4GB SO-DIMMs provide unparalleled performance for notebooks able to take advantage of 64-bit computing operating systems such as Windows Vista®.

Following its sponsorship of the recent Microsoft Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 “Heroes Happen Here” combined launch, Kingston continues its ongoing commitment to support Microsoft customers, stressing the key role of memory in delivering the many features and benefits of the new server offerings. Kingston’s new 16GB kits will enable customers to further increase memory capacity on their servers using Microsoft’s upcoming Hyper-V virtualization platform, thereby achieving greater server consolidations and virtualizations; and potentially improving return on investment.

Kingston is the server memory of choice for the Fortune 100. In its 20-plus years of design and manufacturing, Kingston has grown its operations to include the production of memory for branded OEM contract manufacturing; the development and patenting of testing processes; helping set JEDEC standards; and working with industry leaders Intel and AMD to realize next-generation technologies.

Backed by a lifetime warranty and free 24/7 technical support, Kingston server memory is also covered with the exclusive KingstonCare program, an additional layer of customer service that provides onsite spares, service reimbursement, cross-ship RMAs and all the tools necessary to minimize server downtime. For more information visit the Kingston Web site at: www.kingston.com.