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58 -- JAPAN: UNIX SYSTEM-BASED COMPUTER Due 092895. POC: NTT America, Inc., Head Office, 101 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10178, 212/661-0810 also NTT America, Inc., Pacific and Western Division 800 El Camino Real West, Suite 103, Mountain View, CA 94040/6565. This public notice is to request suppliers to provide NTT with general referential information on similar products or tecchnology prior to procurement of the intended product (mentioned below) by NTT. This public notice is also to request that any supplies 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: UNIX system-Based computer. (2) Overview: UNIX System-based computer for server and gateway processor. (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 pssible disclosure or use of the supplied information.) (i) Technical information (a) OS functions and its supply schedule (b) Hardware specificaions (c) Future product plans (d) Technology to control multiple processors supported by OS (e) Relationship between the number of processors that can be loaded and performance (100 TPS or more) (f) Adopted methods for performance evaluation, and the reason for adoption (g) Types and functions of printer interface (h) Methods to achieve printer sharing and plans for such products (i) Types and speeds of connectable circuits (WAN, LAN, etc.). (j) Overview of package software for network and its corresponding protocol (k) List of package software for netqork management, operation, and maintenance and its functions (1) List of package software for DBMS and TP monitor and its functions (m) Methods and functions, which can be provided to improve reliability, including backup function (n) List of operable application packages and their functions (catalog list, etc.) (ii) Market price (iii) Standard delivery date after making orders (iv) Sales and installation records (v) Your company's policy toward technologies to achieve multimedia (vi) Other (Any other active proposals that might be helpful for NTT's 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 reponsibility for outcomes arising from supply of the list. (i) Name of the 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 suppoy as a subcontractor. (5) Deadline for Acceptance of Offers for Supply of Information and Declaration of Intention to Subcontract: 3:00 PM, September 28, 1995 (Mail must arrive no later than this deadline). (6) Number of copies: 4 (in case of Supply of Information only). (7) Language: Japanese or English. (237)

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