Softbank Uway Selects Linux and the IBM eServer z990 Mainframe

Softbank Uway Selects Linux and the IBM eServer z990 Mainframe for Online
University Admissions Processing

     -- Korea's e-document leader replaces 45 HP and Sun servers --


July  8,  2003  --  Korea's  Softbank  Uway, a leader in online university
applications,  announced that it selected Linux running on the IBM eServer
z990  mainframe  for  its  online  university  admissions service, replacing
45 database and Web servers from HP and Sun.

When  completed, the new Softbank Uway system will improve performance and
availability for the company's university admission service. Softbank Uway
provides  a  variety  of  university  applications,  graduate  school
applications, IT certification and other employment applications online.

By  integrating  dozens of physically dispersed database and Web servers to
one  z990  mainframe, the company  expects  to  dramatically simplify its
systems  management  and reduce  software costs. Softbank Uway expects the
system  to  be  fully operational in August when universities receive
applications for admission.

Softbank Uway plans to move to Linux running in partition on the z990 with
IBM's z/VM  virtualization technology, which allows the creation of dozens
of virtual servers on a single mainframe. Softbank Uway also selected the
IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Model 800 (code-name Shark) and
IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive 3590 for data storage consolidation
and back-up.

"Online  application  submission  is  recording  exponential  growth," said
Young-san Lyu, CEO of Softbank Uway. "With the latest IBM eServer z990, we
can  eliminate  the  potential risk of complications arising with multiple
servers when lines are congested at closing time."

"We   believe   that  Softbank  Uway's  decision  demonstrates  that  small
businesses   and  Web-based  companies  are  increasingly  recognizing  the
advantages  of  Linux  on the IBM mainframe," said Seung-ha Yang, Executive
Director of IBM Korea zSeries operations. "Softbank Uway is IBM's first
customer reference  in  the  Asia  Pacific  region for the z990, which was
launched earlier this year."

When  installation of the IBM zSeries z990 mainframe is completed, Softbank
Uway  will gain greater flexibility and agility in its workload management.
If the resources of one  of  its logically partitioned database servers
becomes  overloaded, the system will  automatically  utilize the resting
resources of another virtual server to accommodate the workload.

About Softbank Uway Co.Ltd

Softbank Uway began operations in 1999 with an online university admission
service  and  has  since expanded to offer graduate school applications, IT
certification  forms  and other employment applications. The company
provides customized  services  to students during the university admission
process, as  well as other certificates and employment applications.  For
more information, please visit www.uway.com.

About IBM

IBM is the world's  number one server company and information technology
provider, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate.

For more information, visit http://www.ibm.com/servers


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