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Gateway Awarded Contract to Supply Services, Support and Hitachi Data Systems Storage Solutions to Lower Colorado River Authority IRVINE, Calif. and DALLAS, June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gateway, the nation's third-largest PC company, and Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, the leading provider of Application Optimized Storage(TM) solutions and a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT), today announced a $2.4 million contract with the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) in Austin, Texas. Gateway will provide installation and project management services, as well as Hitachi's revolutionary TagmaStore(R) Universal Storage Platform (USP), Universal Volume Manager and True Copy(TM) Heterogeneous Remote Replication software to LCRA. The LCRA, a conservation and reclamation district in Central Texas, will be utilizing the products for storage and disaster recovery. "By partnering with Hitachi, we are able to provide the Lower Colorado River Authority, as well as our other customers, a wide range of highly reliable storage solutions that are customized to meet their specific needs for back-up, storage and recovery," said Vin Riera, vice president of public sector, Gateway. "This contract represents one of Gateway's largest deals for Hitachi storage solutions to date. We're delighted that we can help our customers keep their data secure with the availability of these proven enterprise-class storage systems." "Partnering with companies such as Gateway allows us to extend the reach of our storage products to small and mid-sized businesses, such as Lower Colorado River Authority," said Karen Sigman, vice president, Global Channels, Hitachi Data Systems. "We are excited to collaborate with Gateway to provide LCRA with superior storage products, support and service to help them best address their increasing business continuity requirements." About Lower Colorado River Authority LCRA is a conservation and reclamation district in Austin, Texas. For more information on LCRA, visit http://www.lcra.org/. About Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi Data Systems leverages global R&D resources to develop storage solutions built on industry-leading technology with the performance, availability and scalability to maximize customers' ROI and minimize their risk. By focusing on the customer's perspective as we apply the best hardware, software, and services from Hitachi and our partners, we uniquely satisfy our customers' business needs. With approximately 2,900 employees, Hitachi Data Systems conducts business through direct and indirect channels in the public, government and private sectors in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include more than 50 percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more information, please visit our Web site at http://www.hds.com/. About Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE:HIT)(TSE:6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 356,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2005 (ended March 31, 2006) consolidated sales totaled 9,464 billion yen ($80.9 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com/. Gateway Professional From value-priced servers to ultra-reliable desktops to comprehensive services, Gateway has served organizations for 20 years. Gateway makes technology purchase, use and support simple through the programs developed for education, government, business customers as well as the ProNet Partner Program bringing channel-friendly benefits to help solution providers strengthen and grow their businesses. Gateway customers include many of the world's leading organizations, such as the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, the University of Arizona, state of California, state of New York and others. For more information on Gateway Professional solutions, visit http://www.gateway.com/business. About Gateway Since its founding in 1985, Irvine, Calif.-based Gateway (NYSE:GTW) has been a technology pioneer, offering award-winning PCs, servers and related products to consumers, businesses, government agencies and schools. Gateway is the third largest PC company in the U.S. and among the top ten worldwide. The company's value-based eMachines brand is sold exclusively by leading retailers worldwide, while the premium Gateway line is available at major retailers, over the web and phone, and through its direct and indirect sales force. See http://www.gateway.com/ for more information. DATASOURCE: Gateway, Inc. CONTACT: Erin Davern of Gateway, Inc., +1-949-471-7785, ; or Mary Ann Gallo of Hitachi Data Systems, +1-408-970-4836, Web site: http://www.hitachi.com/ Web site: http://www.gateway.com/business Web site: http://www.hds.com/ Web site: http://www.lcra.org/ Web site: http://www.gateway.com/

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