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NEW YORK, NY -- Global Network Solutions, A Division of ITOCHU Technology Inc. (GNS), today announced a partnership with GigaSpaces Technologies, the first commercial implementation of Sun Microsystems' JavaSpaces(TM) technology. The partnership enables GNS and GigaSpaces to deliver an integrated solution to help global businesses share and exchange information between multiple applications, platforms and sites seamlessly and without compromise on performance. GigaSpaces Platform is a Synchronization and Coordination software infrastructure, designed for information collaboration of Enterprise Distributed Applications and Services. It is designed to meet the needs of large scale enterprise applications that need to synchronize, share and exchange information as well as activities, between its distributed components in a loosely coupled, efficient and simple manner. The many benefits include caching, clustering (including replication, fail-over, and load balancing) for application scalability, 24x7 availability, parallel distributed processing, automatic synchronization of services, security, and support of industry standards. This unique combination of both messaging and database capabilities provided by the platform makes it ideal for solving common collaboration, and distributed computation tasks, and easing the development of these applications. The platform is already being used in many industries such as financial, mobile communication, defense, healthcare and enterprise portals. "GNS offers a strategic platform for extending our marketing capabilities, to reach new Global 2000 customers and to provide them with the combination of our product and GNS' highly regarded reputation in consulting and system integration," said Rami Rinot, COO of GigaSpaces. "GNS has a long and successful partnership with Sun Microsystems, and it is exciting to see them distributing our implementation of Sun's JavaSpaces(TM) technology to customers. JavaSpaces(TM) is a technology that shares both messaging and database capabilities, which provides a perfect mechanism for virtualization of databases, applications and other networked resources. In my view most of GNS' customers would benefit by using our platform." GNS provides systems integration, consulting, professional services, and technology-based business solutions to customers worldwide. Through its association with ITOCHU, GNS can access a vast network of complimentary technology partners and resources. By seeking out the most advanced products and applications, GNS provides a wide variety of IT solutions for its customers in the areas of finance, education and healthcare. These include solutions from providers like GigaSpaces, integrated into a total solution that best meets the unique challenges faced by each individual client. GNS brings added value through its global presence, expert services and in-depth IT knowledge and experience. John Takita at GNS/ITOCHU said, "The need for a platform which allows independent communication of services, applications and clients is the key not only to building, but also managing large scale distributed networks. GigaSpaces has used proven Sun Microsystems(TM) technology and their own research, to create a solution that is extremely valuable to our customers in terms of streamlining information access and management, and reducing development work."