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PRESS RELEASE 16.1.2002

Silicon Systems to Sell Teamware Office for Linux in the UK

Teamware Group, a Fujitsu subsidiary has signed a partner agreement with
Silicon Systems, a leading supplier of IT solutions to the graphics, print and
publishing industries in the UK. According to the agreement Silicon Systems
will sell Teamware Office for Linux in the UK.

Teamware Office for Linux is an ideal intranet solution for small and medium
size organizations, which need cost-effective and vendor independent support
for common industry standards. It includes facilities for electronic mail,
time
and resource scheduling, discussion groups as well as document storage and
retrieval. The Teamware Office groupware suite has been in the market since
1989 and was ported to Linux platform in spring 2000.

"Being server based and running both in a browser and a client application,
Teamware Office for Linux is capable of processing both Mac and PC documents
in
an flexible way. It suits well the complicated printing house/publishing
environment", says Managing Director Robin Horsley from Silicon Systems.

Silicon Systems focuses on providing highly supported and technically
excellent
IT solutions for the print, graphics and publishing industries in the UK. The
company offers a wide range of hardware designed to manage large numbers of
users dealing with volumes of graphics files that demand the highest levels of
performance and capacity, as well as software for digital asset management - a
software solution for managing and distributing the graphics files across
local
area networks or the Internet.

"Adding Teamware Office for Linux into our offering we will be able to expand
our software provision and provide our customers with a complete groupware
solution", states Robin Horsley.

"We appreciate Silicon Systems' industry and business experience in the
publishing sector. Through the partner agreement we will gain awareness and
new
customers amongst one of our key target segments in the UK", says Sales and
Support Manager Steve Webb from Teamware UK.


Silicon Systems, headquartered in Wokingham, Berkshire, is one of the UKs
leading suppliers of IT solutions to the graphic arts, print and publishing
industries, specializing in implementing and supporting server, storage and
networking solutions. Silicon Systems' clients include The Facilities Group
(Saatchi and Saatchi's production house), the communications group Omnicom and
Christies the auctioneers as well as many advertising agencies, design
companies, publishers, printers and reprographics houses of all sizes. Further
information www.siliconsystems.co.uk.

Teamware Group develops, markets and supplies software and services designed
to
facilitate human networking and create interactive intranet, extranet and
Internet solutions. With nearly 20 years of expertise in product and
technology
development, Teamware today focuses strongly on web communities. Teamware is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, a leading provider of
Internet-focused information technology solutions for the global marketplace.
It operates through Teamware Interactives in Europe and USA as well as its
partner network worldwide.
For more information on Teamware, please visit our home pages at www.teamware.
com.

Press contacts:
Managing Director Robin Horsley, Silicon Systems
Tel: +44 (0)118 377 6050
Email: robinh@siliconsystems.co.uk

Hanne Järvelä, PR & Communications, Teamware Group,
Tel. +358 (0)9 5128 2721,
Email: hanne.jarvela@teamware.com


Hanne Järvelä | Communications Manager
Teamware Group
hanne.jarvela@teamware.com
phone +358 (0)9 5128 2721
mobile +358 (0)50 599 3274

intra / extra / Internet solutions at www.teamware.com