Item    5562791                 94/03/04        09:17
From:   DARREN_SMITH@NEXT.COM@INET#     Internet Gateway
Subject: CCSI To Build Computers for NEXTSTEP Platform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Karen Logsdon
NeXT Computer, Inc.
415-780-3786

or

Lisa McLean
Canon Computer Systems, Inc.
310-821-9916


CANON COMPUTER SYSTEMS INC. TO BUILD COMPUTERS

FOR NEXTSTEP PLATFORM

COSTA MESA, Calif.-March 4, 1994-Canon Computer System, Inc.
(CCSI) and NeXT Computer, Inc. announced that CCSI's Advanced
Technologies Operation will build NEXTSTEP optimized personal
workstations.  As part of the arrangement, NeXT has granted CCSI
the use of the NeXTstation trademark and will be working with CCSI
as a strategic original equipment manufacturer (OEM).

CCSI's Advanced Technologies Operation will integrate new
Canon-developed technologies for personal workstations at the
company's 190,000 square-foot distribution, assembly and testing
facility in Memphis, Tenn.

CCSI will build personal workstations specifically designed and
optimized for supporting NEXTSTEP.  The company hopes to ship its
first 486-based Canon NeXTstation in the second quarter of this
year.  CCSI also plans to build a Pentium-based machine, but at
this time, has no plans to produce a PowerPC-based machine
optimized for NEXTSTEP in 1994.

"The relationship between the two companies signals an initiative
to satisfy the client/server computing mandate for compatibility
and cost-efficiencies in personal workstations," said Al Thomason,
executive director of the Advanced Technologies Operation for
CCSI.

CCSI's Advanced Technologies Operation business unit has already
begun to initiate direct sales efforts with Fortune 1000 customer
sites together with NeXT's direct sales force and Object Channel
members.

"We welcome CCSI's dedication and focus on the NEXTSTEP platform,"
said Paul Vais, director of Strategic Alliances at NeXT.  "And we
are confident that CCSI will build powerful systems tailored to
the NeXT marketplace."

"When the information delivered to the desktop becomes a strategic
asset for how a business serves its customers, it is important to
have the right hardware to support those needs," said Brett
Gutzka, Director of Sales and Strategic Relationships for CCSI's
Advanced Technologies Operation.  "Canon's design objective is to
develop personal workstations to meet customers needs for
NEXTSTEP's object-orientated software."


About Canon Computer Systems, Inc. (CCSI)

Founded in 1992, CCSI is the entrepreneurial management
organization chartered to lead Canon's efforts in the U.S.
computing market.  CCSI's innovative computing and information
technology products are differentiated by Canon-developed and
applied market-strategic technologies.  The company serves the
enterprise and work group computing markets for Fortune 500
customers and the personal computing mass market for Small
Office/Home Office (SOHO) customers.  The company's SOHO products
are available through distributors and 4,800 retail computer store
outlets nationwide.  CCSI's Advanced Technologies Operation (ATO)
is located in Hillsboro, Oregon.  Phone:  503-643-0700.  CCSI is
headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif.


About NeXT Computer, Inc.

NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP
object-oriented software for industry-standard computer
architectures.  Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy
custom client/server applications, using both custom and
shrink-wrapped software.  Headquartered in Redwood City,
California, with offices throughout the world, NeXT serves
customers requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity
environments.

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NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT
Computer, Inc.  NeXTstation is a trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc.
All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.




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