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RHUB Supplies TurboMeeting Technology to Global Information Leader

Hitachi Ltd. to Deliver Web Conferencing Product including RHUB´s TurboMeeting technology

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- RHUB Communications, Inc., the leader in real-time collaboration appliances, today announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Hitachi, Ltd that enables the global information and communication leader to incorporate RHUB products and technology into NetCS-HD, Hitachi’s high quality, cost–effective personal telepresence offering. With RHUB TurboMeeting, Hitachi, will deliver multi–point, high quality web conferencing to desktops over converged IP networks.

"Hitachi has developed products, RHUB’s including TurboMeeting technology, that offer our customers an exceptional integrated data sharing communication and IP telephony solution," said Toru Ishikawa, manager, Hitachi, Ltd. "We are committed to delivering high quality conferencing solutions for enterprise markets, and with RHUB’s technology, we have built a web conferencing solution which provides the image quality and performance that gives us a leading position in this competitive market."

Hitachi has taken advantage of RHUB’s embedded server conferencing architecture which enables the easy incorporation of web conferences into other applications. RHUB’s extensive set of APIs provides to integrate-- including the user interface -- saving time and engineering effort.

“We have seen dramatically increased interest among unified communications vendors regarding adoption of our technology, and Hitachi´s choice of TurboMeeting is strong validation of its robustness and ease of integration," said Larry Dorie, CEO of R*HUB. "We are extremely pleased and honored that Hitachi has chosen to deploy their web conferencing solution with our technology.”

The Importance of RHUB’s OEM-Oriented technology

RHUB has expended considerable engineering effort to ensure that their lightweight server architecture provides the capacity and performance for the most demanding applications while consuming minimal computing resources. The RHUB APIs give OEM partners full control over the integration. Additional features include a patent pending “Universal Attendance” mode as well as full remote support capabilities.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2009 (ended March 31, 2010) consolidated revenues totaled 8,968 billion yen ($96.4 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com .

About RHUB Communications

RHUB is a premier provider of on-premise web conferencing, remote support and remote access appliances, based on the company’s TurboMeeting software, that meet the needs of any organization. The company’s end users total over 1,000,000 in a variety of market segments including services, manufacturing, and government. RHUB is privately-owned and headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. For more information, visit www.rhubcom.com .

Contacts

RHUB Public Relations
Nicole Conley, 831-464-8060
nconley@rhubcom.com