Press Releases

January

• Fujitsu is Implementing a Hybrid IT Model for Borregaard Oslo, EMEIA, 30, January, 2019 - Fujitsu is leveraging its global systems integrator partnership with Microsoft to implement a new cutting-edge IT system for the leading Norwegian biorefinery Borregaard.

• Fujitsu Recognized as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Workplace Services, Europe Munich, EMEIA, 23, January, 2019 - Leading analyst firm Gartner has recognized Fujitsu as a Leader in its latest Magic Quadrant for Managed Workplace Services, Europe for the third consecutive time. Fujitsu was also positioned highest overall among vendors for its ability to execute.

• Fujitsu Drives Data Center Transformation with Hyper-Converged Infrastructure for SAP HANA® Munich, EMEIA, 18, January, 2019 - Fujitsu today announces new options for enabling businesses to run mission-critical SAP HANA® workloads on a hyper-converged infrastructure. These options will allow businesses to manage and scale advanced, fully-virtualized SAP solution environments

• Fujitsu Reduces Investment Risk for Service Providers with uSCALE Smart Financing Options Munich, EMEIA, 17, January, 2019 - With IT-as-a-service becoming more and more popular, Fujitsu today introduces the financial solution uSCALE, providing service providers with cloud-like sourcing options to increase their agility in responding to quickly changing customer needs, while reducing their own investment risk.

• Fujitsu Introduces ETERNUS LT140: The Last Line Defense Against Ransomware Munich, EMEIA, 16, January, 2019 - Fujitsu today introduces a new tape system that provides the last line of defense for organizations facing ransomware and other malware attacks. The Fujitsu Storage ETERNUS LT140 simplifies the process of running and managing the backup and archive of corporate data for entire organizations. In case ransomware strikes, securely held offline backups can be used to restore data to a point in time before the attack – providing failsafe recovery.

• Fujitsu RunMyProcess and Okin BPS Create Accelerated Digital Transformation for IBM Notes Sunnyvale, CA., EMEIA, 15, January, 2019 - Fujitsu RunMyProcess today announces a new partnership with Okin BPS to migrate and modernize IBM Notes applications for customers worldwide. RunMyProcess, Fujitsu’s high-productivity cloud platform, has teamed up with leading global professional services provider Okin BPS (Business Process Services) to provide accelerated digital transformation for enterprises still using IBM Notes – the collaboration suite formerly known as Lotus Notes.

• Fujitsu Transforms the Customer Journey and Increases In-store Efficiency with Artificial Intelligence New York / Munich, EMEIA, 13, January, 2019 - This year’s NRF in New York sees Fujitsu showcasing new solutions that leverage emerging technologies such as AI to help retailers solve some of their most pressing challenges. Ready-to-deploy technologies from Fujitsu fully support the customer journey and are suitable for the full spectrum of retailers, from grocers to fashion stores. The solutions are designed to empower retailers to improve shoppers’ in-store experience and help drive down operational costs, for example through reducing losses from self-checkouts.

• Fujitsu Leverages AI to Cut Retail Self-Checkout Fraud Munich, EMEIA, 11, January, 2019 - Fujitsu today announces a new solution that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to cut fraud at supermarket self-checkouts – where losses are usually around double that of manned registers. Fujitsu has teamed up with a leading European hypermarket retailer to co-create and test the technology, which represents a significant step towards frictionless, cashierless stores.

• Enterprises Expect DevOps to be Mainstream Within Five Years, Finds Fujitsu Survey Munich, EMEIA, 10, January, 2019 - Enterprises are expecting rapid advances in the uptake of DevOps at scale over the next five years, according to new survey findings¹ by Fujitsu. With its focus on unifying software development and software operation, the majority of organizations with more than 500 employees surveyed see DevOps as a valuable approach to cope with continuous change, enabling greater agility and decreasing cost.

• ‘Werknemers positief tegenover AI als middel om het evenwicht tussen werk en privéleven te verbeteren’, zo blijkt uit een onderzoek van Fujitsu Brussel, EMEIA, 09, January, 2019 - Werknemers vinden dat hun productiviteit afneemt ondanks de langere werktijden, en zijn nu klaar en bereid om een beroep te doen op Artificial Intelligence (AI) om dit probleem te verhelpen, zo blijkt uit een nieuwe studie van Fujitsu. Ondertussen hebben ze het gevoel dat de IT-afdelingen van ondernemingen hen onvoldoende ondersteunen: de beveiliging is ontoereikend, er treden servicestoringen op en het is niet altijd makkelijk om toegang te krijgen tot de informatie die ze nodig hebben.

• Une étude de Fujitsu révèle que les employés sont prêts à s’en remettre à l’IA pour améliorer l’équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée Bruxelles, EMEIA, 09, January, 2019 - D’après une nouvelle étude menée par Fujitsu, les travailleurs ont l’impression de voir leur productivité baisser alors qu’ils passent plus de temps au travail, et se disent prêts à s’en remettre à l’intelligence artificielle pour résoudre ce problème. Parallèlement, ils estiment que les outils informatiques ne leur apportent plus le soutien adéquat, en raison de failles de sécurité, de non-disponibilité des services et de problèmes d’accès aux informations dont ils ont besoin pour effectuer leur travail efficacement.

• Fujitsu Helps Finnish City Lahti Area to Implement New National Social and Healthcare Model Lahti, EMEIA, 03, January, 2019 - Fujitsu today announces that Lahti, the eighth largest city in Finland, has outsourced key areas of its information and communication technologies (ICT) to Fujitsu, involving the transfer of 90 Provincia employees. The initial agreement is valued at EUR 24 million and focuses on reducing costs and improving services for citizens. It also means that Päijät-Häme is among the first of the 18 Finnish provinces to be fully aligned with the proposed nationwide social and healthcare services reform in Finland.