Fujitsu Consulting

Fujitsu Consulting Launches Application Value Assessment Solution for Enterprise Clients

Offering includes module for migrating to an environment based on Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 and .NET framework

Edison, NJ, October 8, 2003 — Fujitsu Consulting, the global consulting and services arm of $38-billion Fujitsu Limited, today launched Application Value Assessment (AVA), that enables enterprises to optimize their investments in total software application spending in order to reduce costs, manage risk and maximize the business value of their application portfolios.  

The announcement was made today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2003, held at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Fujitsu Consulting is a gold-level sponsor of the conference and as a Microsoft global enterprise partner, works with Microsoft to help Global 2000 organizations succeed by leveraging enterprise web-based computing solutions.

AVA, which Fujitsu Consulting believes to be the most comprehensive solution of its kind on the market, leverages portfolio management best practices and innovative portfolio management software to enable organizations to define investment and management strategies that reflect the performance objectives of their application portfolios.

The solution includes pre-configured templates, ProSight's Portfolios software, and Fujitsu Consulting's industry-leading Macroscope® methodology. Enterprise clients including large telecommunications companies and office products manufacturers are leveraging Fujitsu Consulting's portfolio management solutions, and government agencies are implementing the company's recently announced Playbook for OMB Business Cases.

"Despite aggressive cost cutting including the use of variable cost components in budgets, executives continue to struggle with expense reduction, "said Douglas Lynn, vice president and research analyst, META Group. "Leading organizations realize the next step is to simply reduce demand for IT services, which, in turn, will reduce supply requirements, and thus cost.  

For the IT organization, that will require a structured, end-user driven, business value rationalization of all, particularly high cost, dubious value applications and services and their underlying infrastructure components."

"One of the key features of AVA is that it offers a portfolio management approach to evaluating and optimizing an enterprise's total operational IT spend," said Nancy Crump, global marketing manager, enterprise value management, Fujitsu Consulting.

"AVA also goes beyond cost benefits to provide a value-based portfolio analysis, a clear indication where action should be taken within the current application portfolio, and an ability to link action to business strategy."

Crump adds that an AVA module is available that provides a business case and migration roadmap to those enterprises that have decided to migrate applications to a new environment.

The AVA for Legacy Migration module strategically builds on the company's introduction earlier this year of its Legacy Migration Suite, designed to help enterprises liberate scarce resources tied up in legacy applications and accelerate the migration to an environment based on Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 and .NET Framework.

Focusing its Legacy Migration Suite on the versatile Microsoft platform, Crump notes, underscores the joint commitment of Fujitsu Consulting and Microsoft to provide enterprise clients with the highest level of scalable, innovative solutions to enhance business performance in a tightly integrated approach delivered in an accelerated timeframe.

"By combining its strengths in portfolio management and technology strategy with the benefits of the Windows Server Platform, Fujitsu Consulting is helping enterprises rapidly capitalize on their IT investments to support business objectives and ultimately achieve great value," said Nick Parker, director of global technology partners at Microsoft.

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About Fujitsu Consulting

A trusted provider of management and technology consulting to business and government, Fujitsu Consulting is the global consulting and services arm of the $38-bn Fujitsu group.  Fujitsu Consulting integrates the core expertise of the Fujitsu companies and its partners to deliver complete business solutions in the areas of Enterprise Value Management, Enterprise Mobility, Legacy Migration and Managed Services.  Through its industry-recognized strategic approach, Macroscope®, Fujitsu Consulting enables clients to build more value into their IT investments and drive their leadership in the marketplace.

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