Fujitsu Consulting (Canada) Inc.

Fujitsu Consulting Salutes Canada’s National Defence Department Victory at Prestigious IT Awards Gala

Montreal, QC, November 14, 2004 — As part of the 12th annual Canadian Information Productivity Awards (CIPA) gala held in Toronto last week, the Army Lessons Learned Knowledge Warehouse (LLKW) project developed by Fujitsu Consulting in collaboration with DRDC Valcartier, came away with the evening's highest distinction: the Diamond Award of Excellence. CIPA, which recognizes those Canadian organizations that have implemented innovative IT projects of particular excellence, is the largest awards gala of its kind in Canada.

"The greatest challenge related to this project was for us to think like designers," explains Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Voss at ALLC. "It wasn't a matter of simply computerizing our pens. We needed to change our entire approach to how we acquire, analyze, disseminate and manage knowledge."

During the evening, the LLKW project took Silver and Gold in the category Efficiency and Operational Improvements, before capping the night's events with the Award of Excellence. Fittingly, Canadian Forces' Lieutenant-Colonel Jacques Hamel was also named CIO of the year.

CIPA was not the LLKW project's first award however. In April 2004, it won an Octas in the category E-learning and Knowledge Management. LLKW is an innovative, broad-based Web application that allows the Canadian military personnel to access knowledge in real-time, to share observations gathered during peacekeeping missions, to react more quickly on the basis of that information and to benefit from on-line training. The system encourages the Army to act in a pro-active manner when faced with problematic situations.

---

About Fujitsu Consulting

A trusted provider of management and technology consulting to business and government, Fujitsu Consulting is the consulting and services arm of the $45-billion Fujitsu group.  Fujitsu Consulting integrates the core expertise of the Fujitsu companies and its partners to deliver complete business solutions in the areas of Information Management, Managed Services and Legacy Modernization.  Through its full range of consulting, implementation and IT management services and 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

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$45 billion) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004.
For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com

---

Press Contacts