EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY FORUM 2008

Our European Technology Forum this year took as its main theme Environmentally Conscious Solutions for Business Transformation. Hosted in the prestigious surroundings of Merchant Taylors’ Hall in the City of London, the Technology Forum provided the opportunity to showcase some 30 of our technological innovations. These ranged across Fujitsu Laboratories' principal areas of research ? encompassing energy efficiency and green IT, business transformation and security ? and included the first appearance in Europe of:

• Real-time multi-point temperature measurement technology for energy-efficient data centre cooling ? reducing power consumption via real-time management of the air conditioning for a greener approach.
• Fujitsu's latest UHF RFID tags, capable of storing personal identification information. When prompted, this data is passed securely to a receiving station. Deployment examples include monitoring patients in hospital, or keeping children safe through parental tracking.
• A new security system based on multi-view image recognition to improve security in a variety of facilities such as data centres, which works on the principle of capturing attempts to tailgate authorised personnel into secure areas.
• Fujitsu's new High-Definition encoder, designed to enable low cost, stable and high quality video transmission over the Internet, using inexpensive broadband public IP lines from station to station.
• The latest technology to assist with effective speech-based communication, comprising Clear Voice noise detection and Slow Voice for improved comprehensibility via embedded software to slow the caller's voice to a more intelligible speed.
• Fujitsu's complete WiMAX network provisioning system, covering every major aspect of a WiMAX network. Fujitsu was recently awarded the prestigious System Design Award for its BroadOne? WX300 macrocell base station at the 2008 WiMAX World EMEA event.

The 2008 European Technology Forum was opened by Dr Kazuo Murano, President of Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd of Japan, and combined the technology showcase with a high level conference, plus a gala dinner hosted by Richard Christou, Chairman and Chief Executive of Fujitsu EMEA PLC, for an invited audience of around 150 CEO, CTO and CIO-level business guests.

Adel Rouz, of Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Limited, commented:

“This year’s European Technology Forum was our third annual event, and the most successful to date. It represented an invaluable opportunity to demonstrate to our existing and potential customers in Europe, the work of Fujitsu’s Laboratories around the world. The Forum enabled us to highlight how our Laboratories’ innovations are being translated into commercially viable products and services, which bring immensely practical benefit to business practice and resource-saving initiatives.”

CSR Innovation (Sustainability)

Eco Energy Efficiency in High Technology Environments

• Primergy TX120 - Highly Energy Efficient Server plus Primergy Blade Frame Technology
• Reducing Complexity through a New Architecture
• Micro Manager for Data Centre Cooling

Secure Communication

• Content Protection
• HD Video Transmission Technology
• Clear Voice, Slow Voice

Secure Access

• Your PC Anywhere
• High Performance Fingerprint Authentication Technology
• Trusted Infrastructure for Business Risk Evaluation

Secure Access Control

• Anti Tailgating Based on Multi View Image Recognition
• PalmSecure
• Personal Identification Station

Business Transformation

Optimisation of Systems & Business Processes

• Business Process Visualisation
• System Visualisation
• Service Delivery Platform for NGS
• SynfiniWay

Mobile Working

• Colour Electronic Paper
• Active Sensor RFID & UHF RFID
• Body Area Network
• Mobile Point of Care Device

High Performance Computing

• Petascale Computing
• Petascale Simulation of the Human Heart
• Innovative Software Tool for Materials Science

Broadband Access

• Wireless Broadband Access (WiMAX & LTE)
• WIMAX Devices
• WIMAX Network Provisioning Service