Fujitsu Computer Products of America
Fujitsu Awarded Product Innovation Of The Year By Frost & Sullivan
Palm Vein Authentication Device Recognized for Innovative Features and Unique Design
Sunnyvale, CA, May 2, 2007 — Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of innovative computer products including hard disk drives, peripherals and biometric security solutions, today announced that the company has been honored with the Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation of the Year Award for its revolutionary approach in biometric technology. The Fujitsu palm vein authentication device, PalmSecure™, was recognized for its high level of security and consistency, ease-of-use, and strong level of user acceptance due to its contactless, non-invasive authentication process.
To recognize the recipient of the Product Innovation of the Year Award, Frost & Sullivan evaluated products on the basis of the products’ competitive advantages and significance in their respective industries, innovation in terms of unique or revolutionary technology, and product acceptance and penetration in the marketplace. Fujitsu was selected for demonstrating technical superiority within the biometric category, with its vein recognition biometric products using a unique non-contact user interaction technique.
“Frost & Sullivan is proud to bestow the Best Practice Awards to Fujitsu for its research and development in the biometric field,” said Imran Kahn, Frost & Sullivan. “With its revolutionary technology, competitive advantage, and mass product acceptance, Fujitsu’s PalmSecure is well positioned to penetrate the financial, health care, and government access control market.”
“Fujitsu is honored to receive this prestigious award recognition among a number of innovative technologies,” said Joel Hagberg, vice president, marketing and business development, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. “We’re experiencing growth in the marketplace adoption of the PalmSecure device in the United States, and the Frost & Sullivan Award further validates Fujitsu in serving the industry’s complex business needs.”
About Best Practices
Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices in the industry.
About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has been partnering with clients to support the development of innovative strategies for more than 40 years. The company's industry expertise integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services, and corporate management training to identify and develop opportunities. Frost & Sullivan serves an extensive clientele that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, and the investment community by providing comprehensive industry coverage that reflects a unique global perspective, and combines ongoing analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics, and demographics. For more information, visit www.awards.frost.com.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products, 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 5.1 trillion yen (US$43.2 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. See www.fujitsu.com for further information.
About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. conducts engineering and marketing activities in Sunnyvale, CA and sales operations
throughout the United States. Fujitsu Computer Products of America currently offers products and services including hard disk
drives, scanners and scanner maintenance, Magneto-Optical drives, palm vein recognition technology, 10Gb Ethernet switches
and degaussers. Fujitsu Computer Products of America is located at 1255 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA, 94085. For more
information about Fujitsu products and services, call us at 800-626-4686 or 408-746-7000.
For more information, please see: http://us.fujitsu.com/fcpa
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registered trademarks and The Possibilities are Infinite and PalmSecure are trademarks of Fujitsu Ltd. All other trademarks
are the property of their respective owners. Statements herein are based on normal operating conditions and are not intended
to create any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Fujitsu Computer Products of America,
Inc. reserves the right to modify at any time without notice these statements, our services, products, and their warranty
and performance specifications.
