Fujitsu Launches Network Services for Cloud Computing Era

Tokyo, April 20, 2009

Fujitsu Limited today announced the launch in Japan of FENICS II⁽¹⁾ Universal Connect, a set of new network services for the cloud computing⁽²⁾ era which can authenticate remote network users and create secure, reliable connections between them and internal corporate systems over a variety of terminals and access channels.

The new services enable remote users to connect to internal corporate networks effortlessly with mobile terminals, regardless of where they are or what type of mobile device they have, and utilize internal computing systems as if they were at their own desk.

With these services, corporate IT departments can use existing network assets to create remote computing environments at a far lower cost than building their own dedicated remote access networks.

Furthermore, the new services enhance internal controls by allowing customer to visualize the network ID, its associated user and access privileges.

With these benefits, customers will be able to transform work styles within their companies by extending their corporate networking environments from the office to remote work sites, the home, locations outside Japan and anywhere else employees carry out their work while connected to their networks.

Recently, the development of broadband networks and availability of new mobile terminals and wireless access services have spread the benefits of IT to a wider segment of society and encouraged the diversification of work styles. At the same time, the need to control IT administrative costs, maintain security, and improve energy efficiency has driven the consolidation of servers and storage into datacenters, giving rise to the emerging cloud computing model in which users access business systems and applications from wherever they are over networks using a variety of terminals.

To respond to these trends, Fujitsu launched the FENICS II network service in 2007 as a way to connect people to their business safely and reliably.

Leveraging the successful deployment of FENICS II services, Fujitsu is now offering FENICS II Universal Connect to enhance user authentication, visualize access audit trails, provide flexibility to support various terminal types, and improve compatibility with the cloud computing environment.

Services Offered through FENICS II Universal Connect

1. Universal Connect Basic Service
   The Basic Service enables customers to visualize the association between IDs used to access a network, their users and access privileges. The service is based on the ID nomenclature used by the clients themselves, for example the employee number, and allows the customer to easily set privileges and access channels based on work duties, for example different privileges for sales, development and maintenance staff, and by employee type, for example different privileges for management, non-management, and temporary staff. The service customer can also directly manage the addition and deletion of IDs and make changes to user privileges.
2. Remote Access Service
   This service provides remote access to internal corporate networks from PCs, mobile phones, smart phones and other terminals using existing broadband landlines and wireless networks. This enables service customers to create a remote access environment for their employees quickly, easily, and at a far lower cost than building their own environment. This service offers two levels of authentication: a standard ID/password authentication, and a high-security authentication that verifies both the user and the terminal configuration (terminal serial number, software configuration, virus check software status, etc.).
3. Mobile Contents Conversion Service
   This service provides an automatic conversion of Web contents to match the mobile terminal browser configuration, allowing mobile phone users with the remote access service to view business application contents originally intended for PC browsers. Customers no longer have to remake business application contents to meet the display requirements of mobile terminals. Fujitsu also provides related consulting services to help accelerate its customers' deployment of mobile terminals.
   This service will be demonstrated May 14-15 at Fujitsu Forum 2009 held at Tokyo International Forum in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

Customer Endorsement

Kengo Sakurada, Director & Managing Executive Officer, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. will deploy the Remote Access Service and Mobile Contents Conversion Service.
"The growth of the Internet and mobile device usage has provided us with an opportunity to rethink how we engage with customers and how we define employee work styles. With a high level of data security and high contents visibility on mobile devices, these new services from Fujitsu respond to corporate needs.
"At Sompo Japan Insurance, our employees need to access our internal systems from remote locations in order to provide prompt support to customers. That's why we're adopting these services this year to provide mobile access to our employees on the frontlines. Down the road, we'll study ways to expand our usage of the services, and as the communications environment evolves to support multiple types of devices, we'll aim to transform our entire business."

[Future Plans]

Fujitsu plans to make FENICS II Universal Connect services compatible with various new high-speed wireless services being rolled out in Japan, including Mobile WiMAX⁽³⁾ services due out this summer and next-generation PHS services. In addition, with regard to Fujitsu's Unified Communications⁽⁴⁾, video distribution, and SaaS applications, Fujitsu plans to improve interoperability to ensure these services can be used in combination with FENICS II Universal Connect.

Moreover, further advances are expected in the areas of machine-to-machine communications⁽⁵⁾ and sensor networks, thanks to the expansion of equipment embedded with wireless modules and the networking of equipment using sensors and other technologies. This broadening of the application of information and communications technologies will contribute to richer lives for individuals, a more sustainable society, and the provision of optimal services in various workplaces.

Sales Target

200 billion yen for all network services over two years.