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January 2006

31 January 2006  US
Fujitsu Computer Products of America VP to Present at 2nd Annual Kaufman Brothers West Coast Investor Conference

Sunnyvale, CA, January 31, 2006 – 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 Mike Chenery, vice president, advanced product engineering, will address the Kaufman Brothers 2nd Annual West Coast Investor Conference to be held Feb. 7, 2006 in San Francisco.

30 January 2006  US
Fujitsu Introduces U-Scan MAX Single Self-checkout System

San Diego, CA, January 30, 2006 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. today announced the U-Scan MAX Single, a new-generation belted self-checkout system designed for large orders, as well as express. It gives users yet another check-out option as increasing numbers of consumers accept the presence and impact of technology on the shopping experience.

30 January 2006  US
Fujitsu Launches Self-Checkout Best Practices Team

San Diego, CA, January 30, 2006 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. has introduced its Self-Checkout Best Practices Team, whose rich self-service knowledge will help retailers optimize their self-checkout operations and increase their return-on-investment (ROI).

30 January 2006  US
Fujitsu Unveils Pervasive Retailing™ Self-Checkout Features

San Diego, CA, January 30, 2006 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. today unveiled significant additions to its Pervasive Retailing Solutions – the grocery industry's first two-handed scanning software for belted self-checkout systems and a virtual point-of-sale (VPOS) feature that enhances integration to POS applications.

30 January 2006  US
Kroger Confirms Commitment to Fujitsu U-Scan Self-Checkout

San Diego, CA, January 30, 2006 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. announced it has been chosen as sole strategic partner for self-checkout systems by The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR).

25 January 2006  US
Fujitsu Sees Accelerated Global Demand For Interstage Suite

Sunnyvale, CA, January 25, 2006 – Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced accelerated demand for its Interstage® Suite, one of the world's broadest lines of application infrastructure software products. Fujitsu's sales for the Interstage Suite grew exponentially in 2005 with the North American and European market recording a 140 percent increase in sales during this period, as customers and partners made Interstage Suite products their solution of choice to design, develop and manage their applications. Contributing to the growing demand were new versions of Fujitsu's proven Interstage products featuring enhanced Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) functionality.

19 January 2006  US
Glovia Expands Electronic Kanban Functionality

El Segundo, CA, January 19, 2006 – Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu and a leading provider of extended ERP solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, announced today additional Electronic Kanban (eKanban) functionality. The product enhancements enable manufacturers to have greater control and flexibility over managing inventory levels as well as the ability to establish triggers to automatically replenish inventory when predefined minimums for each inventory level have been reached.

18 January 2006  Japan
Fujitsu to Release World's First XFP-type 10 Gbps DWDM Optical Transceiver

Tokyo, January 18, 2006 – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the joint development of the world's first commercial 10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable (XFP)-type optical transceiver for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM). The transceiver will make it possible to develop and manufacture smaller, less expensive, high-speed DWDM optical transmission equipment. The transceiver will be available March 31, 2006.

17 January 2006  US
Fujitsu Drives Canadian Tire Rollout to Completion

New York, January 17, 2006 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc., Canadian Tire Retail and the Canadian Tire Dealers' Association have completed a 459-store, chain-wide retail technology rollout that included Fujitsu's TeamPoS 2000 M point-of-sale (POS) hardware, PRIMERGY TX150 back-office servers and a host of managed services.

16 January 2006  US
Fujitsu and Reflexis Systems, Inc. Form a Sales and Marketing Partnership

New York, January 16, 2006 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. and Reflexis Systems Inc., the leader in workforce management software, have formed a partnership under which Fujitsu will resell Reflexis solutions and integrate the company's enterprise applications with its own software, services and hardware offerings.

16 January 2006  US
Fujitsu and ThingMagic Form Alliance for RFID Technology

New York, January 16, 2006 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. and ThingMagic, Inc., a leading developer of radio frequency identification (RFID) sensing and embedded computing technologies, today announced a reseller and support agreement for RFID technology. The Fujitsu and ThingMagic contract outlines Fujitsu's agreement to resell, deploy and support ThingMagic's Mercury4 RFID readers.

16 January 2006  US
Fujitsu and Vertical Form POS IP Telephony Partnership

New York, January 16, 2006 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. and Vertical Communications, Inc. (Vertical) (AFST:OB) have formed a partnership to develop and market a point-of-sale (POS) IP telephony solution on Fujitsu's TeamPoS family of terminals. It is the retail industry's first integrated "soft" telephony solution on a POS terminal.

16 January 2006  US
Fujitsu Extends TeamPoS Family With New Point-of-Service Systems

New York, January 16, 2006 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. has introduced the TeamPoS 3000 line of point-of-service (POS) terminals and kiosks. The new system extends the benefits of its predecessors (TeamPoS 2000 series) with enhancements that simplify retailers' point-of-service operations, increase store performance and decrease maintenance time and costs.

16 January 2006  US
Fujitsu To Discuss Carrier WiMAX Migration and Optical Solutions at WCA International Symposium & Business Expo

Richardson, TX, January 16, 2006 – Fujitsu is a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, and offers flexible WiMAX System on Chip (SoC) and reference designs for WiMAX-certifiable systems. As a gold sponsor of the 12th annual Wireless Communications Association (WCA) International Symposium and Business Expo being held January 17-20, 2006 in San Jose, Fujitsu will present the benefits of migrating to WiMAX, as well as showcase optical solutions and comprehensive network services in booth #114. For more information about the WCA or their International Symposium and Business Expo, please visit http://www.wcai.com.

16 January 2006  US
Fujitsu Unveils Pervasive Retailing Framework at NRF 2006

New York, January 16, 2006 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. today announced its Pervasive RetailingTM Framework that enables companies to minimize the time, cost and risk of creating real-time interoperability between disparate applications and devices that support a multitude of retailing interactions.

16 January 2006  US
Ultra-Portable Fujitsu LifeBook P1500 Convertible Notebook Wins 2006 PC World Innovations Award

Sunnyvale, CA, January 16, 2006 – Fujitsu Computer Systems today announced that the ultra-portable 2.2-pound Fujitsu LifeBook® P1500 convertible notebook, the first touch screen notebook to offer the Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 operating system, was honored with a 2006 PC World Innovations Award.

13 January 2006  Japan
Fujitsu To Expand its Hard Disk Drive Business

Tokyo, January 13, 2006 – Fujitsu Limited today announced strategic measures to expand its hard disk drive (HDD) business. Fujitsu will be expanding its line of 2.5-inch models and also entering the 1.8-inch small form factor HDD market. The company has been focusing on 2.5-inch HDDs for mobile PCs and 3.5-inch models for enterprise server and network storage systems, and due to the high quality and technological advancement of its products, held second-largest market share worldwide in both sectors in 2005(*1). Fujitsu will be focusing its resources in markets where significant growth is expected, aiming to double unit sales and secure its position as the world's third-largest overall supplier of HDDs in fiscal 2008.

12 January 2006  US
Air Broadband Communications to Use the Fujitsu WiMAX SoC for Its New WiMAX Access Control Routers and Base Stations

Sunnyvale, CA, January 12, 2006 – Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) and Air Broadband Communications, Inc., an innovative supplier of wireless switches and management systems for Wi-Fi and WiMAX networks, today announced that Air Broadband has selected the Fujitsu WiMAX System-on-Chip (SoC) for its new wireless IP switch-router implementations for WiMAX Access Control Routers (ACR) and base stations.

12 January 2006  US
Fujitsu to Demonstrate its Newest WiMAX System at WCA's 12th Annual International Symposium, January 17-19, Booth 110

Sunnyvale, CA, January 12, 2006 – Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) will demonstrate its newest WiMAX reference design system at the 12th annual Wireless Communications Association (WCA) International Symposium, January 17-19, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose.

11 January 2006  Japan
Fujitsu to Construct New Fab for Logic Chips Employing 65nm Process Technology and 300mm Wafers

Tokyo, January 11, 2006 – Fujitsu Limited today announced that it will construct a new fab to mass-produce logic semiconductors employing leading-edge 65-nanometer (nm) process technology and 300 millimeter (mm) wafers. The fab will be constructed at Fujitsu's Mie semiconductor plant, in Mie prefecture of central Japan, as the second 300mm fab of the plant and will be referred to as 300mm Fab No.2. In addition to accommodating increasing demand for semiconductors produced using advanced processes through construction of the new fab, by offering high-performance products based on leading-edge technology and providing optimized solutions that maximize its technical expertise, Fujitsu will make every effort to continue to be a trusted business partner to its customers.

11 January 2006  US
Fujitsu Enables TDM and Packet Convergence with Enhancements to Market-Leading FLASHWAVE® 4500 MSSP

Richardson, TX, January 11, 2006 – Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, announced today a series of significant service, functionality, and density enhancements to its flagship FLASHWAVE® 4500 Multiservice Switching Platform (MSSP). The addition of IEEE 802.17 Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) efficiencies, DS3 transmux capabilities, and double the OC-48 interface density will help keep Fujitsu at the top of the North American SONET/SDH market. Fujitsu has held the top spot in this market for 13 consecutive quarters according to 3Q05 Dell'Oro Group research, and currently maintains a market lead over its nearest competitor by over 12 percent.

11 January 2006  US
Fujitsu Outlines Benefits of 10-Gigabit Ethernet in ATCA Applications, Advanced Enterprise and Network Systems

Sunnyvale, CA, January 11, 2006 – Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) has issued a new technical paper detailing the use of its 10-Gigabit Ethernet switching technology for applications based on the Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMC) and the underlying Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA), such as wireless backhaul, wireless base stations, IPTV, and routers.

9 January 2006  US
OfficeMax Deploys Fujitsu GlobalSTORE Platform

Frisco, TX, January 9, 2006 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. announced today that OfficeMax® (NYSE: OMX) has successfully deployed Fujitsu's GlobalSTORE software platform for its point-of-sale (POS) terminals and mobile devices in 940 stores throughout the United States.

5 January 2006  Japan
Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST Mission-Critical Server Achieves World Record Performance in SPECjbb®2005 Java Server Benchmark

Tokyo, January 5, 2006 – Fujitsu Limited today announced that the high-end model of its PRIMEQUEST™ server line, PRIMEQUEST 480, has achieved a new world record in the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC®)(*1) Java Business Benchmark 2005 (SPECjbb®2005), with performance of 322,719 business operations per second(*2).

5 January 2006  US
Fujitsu Enriches the Mobile Experience Announcing New Desktop Replacement Notebooks Powered by Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology

Las Vegas, NV, January 5, 2006 – Fujitsu Computer Systems today announced new LifeBook® N Series and LifeBook E Series desktop replacement notebooks, among the first products powered by Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology. Debuting at the 2006 International CES, the LifeBook N6410 and LifeBook E8110 notebooks are equipped with the new dual-core, power-efficient Intel® Core™ Duo processor, Mobile Intel® 945 Express Chipset and next-generation Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG wireless technology, which combine to deliver an outstanding entertainment experience, advanced performance for handling multiple compute-intensive applications, improved battery life and expanded connectivity.

5 January 2006  US
Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST Mission-Critical Server Achieves World Record Performance in SPECjbb2005 Java Server Benchmark

Sunnyvale, CA, January 5, 2006 – Fujitsu Computer Systems today announced the high-end model of its PRIMEQUEST™ server line, PRIMEQUEST 480, has achieved a new world record in the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC®)¹ Java Business Benchmark 2005 (SPECjbb®2005), with performance of 322,719 business operations per second².