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July 2006
- 31 July 2006 US
- Fujitsu Announces Hard Disk Drive Shipment Results For Second Calendar Quarter of 2006
Sunnyvale, CA, July 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 its second quarter hard disk drive shipment results. During the second quarter, Fujitsu shipments of mobile hard disk drives (HDDs) surpassed 5.24M units, an increase of nearly 18% over the same quarter in 2005. In addition, strong execution on the enterprise side resulted in a significant improvement of 18% from the previous quarter, with shipments of enterprise HDDs totaling 1.42M units.
- 27 July 2006 Japan
- Fujitsu Reports Fiscal 2006 First-Quarter Financial Results
Tokyo, July 27, 2006 – Fujitsu Limited, a leader in customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace, today reported consolidated net sales of 1,102.8 billion yen (approximately US$9,674 million*) for the first quarter of fiscal 2006 (April 1, 2006 - June 30, 2006), a 7.5% increase over the same period in the previous fiscal year. A more than 20% year-on-year increase in first-quarter overseas sales offset flat sales in Japan. Strong performers in overseas markets, where all three of the company’s business segments recorded revenue gains, ranged from optical transmission systems and outsourcing services to logic LSI devices, hard disk drives and personal computers.
- 27 July 2006 Japan
- Fujitsu Revises Fiscal 2006 First-Half Financial Results Forecast
Tokyo, July 27, 2006 – Fujitsu Limited today revised its consolidated earnings forecast for the first half of fiscal 2006 (April 1, 2006 – September 30, 2006) as shown below. The forecast was previously issued on April 27, 2006 at the time of Fujitsu's fiscal 2005 financial results announcement. The company's full-year fiscal 2006 earnings forecast remains unchanged.
- 27 July 2006 US
- Fujitsu Line of High-Performance and Reliable Notebooks to be Powered by New Intel Core 2 Duo Next-Generation Mobile Processor
Sunnyvale, CA, July 27, 2006 – Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today announced that its LifeBook® N6400 Series desktop replacement notebook, the flagship of its consumer line, will be among the first of its high-performance and reliable notebooks to be powered by the new Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor when the Intel processor becomes available at the end of August.
- 27 July 2006 UK
- Fujitsu To Integrate GPON Solutions for Next Generation Networks
Birmingham, July 27, 2006 – Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd (FTEL), the leading supplier of high performance telecommunications solutions, announces that it has partnered with Terawave Communications Inc., to integrate Terawave's GPON technology into Fujitsu's GeoStream Access Gateway MSAN platform and network management solutions for the European Market. The partnership reflects Fujitsu's strength in the access domain, combined with Terawave's world-class technology and experience in passive optical networking (PON).
- 26 July 2006 China
- True Mobile Broadband Connection on your LifeBook. Anytime, Anywhere
Hong Kong, July 26, 2006 – Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific and SmarTone-Vodafone today jointly announced the launch of the LifeBook Q2010 embedded with Hong Kong's first HSDPA-enabled service, SmarTone-Vodafone Mobile Broadband (HSDPA: High-Speed Downlink Packet Access). LifeBook Q2010 embedded with the HSDPA-enabled mobile broadband service, ensures a new and better user experience in true mobile broadband connectivity. The cooperation also marks the significance of SmarTone-Vodafone being the first official service provider for Fujitsu on full and real mobile broadband coverage.
- 24 July 2006 US
- Glovia Customer Oil States Industries Improves Supply Chain Management and Operational Visibility
El Segundo, CA, July 24, 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 that Oil States Industries, Inc. has migrated to the current version of glovia.com. Oil States, a Glovia customer for more than seven years, decided to migrate to take advantage of additional supply chain management functionality which has increased operational visibility and streamlined and standardized system use. Across their multiple locations, Oil States has close to 400 users with nearly 100 logging into the system on a daily basis.
- 21 July 2006 US
- Fujitsu To Provide Industry’s First Comprehensive Environment for Statistical Timing Analysis for Submicron Designs
Sunnyvale, CA, July 21, 2006 – Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) announced that Fujitsu is the first semiconductor supplier to provide a comprehensive environment for statistical timing analysis for ASIC and COT customers. The new environment enables designers to reduce the design-optimization time in layout designs, by allowing them to calculate the circuit delays using statistical analysis of the impact of process variations.
- 20 July 2006 US
- Fujitsu To Participate in $30 Million Grant of Technology Products and Services
Sunnyvale, CA, July 20, 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 its participation in an independently managed technology grant program involving the donation of $30 million worth of products and services. The grant program will benefit and serve the technological needs of community-based and non-profit organizations nationwide that are selected by a third party consulting firm.
- 19 July 2006 Japan
- New PRIMEQUEST 500 Series Server Delivers More than Double Performance and Advanced Virtualization in Mission-Critical Linux
and Windows Environments
Tokyo, July 19, 2006 – Fujitsu Limited today announced the release of a new high-end series in its PRIMEQUEST™ server line, the PRIMEQUEST™ 500 series (three models) servers with Dual-core Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, providing performance improvements up to 2.5 times that of previous models. Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST servers are built to meet the highest demands for reliability and availability in the data center operations. The PRIMEQUEST 500 series servers deliver the most advanced virtualization capabilities available along with extended system scalability for Linux and Windows environments. Combining the latest Dual-Core Intel processor with Fujitsu cutting-edge architecture and design, the PRIMEQUEST 500 series servers are the ideal choice for enterprises that require the economic benefits and flexibility of industry-standard solutions without compromising business continuity.
- 19 July 2006 Australia
- New PRIMEQUEST 500 Series Server Delivers More than Double Performance and Advanced Virtualisation in Mission-Critical Linux
and Windows Environments
Sydney, July 19, 2006 – Fujitsu Limited today announced the release of a new high-end series in its PRIMEQUEST™ server line, the PRIMEQUEST™ 500 series (3 models) servers with Dual-core Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, providing performance improvements up to 2.5 times that of previous models. Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST servers are built to meet the highest demands for reliability and availability in data centre operations. The PRIMEQUEST 500 series servers deliver the most advanced virtualisation capabilities available along with extended system scalability for Linux and Windows environments. Combining the Dual-Core Intel processor with Fujitsu cutting-edge architecture and design, the PRIMEQUEST 500 series servers are the ideal choice for enterprises that require the economic benefits and flexibility of industry-standard solutions without compromising business continuity.
- 19 July 2006 China
- New PRIMEQUEST 500 Series Server Delivers More than Double Performance and Advanced Virtualization in Mission-Critical Linux
and Windows Environments
Hong Kong, July 19, 2006 – Fujitsu Hong Kong Limited, a leading provider of customer-focused information technology and telecommunications solutions and services, today announced the release of a new high-end series in its PRIMEQUEST™ server line, the PRIMEQUEST™ 500 series (three models) servers with Dual-core Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, providing performance improvements up to 2.5 times that of previous models. Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST servers are built to meet the highest demands for reliability and availability in the data center operations. The PRIMEQUEST 500 series servers deliver the most advanced virtualization capabilities available along with extended system scalability for Linux and Windows environments. Combining the latest Dual-Core Intel processor with Fujitsu cutting-edge architecture and design, the PRIMEQUEST 500 series servers are the ideal choice for enterprises that require the economic benefits and flexibility of industry-standard solutions without compromising business continuity.
- 19 July 2006 Singapore
- New PRIMEQUEST™ 500 Series Server Delivers More than Double Performance and Advanced Virtualisation in Mission-Critical
Linux and Windows Environments
Singapore, July 19, 2006 – Leading regional IT and communications solutions provider Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd today announced the release of a new high-end series in its PRIMEQUEST™ server line, the PRIMEQUEST™ 500 series (three models) servers with Dual-core Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, providing performance improvements up to 2.5 times that of previous models. Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST™ servers are built to meet the highest demands for reliability and availability in the data centre operations. The PRIMEQUEST™ 500 series servers deliver the most advanced virtualisation capabilities available along with extended system scalability for Linux and Windows environments. Combining the latest Dual-Core Intel® processor with Fujitsu cutting-edge architecture and design, the PRIMEQUEST™ 500 series servers are the ideal choice for enterprises that require the economic benefits and flexibility of industry-standard solutions without compromising business continuity.
- 19 July 2006 Germany
- New PRIMEQUEST™ 500 series Server Delivers More than Double Performance and Advanced Virtualization in Mission-Critical
Linux and Windows Environments
Munich , July 19, 2006 – Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European IT provider, today announced the release of a new high-end series in its PRIMEQUEST™ server line the PRIMEQUEST™ 500 series (three models) servers with Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, providing performance improvements up to 2.5 times that of previous models. The PRIMEQUEST™ servers are built to meet the highest demands for reliability and availability in data center operations. The PRIMEQUEST™ 500 series servers deliver the most advanced virtualization capabilities available along with extended system scalability for Linux and Windows environments. Combining the latest Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® 2 processor with Fujitsu Siemens Computers cutting-edge architecture and design, the new PRIMEQUEST™ 500 servers are the ideal choice for enterprises that require the economic benefits and flexibility of industry standard solutions without compromising their business continuity.
- 13 July 2006 Brazil
- Fujitsu Introduces New Biometric Security Solution for ATMs in Brazil
Sao Paulo, July 13, 2006 – Fujitsu do Brasil Ltda. today announced PalmSecure™, a new biometric security solution featuring a compact, high-performance sensor that scans palm vein patterns to verify user identification in bank ATM transactions. This pioneering palm vein solution is already being tested internally at Banco Bradesco S.A. ("Bradesco"), the largest private bank in Latin America, with general operation scheduled to start soon.
- 13 July 2006 US
- Roland Glidden Joins Fujitsu as Vice President of Sales, Grocery
Frisco, TX, July 13, 2006 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. has appointed Roland Glidden to the position of vice president of sales, grocery, where he will develop and manage sales initiatives for Fujitsu in the grocery industry.
- 12 July 2006 Japan
- Fujitsu Launches New Image-Processing Chips for Compact Digital Cameras with Video
Tokyo, July 12, 2006 – Fujitsu Limited today announced that from August 1 it will begin sales of two new models, MB91683 and MB91686, in its Milbeaut ™ line of advanced image processing large-scale integrated circuit (LSI) chips for digital cameras.
- 11 July 2006 France
- Airbus Selects SynfiniWay from Fujitsu To Provide grid Computing Environment for Aerodynamics Analysis
Paris and Toulouse, July 11, 2006 – Fujitsu Systems Europe announces a significant order for its SynfiniWay™ grid middleware from Airbus, one of the world's largest commercial aircraft manufacturers. SynfiniWay will be used for the production HPC grid environment at the primary Airbus compute centres in France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.
- 11 July 2006 Germany and US
- Fujitsu and Software AG Deliver Mature SOA Management and Governance with CentraSite™
Darmstadt and Sunnyvale, CA, July 11, 2006 – Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation and Software AG today announced the release of the latest version of CentraSite™, an award-winning joint solution that offers greater visibility across a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and provides improved analysis and control of SOA resources and activities. The CentraSite Enterprise Edition is now available as a standalone product offering a UDDI v3.0 search using predefined metadata models, a JAXR interface with subscribe and notification capabilities, WebDAV access to the SOA repository, predefined reporting modules, and both an AJAX interface and the Eclipse Registry Browser. The Enterprise Edition also provides an extensible metadata model for the definition of customer-specific SOA artifacts.
- 11 July 2006 US
- Fujitsu Announces the Widescreen LifeBook C1410 Notebook, Ideal for Budget-Conscious Businesses
Sunnyvale, CA, July 11, 2006 – Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today announced the affordably priced LifeBook® C1410 thin and light notebook, delivering exceptional performance and extended battery life along with renowned Fujitsu reliability. Configurable as low as $1,039, the LifeBook C1410 notebook is ideal for value-minded small and mid-sized businesses and education markets.
- 11 July 2006 US
- Glovia Offers Customers Remote Managed Services for Essential System Maintenance Activities
El Segundo, CA, July 11, 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 the company is offering Remote Managed Services (RMS) to assist and support customers essential system maintenance activities. The service offering also extends companies' internal IT resources by enabling the outsourcing of some or all of the activities involved in maintaining their system.
- 11 July 2006 Germany and US
- Software AG and Fujitsu Launch the "CentraSite™ Community," the First Standards-Based SOA Forum
Darmstadt and Sunnyvale, CA, July 11, 2006 – Software AG and Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today announced the CentraSite™ Community, an initiative that brings both alliance partners and customers together to create a complete service-oriented architecture (SOA) ecosystem. Formed to help organizations successfully design, implement, manage, govern and optimize a SOA, the CentraSite Community will foster business agility by providing customers with partners' pre-integrated SOA assets stored in CentraSite, a standards-based SOA registry and repository. Jointly developed by Fujitsu and Software AG, CentraSite represents the foundation of this Community. In a separate release today, Fujitsu and Software AG also announced the general availability of CentraSite Version 2.1.
- 10 July 2006 US
- AbsoluteSKY and Fujitsu Sign Strategic Agreement for Retail RFID
Frisco, TX, July 10, 2006 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. today announced that they have signed a strategic reseller agreement with AbsoluteSKY, Inc. (OTC: ABSY) to offer AbsoluteSKY's intelliTRACKER™ product suite to retailers for real-time item-level tracking. The solution provides a broad range of customer benefits that include increased inventory turns, virtual elimination of missed sales and extensive control over loss prevention.
- 10 July 2006 Germany
- BladeFrame: Virtual Server Pool Solution in Productive Use at T-Systems
Munich, July 10, 2006 – Today, Fujitsu Siemens Computers announced that T-Systems is now operating its e-service area platform on a PRIMERGY BladeFrame powered by Egenera system. T-Systems customers utilize this platform for their e-mail systems, e-shops, Internet portals and data warehouse applications. PRIMERGY BladeFrame supports the B2B services platform with flexible IT resources which adapt themselves dynamically to changing requirements. T-Systems customers profit from the installation in the T-Systems data centers, which are linked via fast, flexible networks. As a result, T-Systems can provide its customers with the fast, flexible, reliable and affordable services operated on Internet and intranet servers as well as corresponding server-based applications. In addition, T-Systems customers can now take advantage of on-demand services in their intranets.
- 10 July 2006 US
- Fujitsu Second Generation PalmSecure Biometric Authentication Device Available Nationwide
Sunnyvale, CA, July 10, 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 the North American distribution of its new compact and higher performance PalmSecure™ biometric authentication device. Leveraging the dynamic capabilities of palm vein based authentication, this second generation product is nearly 75% smaller than the original device, and features increased authentication speed for implementation in a range of applications including room access security systems, PC/network login systems and other ID management applications. Fujitsu is currently leveraging existing relationships with partners and service providers such as Avnet Applied Computing Solutions to deploy PalmSecure in the healthcare, financial and government markets, as well as to general enterprises.
- 6 July 2006 US
- American Heart Association Nets Record Proceeds From "Swing Fore Heart" Golf Classic
Dallas, TX, July 6, 2006 – The American Heart Association (AHA) today announced record net revenues of more than $189,000 for the 2006 "Swing Fore Heart" Golf Classic, a 66 percent increase from its 2005 event earnings of $125,000 net. The figure also exceeded the AHA's 2006 goal of $150,000 net by 26 percent.
- 6 July 2006 Australia
- Fujitsu PRIMERGY Servers Powered by Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors Offer New Options for Data Centre Scaling and Virtualisation
Sydney, July 6, 2006 – Fujitsu Australia today announced five new PRIMERGY® dual-socket servers: the RX200 S3 and RX300 S3 rack servers, the TX200 S3 and TX300 S3 tower servers, and the BX620 S3 blade server. This third-generation of PRIMERGY servers features the latest processors from Intel® Corporation – the Dual Core Intel® Xeon® 5000 and 5100 Sequence which delivers increased performance and power efficiency.
- 5 July 2006 China
- Experience the Simplicity of Fujitsu's Computing Powerhouse - LifeBook S7111
Hong Kong, July 5, 2006 – Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific today announced the launch of the new LifeBook S7111. Running on the latest Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology platform, featuring a cool black design and unexpected 1.8kg* in weight, and making entertainment on-the-go a true reality, the LifeBook S7111 is the perfect match for discerning professionals.
- 4 July 2006 UK
- United Co-operatives Selects Fujitsu to Assist in Achieving Growth Plans
London, July 4, 2006 – United Co-operatives, one of the largest retail co-operatives in Europe, has signed a contract worth £4.2 million with Fujitsu Services for the rollout of a retail software solution across its entire food retail estate of over 500 stores and 1,500 Point of Sale (PoS) systems.
- 3 July 2006 UK
- Staffordshire County Council Looks to the Future with Outsourced Support from Fujitsu
Staffordshire County, July 3, 2006 – Fujitsu Services has been awarded a SAP basis support contract by Staffordshire County Council, underpinning a number of key services offered to local citizens such as tax enquiries and other related financial matters. As a result of the contract, Staffordshire is set to benefit from being able to re-allocate staff to other areas of the Council and so improve its citizens' service experience. Staffordshire has one of the largest SAP implementations in UK Local Government being the seventh largest council in the UK with 800,000 citizens and managing numerous partner organisations.
- 2 July 2006 Germany
- Oracle Teams up with Fujitsu Siemens Computers To Open International ISV Migration Center in Munich
Munich, July 2, 2006 – Oracle has joined forces with Fujitsu Siemens Computers to open an International ISV Migration Center in its main offices in Munich. Starting immediately, European independent software vendors (ISVs) who want to migrate their solutions to the Oracle® 10g platform can turn to this source for the latest hardware and software resources available for testing and validation purposes. In addition, the center will be staffed with experts from Oracle and Fujitsu Siemens Computers who are specifically trained to help test and tune solutions on an Oracle and Fujitsu Siemens Computers infrastructure. Workshops which can be tailored to satisfy an ISVs' individual interests and requirements are also available; these deliver solid information on Oracle 10g, provide assistance in testing, and give recommendations for the migration.
