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April 2007
- 30 April 2007 US
- Dress Barn, Inc. Selects Fujitsu as a Perfect Fit for In-Store Retail Technology, Services
Frisco, TX, April 30, 2007 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. today announced a new agreement with Dress Barn, Inc. (NASDAQ: DBRN) that will upgrade in-store hardware, software and services for the retailer's 800-store dressbarn and 500-store maurices brands. The deal enhances Fujitsu's ongoing relationship with Dress Barn, Inc. that dates back to 2004.
- 30 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu to Exhibit 20-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Chip at Server Blade Summit in Anaheim, May 1 – 3
Anaheim, CA, April 30, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) will exhibit its 20-port, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch chip at the annual Server Blade Summit Conference (http://www.serverbladesummit.com) at the Anaheim Marriott, May 1 – 3, 2007. A company representative will speak on a panel addressing the current trends in 10GbE and server blades.
- 26 April 2007 Japan
- Fujitsu Announces Executive Appointments and Resignations
Tokyo, April 26, 2007 – Following a meeting of its board of directors today, Fujitsu Limited announced the following executive appointments and resignations.
- 26 April 2007 Japan
- Fujitsu Reports FY 2006 Financial Results
Tokyo, April 26, 2007 – Fujitsu Limited, a leader in customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace, today reported consolidated net sales of 5,100.1 billion yen (approximately US$43,222 million) for fiscal 2006 (April 1, 2006 - March 31, 2007), an increase of 6.4% over the previous fiscal year. Each of the company's three main business segments as well as all of its key geographic segments posted higher sales. Sales in the Services sub-segment increased by 8.3%, with particularly strong results overseas, where sales increased by 23.9%.
- 26 April 2007 Japan
- Notice Regarding Basic Stance on Lowering of Minimum Tradable Share Units
Tokyo, April 26, 2007 – Fujitsu Limited today reiterated its basic stance regarding the lowering of minimum tradable share units.
- 26 April 2007 Japan
- Notice Regarding Termination of Current System of Retirement Bonuses for Directors
Tokyo, April 26, 2007 – Fujitsu Limited today announced that at a board of directors meeting convened today, it was decided to terminate the company's current system of retirement bonuses for directors.
- 26 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu and mCosm Form Strategic Alliance for In-Store Digital Displays
Frisco, TX, April 26, 2007 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. and mCosm LLC today announced a strategic partnership under which Fujitsu will resell the Touch&Go® line of retail-ready interactive digital display systems to retailers throughout North America.
- 24 April 2007 Japan
- Conclusion of Agreement of Transfer on Shares of JAPAN CABLENET HOLDINGS LIMITED and JAPAN CABLENET LIMITED
Tokyo, April 24, 2007 – KDDI Corporation ("KDDI") and Fujitsu Limited ("Fujitsu") have reached a final agreement concerning the transfer of shares held by Fujitsu to KDDI in JAPAN CABLENET HOLDINGS LIMITED ("JCNH") and JAPAN CABLENET LIMITED ("JCN"). JCNH and JCN, therefore, will be consolidated subsidiaries of KDDI.
- 24 April 2007 Germany and France
- TTAutomotive Chooses Fujitsu CPU with Integrated FlexRay Controller for New Modular Development Board
Langen and Toulouse, April 24, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) is pleased to announce that TTAutomotive, TTTech's subsidiary for FlexRay™ solutions, has released a new CPU board based on Fujitsu's MB91F465XA with an integrated FlexRay communication controller for its modular TTXPowerlink product family. The combination of Fujitsu's latest FlexRay microcontroller unit and TTXPowerlink's modular concept provides a flexible and effective solution for FlexRay applications in the automotive industry.
- 19 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu Director Pamela Doyle Elected to AIIM International Board of Directors
Sunnyvale, CA, April 19, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a market leader in document imaging scanners and services, today announced that Pamela Doyle, director, Imaging Products Group, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) International, the international authority on Enterprise Content Management (ECM). Doyle's term officially starts today – the close of the 2007 AIIM Conference & Expo held in Boston – and will continue for a two-year term, through April 2009.
- 19 April 2007 UK
- Fujitsu Wins £80m Outsourcing Contract from the Financial Services Authority
London, April 19, 2007 – Fujitsu Services has announced today that it is working with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on an £80m transformational outsourcing arrangement to fundamentally change the way in which IT supports the business of the FSA. This arrangement is over an 8 year term and includes a no penalty cancellation option after 5 years.
- 18 April 2007 Japan
- Fujitsu Receives Intel® Server & Storage Innovation Award for PRIMERGY TX120 Compact Server
Tokyo, April 18, 2007 – Fujitsu Limited today announced that it received an innovation award in the server category for its PRIMERGY TX120 compact server at the Intel Developer Forum, held in Beijing on April 17 and 18.
- 18 April 2007 Japan
- Fujitsu Starts Volume Production of 2 Mbit FRAM Chips
Tokyo, April 18, 2007 – Fujitsu Limited ("Fujitsu") today announced the availability of its 2 Megabit (Mbit) FRAM memory chips, the largest capacity FRAM in volume production in the world. The two FRAM memory products, MB85R2001 and MB85R2002, have the characteristics of FRAM which is a non-volatile memory that features high-speed data writing, low power consumption, and which can endure a high number of write cycles.
- 18 April 2007 China
- Fujitsu and Sun Microsystems Set the Standard for Open Systems Computing with Fastest, Most Reliable Solaris/SPARC Servers
Hong Kong, April 18, 2007 – Fujitsu Hong Kong Limited, a leading provider of customer-focused information technology and telecommunications solutions and services, today unveiled a new line-up of co-developed servers by Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) and Sun Microsystems, Inc., (Nasdaq: SUNW - News) that hold the promise of dramatically reshaping the open systems computing market by delivering mainframe-class reliability with open systems advantages.
- 18 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu Announces Volume Production of 2Mbit FRAM ICs; New Non-volatile, Low-Power ICs Serve Automotive, Printer,Instrumentation
Applications
Sunnyvale, CA, April 18, 2007 – The Fujitsu MB85R2001 and MB85R2002 feature non-volatile memory with high-speed data writing, low power consumption, and the ability to provide a high number of write cycles. They are ideal for automotive navigation systems, multi-function printers, measuring instruments, and other advanced applications that can use non-volatile memory to store various parameters, record equipment operating conditions, and preserve security information.
- 18 April 2007 Malaysia
- Fujitsu Malaysia Announces Primergy TX120 Server for Malaysia Market
Kuala Lumpur, April 18, 2007 – Leading IT and communications solutions provider Fujitsu Malaysia today introduced the Primergy TX120 server for Malaysia market.
- 18 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu Named a Preferred Supplier to The Quilt Consortium of Research and Education Facilities
Richardson, TX, April 18, 2007 – Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, announced today that it has become a preferred supplier of optical transport solutions for The Quilt research/education consortium as part of their Vendor Affiliate Program. Now, the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE® 4500 multiservice provisioning platform (MSPP), FLASHWAVE 7420 managed wavelength platform and FLASHWAVE 7500 reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) platforms are available to members of The Quilt for immediate deployment within their regional optical networks.
- 18 April 2007 Singapore
- Fujitsu Ships the Industry’s First Commercially Available 5.8GHz WiMAX System-on-Chip for Base Stations and Subscriber Units
Singapore, April 18, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics Asia Pte Ltd (FMAL) today announced that Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) is now shipping its 5.8GHz WiMAX baseband system-on-chip (SoC) to ODM partners and customers worldwide, including solutions provider Texas Instruments, WiMAX systems provider ORZA Networks and WiMAX customer premises maker Sun Create Electronics Co., Ltd.
- 17 April 2007 Japan and US
- Fujitsu and Sun Microsystems Set the Standard for Open Systems Computing with Fastest, Most Reliable Solaris/SPARC Servers
Tokyo and Santa Clara, Calif, April 17, 2007 – Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) and Sun Microsystems, Inc., (Nasdaq: SUNW - News) today unveiled a new line-up of co-developed servers that hold the promise of dramatically reshaping the computing market by delivering mainframe-class reliability with open systems advantages. The new servers, based on the SPARC® architecture and running the Solaris™ 10 operating system (OS), are the fastest SPARC servers ever, and will be marketed by both companies and affiliates under the "SPARC Enterprise" product brand. The systems are ideal for customers requiring highly scaleable, reliable servers, and needing to achieve increased system utilization and performance through virtualization. The servers leverage the powerful combination of Fujitsu's expertise in mission-critical computing technologies and high-performance processor design, and Sun's expertise in open, scaleable, network computing.
- 17 April 2007 Japan
- Fujitsu Revises Fiscal 2006 Financial Results Forecasts
Tokyo, April 17, 2007 – Fujitsu Limited today revised its consolidated and unconsolidated earnings forecasts for fiscal 2006 (April 1, 2006 – March 31, 2007). On March 20, 2007, the company revised its unconsolidated earnings forecasts for fiscal 2006. At that time, however, a detailed analysis of the consolidated earnings forecasts had not yet been completed. Fujitsu has now revised its consolidated earnings forecasts as follows:
- 17 April 2007 Finland
- Adecco Seeking Improved Availability with Fujitsu's VoIP Solution
Helsinki, April 17, 2007 – ICT services provider Fujitsu Services Oy will deliver an IP-based telephony service solution to HR services company Adecco Finland Oy. The solution, which is built on Wicom software, incorporates a VoIP switchboard service (voice over internet protocol) and telephone traffic in fixed and mobile networks.
- 17 April 2007 France and UK
- Fujitsu Chip Validates Toric's Jitter Suppression Technology
Nice; Maidenhead & London, April 17, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME), a leading supplier of low power, mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs), and Toric Limited, a London-based technology licensing company and the supplier of PhaseFilter™, today announce the results of their collaboration to verify embedded jitter-suppressing macros based on Toric's patented AJC (Anti-Jitter Cell) technology.
- 17 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu Computer Products Of America, Inc. Expands Management Team
Sunnyvale, CA, April 17, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a market leader in document imaging scanners and services, today announced that Bill Gates has joined the company as vice president, POS, and Doug Rudoph will take the post of vice president of product management and business development. Additionally, Nina Lutjens, senior director of distribution, DMR and service sales, will assume responsibility of the Fujitsu Imaging Products Group's (IPG) marketing initiatives.
- 17 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu Integrates New Document Imaging Technology Into Production-Level Scanners
Sunnyvale, CA, April 17, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a market leader in document imaging scanners and services, today announced that three of its top-selling production-level scanners have been upgraded with additional technology enhancements for improved document imaging productivity. The fi-5900C color, production-level scanner now comes standard with "Intelligent MultiFeed Function" for advanced control of its three independent ultrasonic multifeed sensors. Additionally, the Fujitsu fi-5650C (sheet-fed) and Fujitsu fi-5750C (flatbed) color, low-volume production scanners are going to include Kofax® hardware-assisted VirtualReScan® (VRS) 4.1 Professional processing, making them the only available scanners with hardware VRS under $10,000.
- 17 April 2007 US
- New Fujitsu Solaris/SPARC Servers Reflect Commitment to Industry's Broadest Choice of Platforms, Best Services From a Single
Vendor
Sunnyvale, CA, April 17, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today discussed how the addition of its new SPARC Enterprise(TM) servers deliver on the Fujitsu strategy and commitment to offering the broadest choice of platforms and the best customer service in the industry. The new servers, announced in a separate release today ("Fujitsu and Sun Microsystems Set the Standard for Open Systems Computing With Fastest, Most Reliable Solaris/SPARC Servers") increase the breadth of Fujitsu technology solutions, which include tightly integrated, pre-tested solutions that solve their customers' most challenging business issues and help them lower total cost of ownership as they plan for the future.
- 16 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu Adds Micro SD Connectors to Line Up
Sunnyvale, CA, April 16, 2007 – Expanding its PCMCIA card connector offering, Fujitsu Components America, Inc. today released a very low-profile connector for micro SD/TransFlash™ cards. With a mounted height of 1.6mm, it is the lowest profile connector currently available for micro SD cards.
- 16 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu Bi-Level LCD Console Drawer Conserves Rack Space, Offers Flexible System Status Monitoring and Control Options
Sunnyvale, CA, April 16, 2007 – Fujitsu Components America, Inc. today released a bi-level console drawer in a 2U configuration that provides efficient, simultaneous/continuous monitoring, operation and control for medium-to-large enterprises, data centers and server rooms.
- 16 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu Dedicates School at Habitat for Humanity’s Jimmy Carter Work Project site, Malavali
April 16, 2007 – According to latest statistics by CRY, less than half of India's children between the ages of 6 and 14 go to school. An even more alarming statistic is that a little over one-third of all children who enroll in grade one, ever reach grade eight. Recognizing this growing problem, Fujitsu, the world's third-largest IT services provider and Japan's market leader, is supporting Habitat for Humanity’s IndiaBuilds, and this year’s international Jimmy Carter Work Project (JCWP). This initiative included the donation of money & volunteer hours towards the construction of a school at the JCWP site in Malavali. The school will create opportunities for 200 children from the JCWP village and the surrounding villages for their self development and growth.
- 16 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu Introduces First Network Scanner
Sunnyvale, CA, April 16, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a market leader in document imaging scanners and services, today announced the introduction of its first network scanner into its award-winning line of scanning solutions. The Fujitsu fi-6000NS Color Duplex Network Scanner is the first Fujitsu scanner to combine the intuitive, easy installation of a desktop scanner with the productivity of a network scanner for sharing documents in today’s multi-location, global business environment. The Fujitsu fi-6000NS will be on display this week at the 2007 AIIM Conference & Expo, April 16-19, at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.
- 16 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu Offers Network Attached Storage Connectivity for ETERNUS Storage Systems With NetApp® V-Series Storage Virtualization
Technology
Sunnyvale, CA, April 16, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today announced network attached storage (NAS) connectivity powered by the Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) NetApp® V-Series storage virtualization technology on ETERNUS®4000 and ETERNUS®8000, enabling customers to consolidate existing fragmented file servers onto a single platform. NAS connectivity lowers the overall total cost of ownership (TCO) and enables customers to achieve a higher return on investment (ROI) through scalability and consolidation on the high performance ETERNUS platform. ETERNUS customers can simplify storage management, reduce operating costs, and reduce under-utilized storage capacity by unifying their SAN and NAS storage networking infrastructures under a common architecture by virtualizing storage at the file level on block-based ETERNUS storage disk arrays.
- 16 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu To Implement PalmSecure™ Biometric Authentication Device At Security Engineered Machinery, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA, April 16, 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 Security Engineered Machinery Co., Inc. (SEM) has installed the Fujitsu PalmSecure™ biometric authentication device in its Secure Destruction Room of the Westboro, MA headquartered facility.
- 13 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu To Demonstrate New MPEG-4 AVC HD Encoder and Ethernet Solutions For The Broadcast Industry At 2007 NAB Conference
& Expo
Sunnyvale, CA, April 13, 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 it will showcase its best-of-class high definition video encoder/decoder at the 2007 NAB Conference & Expo, April 14-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. At the show, Fujitsu will unveil the new MPEG-4 AVC HD video encoder, the IP-9500, as well as demonstrate its industry-leading 10Gb Ethernet switches, Trusted Network Gateway, and KVM solutions.
- 12 April 2007 US
- Epson Joins Fujitsu’s Pervasive Retailing Alliance
Frisco, TX, April 12, 2007 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. today announced that Epson has joined the company’s Pervasive Retailing™ Alliance (PRA), a select group of retail technology vendors that collaborates to enable retailers to provide consumers personalized interactions on the device of their choice, anywhere, any time and every time.
- 12 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu to Demonstrate Award Winning Scanners at 2007 AIIM Conference & Expo
Sunnyvale, CA, April 12, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a market leader in document imaging scanners and services, today announced it will showcase workgroup, departmental and production-level document imaging scanners at the 2007 AIIM Conference & Expo, April 16-19 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. At the show, Fujitsu will demonstrate the capabilities of several of its industry-leading scanners including the fi-5900C, fi-5750C and fi-5120C.
- 11 April 2007 China
- Fujitsu Unveils New PRIMERGY Servers Powered by Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processors to Hong Kong Enterprises
Hong Kong, April 11, 2007 – Fujitsu Hong Kong Limited, a leading provider of customer-focused information technology and telecommunications solutions and services, today announced four new dual socket PRIMERGY® servers that offer Fujitsu customers even more choices for highly reliable servers: tower model TX200 S3, rack-based models RX200 S3 and RX300 S3, and blade server BX620 S3. All servers feature the latest Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processors E5310 and E5355, which deliver almost double the performance per watt over the latest generation of Intel dual-core processors. These new models are now available in Hong Kong, offering breakthrough performance, ease of management, cost optimization and operational efficiency for data centers required by Hong Kong enterprises.
- 10 April 2007 Japan
- Fujitsu Announces 'Fujitsu Group Environmental Protection Program (Stage V)'
Tokyo, April 10, 2007 – Fujitsu Limited today announced the 'Fujitsu Group Environmental Protection Program (Stage V),' which will guide the company's environmental policies for fiscal 2007 through fiscal 2009. The action plan outlines Fujitsu's basic approach to the environmental activities that individual employees can undertake in their daily work, as well as to expanding environmental activities throughout its entire supply chain from the perspectives of compliance with global environmental regulations and corporate social responsibility.
- 10 April 2007 Japan
- Fujitsu Launches LSI Chip for Car Navigation Systems and Digital Dashboards
Tokyo, April 10, 2007 – Fujitsu Limited today announced the development and release of a new large-scaled integrated (LSI) chip for in-car automotive systems, such as navigation and digital dashboards. The new System-on-Chip (SoC), the MB86R01, integrates various functions on a single chip, such as ARM™ core, 2D and 3D graphic capabilities, in-car networking features, and support for various media interfaces. The chip includes an embedded graphic-display controller from Fujitsu, of which over 12 million units have been shipped, for in-car automotive applications. This will enable low-cost, compact, in-car systems that feature high-resolution graphics, while continuing to leverage existing software resources.
- 10 April 2007 Germany
- Fujitsu Graphics Controller ‘Jade’ Integrates Powerful 32-bit CPU and Graphics Engine on One Chip
Langen, April 10, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) has announced the MB86R01 ‘Jade’, the first device in a new family of graphics controllers aimed at high-end embedded automotive graphics applications. Jade is the first Fujitsu System-on-Chip (SoC) to integrate the powerful 32-bit ARM926EJ-S™ CPU core with the company’s successful graphics processor ‘Coral PA’.
- 9 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu Announces IP-9500 For Real-Time HDTV Transmission Over IP And DVB Networks
Sunnyvale, CA, April 9, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of innovative computer products including hard disk drives, peripherals and 10Gb Ethernet switches, today introduced the IP-9500, a new line of video encoder/decoders from Fujitsu which enables broadcast-quality high-definition video over Internet Protocol (IP) and Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) networks. Utilizing advanced H.264 video encoding, the IP-9500 enables live transmission of high-quality HDTV at approximately half the bit-rate of typical MPEG-2 encoders.
- 5 April 2007 Japan
- Yokogawa and Fujitsu Develop 40 Gbps DQPSK Optical Transmission Technology
Tokyo, April 5, 2007 – Yokogawa Electric Corporation and Fujitsu Limited today announced the joint development of the world's first practical 40 Gbps optical transmission technologies using differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK). The two companies are respectively planning to incorporate the technologies in various new products for 40 Gbps ultra high-speed optical transmission networks.
- 2 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu Introduces High-Performance 8-bit Flash MCUs for Appliances, Digital Audio-Video Applications
Sunnyvale, CA, April 2, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) today introduced a pair of 8-bit microcontrollers, the MB95F128 and MB95F168M, for use in household appliances and digital audio/video equipment. The two MCUs are the newest additions to the F2MC-8FX family of 8-bit microcontrollers, which feature low power consumption and high performance.
- 2 April 2007 US
- Fujitsu Introduces New 32-Bit MB91F467B Microcontroller; Adds to High-Performance Family Designed for Automotive and Industrial
Markets
Sunnyvale, CA, April 2, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) today expanded its family of 32-bit RISC-based MCUs with the new MB91F467B. Designed in close cooperation with major automotive customers worldwide, the MB91F467B inherits the high-performance core of Fujitsu's popular and proven MB91460 family, and incorporates powerful peripheral functions and features to support a wide range of automotive and industrial applications.
- 2 April 2007 US
- New MotorKit from Fujitsu Eases Development of Automotive and Industrial Motor Control Applications
Sunnyvale, CA, April 2, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) today introduced a new development platform for automotive and industrial motor control applications built around the Fujitsu MB91F267N 32-bit microcontroller.
