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22 December 2004  Germany
Plaut Ushers in a New Era in SAP Operations Management with FlexFrame from Fujitsu Siemens Computers

Munich, December 22, 2004 – Fujitsu Siemens Computers has recorded another success with its FlexFrame™ for mySAP™ Business Suite. This time, Plaut/Germany, a management consultancy, was won over by the innovative SAP adaptive computing concept with functionality of SAP NetWeaver. Plaut, which plans to use the system for prototyping, testing and training, sees FlexFrame as the key to more efficiently operating existing SAP solutions as well as acquiring new customers. A detailed concept analysis performed by the company's in-house SAP specialists made the FlexFrame decision simple. As a Fujitsu Siemens Computers technology partner, Munich-based IT consultancy NYX3 was involved from the beginning in the planning and "ready for SAP" realization.

17 December 2004  Germany
easyXchange from Fujitsu Siemens Computers Receives Windows IT Pro 2004 Editors' Choice Award

Munich, December 17, 2004 – Penton Media's Windows IT Pro announced at the Microsoft ITforum 2004 in Copenhagen that easyXchange from Fujitsu Siemens Computers was selected a winner in the messaging and mobility category of the 2004 Windows IT Pro Editors' Choice Awards. This prestigious award recognizes companies that offer innovative products and services. The award illustrates the product use through successful case studies in the categories of administration and management, data management, infrastructure solutions, messaging and mobility, hardware and security.

8 December 2004  U.S.
Lean Manufacturing Initiatives Supported By Glovia Realize Significant Operational Benefits For OPW Fueling Components

El Segundo, CA, December 8, 2004 – Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu (TSE:6702) and a leading provider of extended ERP solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, announced today that OPW Fueling Components is achieving significant operational benefits from continuous Lean Manufacturing strategies supported by Glovia's extended ERP solution, glovia.com.

26 November 2004  Japan
Leading IT Vendors Release Royalty-Free Software for Reliable Messaging

Tokyo, November 26, 2004 – Fujitsu Limited, Hitachi, Ltd., and NEC Corporation today announced that they are making available as open source their jointly developed messaging software that implements the Web Services Reliability (WS-Reliability) standard, a messaging specification for web services designed to ensure superior reliability. The software will be available for download free of charge as of November 26 at the website of the Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan.

17 November 2004  USA
Early Adopters Confirm Agility of Fujitsu Software's NeoKicks™ For Migration Of CICS COBOL From Mainframe To .NET

Sunnyvale, CA, November 17, 2004 – Fujitsu Software Corporation's NeoKicks™ V1.0, the only CICS COBOL application tool that provides migration to .NET and positions the applications to take full advantage of .NET is now available for general release following a three-month review by early adopters who participated in an Early Release Program.

28 October 2004  Germany
Fast, Automated Infrastructure for Managing PC Clients with "manage now" CDM by Fujitsu Siemens Computers

Munich, October 28, 2004 – To enable cost-effective management and operation of client infrastructure, Fujitsu Siemens Computers is expanding its manage nowTM infrastructure management family with the innovative manage nowTM CDM (Client Device Management) suite. With this new Computer Associates-certified software package, all connected PC clients equipped with CA’s Unicenter CDM Suite can now be managed very efficiently. This solution is particularly interesting for large and mid-sized organizations looking to streamline the administration and operation of their PC client landscapes. The manage now CDM package is available for a list price of just under €16,000 in Germany (excl. VAT).

26 October 2004  USA
Fujitsu Sees Strong Worldwide Growth In Demand For Interstage Suite

Sunnyvale, CA, October 26, 2004 – Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced strong growth in demand for its Interstage® Suite, one of the world's broadest lines of application infrastructure software products. In the first half of Fujitsu's fiscal year 2004, sales increased by 15% over the same period last year as customers and partners worldwide made Interstage Suite products their solution of choice to design, develop and manage their customized, mission-critical applications.

19 October 2004  USA
Italian Department of Social Security Says "Sì" to Fujitsu NetCOBOL for .Net

Sunnyvale, CA, October 19, 2004 – The Italian Department of Social Security (INPS - Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale), which is responsible for providing pension schemes for everyone in Italy as well as help for the elderly, disabled and unemployed, has announced plans to use Fujitsu Software's NetCOBOL for .NET to migrate the department's AS/400 COBOL applications to the .NET platform.

4 October 2004  USA
Fujitsu Software NeoKicks and NetCOBOL for .NET Solve Mainframe Migration Problem For Presidential Life Insurance

Sunnyvale, CA, October 4, 2004 – Presidential Life Insurance Company, a leading provider of fixed deferred and immediate annuities and life insurance products to financial service professionals and their clients across the United States, has selected Fujitsu Software's NeoKicks and NetCOBOL for .NET on Windows Server 2003 to run the company’s CICS-based applications.

28 September 2004  USA
Fujitsu Software Joins Mainframe Migration Alliance

Sunnyvale, CA, September 28, 2004 – Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced that, having worked closely with Microsoft Corp. over the last few years in the area of mainframe migrations, it is enthusiastically supporting the recently formed Mainframe Migration Alliance (MMA), an organization created by Microsoft and other industry partners designed to help customers migrate workloads off the mainframe and onto the Microsoft Windows platform. The alliance represents a group of companies that have their interests aligned in making mainframe migrations easier and more efficient for customers.

16 September 2004  USA
NetCOBOL for .NET V2.1 Enhances Agile IT Migration Solutions

Sunnyvale, CA, September 16, 2004 – Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced the V2.1 release of NetCOBOL for .NET, the hub of its Agile IT migration solutions and the leading COBOL compiler for the .NET Framework. The most significant enhancements in this release are: Easier application configuration through use of a single, standard, XML application configuration file Viable migration options for international customers who rely on characters outside the basic ASCII range The option to use Btrieve for COBOL file I/O for those who want the features offered by Pervasive’s Btrieve system

14 September 2004  USA
Target Selects Fujitsu's Interstage® Business Process Manager To Support Its Product Portfolio

Sunnyvale, CA, September 14, 2004 – Fujitsu Software Corporation, a leading provider of application integration and middleware software, today announced that Target (www.targetgroup.net), a provider of software solutions to the financial services market, has chosen its Interstage® Business Process Manager to enhance the workflow and business process capabilities of its product portfolio.

18 August 2004  USA
Fujitsu Software Corporation's NeoKicks Easily Kicks CICS from Mainframe to .NET

Sunnyvale, CA, August 18, 2004 – Fujitsu Software Corporation is announcing an Early Release Program for NeoKicks V1.0, the latest enhancement to its mainframe migration solutions. NeoKicks delivers greatly increased agility to IT groups with CICS COBOL applications by lowering platform maintenance costs, giving interfaces new life as ASP.NET Web applications or Windows Forms client applications, and integrating with Visual Studio .NET for much higher developer productivity.

11 August 2004  USA
Glovia Honored With Start Magazine's "Hottest Company" Award

El Segundo, CA, August 11, 2004 – 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 Start Magazine, the voice of the manufacturing executive, has awarded Glovia the distinction of being one of the "Hottest Companies in 2004." The award acknowledges Glovia's contributions to the manufacturing industry with more than 30 years of helping manufacturers streamline operations, improve productivity, and meet customer demands with its extended ERP solution, glovia.com.

4 August 2004  USA
Top Wireless Communications System Manufacturer Expands Use of Glovia's Extended ERP Solution to Improve Customer Service

El Segundo, CA, August 4, 2004 – 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 EFJohnson has purchased glovia.com Configurator and Customer Self-Service modules. The additional functionality will enhance their customer service capabilities by more effectively creating accurate sales quotes and orders for configured items and by increasing customer satisfaction through the Internet.

21 July 2004  USA
Glovia Named to MSI's List of Top 100 Software Vendors

El Segundo, CA, July 21, 2004 – Glovia International, a Fujitsu subsidiary, an integral member of Fujitsu's Glovia Group, and a leading provider of extended ERP solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, announced today that Glovia has been ranked in the top ten global ERP vendors on MSI magazine's list of Top 100 Software Vendors for 2004.

16 June 2004  USA
Fujitsu to Join WFMC in Demonstrating Real-World Business Process Interoperability Via ASAP and WXML 2.0 Web Services Standards

Sunnyvale, CA, June 16, 2004 – Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced that it will participate in a demonstration of real-world business process interoperability being hosted by the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) on June 23. WfMC will feature Fujitsu Interstage Business Process Manager among the products using Wf-XML 2.0 and the Asynchronous Service Access Protocol (ASAP) to automate Internet commerce processes. The live demonstration will take place at the Brainstorm Group Business Process Management Conference at the Airport Hyatt in Burlingame, CA. Reflecting strong interest in the potential of the two protocols, some 600 observers have signed up to obtain the results of the demonstration.

27 May 2004  USA
Successful International User Group Conference Offers "Best Practices" for glovia.com Users

Orlando, FL, May 27, 2004 – Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu and a leading provider of extended ERP solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, announced today from the Glovia International User Group Conference the successful conclusion of the 2004 conference held at the Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. The conference, with one of its largest attendances to date, brought together hundreds of customers and partners from around the world to learn more about Glovia's extended ERP solution, glovia.com, and how to maximize their investment in the solution.

25 May 2004  USA
Fujitsu Software Corporation Delivers Interstage XML Search as Part of TRIOLE Strategy

Sunnyvale, CA, May 25, 2004 – Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced that Interstage® XML Search (Shunsaku Data Manager) is the first solution from the Interstage Suite of application integration software products to incorporate the elements of TRIOLE™, Fujitsu's global IT optimization strategy.

25 May 2004  USA
Glovia Customers Migrate to Current Software Version to Continue Maximizing Benefits

Orlando, FL, May 25, 2004 – Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu (TSE:6702) and a leading provider of extended ERP solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, announced today from the 2004 Glovia International User Group Conference that several customers, including Hager Companies, Interconnect Devices, Inc. and OPW Fueling Components among others, are migrating to the current version of Glovia's extended ERP solution, glovia.com 7, to continue maximizing the benefits of the software solution.

25 May 2004  USA
Servantis Serves as Strategic Addition to Fujitsu's Interstage Centerstage Partner Program

Sunnyvale, CA, May 25, 2004 – Fujitsu Software Corporation and Servantis today announced a strategic partnership to deliver best-in-class solutions for the healthcare industry, including automated claims processing and integration of the complex networks of systems that link payers, providers, and other healthcare organizations.

24 May 2004  USA
Fujitsu Software Sees Bright Future for Enterprise Applications

Sunnyvale, CA, May 24, 2004 – Fujitsu Software announced its support of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System. The 2005 enhancements are fully in line with the needs of Fujitsu Software's customers who are migrating their mainframe COBOL applications to the Microsoft .NET Framework.

24 May 2004  USA
glovia.com Plant Maintenance Provides Companies With Comprehensive Maintenance Management Functionality

Orlando, FL , May 24, 2004 – Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu (TSE:6702) and a leading provider of extended ERP solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, announced today, from the 2004 Glovia International User Group Conference in Orlando, Florida, the availability of glovia.com Plant Maintenance, a new module that provides companies with comprehensive maintenance management functionality.

11 May 2004  Australia
Australia's Coles Myer and Fujitsu Join Forces in POS Software Development Alliance

Sydney, May 11, 2004 – Coles Myer and Fujitsu Australia will join forces under an alliance to manage, consolidate and develop the software platform that runs the point-of-sale systems across almost 700 Coles Myer-owned stores throughout Australia.

11 May 2004  USA
Leading Brazilian Television Transmitter Manufacturer Selects glovia.com to Manage Business Operations

El Segundo, CA, May 11, 2004 – 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 Linear Electronic Equipment, a world-wide leading manufacturer of television transmitters, has selected Glovia's extended ERP solution, glovia.com, to improve management of critical business processes and visibility of company-wide operations. Glovia's Brazilian affiliate partner, Fotini Informatica, managed all aspects of the sales process and will handle the implementation and support of the product locally, which Linear viewed as a strong selling point during the selection process.

5 May 2004  USA
Vitronics Soltec Selects glovia.com ERP For New China Subsidiary

El Segundo, CA, May 5, 2004 – 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 Vitronics Soltec has selected glovia.com - it's enterprise resource planning solution to support their recently established production facilities in China.

4 May 2004  USA
Fujitsu Releases New Software Application "ActiveSite™" for Designing Effective Small Molecule Inhibitors

Westwood, MA, May 4, 2004 – The BioIT Group of Fujitsu America, Inc. announced today the release of their new ActiveSite™ software which functions with their BioCAChe™, BioMedCAChe™, and WorkSystem Pro™ products. BioMedCAChe is the CAChe Group's flagship protein to drug discovery modeling software for the Windows® operating system.

29 April 2004  USA
Fujitsu Introduces Industry-first Software Application for Real-time Self-checkout Lane Management

Frisco, TX, April 29, 2004 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. has developed LaneAlert, a new lane management software application for self-checkout terminals that monitors lane activity and sends real-time alerts to store management when problems arise or utilization benchmarks are not met.

6 April 2004  USA
Softek Now Fully-Independent Storage Management Company Through Management-Led Buyout From Fujitsu

Sunnyvale, CA, April 6, 2004 – Softek™, a leading provider of storage management software, today announced a management-led buyout of Softke from Fujitsu, making Softek one of the largest independent storage management software companies. Fujitsu continues to be a strategic partner to Softtek through multi-year OEM agreements for distribution of award-winning Softek data availability and enterprise storage resource management (ESRM) solutions throughout countries in Asia Pacific and Central Europe.

23 March 2004  USA
Fujitsu Shows Government Agencies how to Preserve Investment in COBOL while Migrating from Host Mainframe

Sunnyvale, CA / Washington DC, March 23, 2004 – In Booth 3003 at FOSE, March 23-25, Fujitsu Software Corporation will demonstrate how its NetCOBOL® for Windows, NetCOBOL for .NET, NetKicks™ and zBatch™ products can help government customers cut mainframe hardware and software maintenance costs and maintain their investment in COBOL while migrating from host mainframe environments.

18 March 2004  USA
European Space Agency Launches Softek EnView To Monitor Corporate Application Performance

Sunnyvale, CA, March 18, 2004 – Softek™, a leading provider of storage management software, today announced that the European Space Agency is using Softek quality-of-service (QoS) software solutions to ensure that its employees receive optimum performance and continuous availability from their corporate business applications.

16 March 2004  USA
Fujitsu Introduces Integrated Element Management Software and Server Hardware Package

Richardson, TX, March 16, 2004 – Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a leading supplier of IT and networking solutions, announced today the immediate availability of a fully integrated and powerful optical network management solution combining the NETSMART® 1500 Element Management System (EMS) and the PRIMEPOWER® 650 server from Fujitsu. This bundled solution is positioned for telecommunication service providers and Multiple System Operators (MSOs).

10 March 2004  USA
Leading Global Automotive Parts Manufacturer Goes Lean with Glovia

El Segundo, CA, March 10, 2004 – Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu (TSE:6702) and a leading provider of extended ERP solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, announced today that Keihin Aircon, North America Inc. (KAC), a leading global manufacturer of heating, ventilating and air conditioning components for the automotive industry has furthered their lean initiatives through the use of Glovia's extended ERP solution, glovia.com.

9 March 2004  Japan
Fujitsu, Hitachi and NEC Offer Sample Reliable Messaging Software for Web Services

Tokyo, March 9, 2004 – Fujitsu Limited, Hitachi, Ltd., and NEC Corporation today announced that they are making available on their respective websites sample software that implements Web Services Reliability (WS-Reliability), a messaging specification for web services designed to ensure superior reliability. URL links to the royalty-free software downloads from each company's website are listed below.

9 March 2004  USA
Ford Motor Experiences No Application Downtime during 125 TB Cross-Vendor Data Migration with Softek

Sunnyvale, CA, March 9, 2004 – Softek™, a leading provider of storage management software, today announced that Ford Motor Company recently migrated more than 125 TB of data using Softek TDMF, the industry-leading data migration solution.

9 March 2004  USA
Fujitsu Chief Architect Recognized for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Workflow

Sunnyvale, CA, March 9, 2004 – Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced that Keith Swenson, chief architect of Fujitsu Software Corporation, has been named the 2004 recipient of the prestigious Marvin L. Manheim Award. Presented by the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC), the annual award recognizes outstanding contributions by individuals or groups in the field of workflow. Keith will be honored at an award ceremony hosted by the WfMC in conjunction with the AIIM Expo Conference & Exposition at 4 p.m. today at the Jacob J. Javits Center, New York, NY.

25 February 2004  USA
Fujitsu Sees Record Demand for Interstage Suite

Sunnyvale, CA, February 25, 2004 – Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced a global surge in demand for its Interstage® Suite, one of the world’s broadest lines of application infrastructure software products. In the last nine months of 2003, sales tripled as customers and partners worldwide made Interstage Suite products their solutions of choice to design, develop and manage their customized, mission-critical applications.

19 February 2004  USA
Softek Wins Multi-Million Dollar Contract to Improve U.S. Dept. of Defense

Sunnyvale, CA, February 19, 2004 – Softek™, a leading provider of storage management software, today announced that it has been awarded a multi-million, five-year contract by ViON Corporation to support the Defense Information Systems Agency Computing Service's Assured Computing project to ensure that that United States Department of Defense information systems users can continuously access and process their data. The contract also includes two one-year options.

17 February 2004  USA
Fujitsu Software Obtains Rights to zBatch and Brings Production MVS/zOS JCL Batch Jobs to Windows Server

Sunnyvale, CA, February 17, 2004 – Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced that it has obtained rights to zBatch™, a product of zBatch LLC that is designed to streamline the task of migrating mainframe applications to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to significantly reduce costs.

17 February 2004  USA
Softek Announces Enhanced Capabilities for Active Management ESRM Solutions

Sunnyvale, CA, February 17, 2004 – Softek™, a leading provider of storage management software, today announced enhanced versions of its award-winning storage resource management software suite, Softek Storage Manager Version 2.2 and Softek SANView Version 5.2.

17 February 2004  USA
Softek Outlines Vision and Roadmap for ESRM Solutions

Sunnyvale, CA, February 17, 2004 – Softek™, a leading provider of storage management software, today outlined its vision and roadmap for extending its industry-leading enterprise storage resource management (ESRM) solutions with powerful new management capabilities, such as performance management, regulatory compliance, email management, disaster recovery management and data migration management.

12 February 2004  USA
Glovia's Remote Managed Services Reduce Maintenance Costs and Optimize System Performance

El Segundo, CA, February 12, 2004 – Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu (TSE:6702) and a leading provider of extended ERP solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, today announced the availability of Remote Managed Services to manage maintenance and optimize system performance for Glovia's extended ERP system, glovia.com, and related Oracle databases.

29 January 2004  USA
Glovia Enhances Security Management

El Segundo, CA, January 29, 2004 – Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu (TSE:6702) and a leading provider of extended ERP solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, today announced the availability of glovia.com Security Manager, a module that simplifies enterprise-wide security administration.

13 January 2004  USA
Daktronics Migrates to Glovia's ERP Solution to Better Serve Customers

El Segundo, CA, January 13, 2004 – Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu and a leading provider of extended ERP solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, today announced that Daktronics, Inc. has migrated to Glovia's fully integrated, extended ERP solution, glovia.com. Daktronics is the leading manufacturer of electronic scoreboards and display systems, selling its products to customers ranging from high schools, colleges, universities and professional sports venues to businesses and transportation systems.

5 January 2004  USA
Softek Achieves Milestone Year With Expanded Channel Partner Roster and Programs

Sunnyvale, CA, January 5, 2004 – Softek™, a leading provider of storage management software, announced today it has added more than 50 new channel partners in 2003 and is making progress on its plan toward a blended model of channel partners and direct sales force. Softek Synergy Partner Program members now number more than 80 worldwide, and are participating in team selling activities with Softek's global sales force.