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19 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Strengthens its Solutions Business Structure

Tokyo, December 19, 2011 – Fujitsu has announced that it will reorganize and integrate its regional systems engineering (SE) companies—the backbone of Fujitsu's solutions and systems integration business—as part of the Fujitsu Group's strategy of going on offense with structural reforms. Starting April 2012, it will create a new regional SE structure with a focus on the regions of eastern Japan, western Japan, and Kyushu.

15 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu's Initiatives in Response to Flood Damage in Thailand

Tokyo, December 15, 2011 – Fujitsu expresses its concern to all those who suffered damage in the recent floods in Thailand and sincerely hopes for their safety and quick recovery.

15 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Supports ICT-Enabled Japanese Crane Conservation in the Kushiro Wetland Area

Tokyo, December 15, 2011 – Fujitsu has announced the launch, starting today, of a support initiative that employs multi-sensing network technology from Fujitsu as part of a winter Japanese crane conservation research project. Conducted by the Wild Bird Society of Japan in the Tsurui Village of Hokkaido, Japan, Fujitsu's role is to help enhance the accuracy and efficiency of the conservation research by installing multi-sensing units, which will enable remote monitoring of the Japanese cranes and the collection of video data, in natural feeding ground locations established by the Wild Bird Society of Japan.

2 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Named by Thomson Reuters as One of World's 100 Most Innovative Companies

Tokyo, December 2, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced its selection as one of Thomson Reuters 2011 Top 100 Global Innovators. Fujitsu has been so honored as a result of high evaluations earned for its intellectual property rights activities in the areas of patent approval success rate, global reach of patent portfolio, patent influence in literature citations and overall patent volume. Fujitsu constantly strives to maximize the value of intellectual property throughout the Fujitsu Group.

18 November 2011 Japan

"K computer" Research Results Awarded ACM Gordon Bell Prize

Tokyo and Tsukuba, Japan, November 18, 2011 – A research group from RIKEN, the University of Tsukuba, the University of Tokyo, and Fujitsu Limited today announced that research results obtained using the "K computer" were awarded the ACM Gordon Bell Prize, Peak-Performance at SC11, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis taking place in Seattle, USA, on November 17 (US Pacific Standard Time).

16 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Develops Distributed and Parallel Complex Event Processing Technology that Rapidly Adjusts Big Data Load Fluctuations

Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, December 16, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced that, in an industry first, they have developed complex event processing technology designed for use with cloud technology that employs distributed and parallel processing. This enables rapid adjustment to fluctuations in data loads when processing massive amounts of heterogeneous time series data, now popularly known as "big data."

14 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Develops Industry's First Peak Power Demand Reduction Technology for Deployment in Smart Cities

Kawasaki, Japan, December 14, 2011 – Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced industry's first development of peak power demand reduction technology intended for deployment in smart cities.

1 December 2011 Singapore

Fujitsu Releases Transcoders with Built-in Memory, H.264 Transrating Function

Singapore, December 1, 2011 – Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited today announced the development of three second-generation transcoders with built-in memory, the MB86M01, MB86M02, and MB86M03. The new products, which are bi-directional H.264/MPEG-2 transcoders, can convert both video and audio data, and can also perform full HD (1920 x 1080) conversions. Even with built-in memory, they deliver very low power consumption, consuming only 1.2W. Sample shipments of the new products will begin towards the end of March 2012.

18 November 2011 Japan

"K computer" Research Results Awarded ACM Gordon Bell Prize

Tokyo and Tsukuba, Japan, November 18, 2011 – A research group from RIKEN, the University of Tsukuba, the University of Tokyo, and Fujitsu Limited today announced that research results obtained using the "K computer" were awarded the ACM Gordon Bell Prize, Peak-Performance at SC11, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis taking place in Seattle, USA, on November 17 (US Pacific Standard Time).

16 November 2011 Japan

"K computer" No. 1 in Four Benchmarks at HPC Challenge Awards

Tokyo and Tsukuba, Japan, November 16, 2011 – RIKEN, the University of Tsukuba, and Fujitsu Limited today announced that they received top-ranking in all four benchmarks for the performance results of the "K computer" at the 2011 HPC Challenge Awards. The awards were announced on November 15 (US Pacific Standard Time) at SC11, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis taking place in Seattle, USA. The first-place rankings in the HPC Challenge Awards were received in the following four benchmarks used for evaluating the all-around performance of a supercomputer: 1) Global HPL; 2) Global RandomAccess; 3) EP STREAM (Triad) per system; and 4) Global FFT.

21 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Builds Japan's First Hybrid Cloud Platform Compliant with the Alliance Cloud

Tokyo, December 21, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced that it recently built Japan's first hybrid cloud platform that uses the Alliance Cloud, a standardized cloud model certified by the Global Alliance for User-driven Cloud Computing. This private cloud platform, which was built for the Daiwa Institute of Research, Ltd., began operations in November 2011. It enables hybrid private cloud operation, simultaneously, at multiple datacenters. Fujitsu hopes to deliver new services and solutions based on this platform for the needs of the diversifying hybrid cloud and expanding private cloud market.

20 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu IPKNOWLEDGE Improves HR and Payroll Efficiency at Kakogawa City Hospital Organization

Tokyo and Kakogawa City, Japan, December 20, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited and Kakogawa City Hospital Organization today announced the creation of a new HR and payroll administration system using IPKNOWLEDGE, Fujitsu's internal data consolidation solution for public sector institutions. Kakogawa City Hospital Organization is a local independent administrative institution formed through the merger of the former Kakogawa Municipal Hospital (a public hospital with 405 beds) and the former Shinko Kakogawa Hospital (a private hospital with 198 beds). The merger, through which the legal status of the merged entity was converted into an independent administrative institution, was designed to create an independently managed public hospital. IPKNOWLEDGE enabled the personnel data of the two hospitals to be consolidated within a time frame of six months to create a new HR and payroll administration system.

16 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Releases QRMining Risk Analysis and Forecasting Software

Tokyo, December 16, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Chubu Systems Limited today announced the release of QRMining, a software package, primarily for manufacturers of consumer products such as automobiles and electronics, which analyzes and predicts in advance major product issues.

15 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu's Initiatives in Response to Flood Damage in Thailand

Tokyo, December 15, 2011 – Fujitsu expresses its concern to all those who suffered damage in the recent floods in Thailand and sincerely hopes for their safety and quick recovery.

14 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Releases Packet ONP for Building 100Gbps Ultrafast, High-Capacity Networks for the Japan Market

Tokyo, December 14, 2011 – The expansion of mobile broadband led by smartphones, and the utilization of information and communication technology (ICT) such as cloud computing and sensing have resulted in the ongoing proliferation of Internet traffic. This has mean that telecom carriers must expand their facilities and increase power consumption. It is therefore essential that telecom carriers make efforts to cut network equipment and operations costs, and to conserve energy.

21 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Builds Japan's First Hybrid Cloud Platform Compliant with the Alliance Cloud

Tokyo, December 21, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced that it recently built Japan's first hybrid cloud platform that uses the Alliance Cloud, a standardized cloud model certified by the Global Alliance for User-driven Cloud Computing. This private cloud platform, which was built for the Daiwa Institute of Research, Ltd., began operations in November 2011. It enables hybrid private cloud operation, simultaneously, at multiple datacenters. Fujitsu hopes to deliver new services and solutions based on this platform for the needs of the diversifying hybrid cloud and expanding private cloud market.

20 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu IPKNOWLEDGE Improves HR and Payroll Efficiency at Kakogawa City Hospital Organization

Tokyo and Kakogawa City, Japan, December 20, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited and Kakogawa City Hospital Organization today announced the creation of a new HR and payroll administration system using IPKNOWLEDGE, Fujitsu's internal data consolidation solution for public sector institutions. Kakogawa City Hospital Organization is a local independent administrative institution formed through the merger of the former Kakogawa Municipal Hospital (a public hospital with 405 beds) and the former Shinko Kakogawa Hospital (a private hospital with 198 beds). The merger, through which the legal status of the merged entity was converted into an independent administrative institution, was designed to create an independently managed public hospital. IPKNOWLEDGE enabled the personnel data of the two hospitals to be consolidated within a time frame of six months to create a new HR and payroll administration system.

20 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Releases Interstage Application Server V10.1

Tokyo, December 20, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced the release of Interstage Application Server V10.1, the latest version of its application execution platform, in Japan only.

15 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Offers Global Availability of Interstage Business Process Manager Analytics V12

Tokyo, December 15, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced the immediate, worldwide availability of Interstage Business Process Manager Analytics V12, the latest edition of its business process discovery, monitoring and analysis software.

13 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Puts Cloud to Use in Upgrade of Yaoko's Store-Management Platform

Tokyo, December 13, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced that it has upgraded the store-management platform used by Yaoko Co., Ltd., with the new system beginning operations in November.

20 September 2011 USA

Fujitsu TP-X II 500 Series Point-of-Sale Controllers Deliver Flexibility and High Performance

Sunnyvale, CA, September 20, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced the TP-X II 500 Series point-of-sale (POS) controller family designed for retailers that require powerful performance, flexibility and connectivity in a more environmentally sustainable retailing platform. The highly configurable third release of the successful TP-X POS solution incorporates 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i3, i5 and Pentium® processors, delivering the power of a desktop computer in two mobile laptop form factors that let retailers create customer touch points in the most diverse and challenging environments. The retail-hardened TP-X II 500 Series controllers run cooler and consume less power, increasing reliability while reducing costs. Configurable with up to 14 powered USB ports, the TP-X II eliminates the need for power bricks, further increasing reliability while providing the connectivity retailers need to meet the evolving demands of today's shoppers.

23 August 2011 USA

Fujitsu Retail Suite Supports Global Retailers With Single, Secure, Easy-to-Integrate Solution

Sunnyvale, CA, August 23, 2011 – Fujitsu announced the latest version of the Fujitsu Retail Suite, a unified solution for point of sale (POS), retail data management and reporting, the management of customers, returns, and gift cards. Fujitsu Retail Suite version 4.2 increases support for global retailers, making it the perfect solution for companies that want to run the same system for every country in which they operate. The new version also delivers an enhanced view of customers across all selling channels, promoting greater customer satisfaction. Version 4.2 now features expanded configuration capabilities for ease of use, workflow and branding. For improved security, version 4.2 of GlobalSTORE® software, the award-winning Fujitsu POS solution included in the Fujitsu Retail Suite, has achieved PA-DSS 1.2 certification from the PCI Security Standards Council, which will help retailers to ensure high levels of payment card data security across the global, multi-channel retail environment.

6 July 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Builds Linux-based Core Banking System for Daiwa Next Bank

Tokyo, July 6, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced that it has built a Linux-based core banking system for Daiwa Next Bank, Ltd., which, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Group Inc., began operations on May 13, 2011.

7 June 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Cloud Service Employed by Metawater for Water Business Cloud

Tokyo, June 7, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced that its On-Demand Virtual System Service cloud service is being employed by Metawater Co., Ltd., which supports the water and sewer operations of local governments, as the system platform for Metawater's new water business cloud. Through its newly-built water business cloud, Metawater has been providing regional monitoring services, asset management services, and remote support services since April 2011. By using the water business cloud in their water and sewer operations, local governments or their sub-contractors can use shared information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure at a low cost, without having to individually own an ICT infrastructure. Particularly when it comes to regional monitoring of water and sewer operations, it is anticipated that the water business cloud will cut lifecycle costs, including system deployment and running expenses, by 30% compared to in-house systems.

11 May 2011 Japan

Fujitsu PROBANK Renewed as Saikyo Bank's Core Banking System

Tokyo, May 11, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced that the Saikyo Bank, Ltd. has renewed its contract to utilize PROBANK, Fujitsu's outsourcing service for core banking functions, for the bank's next core banking system. Renewed operations will start in January 2014.

21 December 2011 US

Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 & S1500M Integrate New Versions of Adobe® Acrobat® Software

Sunnyvale, CA, December 21, 2011 – Fujitsu, the market leader in document imaging scanners, today announced that its ScanSnap S1500 and S1500M scanning solutions include new versions of Adobe® Acrobat® software. The ScanSnap S1500 for Windows includes Acrobat X Standard and the ScanSnap S1500M comes bundled with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro for Mac®.

20 December 2011 Singapore

Fujitsu Launches New Range of ScanSnap S1500 & S1500M Scanners

Singapore, December 20, 2011 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT-based business solutions has updated the S1500 and S1500M - the best-selling scanner models of Fujitsu's ScanSnap line of simple, compact and speedy "one touch paper-to-PDF" personal document scanners - with Enhanced software bundled in the needs of today's consumer. The new models go on sale globally starting December 2011.

14 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Introduces ARROWS Z ISW11F au Smartphone

Tokyo, December 14, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced that the new ARROWS Z ISW11F smartphone from Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications will be available in Japan beginning December 17, 2011, from KDDI Corporation and Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company.

14 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Introduces docomo NEXT series™ ARROWS X LTE F-05D

Tokyo, December 14, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced that its new smartphone, docomo NEXT series ARROWS X LTE F-05D, will be available in Japan from NTT DOCOMO, Inc. beginning December 17, 2011.

21 November 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Introduces docomo with series™ ARROWS Kiss F-03D

Tokyo, November 21, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced that its new smartphone, docomo with series ARROWS Kiss F-03D, will be available from NTT DOCOMO, Inc. in Japan beginning November 25, 2011.

13 December 2011 Japan

World's First Successful Demonstration of Multi-Vendor Equipment Interoperability in Transmitting 100 Gigabit Ethernet Signals over an Optical Network

Tokyo and Atsugi, Japan, December 13, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited, NEC Corporation, and Anritsu Corporation today jointly announced that, in field tests, for the first time in the world they successfully demonstrated interoperability testing for optical network interface technology allowing telecommunications carriers to connect to each other at 100 Gigabit-class speeds, some 2.5- to 10-times faster than current speeds. Accordingly, this is the first time in the world that the transmission of 100 Gbps Ethernet signals over multiple optical networks using equipment from multiple vendors has been successfully demonstrated.

13 October 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Develops Optical Amplifier Technology for Next Generation Optical Access Systems

Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, October 13, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the development of optical amplifier technology for use in optical access systems that link subscribers to central offices. The new optical amplifier technology has the ability to quadruple the splitting number and double transmission distance.

28 September 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Releases Compact and Lightweight Si-R G100 Gigabit Access Router

Tokyo, September 28, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced the release of the Si-R G100, a gigabit access router. It is the latest model in Fujitsu's Si-R G series of IP access routers for building corporate network systems.

27 September 2011 USA

Fujitsu Driving Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design Standard; Decreasing Development Time, Accelerating Time-to-Market

Richardson, TX, September 27, 2011 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology and communications solutions, announced today its participation in the IPC-2581 Consortium, comprised of printed circuit board (PCB) designers, developers and manufacturers.

26 September 2011 Japan and China

Fujitsu Develops High-Performance Distortion-Compensation Circuit, Enabling Compact and Energy-Efficient Ultra-High-Capacity Fiber-Optic Transmission Systems

Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, and Beijing, China, September 26, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Laboratories Limited and Fujitsu Research and Development Center Co., Ltd. of China jointly announced their development of a digital signal processing algorithm to compensate for waveform distortions in signals transmitted by fiber-optic cables in long-haul transmission systems of 100 km or more. Compared to conventional technology in widespread use in literatures, the size and power requirements of the new circuit are reduced by approximately 85%, and are reduced by approximately 50% compared to circuits previously developed by Fujitsu.

15 December 2011 Germany

Fujitsu presents ‘Right-Sized’ Solutions at Embedded World 2012

Langen, Germany, December 15, 2011 – Innovative and scalable solutions for Industrial, Embedded and Automotive markets will be among the highlights of next year’s Embedded World trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany. Visit Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) in hall 4, booth 228. Attend the FSEU presentation on “Secure Hardware Extension” taking place during the workshop on Embedded Security

7 December 2011 Japan and USA

Fujitsu Semiconductor and SuVolta Demonstrate Ultra-low-voltage Operation of SRAM Down to ~0.4V

YOKOHAMA and LOS GATOS, December 7, 2011 – Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited and SuVolta, Inc. today announced that hey have successfully demonstrated ultra-low-voltage operation of SRAM(static random access memory) blocks down to 0.425V by integrating SuVolta's PowerShrink™ low-power CMOS platform into Fujitsu Semiconductor's low-power process technology.

1 December 2011 Singapore

Fujitsu Releases Transcoders with Built-in Memory, H.264 Transrating Function

Singapore, December 1, 2011 – Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited today announced the development of three second-generation transcoders with built-in memory, the MB86M01, MB86M02, and MB86M03. The new products, which are bi-directional H.264/MPEG-2 transcoders, can convert both video and audio data, and can also perform full HD (1920 x 1080) conversions. Even with built-in memory, they deliver very low power consumption, consuming only 1.2W. Sample shipments of the new products will begin towards the end of March 2012.

1 December 2011 Japan

Fujitsu Releases Transcoders with Built-in Memory, H.264 Transrating Function

Yokohama, December 1, 2011 – Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited today announced the development of three second-generation transcoders with built-in memory, the MB86M01, MB86M02, and MB86M03. The new products, which are bi-directional H.264/MPEG-2 transcoders, can convert both video and audio data, and can also perform full HD (1920 x 1080) conversions. Even with built-in memory, they deliver very low power consumption, consuming only 1.2W. Sample shipments of the new products will begin towards the end of March 2012.

17 November 2011 Germany

Fujitsu and HTV extend On-Site-Programming® lab partnership

Langen and Bensheim, Germany, November 17, 2011 – Collaboration will offer FSEU and its clients lower costs, shorter pass through and adaption rates with HTV-On-Site Programming®

28 February 2011 Germany

Fujitsu at CeBIT 2011

Munich/Hanover, February 28, 2011 – At CeBIT 2011, Fujitsu is showcasing the world's first truly wireless PC display and pulling the wraps off its new secure business class slate PC. The leading European IT infrastructure provider is also underlining the momentum of its new Cloud Program for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and providing an insight into its Dynamic Infrastructures Blocks technology.

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