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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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Tokyo, November 16, 2011 – Fujitsu has published the 2011 Fujitsu Group Sustainability Report, which discusses the thinking, efforts, and accomplishments regarding the social and environmental aspects of the Fujitsu Group's operations.
Tokyo, November 14, 2011 – RIKEN and Fujitsu have taken the No. 1 position for the 'K computer' on the 38th TOP500 list announced today in the US (November 14, PST), for a consecutive two terms in a row. The K computer, currently under joint development, was designated as being the world's fastest supercomputer. The TOP500 was previously announced in June 2011.
Munich, November 9, 2011 – Munich, November 09, 2011 - At “Fujitsu Forum”, its annual customer event, Fujitsu today outlines its vision, key products and services, enabling customers to create flexible IT infrastructures to meet future business demands. In doing so, Fujitsu allows enterprises to follow a path of seamless convergence from today’s on-premise IT solutions to tomorrow’s cloud-based computing.
Bangkok, November 7, 2011 – Due to Massive flood situation inside BANGKOK area during this moment, our service facility and stock room located at Olympia Thai Tower, Ratchadapisek Rd near to Ladplao intersection already received an impact from flood level and it caused inconvenient by customer and our staff to access and operate as usual.
Melbourne, November 3, 2011 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced it has won the ‘Banksia Environmental Award for Leading in Sustainability – Setting the Standard for Large Organisations’ award, in what is regarded as the most prestigious environmental awards program in Australia. With this award the Banksia Foundation has acknowledged Fujitsu’s long term commitment to sustainability and measurable achievements.
London, November 2, 2011 – PFU is the first vendor to offer Scan-to-iPhone and Scan-to-iPad software functions connecting paper-based documents directly to the mobile Apple world.
Tokyo, November 2, 2011 – RIKEN and Fujitsu today announced that the "K computer," which is a supercomputer currently under their joint development, has achieved a LINPACK benchmark performance of 10.51 petaflops (10.51 quadrillion floating point operations per second).
Tokyo, November 2, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced the release of GFIT Accounting V1L01, accounting templates for the accounting system offered by SAP AG. The new templates accommodate International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and quickly enable users to integrate their global accounting.
Helsinki, November 1, 2011 – The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland’s new SAP solution, provided by Fujitsu Finland, incorporates the financial administration of all parishes in Finland. The agreement covers a period of seven years and is worth 5.1 million euros.
Bangkok, November 1, 2011 – Fujitsu System Business (Thailand) Limited, today announced a special offer to customers who are flood victims. The company will provide servers to customers affected by flood with free of charge for rental, to lessen their burdens while providing support to help business recovered quickly.
London, October 28, 2011 – High-performance document imaging with Fujitsu scanners has always been a winning proposition. Now new, existing and prospective ScanSnap users can win even more. Customers, who recently purchased a Fujitsu ScanSnap, are an existing ScanSnap user, or who are planning to purchase a ScanSnap scanner, can take part in the Celebrate ScanSnap promotion and win 130 pounds sterling. The promotion will run until just before Christmas. There will be two prizes awarded every week.
Tokyo, October 27, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced it has been awarded the No. 1 spot on the Top 12 Green-IT Vendors list by IDG's Computerworld, the premium IT media brand dedicated to providing peer perspective, IT leadership and business results, for the second consecutive year. Fujitsu has been climbing the Computerworld Top 12 Green-IT Vendors list since the Award's inception four years ago, and has now won the prestigious first place in both 2010 and 2011, the only company to do so.
Tokyo, October 26, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited announced that its Board of Directors decided today to distribute interim dividends from retained earnings for shareholders of record as of September 30, 2011, as indicated below.
Tokyo, October 26, 2011 – Fujitsu today reported consolidated net income of 26.1 billion yen (US$339 million) for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 (July 1 to September 30, 2011), compared with 17.4 billion yen posted in the corresponding period of fiscal 2010. Full-year projections for sales have been revised downward by 60.0 billion yen in light of anticipated exchange rates, although earnings expectations remain unchanged from those made in July 2011.
Tokyo, October 26, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited today announced differences between its financial projections for the first half of fiscal 2011 (April 1, 2011-September 30, 2011) previously announced July 28, 2011, and its actual results announced today.
Manila, October 25, 2011 – Manila, Philippines – August 17, 2011. Ms. Regina Mercado was recently named by Fujitsu Lifebook Philippines as the grand raffle prize winner of a free stay for 3 days and 2 nights at Misibis Bay, a luxurious island playground at Cagraray Island, Bacacay, Albay Province, Bicol Region. Ms. Carmina Angeles, Product Manager of Fujitsu Lifebook was present to give her raffle prize. Ms. Mercado purchased her Fujitsu Lifebook LH530 at Octagon Computer Superstore at SM Megamall.
Canberra, October 12, 2011 – A group of leading cloud computing providers have joined with Australia's telecommunications consumer representative body in an initiative to build local consumer and business confidence in cloud computing.
Helsinki, October 11, 2011 – ICT Service Centre for the Judicial Administration (OTTK) and Fujitsu Finland have signed an agreement whereby Fujitsu will implement an electronic services platform for the new Finnish e-participation environment. The agreement also covers the maintenance, support services and further development of the platform. Fujitsu will build the platform using Microsoft's SharePoint and Fujitsu's own NetCommunity solutions. The platform is scheduled to be up and running in March 2012.
Munich, October 10, 2011 – Under the banner "Reshaping IT," Fujitsu invites customers and partners to its annual customer conference on November 9 and 10, 2011 in Munich, Germany. Fujitsu Forum – formerly known as "Fujitsu VISIT" –not only has a new name, but this year's program has also been extended. Fujitsu offers visitors discussions on current IT trends with top managers and Fujitsu experts, as well as presentations by two high-caliber guest speakers: neuroscientist Baroness Susan A. Greenfield, and chess legend Garry Kasparov. International pop star Anastacia will be performing in a live concert on the evening of November 9, 2011.
London, October 4, 2011 – Fujitsu has launched its Productivity Suite to provide UK organisations with a private cloud solution for desktop messaging, unified communication and collaboration. The Fujitsu Productivity Suite is a tailored cloud solution that delivers Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and Lync in a way that enables enterprises and government bodies to benefit from the advantages of a cloud-based approach, while addressing concerns around control, customisation and security.
Sydney and Auckland, September 30, 2011 – Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, has promoted Jo Healey to the role of Managing Director of Fujitsu New Zealand effective 1 October. Ms Healey, who has been with the company for five years, was previously General Manager, Sales. She takes over from Stuart Stitt, who is moving to Sydney in his new role of Chief Financial Officer, Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand.
Tokyo, September 30, 2011 – The Fujitsu Group today announced that it will consolidate Fujitsu Limited (Fujitsu)'s business activities for private sector markets in Japan's regional areas into Fujitsu Marketing Limited (FJM). This initiative, commencing from October 1, 2011, will be undertaken to better offer outstanding products and proposals that meet customer needs. In parallel to this, an accelerated pace of business reorganization will take place to support customers in the manufacturing, retailing and services industries.
London, September 29, 2011 – G4S, the world’s leading security solutions group, has signed a £32.9 million contract with Fujitsu UK & Ireland to provide business-critical IT infrastructure and services support over seven years.
Tokyo, September 29, 2011 – Fujitsu has announced that the following new executive appointment was approved at a meeting of its Board of Directors today and will take effect October 1, 2011.
Foothill Ranch, CA, September 29, 2011 – Foothill Ranch, Calif. September 28, 2011—Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc.(FFNA), a leading provider of IT-based business solutions, including retail point of sale solutions, advanced technology products, biometric solutions currency handling products, and digital media solutions, today announced the completion of the consolidation process for its North American light manufacturing, integration, staging, logistics and warehousing to Fujitsu's North American Manufacturing and Integration Center in Plattsburgh, NY. The "Grand Re-Opening" Event at the Fujitsu Plattsburgh location starts at 9:30am, with welcome presentations, ribbon cutting ceremony, press conference and facility tours.
London, September 22, 2011 – The 3rd annual joint Oracle economy survey between Fujitsu and UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG) exposes distinct changes in attitude towards Software as a Service (SaaS), while offering little evidence to support the anticipated negative effects of the recession on Oracle user organisations across the UK and Ireland.
Tokyo, September 21, 2011 – The Fujitsu Group today announced that it had succeeded in reducing year-on-year power consumption by 20% to 41%, depending on business site, in areas serviced by Tokyo Electric Power Company and Tohoku Electric Power. This marks a substantial increase over the 15% cuts directed by the Japanese government for the July to September 2011 period. In addition, Fujitsu offices and factories serviced by The Kansai Electric Power Company reduced power consumption by over 10%, as directed by the government.
Sydney, September 20, 2011 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today released the second ICT Sustainability: The Global Benchmark Report, providing an unmatched analysis of the trending maturity of ICT Sustainability in organisations across the globe.
London, September 16, 2011 – Kiyoshi Hasegawa has been appointed president of Fujitsu company PFU Limited. In his new function, Hasegawa aims to continue the successful pioneer work of his predecessor, Fujio Wajima, who assumed chairmanship of the board of directors. In times of drastic changes and new trends such as cloud and mobile computing, Hasegawa wants to lead the company with a sense of speed and smartness and the motivational spirit of its 4,500 employees. On this basis, he is looking at making PFU a leader also in the new era of cloud and mobility.
Sydney, September 15, 2011 – Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, has announced that two of its ‘greenfield’ data centres have been included in the Whole of Government Data Centres Under Development Panel by the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).
Asia Pacific, September 14, 2011 – Fujitsu, the world's leading Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Company, today marked a three-decade milestone by celebrating its 30th anniversary in the innovation sector. Since 1981, with the launch of the FM-8 (Fujitsu's first 8-bit PC) and the FACOM9450 (Fujitsu's first PC for business market), Fujitsu has expanded its pioneering presence to complement the constant changing landscape in the ICT industry. As the forefront of pioneering many innovative products in the industry, Fujitsu has stamped the authority as the global leading IT solution provider.
Helsinki, September 12, 2011 – Engineering and technology corporation Metso and Fujitsu Finland have signed an agreement on IT infrastructure services for Metso's sites in Finland.
Stockholm, September 9, 2011 – Axfood, one of the biggest food retailers in Scandinavia, expands its partnership with Fujitsu. The two companies have entered into a long term agreement under which Fujitsu will deliver a wide range of services for support, maintenance and development of POS solutions.
Helsinki, September 7, 2011 – VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland was chosen as the winner of the Service Desk Customer of the year 2011 award in HDI Nordic Ltd's annual competition. Fujitsu proposed VTT as the winner.
Foothill Ranch, CA, September 6, 2011 – Foothill Ranch, Calif.— Sept 6, 2011—Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc. (FFNA), a leading provider of IT-based business solutions, including advanced technology products, biometric security, and digital media solutions, Broadcast International (BCST:OTC BB), a leading provider of video management services and software for next generation video IP networks, and Myricom, a technology leader in extreme-performance 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) solutions specialized for vertical markets, have announced a strategic alliance to deliver an integrated private cloud transcoding solution to the Media and Broadcast market.
Tokyo, August 31, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced that, drawing on lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake, it will implement group-wide disaster response drills on September 1, 2011. Given the increasing risk in recent years of a major earthquake hitting the Tokyo metropolitan area, the drills are based upon a scenario in which the Tokyo metropolitan area suffers significant damage. The drills are designed to practice the initial actions to be taken by a contingency disaster response headquarters established in the Kansai region of Japan, should such circumstances occur, as well as those of group company offices affected by such as a disaster.
Helsinki, August 30, 2011 – Defence, security and aviation solutions provider Patria and Fujitsu Finland have entered into an IT services agreement whereby Fujitsu will deliver IT infrastructure services to Patria. The service, which will be implemented following the Patja service model, covers availability and on-site support services at all Patria sites. Moreover, Fujitsu will assume responsibility for access management, workstation deliveries as well as support for printing and scanning services.
Tokyo, August 29, 2011 – Fujitsu has today donated a portion of the proceeds from the sale of its FMV Raku-Raku PC 3 to the International Association for Universal Design (IAUD) to support the development and spread of universal design.
Tokyo, August 25, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited has announced that its Board of Directors today decided to liquidate its specified subsidiary, Fujitsu International Finance (Netherlands) B.V. ("FIF").
Helsinki, August 24, 2011 – The Sohva model has helped Raisio cut applications by more than halfFujitsu manages Raisio's application servicesRaisio Oyj and Fujitsu Services Oy have renewed their IT agreement whereby Fujitsu continues to manage Raisio's applications. During the Sohva service launched in 2006, Raisio has cut more than half of its applications, and a nice amount of costs too.Fujitsu's Sohva is an advanced applications development and management model.
Foothill Ranch, CA, August 17, 2011 – Foothill Ranch, Calif. August 17, 2011—Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc.(FFNA), a leading provider of IT-based business solutions, including advanced technology products, biometric security, and digital media solutions, today announced the commitment of a recurring annual scholarship fund at the Champlain Valley Technical Education Center (CV-TEC) to help develop an enhanced curriculum centered on supply chain and logistics. The Scholarship will be presented at the Plattsburgh International Airport today coinciding with FedEx's donation of one of its Boeing 727 aircraft to the Plattsburgh Aeronautical Institute (PAI) which is operated by CV-TEC.
Helsinki, August 16, 2011 – Valvira has chosen Fujitsu Services Oy as the supplier for the new Valveri information system. Valveri is the licence administration and supervision system for Welfare and Health in Finland, and it will be employed by Valvira and the regional state administrative agencies (AVI's).
Sydney, August 11, 2011 – Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced it has won a three year, end-to-end managed services contract with Western Australia’s State Government-owned energy utility Horizon Power.
Jakarta, August 5, 2011 – Fujitsu, the leading provider of business, information technology and communications solutions, today announced the enrolment of a management scholarship for the 28th East-West Knowledge Leaders Program (EWKLP) 2012 at the JAIMS (Japan-American Institute of Management Science) in Hawaii, United States.
London, August 2, 2011 – McDonald’s UK has signed a deal with Fujitsu for the provision of IT infrastructure support services to the company’s 1,200 restaurants in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
London, August 1, 2011 – Fujitsu has migrated the National Skills Academy (NSA) for Sport and Active Leisure to Salesforce CRM, moving the NSA from a disjointed set of customer systems to a single Cloud-based solution able to meet the NSA’s developing business needs.
Munich, August 1, 2011 – In fall 2011, Fujitsu will open two new telesales centers in Berlin and Barcelona. The leading European IT infrastructure provider is strengthening its sales force in the CEMEA&I (Continental Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India) region, aiming to increase its market coverage and revenue significantly. To reach this goal, Fujitsu is using sales activities that go beyond the traditional telemarketing. In the two new telesales centers, the company plans to combine various sales activities including customer intelligence, sales development, and telesales for comprehensive and rigorous customer support. In the first step, the company will create a total of approximately 300 new jobs between the two new locations, and plans to create a further 300 jobs in Berlin over the next three years.
Tokyo, July 28, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited, a leading provider of ICT-based business solutions for the global marketplace, today reported a consolidated net loss of 20.4 billion yen (US$252 million) for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 (April 1 to June 30, 2011), representing a deterioration of 22.0 billion yen from the first quarter of fiscal 2010. This was in line with projections of business results announced on June 17, 2011, which also remain unchanged in the anticipation of year-on-year increases in both sales and earnings.
Perth, July 22, 2011 – Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, has recently signed a contract for Data Centre infrastructure and Managed Services support with WA Health, Western Australia’s public health system. The contract, which is based on international best practice, is for Fujitsu to provide high availability, scalable infrastructure, sustainable data centre growth and ICT continuity.
London, July 18, 2011 – Fujitsu is today pleased to announce the extension of its highly successful contract with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for the provision and management of its ICT Managed Services.
New Delhi, July 13, 2011 – Underlining the growing convergence of IT and telecommunications, Fujitsu India and Siemens Enterprise Communications, India are partnering to provide Indian customers with Unified IT & Communications solution. As a result of the new alliance, the two companies intend to jointly offer IT & Communications solutions leveraging Fujitsu's IT competence and Siemens Enterprise Communications' Unified Communication expertise.
London, July 8, 2011 – Fujitsu and EZLegacy have agreed to work together to widen the capabilities of EZSource (a suite of tools for application portfolio management, analysis and metric based reporting) to include support for VME (Virtual Machine Environment) applications in order to ensure that VME has cloud capability.
Tokyo, July 8, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited (the "Company") announced today that it has determined the terms of its Twenty-Eighth Series Unsecured Straight Bonds (with inter-bond pari passu clause) and Twenty-Ninth Series Unsecured Straight Bonds (with inter-bond pari passu clause), both of which will be offered and issued in Japan. The terms of the issues are as follows.
London, July 7, 2011 – New research suggests a potential ‘digital disconnect’ between local authorities and older people according to an independent study commissioned by Fujitsu.
Tokyo, July 1, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited and Kagawa University today announced the start of joint research looking into how smartphones can provide lifestyle and educational support to children with special needs and their guardians.
London, June 28, 2011 – Fujitsu has enabled the University of Bath to expand the scope of its Innovation Centre by migrating its business network system to a Cloud-based solution.
Tokyo, June 17, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited has announced that consolidated earnings projections and the dividends forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012, not included in the "FY 2010 Full-Year Financial Results" announced on April 28, 2011, have in light of recent conditions and performance trends been determined as follows.
Sydney, Tokyo and London, June 16, 2011 – Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Limited today announced an award of A$446,000 (US$ 474,000) by the Australian Research Council for a three-year Linkage Project1 with The Australian National University.
Tokyo, June 16, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited and the SAS Institute Japan Ltd. today announced that they have established a partnership in the field of Business Analytics or BA, an area in which advanced analyses and projections are formulated from a variety of data. The partnership will enable Fujitsu to sell and deliver BA solutions from SAS, one of the world's leading vendors in the field of Business Analytics, within the Japanese market. In addition, the companies will work together to develop BA solution proposals and provide deployment support.
Jakarta, June 16, 2011 – Fujitsu, the leading provider of business, information technology and communication solutions, today kicked off the first Fujitsu Conference 2011, at Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta, which marked the company's 76 years journey in delivering value to customers through superior technologies, solutions and services. The event attracted more than 600 customers and partners to address interesting yet highly relevant topics on innovation, technology & trends, virtualization and cloud computing.
London, June 15, 2011 – Fujitsu has been positioned in the Leaders category of The Forrester Wave™: Oracle Services Providers, Q2 2011 report.
London, June 9, 2011 – Fraud and Error technology provided by Fujitsu, working collaboratively with Capgemini under the Aspire contract, has played a significant role in helping HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to meet its initial targets in preventing fraud and error loss during 2010/11.
London, June 8, 2011 – Fujitsu has announced in the UK a new top end version of its highly successful enterprise-class Cloud service. The company is now offering IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) Cloud services using "twinned UK data centres", providing even higher levels of reliability, security and performance to both existing and new customers.
Helsinki, June 8, 2011 – HR personnel can focus their attention on people instead of reportingFujitsu Services Estonia has developed a new cloud service, which makes HR managers’ life easier. The web-based Persona V3 takes care of all the routine reports that use up time that could be used in developing the working environment and competencies of the organisation’s employees.
Tokyo, June 3, 2011 – The Fujitsu Group today announced that, to reduce its peak power usage between July and September 2011 by over 15% compared to the previous year, the company will be implementing the following power saving initiatives for offices and factories located in areas serviced by Tokyo Electric Power Company and Tohoku Electric Power.
London, May 24, 2011 – Independent research conducted amongst IT managers has highlighted a series of growing problems surrounding collaboration within enterprise organisations.
Tokyo, May 23, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited announced that its Board of Directors today decided upon the dividends to be paid from retained earnings to shareholders on the record date of March 31, 2011, as indicated below.
London, May 20, 2011 – Scottish Procurement and Commercial Directorate – known as “Scottish Procurement” – has awarded Fujitsu a place on both (two) Lots for the IT Managed Services Framework Agreement. The Frameworks took effect from the beginning of April 2011.
London, May 17, 2011 – Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the leading operator of restaurants and pubs in the UK, has tasked Fujitsu with transforming its IT infrastructure to use a private cloud service and managed network.
London, May 16, 2011 – Fujitsu is adding to its existing and established Cloud portfolio by becoming the first of the major global ICT services vendors to launch a self-service Cloud platform in the UK. Known as ‘Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform’, organisations will be able to take advantage of the most robust and reliable self-service Cloud-based ICT infrastructure (compute, storage, network, test and development) available to organisations today.
Helsinki, May 13, 2011 – Etelä-Savon tietohallinto Oy (ESTH) and Fujitsu Services Oy have entered into an agreement on the foundation of an electronic archiving competence and service centre (SARKK). ESTH will lead the project while Fujitsu will both implement the archiving project and subsequently manage its operation through SaaS cloud service (Software as a Service).
Tokyo, May 13, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced that the line of FMV Series PCs for the consumer market that it will release this summer will come pre-installed with bookmarks to the websites of prominent NPOs and NGOs.
London, May 9, 2011 – Carpetright plc, Europe’s leading specialist carpet and floor covering retailer, has extended its partnership with Fujitsu for three years for the ongoing support, maintenance and supply of IT for its 586 stores across the UK and Republic of Ireland.
Sydney, April 29, 2011 – Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand (FANZ) announced today the appointment of Mike Foster as Chief Executive Officer effective from Monday 25th April 2011. Foster’s appointment follows the recent promotion of former CEO Rod Vawdrey to President of Fujitsu’s Global Business Group.
Tokyo, April 28, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited announced that the following executive promotions, new appointments, and resignations were approved at a meeting of its Board of Directors today and will take effect May 21, 2011.
Tokyo, April 28, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited announced today nominations to its Board of Directors and Board of Statutory Auditors based on the recommendations of the company's Executive Nomination Committee. The nominations are subject to approval at meetings of the Board of Directors and Board of Statutory Auditors, following the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on June 23, 2011.
Kawasaki, Japan, April 28, 2011 – Following a meeting of its Board of Directors today, Fujitsu Laboratories Limited announced the following Board of Directors reappointments, new appointments, and resignations, which will take effect after approval at an extraordinary shareholder's meeting scheduled for May 21, 2011 and the subsequent meeting of its Board of Directors.
Tokyo, April 28, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited, a leading provider of ICT-based business solutions for the global marketplace, today reported consolidated net income of 55.0 billion yen (US$663 million) for fiscal 2010 (April 1, 2010 - March 31, 2011). Net income fell short of the company's January 28, 2011 projections after the March 2011 earthquake in eastern Japan caused disruption to Fujitsu manufacturing plants, regional logistics and customer facilities.
Tokyo, April 28, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited announced that its Board of Directors today decided upon the dividends to be paid from retained earnings to shareholders on the record date of March 31, 2011, as indicated below.
Tokyo, April 28, 2011 – The eastern Japan earthquake of March 11, 2011 impacted the Fujitsu Group as follows.
Sydney, April 21, 2011 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced the release of a paper that shares the company’s comprehensive global sustainability journey. Titled “Sustainability: Our Heritage, Your Future”, the paper illustrates Fujitsu’s worldwide environmental activities and solutions that have placed the group on target to reduce its customers’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 15 million tons by next year. The paper covers Fujitsu’s customer offerings, strategy and overall philosophy for a prosperous, low carbon future.
Tokyo, April 20, 2011 – Fujitsu would like to express our heartfelt condolences to everyone who has been affected by the Tohoku earthquake in Japan. We wish for the fast recovery of the disaster-stricken regions and the safety of all. The entire Fujitsu Group pledges its full support towards assistance and revitalization of the region.
London, April 19, 2011 – Fujitsu has worked with Cardiff University to implement Salesforce.com. The rollouts focus on two of the university’s customer-facing departments; the Centre for Lifelong Learning and the Knowledge Transfer Centre in the School of Engineering.
Munich, April 19, 2011 – Fujitsu today announces that it is making it easier for enterprise customers to backup, store and archive their vital business data by providing direct access to CommVault® (CVLT) Simpana® 9 software. This new partnership announcement means that Fujitsu will become an OEM provider of Simpana software through its sales channels in EMEA, starting immediately.
London, April 18, 2011 – Centrica has awarded Fujitsu a five-year contract to provide Desktop Managed Services (DMS) for 25,000 users across Centrica’s UK business. Fujitsu will exploit the synergies with its existing internal IT service desk contract that it won last year, which will further improve the service provided to Centrica employees.
London, April 13, 2011 – – Fujitsu, one of the world’s largest technology and communications companies, today announced plans to work in collaboration with Virgin Media, TalkTalk and Cisco to deliver next generation internet services to 5 million homes in rural Britain.
Tokyo, April 13, 2011 – Fujitsu has appointed Rod Vawdrey as Corporate Senior Vice President and President of the Global Business Group of Fujitsu Limited as of April 11, 2011. With more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry, Mr. Vawdrey will bring his leadership skills, as well as his global and domestic expertise in understanding and managing business services, to further expand Fujitsu's global business operations.
Helsinki, April 12, 2011 – Fujitsu Services Oy and Cisco Systems have entered into an agreement whereby Cisco TelePresence will be available as part of Fujitsu's Patja service.
Munich, April 12, 2011 – Fujitsu today further extends its High Performance Computing (HPC) consulting and integration services, which enable engineers and scientists to achieve breakthrough innovation. Fujitsu is securing exclusive access to unique market expertise and accelerating the expansion of its customer base through the acquisition of ICT AG, an Aachen-based specialist HPC consulting and integration firm.
London, April 11, 2011 – Fujitsu has today appointed Duncan Tait, previously managing director of the company’s private sector business, to the role of CEO for the UK & Ireland.
Tokyo, April 11, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited today announced the following executive appointment and resignation.
Melbourne/London/Mumbai/New York, April 6, 2011 – The Green IT: The Financial Services Industry Benchmark report, launched globally by Fujitsu today, contains the findings of the first multi-country survey to determine the maturity of Green IT practices and technologies within banking, finance and insurance organisations in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and India.
London, April 5, 2011 – – Fujitsu is offering retailers the opportunity to drive down store IT support costs by allowing users to swap faulty parts for new ones instead of relying on Fujitsu engineers to fix relatively straightforward problems.
London, April 1, 2011 – Fujitsu was among the select companies that Forrester Research, Inc. invited to participate in its March 2011 The Forrester Wave™: Global IT Infrastructure Outsourcing, Q1 2011 report. In this evaluation, Fujitsu was cited as a Strong Performer in IT Infrastructure Outsourcing.
London, March 31, 2011 – Fujitsu, the leading provider of technology and IT services has launched a Cloud Consulting service. The new Consultancy service will help senior IT decision makers to understand how they could potentially be using Cloud within their organisation.
London, March 29, 2011 – South West Trains and East Midlands Trains, both part of the Stagecoach Group, have enhanced their contracts with Fujitsu for ticket issuing systems.
London, March 28, 2011 – Fujitsu is supporting Britain's entrepreneurs and start-ups through the StartUp Britain initiative announced today by the Prime Minister, David Cameron.
London, March 22, 2011 – Fujitsu is re-entering the high performance computing (HPC) market in the UK after 10 years, with an ambition to be a leading player in this exciting field.
Helsinki, March 22, 2011 – Finnish Lottery company Veikkaus and Fujitsu Services Oy have signed an ICT service agreement whereby Fujitsu, with its Patja operations model, will assume the responsibility of Veikkaus' office solutions and availability services. Also, nine IT specialists will transfer from Veikkaus to Fujitsu.
Tokyo, March 18, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced that recruitment activities scheduled for April 1, 2011, have been postponed to June 1, 2011, due to the large-scale damage caused by the devastating Tohoku earthquake. The schedule change was made official to make the recruitment process a fair one for all applicants throughout Japan, particularly for those who are affected by this earthquake.
Tokyo, March 14, 2011 – Fujitsu would like to express our heartfelt condolences to everyone who has been affected by the earthquake which hit the Tohoku (northeast) region of Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011.
Tokyo, March 11, 2011 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT-based business solutions, announced today that it has joined the GreenTouch™ Consortium, a global initiative dedicated to dramatically improving the energy efficiency of information and communications technology (ICT) networks by a factor of 1,000.
Helsinki, March 9, 2011 – Finland's fourth largest city Vantaa and Fujitsu Services Oy have signed an agreement on the delivery of IT products to all departments of the city. The service covers approximately 11,000 employees, 30,000 school children and more than 300 premises.
Tokyo, March 3, 2011 – Fujitsu today announced that it has been awarded with Germany's universal design award 2011, for its mobile phone application that provides educational and social support for children with special needs, including those with learning disabilities and autism.
Hannover, March 1, 2011 – PFU Imaging Solutions Europe Ltd. has announced the addition of the first network scanner to its successful ScanSnap family. The Fujitsu ScanSnap N1800 lets all employees transmit paper documents easily and directly into a company’s business processes, its local network, or into the cloud. Users grasp operation of the device immediately and intuitively via its color touch screen.
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.
Tokyo, February 28, 2011 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions today announced the unveiling of its Global Cloud Services portfolio in Australia and New Zealand,, the first region outside Japan to roll out a trusted and standardized global cloud platform. Combining the scale of public platforms and the security and customization of private networks, the cloud platform is designed to provide customers with the best of both worlds from Fujitsu's Australia Data Centre operations.
Munich, February 28, 2011 – Fujitsu Technology Solutions today announces that it is strengthening its management team, and creating three new business units. The moves are designed to ensure that the leading European IT infrastructure provider's offerings continue to be fully aligned with future market dynamics.
Tokyo, February 25, 2011 – Fujitsu and Kanto Gakuin University today announced the joint-development and operational launch of the university's new OliveNet virtual mission-critical server system.
Melbourne, February 23, 2011 – A leading Australian expert on corporate environmental issues is alerting procurement and supply chain managers to the need to urgently change the way purchasing decisions are made. Rapidly rising energy costs and the introduction of major pieces of legislation related to energy use and waste disposal, slated for later this year, will see an irrevocable shift away from buying on initial price to total cost of ownership.
Tokyo, February 23, 2011 – Fujitsu announced today that it plans to hire 540 university graduates in April 2012.
Helsinki, February 16, 2011 – Fujitsu Services Oy placed fourth on the list of best workplaces in Finland. The research of best workplaces was performed by Great Place to Work Institute Finland. Fujitsu was awarded in the big companies (= more than 500 employees) category.
Munich, February 16, 2011 – Fujitsu has the highest growth among the top five vendors in the worldwide server market for 4Q10, according to the independent market research firm Gartner (Market Share Alert: Server Shipments, Worldwide, 4Q10; Moderate Finish in 2010 for the Server Market, by Heeral Kota and Errol Rasit, ID Number: G00210339). With global year-on-year growth of 12.6 percent in server unit shipments*, Fujitsu increased both sales and market share.
Helsinki, February 15, 2011 – Fujitsu announces the worldwide rollout of its Managed Smartphone service, a new suite of hosted Mobile Professional solutions. Recognizing the explosion of business use of smartphones in the enterprise, Fujitsu Managed Smartphone applies the same high standards of service to smartphones that organizations already depend on to manage desktop and mobile computing devices.
Wellington, February 10, 2011 – Fujitsu New Zealand Limited today announced it has become the first vendor in New Zealand to achieve the rigorous ISO 20000 international standard for IT Service Management and has secured accreditation across multiple locations.
Tokyo and Redwood Shores, Calif., February 9, 2011 – Fujitsu and Oracle today announced that they are strengthening a multi-decade partnership with the extension of their SPARC development relationship, an expansive, new product distribution agreement and a commitment to further joint engineering, marketing and sales promotion efforts.
Tokyo, February 7, 2011 – Fujitsu Limited and Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. have announced that they will be jointly launching a solution today, available only in Japan, which enables the visualization, or monitoring, of the operation and power consumption (CO2 emission) of computers, as well as Fuji Xerox’s multifunction devices and printers, on a network by linking the software of both companies.
Helsinki, February 2, 2011 – Nice-business Solutions Finland Oy (Ltd) and Fujitsu Services have reached an agreement by which Nice will buy from Fujitsu the entire business of Cell Telecom Ltd as of 1 February 2011. Until now Cell has been part of Fujitsu’s Nordic group. This transaction will strengthen Nice’s competencies in mobile solutions and services.
Helsinki, February 1, 2011 – Fujitsu has implemented an EMC Documentum based electronic service solution for the Administration of the Interior in Finland. The system also incorporates digital signature where the signatures are authenticated using Fujitsu's own mPollux technology. All in all there will be close to 10,000 Documentum licenses in use.
Tokyo, January 28, 2011 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT-based business solutions for the global marketplace, today reported consolidated net income of 16.5 billion yen (US$204 million*) for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 (October 1 – December 31, 2010), compared with 4.1 billion yen in the same period last year.
London, January 13, 2011 – Fujitsu has developed and launched a new smartphone application with the UK’s biggest budget hotel chain Premier Inn. The app enables customers to check availability, make reservations and manage their bookings and is available on iPhone, Android, Nokia and BlackBerry devices.
London, January 12, 2011 – PFU Imaging Solutions Europe Ltd., a subsidiary of Fujitsu Ltd, today announced the launch of the new ScanSnap S1100, the most compact, mobile and affordable Fujitsu scanning solution ever.
London, January 12, 2011 – The fi-6800 has been acknowledged as the No.1 selling midvolume production scanner in UK & Ireland and has won Hardware Product of the Year in the UK DM Awards 2010.