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Tokyo, May 24, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced that it has worked with Nissin Healthcare Food Service Co., Ltd. to build a cloud-based food delivery system for the company's Shokutakubin service, which delivers boxed meals to the homes of subscribers. The system, which went into operation in April, offers nutritious meals safely and comfortably.
Tokyo, May 15, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced the development of Enetune, a cloud-based energy management system (EMS) service to be available starting at the end of June. The service collects energy data from all of a company's business locations, including leased or rented buildings and retail locations. By consolidating and centrally managing this data in the cloud, businesses can bring integrated and cross-sectional clarity to their energy usage.
Sunnyvale, CA, May 15, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced that its professional services group has won the SAP-MICROSOFT Unite Partner Connection 2012 Partner Innovation Award for its efforts in helping Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL) dramatically improve customer contact and activity management with a deployment of Duet Enterprise for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP. The award was announced today at the SAP-MICROSOFT Unite Partner Connection Executive Breakfast during this year's SAPPHIRE NOW + ASUG annual conference taking place in Orlando, Fla. Fujitsu also announced the details of the deployment in a separate release.
Tokyo, May 14, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced the launch of its latest service offering, Global Enterprise Management Services (GEMS) for SAP® solutions, at the SAPPHIRE® NOW conference, being held here May 14-16.
Sunnyvale, CA, May 14, 2012 – Fujitsu announces it is the recipient of a 2012 SAP® Pinnacle award in the "Technology Innovator of the Year" category. The award recognizes the Fujitsu technology partnership with SAP and further underlines the commitment of Fujitsu to widening overall availability of the powerful in-memory computing technology from SAP AG.
Tokyo, May 14, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced development of a special device that can be attached to a dog's collar to monitor their level of activity and other data. Starting in the second half of 2012, the company will begin offering a new cloud service to provide pet health management support using sensor data collected from the device.
Sunnyvale, CA, May 14, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced that its professional services group has helped Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL) dramatically improve customer contact and activity management with a deployment of Duet Enterprise software for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP® applications. Through the centralized management and synchronization of information between the SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application and Microsoft Outlook, Omnicell now has a coherent, easily shared body of information that has increased sales productivity, marketing efficiency, and management insight into customer activities and relationships.
Melbourne, May 11, 2012 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced the official opening of a multimillion dollar upgrade to its Melbourne data centre. The Victorian Minister for Technology, The Hon. Gordon Rich-Phillips MP, today officially brought online the upgraded facility located at Noble Park, Victoria.
Tokyo, May 11, 2012 – Fujitsu and Joto Junior High School in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture today announced that, starting from May 11, they have begun field research on learning techniques that leverage Fujitsu's ARROWS Tab Wi-Fi tablet devices and cloud computing as part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan's Future School Promotion Project.
Tokyo, May 8, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced the establishment of a "manufacturing innovation team" concept designed to strengthen the manufacturing industry in Japan by delivering new value to customers. Based on this, Fujitsu will offer services to customers that leverage the know-how, tools and human resources the company has nurtured over many years in manufacturing such products as the K computer as well as a variety of servers, PCs and smartphones.
Tokyo, May 8, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced the development of PLEMIA Global Edition, a new series from the PLEMIA family of technology-data management systems targeted to manufacturing customers pursuing global expansion of their business operations. The series will be available from November 2012.
Tokyo, April 27, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced the launch of Data Curation Services/Data Consulting, a service that helps customers analyze big data, assess its value and pick up topics, while proposing new ways to utilize data. The service is run by Fujitsu's team of curators, who are specialists in analytics and modeling. The curators can extract latent value in data to discover patterns that would otherwise go undetected, even without prior knowledge of the customer's business.
Tokyo, April 24, 2012 – Fujitsu Limited today announced that it is commencing sales of LEASING-1 Neo for SaaS, the SaaS version of its LEASING-1 Neo leasing ERP software package, to medium-sized leasing companies throughout Japan.
Tokyo, April 19, 2012 – Fujitsu announced today that it has entered into a reseller agreement with MasterControl Inc., a global provider of quality management software (QMS) solutions, in order to strengthen its capabilities as a solutions provider in the life sciences field.
Tokyo, April 19, 2012 – Tokyo Denki University (TDU), Fujitsu, and VMware, K.K. today announced that the three organizations worked together to build a virtual desktop environment for TDU that is hosted at Fujitsu's Datacenter. The project involved consolidating 29 educational research system servers that had been spread across Tokyo Denki University's three campuses of Tokyo Senju (relocated from Tokyo Kanda as of April 2012), Saitama Hatoyama, and Chiba New Town, into seven servers at Fujitsu's Datacenter, and building a virtual desktop environment for approximately 1,000 terminals that can use various applications for learning and research.
London, April 18, 2012 – Fujitsu today confirmed that it has been selected as one of 12 organisations to deliver services within the Government Procurement Service’s Public Services Network (PSN) connectivity framework.
Tokyo, April 18, 2012 – Fujitsu Limited today announced that it has enhanced its solutions for the Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track program for building private clouds. The new enhancements to the solutions incorporate the latest version of Fujitsu's dynamic resource management software, ServerView Resource Orchestrator, as well as Fujitsu's latest PRIMERGY servers and System Center 2012. Fujitsu will sell the new solutions starting in July.
Sunnyvale, CA, April 18, 2012 – Fujitsu (http://solutions.us.fujitsu.com) today introduced the LIFEBOOK® AH532 desktop alternative notebook and the LIFEBOOK LH532 thin and light notebook, which are among the first systems to incorporate the new mobile Intel® platform.
Tokyo, April 16, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced that SUPER COMPACT Pathfinder V10L04 (IFRS Adoption, 2nd Edition), a consolidated accounting solution developed by Fujitsu Systems East, will be released on April 27.
Tokyo, April 16, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced the immediate release of the latest version of the INTARFRM Rapid Edition application framework, which incorporates a wide range of design, development, execution, maintenance and other features. The new product has been significantly enhanced in order to support the long-term growth and development of customer ICT systems.
Sydney, April 11, 2012 – Fujitsu and Nimsoft today announced a global partnership under which Fujitsu has incorporated innovative Nimsoft IT management-as-a-service monitoring and service desk solutions into its Fujitsu Global Cloud Portfolio.
China, Guangdong, Nanhai, April 11, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced the launch of its first data centre in China, the Fujitsu South China Data Centre. Located in the Guangdong High-Tech Service Zone for Financial Institutions, it is South China's first Tier 3 plus data centre. Its investors are the Nanhai People's Government of Foshan and Fujitsu, and it is managed and operated by Fujitsu South China Technology Services Ltd.
Tokyo, April 10, 2012 – Fujitsu and the University of Aizu today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for collaborations to provide support for medium- to long-term rebuilding efforts following the Great East Japan Earthquake. For a period of three years beginning this April, the University of Aizu and Fujitsu will host a course, entitled "Service Science," to train personnel in the promotion of IT-enabled innovation as the first specific step of the collaboration.
Tokyo, April 4, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced that it has received an order from Naganoken Kyodo Densan Co., Ltd., which acts as an information center within the JA Nagano Group, to build a private cloud ICT platform for the National Co-operatives Operations Center (hereafter the Center).
Tokyo and Nagasaki, Japan, March 28, 2012 – National Hospital Organization (NHO) Nagasaki Medical Center and Fujitsu today announced the commencement of full-scale operations of a jointly constructed information backup system intended to ensure the continuity of medical care in the Nagasaki region even in the event of a disaster.
Sydney, March 27, 2012 – Sybase Australia, an SAP company, today announced it has signed a partnership agreement with Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand for enterprise managed mobility solutions. Fujitsu will host mobile solutions powered by industry-leading Sybase® Managed Mobility technologies and offer them on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) basis to customers in the Australian and New Zealand marketplace.
Tokyo, March 27, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced the immediate availability of LOMOS/TM-SaaS, a service for the Japan logistics industry that provides inventory operations support.
Tokyo, March 26, 2012 – A consortium consisting of Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd., NTT DATA Corporation and Fujitsu Limited has been awarded the contract to conduct a study on modernizing Myanmar's financial information and communication technology (ICT) systems by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Sunnyvale, CA, March 26, 2012 – Fujitsu announced today participation in a four-part webcast series, co-sponsored by Intel® and SAP®, and featuring Forrester® Research, Inc., designed to help educate companies on SAP project optimization. Throughout each session, various insights and recommendations will be provided for justifying and determining how to go about an SAP optimization project. Learn about the Fujitsu Infrastructure Solutions and Services for SAP HANA™ appliance software and related SAP service offerings from Fujitsu that focus on optimizing the SAP software landscape.
Sydney, March 20, 2012 – Symantec has doubled the capacity of its Symantec.cloud services in Australia in the last year by signing a three-year, multi-million dollar deal to co-locate servers and associated equipment in a Fujitsu data centre in Sydney, Australia. This investment will enable Symantec to meet growing business demand for secure, reliable and high-performance cloud services including email, endpoint, web and instant messaging security as well as backup and archiving solutions.
Tokyo, March 8, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced that HOPE/EGMAIN-RX, its electronic medical record (EMR) system, has been upgraded with a new function that enables outpatient clinics to cross-reference medical data with other institutions by utilizing HumanBridge and other regional medical networks. Sales of the new upgraded version of HOPE/EGMAIN-RX in Japan will begin today.
Hanover / Munich, March 6, 2012 – Fujitsu today showcases its newest innovations and solutions at CeBIT, making its slogan of Reshaping IT, Reshaping Business a reality for customers, by delivering immediate access to the benefits of cloud, and providing the latest technologies from the datacenter to the mobile desktop.
Hanover / Munich, March 6, 2012 – Fujitsu today accelerates towards the opening of its Business Solutions Store with the software industry’s biggest-ever live cloud enablement initiative. At CeBIT, Fujitsu is lifting software companies into the cloud, live from the SaaSification Factory on the Fujitsu booth in Hall Two.
Tokyo, February 27, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced the immediate release ofEnterprise Telephony System LEGEND-V, the company's new IP-PBX product forthe Japan market meant to build IP-based enterprise telephony systems.
Tokyo, February 23, 2012 – Fujitsu Limited and Infoteria Corporation today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate in launching a business that brings together Infoteria's "Handbook" internal corporate information distribution service for smart devices and Fujitsu's system integration (SI) services. Fujitsu and Infoteria will integrate their respective strengths as they seek to expand their smart device-related services business.
Tokyo, February 22, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced the development and availability, beginning this August, of GLOVIA ENTERPRISE, a new solution that supports a company's global operations by leveraging its numerous overseas production facilities to optimize production and sales according to global market trends.
Austin, TX, February 21, 2012 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc. (FFNA), a leader in innovative technology and front-end solutions, and Crossroads Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDS), a global provider of data protection solutions and services formed a strategic alliance for FFNA to sell a branded Fujitsu-Crossroads StrongBox® tier-3 data vault.
Tokyo, February 21, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced that it has signed a collaborative research contract with Tohoku University on 3D tsunami simulations that can precisely calculate inundation on land and in rivers. The research will primarily focus on simulating inundation in urban areas and rivers and elucidating the mechanisms leading to structural failures of reinforced concrete buildings.
Sunnyvale, CA, February 21, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced that Matt McManus, vice president of channel sales at Fujitsu America, has been named one of CRN's 2012 Channel Chiefs. This prestigious list of the most influential and powerful leaders in the IT channel recognizes those executives directly responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their organization, while evangelizing and defending the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT industry. For the ninth consecutive year, Channel Chiefs were selected by the CRN editorial team based on channel experience, program innovations, channel-driven revenue, and public support for the importance of IT Channel Sales.
Tokyo, February 16, 2012 – FUJITSU SYSTEM SOLUTIONS LIMITED today announced the release of the operations management service, “AppRegion” for United States of America market. “AppRegion” provides management functions for systems running on Windows Azure, a Microsoft cloud platform, and ensures operations support and work efficiency.
Sunnyvale, CA, February 15, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced that Charlottesville City Schools (Charlottesville, Virginia) are completing the rollout of over 2,000 Fujitsu STYLISTIC® Q550 tablets, the cornerstone of its digital education initiative. Every student in grades six through 12 will be using the 1.7-pound Windows®-based tablet with the district goal of incorporating videoconferencing, electronic textbooks and multimedia resources into the curricula.
Singapore, February 13, 2012 – Fujitsu Singapore, a leading provider of IT-based business solutions, today announced a trial programme for its Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform. The one-month free trial is targeted at enterprises who wish to experience the flexibility and scalability that Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform brings.
Tokyo, February 9, 2012 – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Marketing Limited (FJM) announced that they will provide GLOVIA SUMMIT GM to Oji Business Center Co., Ltd., which handles information-system development and operations for the Oji Paper Group (the group companies of Oji Paper Co., Ltd.). This next-generation accounting system will deliver enhanced support for group administration as Oji Paper's 38 group companies move to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Tokyo, February 7, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced that it is using ICT to provide support in resolving environmental problems in the Map Ta Phut industrial estate in Thailand.
Tokyo, February 7, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced the release of InkFit, a software package developed for the printing industry to reduce the ink used during printing. The new software will be available starting in early February.
Neckarsulm, February 7, 2012 – Softline Group, which provides expert advice on information and communications technology (ICT), has tasked TDS with consolidating its IT systems on a single ERP platform. TDS is to implement an industry-specific solution based on SAP ECC 6.0, which will support all of Softline’s European subsidiaries. TDS will also host and operate the solution from its data centres for an initial five-year term. By moving to a single state-of-the-art ERP system for its multinational operations, Softline will improve the efficiency of its business processes and lay the foundations for further international growth.
Tokyo, February 2, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) to commence a collaborative smart communities project in MODON's industrial areas.
Munich, February 2, 2012 – Fujitsu today announces a major step forward in enabling Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to create new revenue streams by extending their existing software to the cloud. Starting today, ISVs can pre-register and set up a profile for the new Fujitsu Business Solutions Store, therefore growing their business by gaining access to new markets and customers.
Sunnyvale, CA, January 30, 2012 – Fujitsu today announces gains of more than 70 percent in net bandwidth for its versatile datacenter blade server line, the PRIMERGY® BX900 S2. Blades for the "Dynamic Cube" system now include Mellanox® Fourteen Data Rate (FDR) InfiniBand® components, delivering unrivaled bandwidth improvements and making the PRIMERGY BX900 the first choice for datacenter applications demanding the highest-speed and lowest latency network connectivity.
Tokyo, January 19, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced that it is unifying the communications platform used in the Fujitsu Group by some 170,000 employees in 500 group companies in Japan and around the world to foster and enhance the global integration of the entire workforce.
Kanagawa and Tokyo Japan, January 19, 2012 – QD Laser, Inc., the Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics, the University of Tokyo, and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the successful development of a high-power 532 nm-wavelength compact green laser module with high efficiency and high-speed modulation capability. Combining the near-infrared high-power single-mode laser based on proprietary semiconductor DFB (Distributed feedback) laser technology with wavelength conversion technology realizes a compact laser module of about 0.5 cc that can provide high output power. An evaluation of the prototype module confirmed green light output of greater than 100 mW under CW (Continuous wave) conditions and high-speed modulation of more than 100 MHz. This module shows promise for a wide range of applications such as with florescence microscopes or spectral analysis in life science or biomedical applications, and precise measurements as well as nondestructive inspections in industry. Furthermore, it is also expected to apply to future ultra-compact projectors in consumer electronics. QD Laser is planning to start sample shipments of the new product, QLD0593-P50, with > 50 mW output power from the 2nd quarter of 2012 and to start mass-production from the 4th quarter.
Tokyo, January 17, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced that it has upgraded the systems platform of Kawaijuku Educational Institution by shifting it to the FGCP/S5 public cloud platform. The system is initially used to assess a student's probability of passing college entrance exams. After students take the National Center Test for University Admissions (the 'Center Test'), they can enter their scores into this system to estimate their probability of passing using Kawaijuku's know-how and accumulated data. Kawaijuku will use the new system to offer a College Admittance Probability Assessment service beginning January 18, 2012.
New York, NY, January 16, 2012 – National Retail Federation Convention -- Fujitsu today announced that it will begin offering its ValueCENTER™ gift card management technology via the cloud. Fujitsu ValueCENTER technology offers a complete solution for managing gift card and other stored value cards. The new cloud implementation of ValueCENTER software will integrate with existing hosted and on-premise line-of-business systems using Fujitsu Hybrid Cloud Services for Windows Azure. By migrating in-house gift card management operations to the cloud, retailers can reduce hardware and software costs, shrink their IT footprint, shift a significant capital cost to a more predictable, subscription-based operational cost, and more easily comply with different data security and privacy regulations around the world.
Tokyo, January 16, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced the launch of Data Utilization Platform Services, which use cloud services as a platform leveraging big data.
New York, NY, January 16, 2012 – National Retail Federation Convention -- Fujitsu today announced the global availability of the TeamPoS® 7000 Point of Sale All-in-One (AIO) terminal, offering retailers, including those with an international presence, a sleek and ultramodern solution for providing multiple in-store touch points even in the most fashionable and sophisticated environments. Eco-sensitive and retail hardened, the highly adaptable TeamPoS 7000 AIO terminal can be configured for unsurpassed connectivity and a variety of scenarios, including countertop, column, and pole, to address the widest spectrum of retail markets, including supermarkets, convenience and specialty stores, quick- and table-service restaurants, and hotels. Flexibility, high reliability, simple maintenance, and low energy consumption combine to deliver extremely low total cost of ownership (TCO). The new Fujitsu TeamPoS 7000 AIO terminal will be on display at the National Retail Federation's (NRF) Big Show in New York, January 16-17.
New York, NY, January 16, 2012 – National Retail Federation Convention -- Fujitsu today announced the availability of U-Scan® Compact™ self-checkout, a game-changing self-checkout solution that enables more retailers in more verticals to offer a self-checkout experience that is efficient, flexible, and designed to fit into the retailer's unique environment. With its smaller in-counter footprint, flexible transaction options, and build-to-order design strategy, the U-Scan Compact system is the first self-checkout system that can satisfy the needs of retailers in a variety of verticals beyond grocery and do-it-yourself (DIY), including drug stores, convenience stores, category-specific stores, and specialty stores. In addition, from queue management to automated cash handling, to built-in options to encourage impulse buying, U-Scan Compact self-checkout can create the ideal checkout experience for each retailer's target customer. The new Fujitsu U-Scan Compact system will be on display at the National Retail Federation's (NRF) Big Show in New York, January 16-17.
New York, NY, January 16, 2012 – National Retail Federation Convention -- Fujitsu today announced the availability of its popular Digital Media Network (DMN) service in North America. This award-winning and highly flexible solution for bringing multimedia and digital display advertising in-store has seen steady adoption across Europe and Asia Pacific for over a decade. Now North American retailers can use the same versatile communications platform to enhance their retail environment and influence customer behavior by providing and managing high-quality imagery across a range of display technologies, from the smallest retail LCDs to the largest LEDs. Fujitsu will offer a comprehensive demonstration of its Digital Media Network offering at the National Retail Federation's (NRF) Big Show in New York, January 16-17.
Tokyo, January 10, 2012 – Fujitsu today announced the release of Ticket Management SaaS, a solution that enables event promoters throughout Japan to manage ticket sales for entertainment events including movies, theater performances, concerts, and sporting events, in addition to managing events and purchases. The new solution provides a SaaS-based system for promoters to sell tickets directly through their own websites, while at the same time making it possible to accept payments and issue tickets at 7-Eleven stores throughout Japan. In contrast to the conventional method of selling tickets through Playguide, a popular ticket purchasing system in Japan, the new solution allows users to handle ticket reservations, sales, and management on their own in real time. As a result, promoters can efficiently sell tickets while incurring lower costs.