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26 March 2008 Australia: Fujitsu Challenges Traditional Thinking with Latest 'One Button' Scanner for Macs
Sydney, March 26, 2008 – Fujitsu's newest 'one button' scanning solution purpose-designed for the Apple Macintosh platform – the ScanSnap S510M – is now available in Australia and New Zealand.
19 February 2008 Australia: Healthphone and Fujitsu Join Forces to Transform IT-Enabled Solutions for Aged and Community Care Markets
Sydney, February 19, 2008 – Healthphone Solutions, a global software provider of point-of-care solutions for use in community health and long term care, has appointed Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand as its exclusive Service Provider in Australia.
5 February 2008 Australia: Ongoing Rate Rises Could See 300,000 Forced to Sell: Fujitsu Consulting Australian Mortgage Stress-O-Meter
Sydney, February 5, 2008 – Approximately 300,000 Australian households face losing their homes within six months if mortgage rates continue to rise, according to Fujitsu Consulting’s latest Australian Mortgage Industry Stress-O-Meter.
4 December 2007 Australia: Fujitsu Wins GSM Retail Contract; Completes Fastest Deployment of SAP in ANZ
Sydney, December 4, 2007 – Fujitsu Australia & New Zealand completed deployment of an integrated SAP-based ERP solution across 20 new GSM Retail sites in just nine weeks. The first retail site went live only four weeks into the project, which is a record delivery timeframe for an SAP project in Australia and New Zealand.
3 December 2007 Australia: Fujitsu Launches Australian Application Solution Centre in Adelaide
Adelaide, December 3, 2007 – As part of its regional onshore and offshore delivery strategy, IT services giant, Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand, is ramping up its local software development presence by establishing an Australian Application Solution Centre in Adelaide.
28 November 2007 Australia: Fujitsu Wins $7.3M ERP Project at Lotterywest
Perth, November 28, 2007 – The Lotteries Commission of Western Australia (Lotterywest) has contracted Fujitsu Australia Limited to deliver a $7.3million Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution based on SAP Business All-in-One. This fully integrated, best practice SAP ERP solution is a core component of Lotterywest’s business transformation project which will see Lotterywest totally replace its gaming and business systems. The Project will ensure that Lotterywest has the necessary systems to provide a solid and flexible platform for continued excellence in lottery sales and the financial return to the West Australian community.
21 November 2007 Australia: Fujitsu Australia Announces $15 Million Investment to Drive IT Service Industrialisation
Sydney, November 21, 2007 – Fujitsu Australia Limited today announced plans to invest A$15 million on a massive business transformation program designed to consolidate its commitment to the industrialisation of IT services.
5 November 2007 Australia: Fujitsu Acquires Chartres Business for Increased Financial Services Consulting Capability
Sydney, November 5, 2007 – On 2 November, Fujitsu Australia Limited acquire the Chartres Business Solutions business which will extend its capability in business transformation and IT consulting within the financial services sector.
30 October 2007 Australia: Fujitsu Shareholders Clear the Way for Infinity Merger
Wellington, October 30, 2007 – Fujitsu shareholders have formally ratified the decision to merge Fujitsu New Zealand Limited with Infinity Solutions, giving their support to a move which more than doubles the company's size and positions it to compete with other Tier One service providers.
16 October 2007 Australia: Australian Aged Care Needs Radical Overhaul to Meet Baby Boomer Demands, According to New Survey
Sydney, October 16, 2007 – The findings of a report launched today suggests that the aged care industry in Australia needs to undergo a major transformation if it is to meet the growing demands of the next wave of retirees – the so-called Baby Boomer generation. The survey of 1,291 Australians between the age of 58 and 61, which was conducted by UltraFeedback on behalf of Fujitsu Australia, portrays a generation who intend to work longer and live independently, yet believe that their available accommodation choices are either limited (30 per cent) or that they have no choice at all (11 per cent).
9 October 2007 Australia: Study Finds Money Doesn't Buy Innovation
Sydney, October 9, 2007 – Australian organisations have made little progress towards improving their performance on innovation in the past 12 months, according to the Fujitsu Innovation Index 2007. The Index, which was launched today, fell from 64/100 in 2006 to 63/100 in 2007 despite the fact organisations increased spending on innovation by a considerable 37 per cent in the past 12 months.
28 September 2007 New Zealand: Fujitsu and Infinity Merger a Good Fit for the New Zealand Market
Wellington, September 28, 2007 – Fujitsu New Zealand Limited and Infinity Solutions Limited today announced a merger of equals, building a stronger resource base and an improved ability to service customers. The deal is subject to Infinity Group shareholder approval, with a proposed completion date of 16 October 2007.
19 September 2007 Australia: Joint JPMorgan and Fujitsu Consulting Australian Mortgage Industry Report, Vol 6, September 2007
Sydney, September 19, 2007 – A reliance on credit cards is masking the level of mortgage stress in the Australian housing market and at least 600,000 households, or about eight per cent of the market, are likely to experience mortgage stress by the end of the year according to the latest mortgage industry report from JPMorgan and Fujitsu Consulting.
28 August 2007 Australia: 80% of Bank Customers Would Consider Switching; Poor Service Number One Frustration According to Fujitsu Consulting Survey
Sydney, August 28, 2007 – In a survey of more than 26,000 retail bank customers, launched today by Fujitsu Consulting, 80 per cent of respondents said they would consider switching financial service providers. In the report, entitled 'Toxic servicing: eroding profitability in the financial services sector', poor servicing (31 per cent) ranked as the number one frustration among financial services customers, three times greater than the next biggest frustration, which is complex terms and conditions (10 per cent).
14 August 2007 Australia: Fujitsu Launches U-Scan Genesis Self-Checkout at Retail Technology Expo
Melbourne, August 14, 2007 – Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand today launched the U-Scan Genesis™ family of self-checkout systems. The U-Scan Genesis will be demonstrated at Stand C2, Retail Technology Expo, Melbourne from August 14-16.
8 August 2007 Australia: Fujitsu Consulting Launches Mortgage 'Stress-O-Meter'
Sydney, August 8, 2007 – Fujitsu Consulting today launched the Australian Mortgage Industry "Stress-O-Meter", a measure of those segments of Australian society who are under the most pressure to meet mortgage repayments. While mortgage stress, which is measured by households ability to maintain mortgage payments, fall into arrears and potential defaults, has been rising for the past 12 months, it is young growing families and suburban mainstream Australia that will be hardest hit by today’s interest rate rise.
10 April 2007 Japan: Fujitsu Announces 'Fujitsu Group Environmental Protection Program (Stage V)'
Tokyo, April 10, 2007 – Fujitsu Limited today announced the 'Fujitsu Group Environmental Protection Program (Stage V),' which will guide the company's environmental policies for fiscal 2007 through fiscal 2009. The action plan outlines Fujitsu's basic approach to the environmental activities that individual employees can undertake in their daily work, as well as to expanding environmental activities throughout its entire supply chain from the perspectives of compliance with global environmental regulations and corporate social responsibility.
13 March 2007 Japan: Fujitsu Globally Expands Its Recycling Service for IT products
Tokyo, March 13, 2007 – The Fujitsu Group today announced the expansion of its end-of-life IT products-recycling service. In addition to the voluntary recycling service already underway in Australia, Canada, and the US, the service will be offered at one additional location each in Canada and the US from April 2007. The Fujitsu Group will also expand the service gradually in Southeast Asian countries from May 2007.
25 January 2007 Australia: Telikom PNG Signs Master Procurement Agreement with Fujitsu Australia Limited
Wellington, January 25, 2007 – Telikom PNG, the national provider of telecommunications services in Papua New Guinea, today announced that it has signed a five-year master procurement agreement with Fujitsu Australia Limited for the provision of digital trunk radio systems and corporate IT infrastructure and services. The agreement, the first signed by Telikom PNG as part of a K1.4 billion (US$500 million) expansion and upgrade of its telecoms network, will see Fujitsu become a major supplier and partner to Papua New Guinea's primary telecommunications service provider.
29 November 2006 Australia: Fujitsu Opens Brisbane Data Centre to Accommodate Strong Local Hrowth
Brisbane, November 29, 2006 – Fujitsu Australia today announced the expansion of its data centre capabilities with the opening of a new data centre facility in Brisbane. The facility, which represents a multi-million dollar investment by Fujitsu in the Queensland market, comes on the back of high local demand for hosted and managed IT infrastructure.
8 November 2006 Australia: Fujitsu Industrialises IT Services and Solutions To Provide up to 30% Greater Efficiency, Continuity and Agility
Sydney, November 8, 2006 – Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand today launched TRIOLE, its new approach to designing, developing, deploying and managing IT services and solutions. TRIOLE originates from a Japanese-inspired management approach to continuous improvement which enables up to 30% greater efficiency, continuity and agility from IT services and solutions. It combines disciplined, repeatable development processes with reliable, reusable templates – across the whole IT services spectrum.
5 October 2006 Australia: Fujitsu Awarded $30 Million Managed Services Contract by HealthSMART
Melbourne, October 5, 2006 – Fujitsu Australia Limited has been awarded a five-year, $30.8 million contract to deliver managed services to HealthSMART, Victoria's Whole-of-Health Information and Communication Strategy, following a competitive Victorian Department of Human Services (DHS) tender process.
19 September 2006 Australia: Consumers Call for Smarter Technology to Help them Shop
Melbourne, September 19, 2006 – Almost half (47 per cent) of all consumers would increase spending with a retailer, providing the retailer had invested in the latest smart technology, according to a survey of more than 1,000 consumers conducted by ACA Research on behalf of Fujitsu Australia. The average increase in spending in stores that have implemented the latest technology would amount to a significant 30 per cent.
19 September 2006 Australia: Fujitsu and Reflexis Systems Partner To deliver Retail Task Management Solutions
Melbourne, September 19, 2006 – Fujitsu Australia Limited and Reflexis Systems Inc., the leader in retail task management software, have formed a strategic partnership to deliver advanced retail management solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Fujitsu will be the exclusive distributor for Reflexis Systems in Australia and New Zealand, while integrating the Reflexis enterprise applications with its own software, services and hardware offerings.
19 September 2006 Australia: Fujitsu Launches Pervasive Retailing
Melbourne, September 19, 2006 – Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand today launched Pervasive Retailing, its unified framework of software, hardware, tools and services to enable anywhere, any time, every time retailing.
12 September 2006 Australia: NSW Police Awards Fujitsu Multi-million Dollar CAD Contract
Sydney, September 12, 2006 – Fujitsu Australia has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the State Contracts Control Board for the supply and installation of a high-performance computer-aided despatch (CAD) system for NSW Police.
15 August 2006 Australia: Yarra Valley Water Selects Fujitsu as Strategic IT Outsourcing Partner in $21 Million Agreement
Melbourne, August 15, 2006 – Fujitsu Australia today announced that it has been awarded a seven year $21 million contract with Yarra Valley Water, Melbourne's largest water retailer, to provide outsourced desktop, network and server management. Fujitsu will also be responsible for the management of Yarra Valley Water's core enterprise applications, including its customer information and billing system, as well as voice communications.
2 August 2006 New Zealand: Transpower Awards IT Outsourcing Contract to Fujitsu in Multi Million Dollar, Three Year Deal with Potential to Extend to Eight Years
Wellington, August 2, 2006 – Fujitsu New Zealand has been awarded a three year, multi-million dollar contract to provide IT infrastructure services to New Zealand's national electricity grid operator, Transpower, with the potential to extend it to eight years.
19 July 2006 Australia: New PRIMEQUEST 500 Series Server Delivers More than Double Performance and Advanced Virtualisation in Mission-Critical Linux and Windows Environments
Sydney, July 19, 2006 – Fujitsu Limited today announced the release of a new high-end series in its PRIMEQUEST™ server line, the PRIMEQUEST™ 500 series (3 models) servers with Dual-core Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, providing performance improvements up to 2.5 times that of previous models. Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST servers are built to meet the highest demands for reliability and availability in data centre operations. The PRIMEQUEST 500 series servers deliver the most advanced virtualisation capabilities available along with extended system scalability for Linux and Windows environments. Combining the Dual-Core Intel processor with Fujitsu cutting-edge architecture and design, the PRIMEQUEST 500 series servers are the ideal choice for enterprises that require the economic benefits and flexibility of industry-standard solutions without compromising business continuity.
6 July 2006 Australia: Fujitsu PRIMERGY Servers Powered by Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors Offer New Options for Data Centre Scaling and Virtualisation
Sydney, July 6, 2006 – Fujitsu Australia today announced five new PRIMERGY® dual-socket servers: the RX200 S3 and RX300 S3 rack servers, the TX200 S3 and TX300 S3 tower servers, and the BX620 S3 blade server. This third-generation of PRIMERGY servers features the latest processors from Intel® Corporation – the Dual Core Intel® Xeon® 5000 and 5100 Sequence which delivers increased performance and power efficiency.

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