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12 May 2008  Japan
Fujitsu Begins Worldwide Sales of UHF-Band RFID Tags for Garment Management

Tokyo, May 12, 2008 – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Frontech Limited announced that they are expanding sales of UHF-band RFID tags for garment management to markets outside Japan, beginning today. Small, thin and boasting superior durability, the tags will be marketed primarily in North America, Europe, and China.

12 May 2008  UK
Fujitsu Announces 150 New Jobs in Northern Ireland with an Investment of £8.8m

May 12, 2008 – Fujitsu Services, one of Europe’s leading IT services companies, today announced the creation of 120 jobs in Londonderry and a further 30 in Belfast. This is being made possible with £8.8m of investment from Fujitsu as well as over £2.2m of support from Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI). Fujitsu will establish an Applications Services Centre of Excellence at its Timber Quay site in Londonderry where the majority of the jobs will be based.

8 May 2008  Japan
Fujitsu Launches World's First Train Simulation System with Variable-Speed Playback of High-Definition Video

Tokyo, May 8, 2008 – Fujitsu Limited, building on technology developed in collaboration with Ongakukan Co., Ltd., has developed the world's first train simulation system using full high-definition video. The system is available on a commercial basis starting today.

29 April 2008  Germany
Dust off your Thinking Cap for Innovation Contest

Munich, April 29, 2008 – Fujitsu Siemens Computers is holding an online innovation contest focusing on 'IT Services for Tomorrow's Data Center'. The contest, ending June 6 2008, will address issues of strategic business importance to users, helping the leading European IT Infrastructure Provider anticipate which services will be required in the future. The aim is to bring together ideas from interested users, developers, consultants and computer scientists - regardless of how much experience they have - in an original and exciting manner to inspire as many innovations as possible.

28 April 2008  US
Fujitsu Unveils World's First Automated Business Process Discovery and Visualization Service

SUNNYVALE, CA, April 28, 2008 – Fujitsu Computer Systems today unveiled the world's first Automated Business Process Discovery service designed to answer one of the biggest challenges faced by companies embarking on a process improvement and governance initiative today -- illuminating the exposure to compliance failure, fraud, and other legal and efficiency issues lying hidden in their operational workflows. This innovative offering eliminates months of time and labor-intensive exploration and lets organizations immediately discover what often remains completely invisible. No other company is currently capable of offering this service, further strengthening the Fujitsu business process management suite, which enables organizations to design, simulate, automate, analyze, and optimize their business processes. Fujitsu will provide a free trial of the Automated Business Process Discovery service to select customers in North America.

28 April 2008  UK
Scottish Water Awards £28m IT Transformation Contract to Fujitsu and Anticipates 20% Cost Savings

April 28, 2008 – Fujitsu Services, one of Europe's leading IT services companies, today announced it had secured a contract with Scottish Water in an 8 year deal worth £28m to supply service desk support and infrastructure services as well as desktop managed services. The project will support over 4,000 employees based all over Scotland including its HQ in Dunfermline and its offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness and Livingston, plus engineers and support staff working remotely.

18 April 2008  Japan
China Electronic Commerce Association Becomes First in China to Deploy PalmSecure

Tokyo, April 18, 2008 – Fujitsu Limited today announced that its PalmSecure PC mouse equipped with a palm vein biometric sensor has been deployed by the China Electronic Commerce Association (CECA), a government-backed organization that rates the trustworthiness of electronic transactions carried out by Chinese companies. The CECA is using the PalmSecure PC mouse as the login mechanism for its employees to gain access to their computers, ensuring that for each PC, only users who have previously registered their biometric palm vein data can log into it, greatly increasing the organization's information security.

11 April 2008  Japan
Fujitsu Becomes First in Japan to Attain BS25999 Certification in Business Continuity Management System

Tokyo, April 11, 2008 – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu FSAS Inc. today announced that their maintenance services business for customer IT infrastructure attained BS25999 certification, the British Standard certification for business continuity management system, on April 8, becoming the first organization in Japan to do so. This achievement was the result of the consulting support the companies received from Fujitsu Research Institute, followed by an independent evaluation that found the companies' world-class business continuity management system to be in full compliance with the certification standard.

7 April 2008  US
Fujitsu Announces PalmSecure™ PC Log-In Kit for North America

Sunnyvale, CA, April 7, 2008 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including hard disk drives, peripherals and biometric security solutions, today announced its PalmSecure™ PC Log-In Kit for general availability in North America. The company will demonstrate the biometric authentication solution at the 2008 RSA Conference, April 7-11, at the Moscone Center, San Francisco. The PC Log-In Kit is composed of the award-winning PalmSecure authentication sensor embedded in a PC mouse, and OmniPass™ Windows Log-in and Single Sign-On software that eliminates having to remember tedious passwords for entry into Windows sessions and password-protected applications.

4 April 2008  Japan, US
Fujitsu Develops Software Verification Technology for Practical-use Web Applications

Kawasaki, Japan and Sunnyvale, US, April 4, 2008 – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc. announced today their joint development of the world's first core technology for automatic verification of Java-based practical-use web applications. It is used to automatically verify if a web application can operate properly to process specified task transactions - referred to as "business specifications", without the need for manually preparing detailed test procedures or test data.

4 April 2008  Japan
Fujitsu Develops Technology Enabling Real-time Multiple-Point Temperature Measurement

Kawasaki, Japan, April 4, 2008 – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. announced today the development of a new technology, based on optical fibers, that enables accurate and real-time temperature distribution measurement in large datacenters which have multiple heat sources. Through a single optical fiber, this technology makes it possible to measure simultaneously the temperature of over 10,000 areas in a facility, thereby enabling visibility of temperature distribution in large datacenters. Combining this technology with an air conditioning control system will enable fine-tune air conditioning, allowing for more energy-efficient large-scale data centers.

3 April 2008  UK
Electrolux Chooses Fujitsu as Partner for European IT Infrastructure

April 3, 2008 – Fujitsu Services, one of Europe's leading IT services companies, has signed a five year contract with Electrolux, a leading global home appliances company, to provide services for elements of their European IT infrastructure. The deal is one of the largest ever won by Fujitsu in Sweden.

1 April 2008  US
Fujitsu Helps Government Agencies Deliver Services More Cost-Effectively

SUNNYVALE, CA, April 1, 2008 – Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today reported an increased adoption of highly reliable, high-performance Fujitsu computing solutions by government agencies throughout the U.S. At FOSE in Washington, D.C., April 7-10, Walter E. Washington Convention Center in booth 1500, Fujitsu will show how agencies such as the County of Fulton, Georgia, reduce management overhead, increase staff productivity, ensure data security, and maximize return on investment leveraging innovative technologies; highly reliable, highly available designs; and excellent customer service from Fujitsu.

31 March 2008  Japan
Fujitsu Opens Data Center in Thailand

Tokyo, March 31, 2008 – Fujitsu Limited today announced that affiliate Fujitsu Systems Business (Thailand) Ltd. has opened a new data center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok, and has begun offering services to Japanese companies doing business in Thailand.

27 March 2008  UK
Fujitsu Implements First ERP Shared Service across County Councils

March 27, 2008 – Fujitsu Services, one of Europe's leading IT services companies, today announced a groundbreaking shared services partnership with Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire County Councils. The shared service will be the first Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution in local government shared and common between county councils and will underpin the Councils' delivery of back office services including HR, finance and procurement. The shared service also supports the Councils' and Fujitsu's wider aspirations to share further, delivering scalable capacity for further authorities of all types (counties, unitaries, districts, etc) to join the service in the future.

26 March 2008  Canada
Fujitsu, Mutiara Technology Resources and Telekom Malaysia Team to Implement Integrated 9-1-1 Call System in Malaysia

Quebec City, Quebec, March 26, 2008 – Fujitsu Consulting today announced that its Quebec-based division, DMR, has been selected along with alliance partners Mutiara Technology Resources and Telekom Malaysia to develop and implement the first phase of a $60 million project to build a 9-1-1 system in Malaysia. The integrated 9-1-1 call center system will serve both civil security and public safety, including police, fire, ambulance and civil defence services.

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.

24 March 2008  Japan
Fujitsu Becomes First Japanese Contributor Member of The Green Grid Consortium

Tokyo, March 24, 2008 – Fujitsu Limited announced today that it has become a Contributor Member of The Green Grid, the first Japanese company to take a leadership role in the global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems.

24 March 2008  Philippines
Setting the Bar for IT Infrastructure Services Excellence in the Philippines

Manila, March 24, 2008 – AFujitsu Philippines, Inc. (FPI), a leading IT systems integrator and IT services provider, is the first Philippine company to have its Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) System certified against the ISO/IEC 20000-1:2005 International Standard. At the same time, FPI also achieved the certification of its Quality Management System (QMS) against the ISO 9001:2000 International Standard. The certifications were approved following a rigorous audit conducted by SGS auditors from Taiwan and the Philippines.

20 March 2008  UK
Fujitsu Sign £25 Mmillion Deal with Cafcass for Public Sector Flex

March 20, 2008 – Adding the BladeEngine, a unified Ethernet and iSCSI network controller to its PRIMERGY Blade Servers, Cafcass (The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service), a non-departmental public body which looks after the interests of children involved in family legal proceedings, joins public sector Flex. Flex is the framework which allows Fujitsu Services in conjunction with the Cabinet Office to provide information and communication technology (ICT) as a shared service across the public sector. The contract, valued at £25 million, is for a seven year term with a refresh of both hardware and software after four years.

17 March 2008  Japan
Fujitsu Completes Financial Services Agency's New EDINET System

Tokyo, March 17, 2008 – Fujitsu Limited today announced that it has completed development of the Japan Financial Services Agency's (FSA) new EDINET system, an electronic system for publicly listed corporations to file financial reports in accordance with the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law. As the FSA is mandating the submission of XBRL-formatted reports to EDINET beginning with the 2008 fiscal year, the new system began operations today.

13 March 2008  Germany
Value Study Guarantees 40-plus Percent Cost Savings - or 10,000 Euros to Charity

Munich, March 13, 2008 – An initiative helping enterprises highlight how they can make savings of at least 40 percent in data center operational costs is launched today by Fujitsu Siemens Computers in seven countries across Europe*. The "Dynamic Data Center Challenge" offers participating companies the chance to take part in a value study showing how an individual organization can significantly reduce cost. The value study is at Fujitsu Siemens Computers’ own expense.

11 March 2008  Japan
Fujitsu Introduces Financial Reporting Software

Tokyo, March 11, 2008 – Fujitsu Limited today announced its XWand® Tool for EDINET, a new software tool for generating XBRL-formatted financial reporting data that will be required for the Japan Financial Services Agency's (FSA) EDINET system beginning with the 2008 fiscal year. Sales of the new software tool will begin May 1, 2008.

10 March 2008  UK
Fujitsu Launches Customer Experience Centre

March 10, 2008 – Fujitsu Services, one of Europe's leading IT services companies, has launched a 'Customer Experience Centre' at its office in Staines. The centre is designed to showcase the plethora of new and emerging technologies available to help retailers to maximise the shopping experience across multiple channels for their customers.

10 March 2008  US
Fujitsu Recognized as Informatica 2007 Solutions Partner of the Year

Edison, N.J., March 10, 2008 – Fujitsu Consulting has received Informatica's Solutions Partner of the Year Award for 2007. Each year, Informatica, recognizes its top North American solutions partners, selected on the basis of a number of factors including software license revenue generation. This year, Fujitsu Consulting topped the list from a group of more than 150 Informatica solution partners.

21 February 2008  US
Your Palm is the Key to Unlocking Patient Records at HIMSS 2008

Sunnyvale, CA, February 21, 2008 – With the passage of the HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), hospitals and other medical organizations are required to use two or more forms of authentication in order to access electronic medical records of patients. Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a leading supplier of innovative biometric security solutions, today announced the demonstration of the new PalmSecure™ PC Log-In Kit at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference, Feb. 24-28 in Orlando, FL. The PalmSecure PC Log-In Kit provides a fast and secure way to access highly sensitive patient information for healthcare professionals.

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.

7 February 2008  Japan
Fujitsu Launches SaaS Solutions in Collaboration with Partners

Tokyo, February 7, 2008 – Fujitsu Limited announced today the launch of a comprehensive set of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) solutions which will deliver cutting-edge software platforms and applications to customers in the form of web-based subscription services.

6 February 2008  UK
Police Service of Northern Ireland Awards ICT Managed Services to Fujitsu in Potential 100 Million 8-year Contract

London, February 6, 2008 – Fujitsu Services, one of Europe’s leading IT services companies, today announced a contract with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to consolidate the provision of its ICT Managed Services. The initial £34m contract, worth a potential £100 million over a period of eight years, will help the PSNI consolidate its existing, multiple IT service providers into one single provider. This contract will have a direct impact on front line officers providing them with higher quality support for ICT services.

5 February 2008  Germany
CentricStor Version 4 Named a VTL Leader in Independent Research

Munich, February 5, 2008 – Positioning for CentricStor as a top market leader in an independent, cross-vendor study into virtual tape appliances crowns the recent launch of Version 4 by Fujitsu Siemens Computers.