Alliances

Fujitsu and its group companies around the world are ensuring their customer's success through global strategic and local alliance partnerships. Providing the best in solutions, the Fujitsu group is ensuring that its leading technologies deliver the best in productivity from the top business solutions providers in their respective industries. This allows both Fujitsu and our partners to offer you outstanding value and a range of well-integrated customized systems, with the necessary expertise to ensure they best meet your requirements.

By working closely with the following partners, Fujitsu is delivering products, services and solutions for the important computing challenges you face every day. Our global initiatives enable both local and regional companies to deliver to you the fastest and most reliable ways to make your business fully web-enabled; mission critical systems more reliable; and supply chain management more efficient. All the while, ensuring the right levels of insight to simplify your overall implementation strategy.

Software Alliances (A-Z)

Microsoft Corporation

Fujitsu and Microsoft have a comprehensive global cooperation alliance for the expansion of Windows® based platform enterprise solutions. If you are considering the use of storage solutions in Windows cluster environments it is important that you have the support of organization that have recognized large systems expertise. Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Inc. (N. America), Fujitsu Services and Fujitsu Siemens Computers, have all been selected by Microsoft Corporation, for their expertise, to be program partners for Windows® 2000 Datacenter.

• ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems attain Microsoft Simple SAN component designation
• ETERNUS disk storage systems support Microsoft's SQL Server Always On Technologies
• Microsoft Delivers Multipath I/O Support for Storage Devices (PressPass for Microsoft Corporation)
• Fujitsu and Microsoft Announce Expansion of Global Alliance
• ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems attain Microsoft Windows certification logo

Oracle Corporation

Fujitsu's partnership with Oracle dates back to 1989 and over the ensuing period has not only matured but also enabled the development of the best possible hardware performance and availability. This continues to be improved and proven by Fujitsu's ongoing series of excellent industry benchmark results.

• Oracle's H.A.R.D Initiative.
• Achieving the highest level of availability for Oracle Databases with Oracle ASM and Fujitsu ETERNUS storage
  - Best Practice White Paper

SAP AG

Building on the success of the long-standing Fujitsu Siemens Computers and SAP Global Technology Partnership, Fujitsu Limited entered into a Global Technology Partner Agreement with SAP AG (Walldorf, Germany). In this agreement the reputation of Fujitsu's global server platforms and how they have earned their high performance, reliability and availability is recognised. Now in benchmark tests and in operational circumstances today's combination of "Tuned for SAP" servers, Fujitsu ETERNUS storage solutions and Fujitsu Competency Centers will not only assure your SAP application environment but also ensure the best returns on your investment.

Symantec Corporation

Fujitsu as a Symantec Gold Technology & Platform Partner, provides solutions that make it easier for you to manage ETERNUS storage systems with VERITAS software. This is particularly important where servers and storage are being managed as part of existing heterogeneous environments. By using the Vertitas Software product family, in combination with Fujitsu branded storage and server systems, you will be able to achieve an optimal combination of hardware and software for the protection of your critical business data while ensuring a high- availability environment.

• Symantec Unveils Next Generation Storage Resource Management with Veritas CommandCentral 5.0 (Symantec Corporation News Release)
• Symantec Technical Note: Migrating Enterprise Vault data using FUJITSU ETERNUS Archive Storage
• Fujitsu and VERITAS Software Announce Global Support Collaboration

VMware, Inc.

• ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems attain VMware® Infrastructure 3 certification

Hardware Alliances (A-Z)

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Fujitsu supports Brocade's "Fabric Access Program" and uses and provides Brocade products as part of its SAN storage and networking solutions. All major regional divisions of Fujitsu use and supply Brocade technology as is or as incorporated into Fujitsu branded solutions. Your ability to develop successful storage networks will be enhanced by this combination of Brocade and Fujitsu expertise.

• Fujitsu Joins Brocade Fabric Access Program

Emulex Corporation

Fujitsu has chosen Emulex as a partner for storage connectivity. Fujitsu's long-term relationship with Emulex continues to enable delivery of best-in-class network storage solutions. The combination of ETERNUS storage devices and Emulex HBAs provides leading users with stable, reliable and advanced storage environments.

• Emulex I/O Processor Selected by Fujitsu Limited for SAS/SATA and Fibre Channel Connectivity within the ETERNUS2000 Storage System (Press Release for Emulex Corporation)
• Support information for ETERNUS Storage Systems
• Fujitsu Incorporates Emulex's FibreSpy and InSpeed Switches to Offer the Industry's First Superscalar, Fully-Switched Storage Architecture (Press Release for Emulex Corporation)
• Fujitsu Selects Emulex InSpeed® SOC 320 for New ETERNUS Storage Solutions (Press Release for Emulex Corporation)