Archived Press Releases - 2007

4 December 2007

Fujitsu Wins GSM Retail Contract; Completes Fastest Deployment of SAP in ANZ

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

Fujitsu Launches Australian Application Solution Centre in Adelaide

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.

30 November 2007

Fujitsu Australia Study Highlights Lack of Transparency in IT Service Management

Australian companies still struggle to demonstrate the true value or effectiveness of their IT investment, according to new research from Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand – IT Service Value: There is No Silver Bullet.

28 November 2007

Fujitsu Wins $7.3M ERP Project at Lotterywest

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.

21 November 2007

Fujitsu Australia Announces $15 Million Investment to Drive IT Service Industrialisation

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

Fujitsu acquires Chartres business for increased Financial Services consulting capability

Fujitsu Australia Limited today concluded a transaction to acquire Chartres Business Solutions which will extend its capability in business transformation and IT consulting within the financial services sector.

30 October 2007

Fujitsu Shareholders Clear the Way for Infinity Merger

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.

23 October 2007

Fujitsu Introduces New Desktop Scanners, S300 & S510

Fujitsu Australia today announced two new desktop colour scanners, the S300 and the S510, which both provide support for the Windows Vista operating system.

16 October 2007

Australian aged care needs radical overhaul to meet baby boomer demands, according to new survey

Australian aged care needs radical overhaul to meet baby boomer demands, according to new survey

9 October 2007

Study finds money doesn’t buy innovation

Australian and New Zealand organisations continue to decline in innovation performance despite spending 37 per cent more on innovation over previous year

28 September 2007

Fujitsu and Infinity merger a good fit for the New Zealand market

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.

19 September 2007

Joint JPMorgan and Fujitsu Consulting Australian Mortgage Industry Report, Vol 6, September 2007 survey

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

80% of bank customers would consider switching; poor service number one frustration according to Fujitsu Consulting survey

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.

14 August 2007

Fujitsu launches U-Scan Genesis self-checkout at Retail Technology Expo

Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand today launched the U-Scan Genesis™ family of self-checkout systems.

8 August 2007

Fujitsu Consulting launches Mortgage ‘Stress-O-Meter’

Young, growing families and suburban mainstream at most risk from latest interest rate rise; an estimated 70,000 households now suffering from mortgage stress

19 June 2007

Banks to battle it out over SME lending

The Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) market will be the next banking battleground for market share, margins and new entrants according to the inaugural SME market industry report from JPMorgan and Fujitsu Consulting.

15 May 2007

New Service Delivery Director for Fujitsu New Zealand

Fujitsu has appointed Brent White as service delivery director for its New Zealand operations.

27 March 2007

Australian banking fees higher than overseas

Australian households pay A$150-A$170 more each year in banking fees than UK or Canadian customers, the latest mortgage industry report from JPMorgan and Fujitsu Consulting has found.

27 March 2007

Australian Mortgage Industry Report finds Australian home-owners cutting back while first time buyers ask for equity share deals to get on property ladder

Approximately 23 per cent of Australian home owners have had to cut spending to pay their mortgage, according to a survey of 2,500 consumers, conducted as part of the Fujitsu/JPMorgan Australian Mortgage Industry Report (Volume 5: March 2007).

27 March 2007

Australians continue to pay higher bank fees according to latest Fujitsu/JPMorgan Australian Mortgage Industry Report

The average Australian pays between $150-170 more each year in retail banking fees compared to UK and Canadian customers of similar services, according to the Fujitsu/JPMorgan Australian Mortgage Industry Report (Volume 5: March 2007).

25 January 2007

Telikom PNG signs master procurement agreement with Fujitsu Australia Limited

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.