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2007 Press Releases by Topic

Corporate News

5 December 2007  Sunnyvale, CA
Fujitsu Demonstrates Multi-Vendor Interoperability at UNH Interop Lab's 10 Gig Data-Center

Sunnyvale, CA, December 5, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a leading supplier of 10-Gigabit (Gb) Ethernet switches and innovative computer products has widely tested and verified interoperability in multi-vendor 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabrics during the weeklong “10 Gigabit Ethernet Technology Summit” conducted by the renowned University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), one of the industry’s most highly regarded third-party proving grounds for interoperability.

27 November 2007  Sunnyvale, CA
Fujitsu Announces Industry Highest Capacity 2.5" SATA Hard Disk Drive at 320GB¹

Sunnyvale, CA, November 27, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including hard disk drives, peripherals and biometric security solutions, today announced the launch of its MHZ2 BH series mobile hard disk drive (HDD). The new Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) drive series attains up to 320GB, the industry’s highest capacity point for a 2.5” 5400RPM HDD, and with the Serial ATA (SATA) 3.0Gb/sec interface, delivers transfer speeds of up to 300MB per second. Developed in response to the growing demand for higher capacity storage products required for notebook PCs, compact PCs, consumer electronics and power-conscious applications, the MHZ2 BH will be available to customers in the first quarter of 2008.

23 October 2007  Sunnyvale, CA
Fujitsu Demonstrates MPEG-4 AVC Encoder for Satellite News Gathering at SMPTE Technology Conference

Sunnyvale, CA, October 23, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., today announced it will exhibit and present at the upcoming SMPTE Technology Conference & Expo, Oct. 24-27 in Brooklyn, NY. Fujitsu’s best-of-class High Definition (HD) video encoder/decoder, the IP-9500, offers broadcast quality video transmission at low bit-rates and low latency, enabling HD news content to be transmitted in the same satellite bandwidth as Standard Definition (SD). Fujitsu executives will present on the innovative MPEG-4 AVC compression algorithms developed by Fujitsu Laboratories in the session titled “Topics in Hybrid AV/IT Systems” Thursday, Oct. 25 at 2pm ET.

18 October 2007  Sunnyvale, CA
Fujitsu Displays the Latest in Storage Technology at Gartner IT ChannelVision

Sunnyvale, CA, October 18, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including hard disk drives, peripherals, broadcast video products and Ethernet switches, today announced it will participate in the four-day Gartner IT ChannelVision Conference, October 20-24, 2007, at La Quinta Hotel, Palm Springs, Calif. At the show, Fujitsu will exhibit a wide range of industry leading Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives.

9 October 2007  Sunnyvale, CA
Fujitsu IP-9500 MPEG-4 AVC Low Latency Encoder Enables High Definition Satellite News Gathering

Sunnyvale, CA, October 9, 2007 – Today’s broadcasting industry has seen an increase in demand for High Definition (HD) news content. While many national and local news programs are being broadcast in High Definition, because of the high cost of satellite transmissions, remote news broadcasts in HD are quite rare. Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., today announced that the Fujitsu IP-9500 MPEG-4 AVC HD Encoder is an exceptional solution for broadcasting companies that desire to transmit remote HD content through existing satellite configurations, while minimizing costs by utilizing a single satellite channel. The IP-9500, which is being showcased at HD World this week, offers broadcast quality video transmission at low bit-rates and low latency, enabling HD news content to be transmitted in the same satellite bandwidth as standard definition (SD), at a fraction of the cost of competing products.


Services & Solutions

16 November 2007  Quebec City, QC
Fujitsu Awarded Major Contract to Develop Defence Decision Support System

Quebec City, QC, November 16, 2007 – DMR Consulting, a division of Fujitsu Consulting (Canada) Inc., announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) Valcartier to conduct the Joint Command Decision Support for the 21st Century (JCDS 21) project.

14 November 2007  Edison, New Jersey
Fujitsu Releases eBook version of The Information Paradox

Edison, New Jersey, November 14, 2007 – Fujitsu Consulting, the North America consulting and services arm of Fujitsu Limited, today announced the release of an online version of the revised edition of The Information Paradox

8 November 2007  Edison, New Jersey
Fujitsu First in U.S. to Achieve SAP Certifications in Application Management and Hosting Services

Edison, New Jersey, November 8, 2007 – Fujitsu Consulting AMS and Hosting services meet rigorous SAP certification standards that evaluate and assess client service levels, delivery quality and reliability

23 October 2007  Montreal, QC
Fujitsu acquires Quebec-based Promaintech Novaxa

Montreal, QC, October 23, 2007 – Fujitsu Consulting adds proven business process optimization competencies and qualifications to its suite of enterprise services

12 October 2007  Quebec City
Fujitsu Takes on Major Role in Modernizing Quebec’s Health Network

Quebec City, October 12, 2007 – DMR Conseil, a division of Fujitsu Consulting, to Implement HIAL project for Montreal Health and Social Services Agency


Software

6 November 2007  Sunnyvale, CA
CentraSite Community Expands Industry Leadership With New Members and Initiatives

Sunnyvale, CA, November 6, 2007 – ORLANDO Integration World 2007 -- Fujitsu, a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace, and Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, today highlighted the recent expansion of the CentraSite Community (www.CentraSite.org). Driven by strong organic growth and an expanding partner network, the CentraSite Community has grown significantly to more than fifty members worldwide. The CentraSite Community has also initiated a new global effort to define, test and certify best practices for standards-based interoperability between member products.

17 September 2007  Sunnyvale, CA
Fujitsu Remains Committed to No Runtime Fees for Latest Versions of NetCOBOL for .NET, Windows and SPARC

Sunnyvale, CA, September 17, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today announced the latest update releases of its NetCOBOL® for .NET (V3.1), NetCOBOL for Windows® (V9.0) and NetCOBOL for SPARC® Architecture (V9.0) products. These updates provide many enhancements that will further empower developers targeting the .NET, Windows and SPARC environments. Enhancements include support for Windows Vista®, support for development using Eclipse in NetCOBOL for Windows, support for the unified programming model of the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) addition to .NET, productivity enhancements, and many detailed enhancements to product components. The updates allow developers to take advantage of the latest technologies for their chosen platform.

25 June 2007  Sunnyvale, CA
Fujitsu Positioned in Leader Quadrants of Three Independent Software Research Reports

Sunnyvale, CA, June 25, 2007 – Fujitsu was positioned in the leader's quadrant in three new Gartner Magic Quadrant reports on Application Infrastructure, New Service-Oriented Business Application Projects, and Back-End Integration Projects. Fujitsu was also placed in the Challenger Quadrant for Composite-Application Projects.

28 March 2007  Sunnyvale, CA
Fujitsu Legacy Modernization Leaps to New Level

Sunnyvale, CA, March 28, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today announced the general availability of NeoBatch™ V2 and NeoKicks™ V2, the latest releases of these legacy modernization products. The tools, which provide a straightforward and reliable means of bringing batch JCL and CICS COBOL applications to the .NET platform with a modernize-as-you-migrate approach, have been enhanced to support the most recent release of the .NET Framework ensuring the migrated applications have access to all the latest features of the .NET development and production environments. Numerous other enhancements have been built into this release providing users with greater scalability using server farms and ASP.NET 2.0 master pages, more security options and many user interface improvements.

12 March 2007  Dallas, TX and Sunnyvale, CA
Illinois Township High School District 211 Migrates IMS to SQL Server With ATERAS and Fujitsu Solution

Dallas, TX and Sunnyvale, CA, March 12, 2007 – ATERAS and Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation announced today that Township High School District 211 in Illinois, in its overall effort to reduce IT costs and improve productivity, has selected a solution by ATERAS and Fujitsu to migrate its student information, payroll, personnel and security database systems from a mainframe IMS environment to the Microsoft® SQL Server platform.


Computing Products

20 December 2007  FRISCO, TX
Fujitsu Self-checkout Goes Green

FRISCO, TX, December 20, 2007 – Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. today announced that its U-Scan Carousel self-checkout system has been modified to support retailers’ green initiatives that include the elimination of plastic bags.

10 December 2007  Sunnyvale, CA
Fujitsu PRIMERGY Servers Meet Data Center Demand for Virtualization with More Throughput, Reduced Power Consumption

Sunnyvale, CA, December 10, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today announced updates to several PRIMERGY® servers in response to the increasing reliance on server virtualization in data centers. PRIMERGY RX200 S4 and RX300 S4 rack servers, and PRIMERGY TX200 S4 and TX300 S4 tower servers, will all be equipped with the latest Intel® Xeon® processors using Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT).

5 December 2007  Sunnyvale, CA
Fujitsu Demonstrates Multi-Vendor Interoperability at UNH Interop Lab's 10 Gig Data-Center

Sunnyvale, CA, December 5, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a leading supplier of 10-Gigabit (Gb) Ethernet switches and innovative computer products has widely tested and verified interoperability in multi-vendor 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabrics during the weeklong “10 Gigabit Ethernet Technology Summit” conducted by the renowned University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), one of the industry’s most highly regarded third-party proving grounds for interoperability.

4 December 2007  Sunnyvale, CA
Fujitsu Named Number One Channel and Top Growth Bestseller of Document Scanners by CRN Magazine

Sunnyvale, CA, December 4, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a market leader in document imaging scanners and services, today announced it has been recognized as the number one Mid-Year Channel Bestseller and the number one Top Growth Bestseller in the Document Scanner category by CRN magazine. In partnership with the NPD Group, the world’s leading provider of technology market research information, CRN identified the most popular technology brands and products being sold through the channel in the comprehensive list of bestsellers.

4 December 2007  Sunnyvale, CA
Fujitsu Announces First Solution Designed to Meet Massive Data Storage Requirements

Sunnyvale, CA, December 4, 2007 – Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today announced the CentricStor® Virtual Tape Appliance (VTA), the first solution designed to meet the growing demand to store and protect massive data volumes for longer periods of time. Offering the industry's first dual-target save platform, CentricStor allows administrators to use one system to ensure the protection of all their data by defining what data should be backed up to the VTA's disk-based cache, and what should be stored on tape. Designed for thin provisioning, CentricStor provides the industry's largest backup capacities.


Telecommunications

28 November 2007  Richardson, TX
Fujitsu Continues Optical Networking Innovation with New Capabilities for FLASHWAVE® 4100 Extension Shelf

Richardson, TX, November 28, 2007 – Fujitsu Network Communications, a leading supplier of innovative wireline/wireless networking solutions, announced today several new enhancements for its popular FLASHWAVE® 4100 Extension Shelf, including the addition of an OC-12 line interface unit, an integrated DS1 Network Interface Unit (NIU), DS3 Transmux capabilities and a universal 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet card.

13 November 2007  Richardson, TX
Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation Innovation Presented to Fujitsu for Packet Optical Networking

Richardson, TX, November 13, 2007 – Fujitsu Network Communications, a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, announced today that their FLASHWAVE® 9500 platform has received the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation Innovation in the Packet Optical Networking Platform (Packet ONP) segment.

8 November 2007  Richardson, TX
Fujitsu Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in 2007 Magic Quadrant for SONET Equipment

Richardson, TX, November 8, 2007 – Fujitsu Network Communications, a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, announced today that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Leaders” quadrant in their new “Magic Quadrant for SONET Equipment, 2007” report based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute.

29 October 2007  Richardson, TX
Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) Creates Scalable Research and Education Network with Fujitsu ROADM

Richardson, TX, October 29, 2007 – Fujitsu Network Communications, a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, announced today that the Mid-Atlantic Crossroads or MAX, a GigaPoP organization founded by Georgetown University, George Washington University, the University of Maryland, and Virginia Tech, has deployed its FLASHWAVE® 7500 ROADM to create a high-capacity optical network.

22 October 2007  Indian Head, MD
Fujitsu FLASHWAVE® 7500 ROADM Now Deployable for Data Applications by U.S. Department of Defense

Indian Head, MD, October 22, 2007 – Fujitsu Network Communications, a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, announced today that their FLASHWAVE® 7500 Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) conforms to military standards required for reliably transporting and restoring data traffic when connected to the Global Information Grid (GIG) infrastructure of the Department of Defense (DoD).


Microelectronics & Electronic Devices

4 December 2007  Sunnyvale, California
Steve Della Rocchetta Joins Fujitsu as Vice President of CLSI Business Unit for its U.S. Semiconductor Operations

Sunnyvale, California, December 4, 2007 – Industry Veteran to Focus on Expanding Fujitsu’s Foundry Services Business

12 November 2007  Tokyo
Fujitsu Launches World's First Embedded-FRAM LSI for Digital TV that Enables Simultaneous Use of 4-channel HDMI™ Connector Ports

Tokyo, November 12, 2007 – Fujitsu Limited today announced its development of the world's first embedded-FRAM LSI for digital TVs that enables simultaneous use of four-channel High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI™) connector ports - such as for multiple DVD recorders, camcorders, and video game consoles - and which stores display data, such as resolution, that is read by audio-visual digital entertainment devices when they are used with digital TVs. Sample shipment of the new LSI, MB85RF402, starts from November 12, 2007.

5 November 2007  Sunnyvale, California
Fujitsu Introduces New IDB-1394-Compliant ICs Featuring Full Range of Embedded Multimedia Functions

Sunnyvale, California, November 5, 2007 – Industry’s first devices that enable rear-seat entertainment using high-speed video image transmission

12 October 2007  Richardson, TX and Sunnyvale, CA
Fujitsu and Navini Show Industry’s First Interoperability Demonstration Using Beamformed Mobile WiMAX™

Richardson, TX and Sunnyvale, CA, October 12, 2007 – Navini Networks and Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) announced today the first demonstration of multi-vendor interoperability using Smart WiMAX technology

24 September 2007  WiMAX World, Chicago and Sunnyvale, California
Fujitsu to Highlight Latest WiMAX Fixed and Mobile Device Technologies at Annual WiMAX World in Chicago, September 25-27

WiMAX World, Chicago and Sunnyvale, California, September 24, 2007 – Fujitsu General Manager Awaga Featured at Mobile Broadband Session, Tuesday, September 25