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Tokyo and Seattle, WA , December 17, 2010 – Fujitsu (TSE: 6702) and Boeing (NYSE: BA) have established a strategic alliance in which the companies will develop a service to enable greater efficiency in aircraft maintenance operations. The partnership will employ unique tools such as Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) and Contact Memory Buttons (CMB) to allow customers to use these technologies without needing to retrofit their own fleets. Airlines can reduce costs by reducing inventory and manual data entry errors without having to create new processes.
Foothill Ranch, CA , December 15, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading provider of IT-based business solutions, including advanced technology products, biometric security, and digital media solutions, today announced Christer Bergman as vice president of biometric solutions. Charged with leading continued development of the PalmSecure™ technology and growing the product into a larger biometric solutions business, Bergman will report directly to Yoshi Masuda, CEO and president of Fujitsu Frontech North America.
Foothill Ranch, CA , December 8, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading provider of IT-based business solutions, including advanced technology products, biometric security, and digital media solutions, today announced that MasterCorp, the leading provider of resort housekeeping services in the vacation ownership industry, is deploying the Fujitsu PalmSecure™ palm vein authentication solution. The PalmSecure technology will replace MasterCorp’s existing, internally-developed, fingerprint-based biometric time and attendance system and provide a more reliable, hygienic and secure authentication solution that is easier to use and maintain.
Sunnyvale, CA, November 10, 2010 – Fujitsu America has named Yves Le Gélard as executive vice president of Enterprise Business Services and Rich Marcello as executive vice president of the Platform Products Group. Both report to Anthony "Tony" Doye, president and CEO of Fujitsu America.
Sunnyvale, CA, November 3, 2010 – The most detailed independent assessment of Green credentials ever carried out examines vendors driving initiatives to reduce Greenhouse Gases (GHG) of ICT, underlining companies with a global focus on sustainability. Fujitsu is proud to be among these vendors.
Boston, MA, October 27, 2010 – Fujitsu Global Analyst Conference -- Fujitsu today released its global research report "Personal Data in the Cloud: A Global Research of Consumer Attitudes." Research polling 3,000 people in six countries uncovered common global trends such as substantial consumer fears over data privacy, coupled with an unwillingness to take measures to protect their data or trust organizations and governments to look after it. Consumers also saw the potential benefits of sharing their data, but the degree to which they were willing to trade off the benefits and risks varied depending on age, gender and nationality.
Foothill Ranch, CA and Dallas, TX - ASIS 2010, October 13, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading provider of IT-based business solutions, including advanced technology products, biometric security, and digital media solutions, today announced the integration of its award-winning PalmSecure™ palm vein biometric authentication technology with the Crystal IT Avert™ Access Control system. The joint solution combines biometrics and RFID technologies to deliver unmatched endpoint security for individual workstations, preventing unauthorized user access, protecting propriety information, and eliminating passwords, all while reducing administrative costs and ensuring regulatory compliance. The Fujitsu PalmSecure technology will be showcased at the Fujitsu booth #4412 at ASIS International 56th Annual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2010), taking place October 12-14, 2010 at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.
Sunnyvale, CA, October 13, 2010 – Fujitsu today announces that the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) has ranked two Fujitsu servers in the top ten for TPC-E performance, with the PRIMERGY® RX900 S1 as the top performing server system, and the PRIMERGY RX600 S5 as best 4-socket server at number three. According to the TPC-E rankings, Fujitsu's PRIMERGY servers are not only the most powerful servers in the world, but are also the ones with best price performance of the top ten.
Foothill Ranch, CA and Dallas, TX - ASIS 2010, October 12, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading provider of IT-based business solutions, including advanced technology products, biometric security, and digital media solutions, today announced the deployment of its PalmSecure™ biometric authentication technology at Vantage Data Centers’ Santa Clara campus. Vantage Data Centers provides energy-efficient, scalable, wholesale data center solutions to enterprise customers. The PalmSecure highly accurate, comprehensive, multi-factor biometric identification and access control capabilities allow Vantage is able to protect proprietary information and costly infrastructure throughout its campus while ensuring that only privileged personnel are able to access to secure areas. PalmSecure solution will be showcased at the Fujitsu booth, #4412 and the Johnson Controls Booth, #3320, at ASIS International 56th Annual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2010), taking place October 12-14, 2010 at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.
Foothill Ranch, CA, October 6, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading provider of IT-based business solutions, including digital media solutions, advanced technology products and biometric security, will preview its next generation of compression technologies and showcase its best-in-class, field-tested portfolio of MPEG-4 high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) solutions at Content & Communications World 2010. The full range of Fujitsu encoding technologies, including the IP-9500, IP-9400, IP-900 and the company’s newest solution optimized for H.264 (AVC) 10 bit 4:2:2 encoding, will be on display at the Fujitsu booth, #1146. Content & Communications World 2010 will take place October 13-14, 2010 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.
Sunnyvale, CA, October 4, 2010 – Fujitsu today announced that the ENERGY STAR® program has certified the Fujitsu PRIMERGY® Tower and Rack servers, both for mono and dual processor systems, giving customers greater choice and flexibility when selecting energy-efficient server systems. Businesses of all sizes recognize the ENERGY STAR label means they will save energy and reduce costs, while protecting the environment. The recent certifications further extend the Fujitsu global range of energy-efficient server choices to cover most business application. By assuring that PRIMERGY servers meet ENERGY STAR certifications, Fujitsu helps customers make environmentally conscious choices, continuing the company's green IT leadership.
Foothill Ranch, CA, September 22, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading provider of IT-based business solutions including advanced technology products, biometric security, and digital media solutions, today announced the integration of its PalmSecure™ technology with the Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On (eSSO) Suite. The award-winning PalmSecure biometric authentication technology is an identity management tool with software that seamlessly integrates with third-party SSO solutions. Together, the Fujitsu highly accurate PalmSecure biometric identification capabilities and Oracle’s identity management solutions provide organizations with a comprehensive, cost-effective identity management infrastructure that addresses password security challenges, protects proprietary information and enables compliance with HIPAA, SOX, PCI DSS and other industry and federal regulations.
Foothill Ranch, CA, September 16, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc. today announced the integration of the latest PalmSecure™ biometric identification technology with Passlogix, Inc.’s v-GO Single Sign-On (SSO), enabling end users to access enterprise applications with a secure and hacker proof palm scan instead of creating, managing, remembering and inputting different passwords for each account. Users simply wave their palm over a biometric reader to be authenticated once to the v-GO-enabled application based on their unique palm vein pattern.
Foothill Ranch, CA, September 15, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading provider of IT-based business solutions, including advanced technology products, biometric security and digital media solutions, will showcase the Fujitsu PalmSecure™ palm vein biometric authentication solution during Biometric Consortium Conference 2010. PalmSecure authentication technology was recently integrated with the M2SYS Bio-Plugin™ platform, delivering a cost-effective, easy-to-deploy biometric access management solution. The PalmSecure/Bio-Plugin joint solution, as well as the PalmSecure patient registration system, PalmSecure for single sign-on and PalmSecure physical access control, will be on display in Fujitsu booth, #325. The Biometric Consortium Conference 2010 takes place September 21-23 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida.
Sunnyvale, CA, September 1, 2010 – Fujitsu today announced the new QuickStart assessment and Green IT Delivery Solution services that deliver actionable plans for reducing enterprise customers' IT energy costs by 20 percent on average and supporting their corporate sustainability efforts, including reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions. The Fujitsu Green IT solutions are unique in their class because they evaluate user habits and desktop and peripheral optimization, as well as data center efficiencies that can be gained through virtualization, cloud computing and other technologies. Typically, clients -- such as manufacturers, retailers, government agencies and financial-services and healthcare providers -- see a return on their sustainability investment within the first eight months of the implementation.
Sunnyvale, CA, August 26, 2010 – Fujitsu today announced its research report Green IT: Global Benchmark, which contains findings of the first multi-country survey to determine the maturity of Green IT practices and technologies in large IT-using organizations in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia and India.
Foothill Ranch, CA, July 28, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative IT technologies, digital media solutions, retail solutions and biometric security solutions, today announced that it has selected Stordis as its first EMEA distributor for the Fujitsu XG series of Ethernet switches, including the new XG2600 high–performance, ultra-low latency switches. The Fujitsu decision cements Stordis’ growing reputation as Europe’s leading distributor of the industry’s best networking and storage products.
Sunnyvale, CA, July 22, 2010 – With the PRIMERGY® TX100 S2, Fujitsu presents a new, very energy-efficient entry-level server, at the price of a PC. The system is ideal for small and medium-size businesses that are seeking to increase the productivity of their office environment through the consolidation of IT tasks such as network printing, data archiving and the provision of network drives. In addition to a keen price-performance ratio, Fujitsu's Zero-Watt technology keeps energy consumption to a minimum, helping to further lower IT operating costs.
Foothill Ranch, CA, July 13, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products, digital media solutions, peripherals and biometric security solutions, today announced the availability of new high-performance application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) technology optimized to meet the growing demand for 10 bit 4:2:2 encoding in the advanced H.264 (AVC) supporting all formats, including 1080P and “stereoscopic” 3D television content. The new technology will be integrated into the Fujitsu IP-9600 next-generation encoder, a new, scalable and highly flexible digital media processor and networking platform scheduled to launch in mid 2011.
Bloomington, IN, July 12, 2010 – Vast Technological Resources of Indiana University Allow Fujitsu toVerify Effects of Fiber Impairments in Real-World Environment
Tokyo, Japan and Redmond, WA, July 12, 2010 – Fujitsu Ltd. and Microsoft Corp. today announced a new worldwide cloud computing partnership that enables Fujitsu to deploy the Windows Azure platform appliance in Fujitsu datacenters. Fujitsu will deliver a comprehensive set of new cloud services and solutions, including system integration, cloud migration and managed services, to customers and independent software vendors (ISVs).
Sunnyvale, CA, June 14, 2010 – Fujitsu has been highlighted as a Major Player in research firm IDC's recent report IDC MarketScape: SAP Implementation Ecosystem 2009 Vendor Analysis (May 2010 - Doc # 223353). IDC describes the evaluation as a "comprehensive and rigorous framework that assesses each vendor relative to the criteria and to one another." Each vendor listed in this study has:
Sunnyvale, CA, June 10, 2010 – Gartner, Inc. has ranked Fujitsu the #3 worldwide IT services provider based on total revenue in 2009 ("Market Share Analysis: IT Services Rankings, Worldwide, 2009," April 29, 2010).
Sunnyvale, CA, June 3, 2010 – Fujitsu America has appointed Anthony "Tony" Doye as president and CEO of Fujitsu America. Doye brings more than 30 years of experience to his new role, where he will be responsible for accelerating the growth of Fujitsu America and focusing the business on the needs of clients in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean, as well as the company's supporting operations in India.
Foothill Ranch, CA, May 25, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals, biometric security solutions and digital media solutions, today announced that company executives will lead a symposium entitled “Self-Service Healthcare: Migrate Over 50% of Patients to Kiosks” during e-Health 2010 (May 30–June 2, 2010 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada). The session will focus on the benefits of self-service patient check-in kiosks, including improved service delivery, efficiency and overall patient satisfaction. During the conference, Fujitsu will also demonstrate the Med-Serv Patient Kiosk, the PalmSecure™ biometric authentication solution and several of the company’s other industry-leading technologies at booth #811.
Foothill Ranch, CA, May 4, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals and biometric security solutions, today announced the expansion of the company’s currency handling equipment offerings to the Latin America market. Offered through robust OEM partnerships, Fujitsu cash dispensers, bulk note acceptors and new G610 and G611 currency recyclers provide customers with superior reliability, unmatched security and low maintenance requirements to increase efficiency and reduce operational costs. To help develop OEM partnerships and penetrate the Latin America market, Fujitsu has hired industry veteran Sergio Arevalo as sales manager of OEM products in that region.
Foothill Ranch, CA, April 29, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals, biometric security solutions and digital media solutions, today announced that the Fujitsu Med-Serv™ 50 patient registration kiosk received the Self Service Excellence Award for the Best Healthcare Deployment during the KioskCom Self Service Expo 2010. Developed jointly with Jardogs and AllScripts, the Fujitsu Med-Serv 50 Patient Kiosk is an open hardware platform that simplifies and automates the patient check-in process at hospitals and healthcare clinics. The Fujitsu Med-Serv 50 solution enables patients to quickly and securely update personal information, order prescription refills and pay outstanding balances while also increasing efficiency, improving cash-flow visibility and reducing operational costs for healthcare facilities.
Sunnyvale, CA, April 19, 2010 – As a stepping-stone towards achieving Green Policy 2020, the Group's medium-term environmental vision that extends through 2020, the new program sets forth specific goals in 18 areas of the vision relating to benefiting clients and society, pursuing internal reforms, and preserving biodiversity.
Foothill Ranch, CA, April 14, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals, biometric security solutions and digital media solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Positek RFID to integrate the Fujitsu WT-A511 UHF-Band RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags into Positek RFID’s comprehensive garment tracking solutions and to expand the usage of the Fujitsu tag through their extensive customer and reseller network. The integration of the Fujitsu UHF RFID tag will help customers in the hospitality, textile maintenance and garment/linen rental industries more quickly, accurately and cost-effectively monitor their inventories. Fujitsu is available to discuss the Positek partnership and demonstrate its cutting-edge UHF RFID tags during the RFID Journal Live! show, April 14-16, 2010 in Orlando, Fla. at the Orange County Convention Center (booth #643).
Foothill Ranch, CA, April 6, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals and biometric security solutions, today introduced the G610 and G611 large-capacity multi-cassette currency recyclers/acceptors, the newest solutions in the Fujitsu portfolio of currency handling equipment. Capable of handing up to 8,000 (G610) or 16,000 (G611) new notes, the new currency recyclers help retailers, financial services institutions and other businesses reduce labor costs and human error by automating the currency distribution process. The G610 and G611 offer the same superior reliability, unmatched security and low maintenance requirements as legacy Fujitsu currency dispenser equipment. The Fujitsu G610 will be on display during KioskCom (April 14-15, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas) at the ArcaTech Systems booth (#609).
Foothill Ranch, CA, April 5, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative digital media solutions and computer products including peripherals and biometric security solutions, will demonstrate its portfolio of high-fidelity, low-latency media solutions during the NAB Convention in Las Vegas from April 12-15, 2010. The exhibit includes the latest IP-9400 MPEG-4 AVC encoder, designed specifically to meet the demands of mobile live event contribution. The IP-9400 significantly reduces operational costs as broadcasters convert from MPEG-2 to AVC encoding in their high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) microwave, satellite and IP digital news gathering and live event capture systems. Fujitsu will conduct a drawing for an IP-9400 H.264 AVC encoder on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 from its NAB booth (SU5607). Entries for the drawing can be made online before the show at http://us.fujitsu.com/video or at the Fujitsu booth during the show. Fujitsu will also showcase its recently announced XG2600 10Gb Ethernet solution as well as the 24-port XG0224 and 48-port XG0448 Layer 2 Ethernet switching solutions, which help customers establish cost-effective upgrade paths as they transition to 10Gb networking environments.
Foothill Ranch, CA, March 22, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products, digital media solutions, peripherals and biometric security solutions, today announced a new global channel partner program for the company’s range of digital media solutions products. Partnering with experienced systems integrators and re-sellers enables Fujitsu to offer expanded sales and services capabilities supporting the needs of global television broadcasters. These important relationships assist customers in the implementation of the industry’s highest-performing, lowest-latency MPEG-4 AVC encoders and decoder systems to improve performance, minimize operational costs and increase workflow efficiency. Fujitsu is available to discuss the global channel partner program and to demonstrate the latest advanced technology and industry recognized media solutions during the NAB Show, April 10-15, 2010 in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center (booth #SU5607).
Foothill Ranch, CA, March 1, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals and biometric security solutions, today announced the PalmSecure™ LT for SSO device, a compact, cost-effective version of the company’s award-winning palm vein recognition technology. PalmSecure LT for SSO technology utilizes strong biometric authentication for single sign-on (SSO) access to provide customers in the healthcare, financial services, government and other industries with an easy-to-use yet robust logical access control solution. Fujitsu will showcase PalmSecure LT for SSO solution as well as its other offerings in the PalmSecure portfolio during HIMSS10 Annual Conference & Exhibition (booth #5232), March 1-3, 2010 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
Foothill Ranch, CA, February 24, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America, Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals and biometric security solutions, today announced that Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, N.J. is the first hospital in New Jersey to implement the Fujitsu PalmSecure™ palm vein authentication technology for patient registration and identification. The Fujitsu PalmSecure biometric solution integrates into Holy Name’s new Palm First system to bolster security of medical records and enhance the overall patient experience. The PalmSecure technology helps Holy Name prevent medical identify theft and comply with the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) while ensuring that patients to receive care more efficiently. Fujitsu (booth #5232) will demonstrate PalmSecure authentication solution during HIMSS10 Annual Conference & Exhibition, March 1-3, 2010 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
Foothill Ranch, CA, February 23, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals, biometric security solutions and digital media solutions, will showcase the Fujitsu PalmSecure LOGONDIRECTOR palm vein authentication solution during the RSA Conference 2010 at IBM’s booth. PalmSecure LOGONDIRETOR integrates with IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On and is validated through the Ready for IBM Tivoli program, ensuring it meets IBM’s requirements for interoperability and user experience, The integrated solution makes it possible for users to access critical applications, files and websites with a single scan of their palm – eliminating the need for multiple passwords – and helps organizations bolster their data security efforts and compliance with HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley, PCI DDS and other industry and federal regulations.
Foothill Ranch, CA, February 17, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals, biometric security solutions and digital media solutions, today announced that Nethra Imaging has selected Fujitsu 10Gb Ethernet switches to deploy video and movie play-out and immersive visualization systems up to 8K resolution at full frame rates with fully scalable storage and bandwidth while maintaining low power consumption and small form factor needs. The integration of Fujitsu 10Gb Ethernet switches and Nethra FastPipe™ technology creates an ideal infrastructure for video solutions by enabling a high performance 10 Gb Ethernet network without dropping data packets resulting in an excellent total cost of ownership.
Foothill Ranch, CA, February 16, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals, biometric security solutions and digital media solutions, will demonstrate the Fujitsu PalmSecure LOGONDIRECTOR palm vein authentication solution during IBM Pulse 2010. PalmSecure LOGONDIRETOR integrates with IBM’s Tivoli Access Manager for Single Sign-On and is Tivoli Ready certified to help organizations bolster data security efforts and help them comply with HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley, PCI DDS and other industry and federal regulations.
Kawasaki, Japan, February 12, 2010 – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of a successive-approximation-register (SAR)analog-to-digital converter (A/D converter that detects variations in electronic characteristics and automatically compensates for them, achieving performance on par with existing pipelined(3) A/D converters, while reducing both the size and power consumption to one-tenth (1/10) that of previously-developed A/D converters.
Kawasaki, Japan and Toronto, ON, February 10, 2010 – Fujitsu Laboratories Limited and the University of Toronto today announced that they have jointly developed the world's first high-reliability read-method for use with spin-torque-transfer (STT) MRAM that is insusceptible to erroneous writes. STT MRAM is regarded as a potential future form of non-volatile memory that could be used as an alternative to flash memory.
Kawasaki, Japan and Toronto, ON, February 10, 2010 – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and the University of Toronto today announced their joint development of a new processing method for transceiver chips used in gigabit-class high-speed data transmission over wirelines. The new technology employs digital circuitry to replace previously-required structures that used analog circuits.
Kawasaki, Japan, February 10, 2010 – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of a new frequency-synthesizer designed specifically for tuners for terrestrial digital television broadcast reception, which features an innovative circuit design that enables the reduction of circuit size to one-third (1/3) that of conventional circuits, and eliminates the need for external components.
Foothill Ranch, CA, February 9, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals, biometric security solutions and digital media solutions, today announced that the luxurious new Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is using the new Fujitsu WT-A511 UHF-Band RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags to more accurately manage its inventory of 10,000 employee uniforms and 25,000 bathrobes, towels, tablecloths, sheets and other linens. The advanced tracking system enables the Fairmont Pacific Rim staff to quickly and accurately monitor its outgoing and incoming laundry while significantly reducing the costs of replacing missing items and the operational costs associated with a manual tracking process.
Foothill Ranch, CA, January 20, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., today announced the company will demonstrate the MedServ Patient Kiosk, featuring the Fujitsu PalmSecure™ palm vein biometric authentication technology, at the 13th Annual Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee Kickoff Technology Policy Exhibition, on January 26, 2010.
Foothill Ranch, CA, January 19, 2010 – Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals, biometric security solutions and digital media solutions, today announced the IP-9400, a new MPEG-4 encoder that reduces operational costs significantly as broadcasters convert from MPEG-2 to AVC encoding in their high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) microwave, satellite and IP digital news gathering systems. The payback for the economy priced IP-9400 is extremely short, helping broadcasters increase workflow efficiency while ensuring superior HD and SD content fidelity with the added benefit of low latency, essential to remote live feeds.