Fujitsu Computer Products of America
Fujitsu Enterprise Hard Drives Chosen for CRN "Ultimate PC"
Coronada, CA, May 13, 2002 — Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that its enterprise 15,000RPM hard disk drive (HDD) received the CRN Ultimate PC award in the category of hard disk/performance at CMP's Tech Builder XChange event in Coronado, Calif. The Ultimate PC Award program, sponsored by CMP Media's CRN, the newsweekly for builders of technology, brings today’s leading manufacturers together to showcase the latest technological achievements.
The Ultimate PC event is a live demonstration where the Product and Technology Review Department of CRN, the Test Center, builds the "Ultimate PC" by selecting best-of-breed components and evaluating them on criteria such as quality, functionality, performance, and innovation. Throughout the year, the Director of CRN Labs, John Yacono and the CRN Test Center review, select, and test, the most cutting-edge technology available on the market to create the Ultimate PC.
"With 'The Ultimate PC' challenge, our goal is to create a blueprint for building the perfect PC using the best and most technically advanced components available," said John Yacono. "Fujitsu's commitment to research and development clearly placed its MAM Series 15K hard disk drive ahead of the performance curve during the eleven phase test designed to determine the Ultimate PC hard disk/performance winner. Fujitsu's enterprise hard disk drives encompass innovation, performance, and quality -- essential product traits for best-of-breed leaders."
"Fujitsu is a strong supporter of the channel and we have seen exponential growth in this segment over the last year," commented Lorne Wilson, vice president of channel sales and marketing. "It's an honor to stand out in a field of distinguished vendors gathered at this year's Tech Builder XChange. This significant award represents Fujitsu's commitment to superior technology advancements and further demonstrates the unparalleled performance of Fujitsu enterprise drives."
The Ultimate PC award follows Fujitsu's recognition for "Most Innovative Product/Technology," "Best Presentation," and "Overall Best of Show" honors at the 2001 Solution Provider XChange conference and further illustrates its commitment to the channel which generated Fujitsu's seventeen-fold growth in the enterprise HDD channel market during 2001. Register today at www.Partner-Force.com to join FCPA's Storage Partner-Force Program.
Fujitsu SCSI and Fibre Channel 3.5-inch enterprise class HDDs, available in both 10K and 15K RPM versions, offer capacity points up to 73.5GB and an average seek time as low as 3.5ms, providing an excellent storage solution for workstations, network file servers and enterprise servers. For more information on Fujitsu HDD products, visit www.fcpa.fujitsu.com.
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About CRN and the CRN Test Center
CRN is the nation's leading trade newsweekly that provides timely industry news and analysis for solution providers, integrators
and e-businesses building technology solutions. It is the most trusted source of news for 117,500 channel professionals. A
media leader in the high-tech industry, provides the most comprehensive suite of online resources: http://www.crn.com, the site where industry news breaks first; CRN Direct, a daily newsletter that brings personalized news to solution providers'
desktops; and CRN News Radio, a daily news broadcast covering the solution provider channel and the industry.
The CRN Test Center is the technology-evaluation department of , providing unbiased product, technology and channel-program
analysis specifically targeted at solution providers. The CRN Test Center produces single-product reviews, technology news,
technology demonstrations at tradeshows, and product roundups featuring channel-program evaluations. Top products receive
the coveted "Editor's Choice" or "Recommended" designations.
About CMP Media LLC
CMP Media LLC (www.cmp.com) is a leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum—the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketer's comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences, custom publishing, testing and consulting.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting
technologies, high- reliability/performance computing and telecommunications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and
services experts make Fujitsu uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the broadband Internet to help
its customers succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5 trillion
yen (about US$38 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002.
For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com
About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA) conducts engineering and marketing activities in San Jose, CA and sales
operations throughout the United States. FCPA's current product and service offerings include hard disk drives, tape drives,
magneto-optical drives, scanners and scanner maintenance. FCPA is located at 2904 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95134. For
more information about Fujitsu products and services, call us at 800-626-4686 or 408-432-6333.
For more information, please see: http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com
Press Contacts
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Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
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E-mail:sharvey@fcpa.fujitsu.com
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