Fujitsu to bring global benefits to New Zealand customers
Fujitsu New Zealand Limited
Wellington, January 26, 2001
Fujitsu New Zealand today announced a closer trans-Tasman alignment with its parent company, Fujitsu Australia Limited. Fujitsu has revised its strategic direction in Australasia to optimise leverage from Fujitsu's global investment in Internet technologies and its partnering relationships with Microsoft, Cisco Systems and others. As a result of the review, the Sales, Solutions and Services teams in New Zealand will be more closely aligned with the corresponding businesses in Australia.
"Fujitsu is aggressively pursuing its stated business objective to become a leading e-Services company in Australia and New Zealand," Mr Phil Kerrigan, CEO, Fujitsu Australasia said. "By realigning the businesses in Australia and New Zealand we will strengthen our ability to provide the best possible e-Business, IT infrastructure and service delivery benefits for our New Zealand customers."
"Mr Bill Beale, Managing Director of Fujitsu New Zealand, has regrettably elected to leave the company to pursue other interests. Bill has been with Fujitsu in New Zealand for almost five years. He has been instrumental in introducing a range of initiatives for customers including call centre services, the Fujitsu Integration Centre for Windows 2000, and our award-winning customer partnering process."
Fujitsu, a world leader in Information Technology, is enthusiastic about the New Zealand marketplace and is looking to significantly grow its customer base over the next two years, with the introduction of a range of leading edge e-Business and IT Infrastructure services.
A new Country Manager for New Zealand will be appointed shortly. In the interim Mr KS Tan, currently Executive General Manager of Fujitsu's desktop integration services business in Australia will relocate to New Zealand to manage the operations.
About Fujitsu Australia Limited
Fujitsu is one of the world's leading e-services organisations. Fujitsu technology solutions, from servers to e-Business applications, are powering the new Internet economy. In Australia and New Zealand Fujitsu is helping corporate and government customers to design, build and operate solutions which offer competitive advantage in the Internet world, from state-of-the-art infrastructure through to complex e-Business solutions. Our portfolio of IT services includes consulting, systems integration, prime contracting and a full range of professional services. Fujitsu Australia Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited of Japan.
For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com.au
About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu is a leading provider of Internet-focused information technology solutions for the global marketplace. Its pace-setting technologies, best-in-class computing and telecommunications platforms, and worldwide corps of systems and services experts make it uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet to help its customers succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.48 trillion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001.
For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com
Date: 26 January, 2001
City: Wellington
Company:
Fujitsu New Zealand Limited
Phone: (02) 9776 4799
E-mail: gillian.lamrock@fujitsu.com.au
