Fujitsu Asia Awarded Cisco Silver Partnership Certification

Singapore, September 11, 2003

Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd today announced that it had been awarded the Silver Partnership Certification from Cisco Systems, USA.

The Cisco Systems Silver certification is designed to recognise partners who have established credible sales and technical support teams committed to resell Cisco products/solutions in the network marketplace. Silver Certified Partners would have typically acquired expertise in at least two specialisations, established a strong sales, pre-sales and post-sales resources and achieved a measurable level of customer satisfaction.

As a Cisco Silver Certified Partner, Fujitsu Asia is committed to deliver quality services to all its customers for all Cisco networking businesses. This "in-country" Cisco Silver Certification is also an extension to the Global Partnership agreement which Fujitsu Limited has with Cisco USA.

"The Silver Partnership gives Fujitsu Asia additional leverage to compete in the Internet Protocol (IP) Networking solution marketplace. It not only strengthens our relationship with Cisco, but importantly, to the customers, the silver partnership is a certification of having achieved customer satisfaction, quality, resource capability and well managed internal processes. In addition, our core competency in Wireless LAN and VPN Security technologies have also formed the basic value-added services that we can now offer to the customers. The recent Cisco award to Fujitsu Asia for "Major Contribution" to Wireless LAN business in Singapore is a timely acknowledgement to our achievement, " said Mr Chng Teo-Hye, Chairman and co-CEO of Fujitsu Asia.

Mr. James Chia, Managing Director, Singapore, Cisco Systems commented that "Security and Wireless LAN are two advanced technology areas that Cisco will be focusing its efforts in Singapore this year. It is therefore a pleasure to see our channel partners such as Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd showing their commitment to our customer base by acquiring specialisations in both these technologies. My congratulations to Fujitsu for also meeting Cisco's stringent requirements for Silver Certification. Silver certified Cisco partners provide among the best service and support for Cisco solutions in the industry."

The preparation for the Silver Partnership certification process began with the training program to achieve various certifications and investing on a proper training laboratory for network engineers to acquire hands-on practice in pursuit of Cisco Certificate for Internet Engineer (CCIE) certification.

"Achieving the Silver Partnership status undoubtedly gives us better recognition from Cisco, but it also demonstrates the level of commitment in performance and service level that Fujitsu Asia has consistently strived for. We are well aware that any decline in performance or service level will affect the renewal and audit next year. Fujitsu Asia will strive for better performance and ride on the Silver partnership endorsement to provide value-added services to our customers," said Mr Yong Chin Leong, Vice President of Network Systems Business Group, Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd