Press Releases

December

• Fujitsu fi-series Scanners Deliver EMC Captiva Cloud Functionality London, Europe,United Kingdom, December 18, 2012 - PFU Imaging Solutions Europe, European leader in document scanners for professional users, today announced that its line of fi-series scanners is now compatible with the EMC Captiva Cloud Toolkit from EMC Corporation. The toolkit helps application developers to quickly add scanning and imaging functionality directly to their business applications.

• Local Government Authorities Are Failing to Keep Up With the Pace of Change London, United Kingdom, December 11, 2012 - Local Government leaders in the UK are failing to keep up with the increasing rate of change that they face, putting them at risk of losing funding and negatively impacting service delivery to their citizens.

• Fujitsu Introduces New Scalable and Flexible CELVIN NAS Servers London, United Kingdom, December 03, 2012 - Fujitsu today announces a new line-up of CELVIN NAS servers, providing affordable data protection for small and medium businesses that need a complete network attached data storage system.

November

• Fujitsu Advances Healthcare Innovation in Collaboration with National University of Singapore Singapore, and London, UK, United Kingdom, November 26, 2012 - focusing on in-patient and home-based monitoring solutions for disease management and prevention

• Breakthrough Fujitsu X Line Drives the Desktop Evolution in the Workplace of the Future London, United Kingdom, November 07, 2012 - Fujitsu today announces a new family of desktop products, the Fujitsu X Line.

• Fujitsu Trials New Concept for Personal Cloud, Seeking Seamless Access to Business Apps and Data Anytime, Any Place, Any Device London, United Kingdom, November 07, 2012 - Fujitsu today announces its “Fujitsu Personal Cloud” concept, which represents the promise of substantial savings in comparison to managed workplaces of today.

• New Generation Fujitsu FlexFrame Enhances Infrastructure for SAP HANA® London, United Kingdom, November 07, 2012 - Fujitsu today announces its “Fujitsu Personal Cloud” concept, which represents the promise of substantial savings in comparison to managed workplaces of today.

• IT Departments Face Increasing Pressure From End-Users to Implement BYOA Despite Continued Applications Complexity London, United Kingdom, November 01, 2012 - With an IT landscape that is increasingly driven by user-demand, a study has today revealed that two thirds of IT departments in the UK are under growing pressure to allow users to download applications that do not fit into their traditional corporate applications profile.

October

• Fujitsu’s New Windows 8 Devices Put Convenience at Your Fingertips London, United Kingdom, October 22, 2012 - Fujitsu today introduces one of the widest selections of devices featuring Windows 8, including its first Windows 8-based hybrid tablet, the Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q702.

• Fujitsu Positioned as a ‘Leader’ in The Magic Quadrants for Desktop and Help Desk Outsourcing London, United Kingdom, October 22, 2012 - Fujitsu today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Leaders” quadrant of two Magic Quadrant reports

• PFU Imaging Solutions Captures Growth with ChannelPartners London, Europe,United Kingdom, October 19, 2012 - PFU Imaging Solutions Europe hosted its fifth annual partner conference in Barcelona from October 8 to 10 with the theme of “Capture the Growth”. Almost 300 experts from 45 countries in the EMEA region followed strategic updates by PFU executives, user presentations by representatives from the banking and healthcare industries and from government, and the Fujitsu scanner business overview.

• 71% of Financial Sector CIOs Believe Mobile Banking Will Be Important to Their Customers By 2015 London, United Kingdom, October 10, 2012 - A study investigating the top business priorities for the Financial Services industry in the UK shows that mobile will be an increasingly important channel for British financial institutions over the next three years.

• Fujitsu is Committed to Creating More Apprenticeships London, United Kingdom, October 03, 2012 - Fujitsu UK & Ireland has announced that it is recruiting 95 new apprentices within the next two months, recognising the need for business to tackle rising youth unemployment and to help its own growth ambitions.

• Fujitsu & Sapphire Systems Partner to Help Mid-sized Companies Make Faster Decisions London, United Kingdom, October 03, 2012 - Fujitsu UK & Ireland has joined forces with Sapphire Systems to help mid-market companies using SAP’s Business One software to analyse data up to 10,000 times more quickly, to enable faster decision-making in a rapidly changing world.

• Fujitsu Enables Shelter to Reach More People In Housing Need London, United Kingdom, October 02, 2012 - Fujitsu today announced that it has selected Shelter as its charity partner of choice – and will help the charity deliver on its ambitions of helping more people in housing need than ever before.

September

• Fujitsu Imaging Channel Conference 2012 in Barcelona London, Europe,United Kingdom, September 20, 2012 - PFU Imaging Solutions hosts its 5 th Imaging Channel Conference in Barcelona from October 8 through 10, 2012. With this top channel conference PFU provides its partners in EMEA with valuable insights into the latest trends and market opportunities in the document capturing industry.

• Fujitsu Now Shipping First PRIMERGY Servers With Windows Server 2012 London, United Kingdom, September 05, 2012 - Fujitsu today ships the first PRIMERGY servers with the newly released Windows Server 2012 operating system, providing immediate access to agile and flexible optimised infrastructures for diverse computing requirements.

August

• Fujitsu First to Market With Out-of-Box VMware-Based Converged Infrastructure in EMEA London, United Kingdom, August 08, 2012 - Fujitsu today launches Dynamic Infrastructures for VMware vCloud, a private cloud “in a box” that combines Fujitsu servers and storage, Brocade networking and VMware virtualisation and cloud management technology into a single pre-configured stack.

• BAA Selects Fujitsu For Critical Network Integration Project At New Heathrow Airport Terminal London, United Kingdom, August 01, 2012 - BAA has selected Fujitsu as network integrator for the new Terminal 2 building at Heathrow Airport, which is currently in development and due to open in 2014.

July

• Tablet And Notebook In One: New Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q702 Hybrid Tablet Offers Ultimate Usability London, United Kingdom, July 31, 2012 - Fujitsu has introduced the ultimate device for the mobile business user: the STYLISTIC Q702 hybrid tablet.

• Fujitsu launches PRIMERGY RX500 S7 London, United Kingdom, July 25, 2012 - Fujitsu today launches the new PRIMERGY RX500 S7 four-socket server, optimised for large consolidation and virtualisation projects. The PRIMERGY RX500 S7 combines the scalability and performance of a four-socket server with the price and efficiency of a dual-socket server.

• Fujitsu – The Most Improved Supplier in KPMG’s UK IT Service Provider Performance and Satisfaction Study London, United Kingdom, July 19, 2012 - Fujitsu UK & Ireland has achieved a dramatic rise in customer satisfaction, based on feedback from its own customers.

• Fujitsu expands National 100G Optical Service Offers Significant Infrastructure Benefits to Fujitsu Customers London, United Kingdom, July 13, 2012 - Fujitsu has expanded its 100G high-speed national fibre network. Covering an additional 2,500km of dark fibre, the expansion enables true 100Gbit/s data across Fujitsu’s Managed Wavelength Service (MWS), ensuring Fujitsu customers receive a carrier-grade high capacity, low latency network solution.

• Business High-Flyer to Help Community Projects in Salford London, United Kingdom, July 05, 2012 - An Altrincham resident is taking time out of her job as an HR manager at Fujitsu this week for a 12-month secondment in the city of Salford, supporting a range of good causes in the local community.

• Business High-Flyer to Help Community Projects in Basingstoke London, United Kingdom, July 05, 2012 - A local resident left her current role as a business manager for Fujitsu’s Defence and National Security division this week for a 12-month secondment in the Basingstoke and Deane District, supporting a range of good causes in the local community.

• Fujitsu Awarded Eight Lots On PSN Services Framework London, United Kingdom, July 02, 2012 - Government Procurement Service confirmed that Fujitsu has been awarded a place on eight Lots for the PSN Services framework it originally bid on. The framework, worth up to £2bn over the next four years, which aims to save Government over £500m during the same period, commenced in June 2012.

June

• The Universal Scanner – Fast, mobile and cloud-enabled Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300i comes with Android support, Dropbox and new ScanSnap Folder, a universal application connector London, Europe,United Kingdom, June 25, 2012 - Brand-new, accelerated ScanSnap S1300i taking its Scan-to-Mobile and Scan-to-Cloud strategies to the next level. Having introduced Scan-to-iPhone/iPad functionalities as first vendor last November, PFU now also offers Android users the opportunity to transfer documents directly to their Android smartphones and tablet devices at the touch of a single button.

• Fujitsu Appoints its First Two Business Connectors to Support the Communities of Manchester and Basingstoke London, United Kingdom, June 20, 2012 - Fujitsu UK & Ireland has chosen its first two employees to become Business in the Community (BITC) Business Connectors, to be seconded into their communities to support local initiatives.

• Fujitsu Appliance for SAP® Business One, Analytics Powered by SAP HANA® Shows Powerful Performance in Real-Life Implementation London, United Kingdom, June 11, 2012 - Fujitsu today announces that it is the first IT vendor to report successful real-life customer implementations of SAP® Business One, analytics powered by SAP HANA®.

• Fujitsu Delivers Twins: ESPRIMO PC Family Models Ideal for Global Enterprise Rollout London, United Kingdom, June 08, 2012 - Fujitsu today announces a new global line-up of ESPRIMO desktop PCs, introducing across-the-range performance improvements.

• Fujitsu Refreshes Entire LIFEBOOK Notebook Portfolio for 2012 London, United Kingdom, June 08, 2012 - Fujitsu today announces the new 2012 portfolio of LIFEBOOK notebooks for business users, refreshing and extending Fujitsu’s versatile line-up to meet the needs of a wide range of professionals.

• Fujitsu Upgrades LIFEBOOK Ultrabooks™ to Business Class London, United Kingdom, June 08, 2012 - Fujitsu today upgrades Ultrabooks™ to Business Class, with its new LIFEBOOK U772 model designed from the ground up for the needs of professionals.

• Fujitsu ETERNUS DX Offers Automated Storage Tiering for Entry-Level to High-End Systems London, United Kingdom, June 08, 2012 - Fujitsu has announced Fujitsu Unified Workspace, providing users with a single, personalised point of access to the applications, data and communications tools they need to work flexibly and effectively, anywhere and on any device, via a secure virtualised environment.

• Fujitsu ETERNUS DX440 S2 Disk Storage System Sets Record-Breaking SPC-2 Benchmark London, United Kingdom, June 08, 2012 - Fujitsu has announced Fujitsu Unified Workspace, providing users with a single, personalised point of access to the applications, data and communications tools they need to work flexibly and effectively, anywhere and on any device, via a secure virtualised environment.

May

• Fujitsu Unified Workspace Enables Anywhere, Any Device Enterprise Working London, United Kingdom, May 31, 2012 - Fujitsu has announced Fujitsu Unified Workspace, providing users with a single, personalised point of access to the applications, data and communications tools they need to work flexibly and effectively, anywhere and on any device, via a secure virtualised environment.

• Fujitsu’s New Generation PRIMERGY Server Breaks Energy Efficiency World Record London, United Kingdom, May 30, 2012 - Fujitsu today announces that the latest generation of Fujitsu PRIMERGY mono and dual-socket servers have debuted as leaders in energy efficiency.

• Post Office Partners With Fujitsu to Provide Next Generation Business & Network Platform for its Homephone and Broadband Customers London, United Kingdom, May 25, 2012 - Fujitsu today announced that it has been selected by the Post Office to design and deliver a solution that brings together a next-generation network (NGN) broadband experience combined with enhanced customer care and billing solutions.

• C-Suite Study Reveals Gaps in UK plc’s Ability to Remain Competitive London, United Kingdom, May 21, 2012 - Fujitsu today launches the PRIMEQUEST 1800E2 Server in the UK. The high-end business server combines the openness of x86 industry standards with innovative error prevention and self-healing capabilities, such as industry-unique Active Reserve system boards and hardware partitioning for Windows/Linux systems.

• Fujitsu’s PRIMEQUEST Server Expands the Reach of x86 Industry Standards to Conquer Mission-Critical Enterprise Operations in the Data Centre London, United Kingdom, May 18, 2012 - Fujitsu today launches the PRIMEQUEST 1800E2 Server in the UK. The high-end business server combines the openness of x86 industry standards with innovative error prevention and self-healing capabilities, such as industry-unique Active Reserve system boards and hardware partitioning for Windows/Linux systems.

April

• CityFibre and Fujitsu Announce Engineering Agreement to Roll Out Pure Fibre Infrastructure in UK London, United Kingdom, April 30, 2012 - Leading fibre optic infrastructure firm CityFibre and Fujitsu have today announced an engineering agreement, worth an initial £50 million in estimated contract value to Fujitsu, to progress CityFibre’s plans to deploy gigabit capable, pure fibre infrastructure throughout the UK’s second tier cities.

• Fujitsu Chosen to Provide Services on New PSN Connectivity Framework London, United Kingdom, April 18, 2012 - Fujitsu today confirmed that it has been selected as one of 12 organisations to deliver services within the Government Procurement Service’s Public Services Network (PSN) connectivity framework.

• Fujitsu and HPC Wales Embark on New Supercomputing Research Collaboration Tokyo and London, United Kingdom, April 16, 2012 - Global gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, has enlisted Fujitsu to support the transformation of its existing disparate ERP systems into a single, global SAP system.

• Fujitsu Strikes Gold With AngloGold Ashanti London, United Kingdom, April 11, 2012 - Global gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, has enlisted Fujitsu to support the transformation of its existing disparate ERP systems into a single, global SAP system.

• Fujitsu Optimises Backup and Archiving With New Appliance London, United Kingdom, April 03, 2012 - Fujitsu today introduces the new generation of ETERNUS CS High End, allowing businesses to extensively consolidate and simplify their backup and archiving systems for mainframes, UNIX and industry standard servers on a large scale. New ViNS (Virtual Network Storage) functionality provides easy integration with Enterprise systems for file archiving and migration of older files. Critically, the appliance also offers an easy way for enterprises to introduce disaster resilience for backup and archiving.

• Fujitsu Achieves Virtualisation World Record With the PRIMERGY BX924 S3 Generation London, United Kingdom, April 03, 2012 - Fujitsu today reaffirms that its PRIMERGY BX Blade Servers provide a faster, simpler and lower-cost way to build and run an IT infrastructure in medium-sized companies, branch offices or large data centres.

March

• Fujitsu Migrates Leaders’ Quest to Salesforce CRM London, United Kingdom, March 20, 2012 - Fujitsu has migrated Leaders’ Quest to a Salesforce CRM solution, enabling the international leadership experience organiser to move to a globally accessible Cloud-based customer management system.

• CR Index Companies Demonstrate a Responsible Business Shift London, United Kingdom, March 19, 2012 - Fujitsu is delighted to announce that it has achieved Silver in Business in the Community’s (BITC) 2012 Corporate Responsibility Index (CRI), the UK’s leading voluntary benchmark of corporate responsibility.

• Fujitsu Extends Cloud Portfolio With PRIMERGY CX400 Multi-Node Server Munich, United Kingdom, March 09, 2012 - Fujitsu today launches the new PRIMERGY CX400 S1 multi-node Cloud eXtension server.

• Fujitsu Offers World’s First Appliance for SAP® Business One, Analytics Powered by SAP HANA® Munich, United Kingdom, March 09, 2012 - Fujitsu today announces the world’s first certified, ready-to-run appliance for SAP® Business One, analytics powered by SAP HANA®. The appliance underlines Fujitsu’s commitment to widening overall availability of the powerful in-memory computing technology from SAP AG and enabling faster business decision-making for companies of all sizes, and represents the latest in a line of Fujitsu offerings in support of SAP HANA.

• Fujitsu Sets New Standards in the Data Centre With PRIMERGY Dual-Socket Servers Munich, United Kingdom, March 09, 2012 - Fujitsu today announces global availability of the next generation PRIMERGY dual-socket x86 servers, designed to set a new standard in versatility, scalability and cost-efficiency.

• Fujitsu Cuts Infrastructure Costs for Customers Running SAP® Solutions on Windows Server Munich, United Kingdom, March 09, 2012 - Fujitsu today launches the new PRIMERGY CX400 S1 multi-node Cloud eXtension server.

• Fujitsu Helps Injured Serviceman to Soldier On! London, United Kingdom, March 01, 2012 - Fujitsu UK & Ireland has teamed up with Soldier On! - a charity that aims to expand the breadth of opportunities available to injured army personnel – by providing Ben Parkinson, an injured serviceman, with expertise, insight and recommendations as he explores the world of IT. The initial meeting between Ben and Fujitsu in February 2012 marked the beginning of what will be a close relationship as Ben continues his recovery.

• Fujitsu Creates New Revenue Streams for UK ISVs with Business Solutions Store London, United Kingdom, March 01, 2012 - Fujitsu has launched its Business Solutions Store in the UK, enabling Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to create new revenue streams and respond to customer demand by extending their existing software to the cloud.

February

• Fujitsu STYLISTIC M532 Android Media Tablet Combines Business With Pleasure Barcelona, United Kingdom, February 27, 2012 - Fujitsu today announces the STYLISTIC M532 Android media Tablet; the perfect mobile device for professionals seeking a business and social companion.

• Fujitsu Named as Supplier on Ground-Breaking G-Cloud Framework London, United Kingdom, February 23, 2012 - Fujitsu today confirmed that it has been selected to deliver services within all four lots on the government’s £60 million G-Cloud framework. These lots, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS) and Specialist Cloud Services will be delivered to various government bodies through the ground-breaking CloudStore.

• Fujitsu Chosen to Provide Services on the Newly Established Janet cloud Procurement Framework London, United Kingdom, February 14, 2012 - Janet has announced that Fujitsu is one of eight suppliers that will be allowed to offer services from data co-location through to cloud infrastructure on a dedicated procurement framework, which will be made available to everyone with a Janet network connection.

• Added Value for Partners: PFU Launches New Partner Portal for its Imaging Channel Program London, Europe,United Kingdom, February 09, 2012 - The new portal for PFU's Imaging Channel Program has gone live. With a fresh look and feel, easy navigation, advanced features and more reseller benefits, the portal of Fujitsu’s subsidiary PFU offers local dealers and distributors even better support. The new Partner Portal is available in five languages - English, German, French, Italian and Russian. With the re-launch of its online portal, PFU presents channel partners exactly what they need: comprehensive information on campaigns, sales and marketing materials, events, differentiated offerings and training.

January

• Fujitsu Enters Mobile Call Recording Market by Partnering With Security-Leader Natterbox London, United Kingdom, January 26, 2012 - In response to a now urgent need among UK financial institutions, Fujitsu has entered into a partnership with market leader Natterbox with exclusive rights to offer their network-based recording and retention management solution for mobile devices. The joint offering provides full, robust compliance with the FSA mobile communications recording regulation, which came into force on 14 November 2011.

• Fujitsu Provides Enhanced Network Services to Mitchells & Butlers London, United Kingdom, January 25, 2012 - Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the leading operator of restaurants and pubs in the UK, has continued the transformation of its core IT infrastructure with the roll-out of a hosted cloud network solution across its 1,600 UK businesses. The network transition, implemented and managed by Fujitsu, enables M&B to provide its guests and employees with enhanced services and supports the group’s growth plans by improving operational agility and end-user experience overall.

• Fujitsu U-Scan Compact Delivers Revolutionary New Self-Checkout Solution That Fits Any Retailer’s Environment United Kingdom, January 23, 2012 - Fujitsu today announced the availability of U-Scan® Compact™ self-checkout, a game-changing self-checkout solution that enables more retailers in more verticals to offer a self-checkout experience that is efficient, flexible, and designed to fit into the retailer’s unique environment.

• Fujitsu TeamPoS 7000 Point of Sale All-in-One Terminal Offers Multiple Stylish Touch Points for Any Retailing Environment London, United Kingdom, January 16, 2012 - National Retail Federation Convention – Fujitsu today announced the global availability of the TeamPoS® 7000 Point of Sale All-in-One (AIO) terminal, offering retailers, including those with an international presence, a sleek and ultramodern solution for providing multiple in-store touch points even in the most fashionable and sophisticated environments.

• Fujitsu Announces ValueCENTER Stored Value Card Management in a Cloud Environment London, United Kingdom, January 16, 2012 - National Retail Federation Convention – Fujitsu today announced that it will begin offering its ValueCENTER™ gift card management technology via the cloud. Fujitsu ValueCENTER technology offers a complete solution for managing gift card and other stored value cards.

• Fujitsu U-Scan Compact Delivers Revolutionary New Self-Checkout Solution That Fits Any Retailer’s Environment London, United Kingdom, January 16, 2012 - Fujitsu U-Scan Compact Delivers Revolutionary New Self-Checkout Solution That Fits Any Retailer’s Environment

• The Scanner that Does More: Fujitsu's Z-Generation toRevolutionize the Market for Business Scanners London, Europe,United Kingdom, January 16, 2012 - PFU introduces 4 new desktop document scanners featuring ScanSnap Productivity mode

• Fujitsu FUTRO A300 Delivers Easy, Cost-Effective Access to Virtualised Desktops London, United Kingdom, January 12, 2012 - Fujitsu today introduces the FUTRO A300 thin client, providing businesses with easy access to virtualised desktops.

• Fujitsu Signs Up to he Business Compact London, United Kingdom, January 12, 2012 - Fujitsu UK & Ireland has been congratulated by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, today as one of the leading companies opening its doors to young people from all walks of life.

• Fujitsu and Höft & Wessel Form Partnership to Deliver New Ticketing Technology For the Rail Industry. London, United Kingdom, January 09, 2012 - Fujitsu has announced a collaboration agreement with Höft & Wessel, the leading IT and engineering technology group for ticketing, parking and mobile solutions.