Press Releases

December

• United Utilities Gets Connected with Fujitsu London, United Kingdom, December 16, 2013 - United Utilities has tasked Fujitsu with transforming its IT estate. This new partnership highlights a move by United Utilities to invest in a modern IT environment and will see Fujitsu implement a high capacity, scalable and secure data centre environment.

• Fujitsu Announces 192 New Jobs in Northern Ireland with an Investment of £12m London, United Kingdom, December 10, 2013 - Fujitsu, one of Europe’s leading IT systems, services and products companies, today announced the creation of a further 192 jobs in Derry/Londonderry, including 177 fulltime positions and 15 business apprenticeships.

• Only 9% of Consumers Have Faith in Brands to Keep Their Data Secure London, United Kingdom, December 04, 2013 - Fujitsu’s data research report, in conjunction with One Poll, has revealed consumer trust in data security has hit a ten year low, with over 1 in 10 suffering from a data loss.

• All Fujitsu fi Series scanners now with PaperStream software London, Europe,United Kingdom, December 04, 2013 - Fujitsu fi Series document scanners for professional desktop applications, workgroups and production environments now come equipped with Fujitsu’s latest PaperStream software. PaperStream consists of the "PaperStream IP" driver and image processing middleware and the "PaperStream Capture" software that optimises batch scanning.

November

• Fujitsu First to Introduce Highly-Reliable Palm Vein Authentication to a Mobile Workstation London, United Kingdom, November 28, 2013 - Fujitsu today introduces a new mobile device designed to deliver advanced workstation power and expandability for users on the go, while meeting the needs of the most security-conscious of organisations, including banks, healthcare providers and retailers.

• Fujitsu Supports On -Time Split of the FSA London, United Kingdom, November 27, 2013 - Fujitsu has worked with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) since 2007 providing infrastructure, service management, procurement and project services. As such, it was one of a number of key partners that worked closely with the FSA to successfully deliver the Legal Cut Over (LCO) programme to split the organisation into the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

• Fujitsu Takes Action to Level the Playing Field for SMEs London, United Kingdom, November 26, 2013 - Fujitsu UK & Ireland has today made a public commitment to level the playing field for SMEs to access its supply chain by taking The Access Pledge, an initiative of Business in the Community.

• Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 and SV600 Receive Good Design Award 2013 London, Europe,United Kingdom, November 25, 2013 - Fujitsu adds yet another chapter to the success story of its ScanSnap family of scanners. The Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) has bestowed two Good Design Awards to the latest product additions of the ScanSnap portfolio.

• Fujitsu’s award-winning ScanSnap SV600 document scanner now available for Mac OS London, Europe,United Kingdom, November 21, 2013 - The Fujitsu ScanSnap SV600 document scanner is now available for use with devices running the Mac OS X operating system. The first Fujitsu overhead scanner is perfectly suited for digitising and can scan a wide range of documents including fragile or irregular documents directly from the desktop using the contact-less scanning concept.

• New Fujitsu fi-65F A6 counter top scanner London, Europe,United Kingdom, November 13, 2013 - Fujitsu introduces the fi-65F, a new model of the market proven Fujitsu A6 flatbed scanner concept designed to scan identification documents. With a dedicated scan button and USB bus power support, the fi-65F supports fast and streamlined operation that allows for high-speed scanning.

• Fujitsu Releases New Parallel 4 Mbit FRAM Product with Pin Compatibility to Low-Power SRAM Langen, Germany, November 13, 2013 - Enabling enhanced equipment power efficiency and miniaturisation, and optimised for smart meters, industrial machinery and medical devices

• Fujitsu Strengthens its Global Solutions Portfolio and Reduces Customer Security Risks London, United Kingdom, November 05, 2013 - Fujitsu today announces at Fujitsu Forum 2013 that it is significantly minimising customer implementation risks and shortening Information and Communications Technology (ICT) project times by further strengthening its global solutions portfolio and allying with software partners that are leaders in their respective segments. In the latest in a series of such alliances, Fujitsu is expanding its successful partnership with Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, to jointly bring to market the Check Point Integrated Appliance Solutions (IAS) R-Series security appliance powered by FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY Systems.

• Fujitsu Services Business Gains International Momentum London, United Kingdom, November 05, 2013 - Fujitsu today at Fujitsu Forum 2013 highlights growing momentum as it continues to develop its services business across EMEA&I (Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India). As Fujitsu accelerates the globalisation of its services portfolio, so the European region has seen significant new wins and Fujitsu reports an increase in multi-national opportunities.

• Fujitsu Redefines Storage, Puts Business Priorities Ahead with New Generation ETERNUS DX Disk Systems London, United Kingdom, November 05, 2013 - Fujitsu today introduces a new era of business-centric storage, with new-generation ETERNUS DX systems that are the industry’s first to put business priorities ahead of storage, easing IT challenges such as the management of ever increasing volumes of critical data. This announcement is made at Fujitsu Forum 2013, Europe’s biggest single-vendor IT event.

• Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST Smashes through In-Memory Database Limits, Truly Enables Real-Time Decision-Making for ERP London, United Kingdom, November 05, 2013 - At Fujitsu Forum, Fujitsu today announces a technology evaluation program for PRIMEQUEST high end servers which extends capacities of in-memory computing up to 12TB. This means Fujitsu is the first vendor to enable real-time decision-making for large-scale SAP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) application databases, running them in-memory on the SAP HANA platform.

• Fujitsu Demonstrates Momentum for the SAP HANA Platform and SAP ERP Integration, On-Premise and in the Cloud London, United Kingdom, November 05, 2013 - At Fujitsu Forum, Fujitsu today announces significant milestones in its comprehensive range of globally-available offerings for the SAP HANA platform – including Fujitsu’s 300th customer installation of SAP HANA, the introduction of SAP HANA on the Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform and the general availability of its latest fully-virtualised FlexFrame eco-system for running the SAP ERP application on SAP HANA.

• Fujitsu Road Tests the Datacentre Highway with No Speed Limits London, United Kingdom, November 05, 2013 - At Fujitsu Forum, Fujitsu is demonstrating technology that is destined to significantly reshape the datacentre of the future both in functionality and design. By removing current speed limits to deliver data at the speed of light, performance bottlenecks are eliminated, enabling full speed ahead for real-time business.

• Fujitsu Delivers Complete Infrastructure Consolidation for Backup and Archiving with New Generation ETERNUS CS8000 London, United Kingdom, November 05, 2013 - Fujitsu today at Fujitsu Forum 2013 introduces a major step forwards for businesses trying to tackle ever-increasing data volumes. The new generation of Fujitsu’s hugely-successful ETERNUS CS8000 provides complete consolidation for all unified data backup and archiving needs. Online (disk-based) backup capacities is extended to 15 Petabytes, coupled with almost limitless near-line (tape-based) capacity.

• Fujitsu Delivers ‘Bring Your Own Cloud’ for Enterprises – Safely and Simply United Kingdom, November 05, 2013 - Fujitsu today at Fujitsu Forum 2013 introduces the next generation of ‘market-making’ cloud platform service, enabling Chief Information Officers (CIOs) to harness the broad potential of cloud with the complete business agility and innovation that cloud delivers.

• New Fujitsu scanners set new standard for desktop scanning London, Europe,United Kingdom, November 05, 2013 - With its new series of scanners, Fujitsu is pursuing a comprehensive approach to document scanning: hardware and supporting software finely tuned to work together for perfect results.

October

• Gatwick Airport Takes to the Cloud With Fujitsu and Cisco London, United Kingdom, October 17, 2013 - Xchanging will lead a contract that will see Fujitsu and Cisco modernise London Gatwick Airport’s communications infrastructure to create a platform designed to support a fast paced, dynamic environment.

• Fujitsu Simplifies Business Continuity with ‘Snapshot’ Management London, United Kingdom, October 16, 2013 - Fujitsu today provides fast and consistent data recovery to minimise business downtime and enhance productivity with the FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS Snapshot Manager (ESM), an optimised and fully integrated software solution for the ETERNUS DX disk storage family.

• Fujitsu ‘All New in Touch’ Portfolio Empowers People to Achieve their Potential London, United Kingdom, October 09, 2013 - Fujitsu today launches an entire portfolio of business-class notebook and tablet PCs.

September

• Fujitsu PRIMERGY Underpins Businesses ICT Competitive Advantage London, United Kingdom, September 12, 2013 - Fujitsu today enables businesses to drive competitive advantage by delivering the efficiency and reliability they need while exponentially reducing the lion’s share of datacenter costs – over 80% – that result from operating infrastructure and introducing new solutions.

• FUJITSU Workstation CELSIUS Takes Performance to the Next Level For 3D London, United Kingdom, September 12, 2013 - Fujitsu today announces a new generation of CELSIUS models that take workstation computing and graphics performance to the next level.

• Fujitsu Positioned As A ‘Leader’ In End-User Outsourcing Services London, United Kingdom, September 10, 2013 - Having held a leadership position for the past four years in both the Gartner Magic Quadrant: European Helpdesk Outsourcing and Gartner Magic Quadrant: European Desktop Outsourcing(1),

• Fujitsu Extends the LIFEBOOK Ultrabook™ Family With Security and Touch in Mind London, United Kingdom, September 05, 2013 - Fujitsu today announces at IFA Berlin two additions to the LIFEBOOK U Series line-up – including a flagship new touchscreen Ultrabook based on latest 4th Gen Intel® Core™ processor technology.

• Versatile new Fujitsu ScanSnap SV600 brings contact-less scanning to document capture London, Europe,United Kingdom, September 02, 2013 - Fujitsu introduces the ScanSnap SV600, the first Fujitsu ScanSnap capable of contact-less scanning. Users simply place items on a desk to capture them. The scanner can digitise a great variety of objects: bound or stapled documents up to A3 size, such as notebooks, newspapers, catalogues, business cards, fragile originals, and objects up to 3 cm thick.

August

• UK SMEs Believe Collaboration With Larger Firms is Key to Winning Big Contracts London, United Kingdom, August 20, 2013 - The success of small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) in winning Government and private sector contracts hinges on collaboration with larger firms a new report reveals today, with just 6% of SME owners believing it has become easier to win these contracts independently in the last two years.

• Fujitsu Supplies Processing Power to Virgin Money London, United Kingdom, August 15, 2013 - Fujitsu has extended its partnership with Virgin Money to provide a mainframe environment which underpins a broad range of its services. Under the terms of the five-year contract, Fujitsu will continue to license its Virtual Machine Environment (VME) to Virgin Money.

• Fujitsu Introduces Intelligent Server Backbone for a New Era London, United Kingdom, August 01, 2013 - Fujitsu today enables businesses of all sizes and pockets to thrive in an age of exploding demand for applications, data and digital content with the introduction of its new generation of FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY Systems.

July

• Cable? What Cable? ScanSnap iX500 connects to the computer via Wi-Fi London, Europe,United Kingdom, July 29, 2013 - ScanSnap iX500 now comes with enhanced Wi-Fi functionality, offering not only Wi-Fi connectivity between scanner and mobile Android- and Apple iOS-based devices, but also enabling the scanner to connect to a PC or Mac via Wi-Fi.

• Balfour Beatty Enlists Fujitsu to Build Foundations for Future Innovation and Growth London, United Kingdom, July 25, 2013 - Global infrastructure company, Balfour Beatty, has enlisted Fujitsu to transform its IT infrastructure.

• Fujitsu Delivers Robust, End-to-End Cloud-Based Messaging Security Powered by Symantec London, United Kingdom, July 24, 2013 - Fujitsu today launches a new cloud-based solution that minimises the risks, costs and complexity of ensuring robust messaging security.

• Fujitsu ETERNUS DX Adds up to 50 Per Cent Performance at No Extra Cost and Shattering the 1,000,000 IOPS Ceiling London, United Kingdom, July 18, 2013 - Fujitsu today announces several enhancements to the ETERNUS DX family of disk-based storage systems to significantly broaden and deepen access to performance-hungry scenarios such as business analytics, data bases and online transaction processing (OLTP).

• Fujitsu Declares Comprehensive, Global, Trusted Cloud Strategy London, United Kingdom, July 11, 2013 - Fujitsu today delivers the choice and integration support services that organisations need to keep pace with change, innovate their businesses and navigate cloud complexity.

June

• Fujitsu Pan-European Retail Survey 2013: European Retailers at the Crossroads Between Driving Operational Efficiency and Improving Customer Experience London, United Kingdom, June 20, 2013 - Fujitsu today reveals that retailers across Europe are at a crossroads, facing the dilemma of increasing operational efficiency while also improving customer experience, and aware that achieving both is not possible.

• Centrica Chooses Fujitsu to Help Create its Next-Generation Workplace London, United Kingdom, June 05, 2013 - Energy giant Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, has signed a new deal with Fujitsu, which will see the IT services supplier transform its desktop estate, by managing the migration of 26,500 users from Windows XP to Windows 7. The move will see Centrica’s call centre and operational staff, across 26 locations across the UK, enjoy significant benefits to their working life.

May

• Fujitsu Pan-European Retail Survey 2013: The Store Will Remain the Hub for Engaging with ‘Connected Customers’ London, United Kingdom, May 23, 2013 - Fujitsu today reveals that despite the rise of online and mobile commerce across Europe, the store will continue to be the hub for retailer engagement with ‘connected’ customers.

• Fujitsu Supports Start-Up Hub for the Third Time London, United Kingdom, May 23, 2013 - For the third year running Fujitsu is pleased to be supporting the Start-Up Hub at this year’s Conservative Party Conference. The national competition provides the opportunity for 12 new businesses to demonstrate their ideas and designs during the four day conference which runs from Sunday 29 September to Wednesday 2 October in Manchester,

• Fujitsu Awarded Fourteen New Services on CloudStore III London, United Kingdom, May 09, 2013 - The Government Procurement Service has confirmed that Fujitsu UK & Ireland has been awarded a place on the relevant lots for 14 new services on G-Cloudiii, adding to the existing 28 standardised services the IT services expert already has available on the Cloudstore.

April

• University Campus Suffolk Adopts Fujitsu Storage Area Network and vShape Server Virtualisation London, United Kingdom, April 30, 2013 - University Campus Suffolk (UCS) has enlisted the help of Fujitsu to create a virtualised data centre infrastructure to support the majority of the institution’s systems.

• Libraries NI signs £25m ICT Managed Services Contract London, United Kingdom, April 25, 2013 - Fujitsu has announced that it has won the £25m managed services contract for Libraries NI, the single Public Library Service for Northern Ireland.

• Fujitsu UK & Ireland Achieves Platinum in Business in the Community’s Corporate Responsibility Index London, United Kingdom, April 16, 2013 - Leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, Fujitsu UK& I, has today been recognised in Business in the Community’s (BITC) annual benchmark of responsible business management, the Corporate Responsibility Index (CR Index).

• Fujitsu ETERNUS CS Unified Data Protection Appliance to Integrate Quantum Deduplication London, United Kingdom, April 11, 2013 - Fujitsu today announces that enterprises will soon find it far easier to balance backup and recovery speed with the cost of flexibly storing virtually unlimited amounts of data on any combination of storage media.

• Fujitsu Receives Gold for its Investment in People London, United Kingdom, April 11, 2013 - Fujitsu UK&I has been awarded the Investors in People Gold Award in recognition of the way it develops, supports and motivates its employees.

• Fujitsu and Oracle Announce Worldwide Availability of Fujitsu M10 Servers Redwood Shores, California and Tokyo, United Kingdom, April 10, 2013 - Continuing their more than 20-year partnership and leadership in mission-critical computing, Fujitsu and Oracle today announced the worldwide availability of Fujitsu M10 servers, based on the 16-core SPARC64 X processor.

• Fujitsu Extends Relationship with Microsoft Through Implementation of New Centre of Excellence Business Model London, United Kingdom, April 09, 2013 - Fujitsu UK&I today announced that it has extended its UK-wide services partnership with Microsoft, whereby Microsoft staff will work on-site at Fujitsu’s premises to generate the two companies’ first Centre of Excellence (COE).

• Fujitsu and DERI Revolutionize Access to Open Data by Jointly Developing Technology for Linked Open Data Kawasaki, Japan, Galway, Ireland, and London, England, United Kingdom, April 03, 2013 - Promoting open data usage with world’s first freely available storage and query platform that utilizes Linked Open Data

March

• Japanese Company Invests £800m in the UK London, United Kingdom, March 25, 2013 - Fujitsu UK & Ireland today confirmed that it has received a special payment of £800m from Fujitsu Limited (Japan), which it has invested into three of its UK defined-benefit pension schemes.