News From Fujitsu - 3/4/2009

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March 3, 2009 closing price: ¥ 308, - ¥ 12 (- 3.75%)
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1 - News Room: Announcements & Press Releases

- Whitbread PLC Renews Network Contract with Fujitsu

London, 3rd March 2009 — Whitbread PLC has renewed its data and voice networks contract with Fujitsu Services, one of Europe’s leading IT services companies, for a further four years. Fujitsu is contracted to provide voice and data networks across the Whitbread hotels and restaurants estate. The deal highlights Whitbread’s continued investment in providing its nine million customers a month with an even greater experience by securing and managing the availability of data across all of its outlets.

http://www.fujitsu.com/uk/news/pr/fs_20090303.html

- Fujitsu Siemens Computers realigns Channel management

Munich, March 02, 2009 -- Hans-Dieter Wysuwa is new head of Corporate Channel Business for the EMEA region - Senior Vice President Hans-Dieter Wysuwa is to take over the management of all corporate channels for the EMEA region at Fujitsu Siemens Computers. In his previous role as Managing Director Germany Mr. Wysuwa was responsible for the region’s sales activities. Last November, Fujitsu Siemens Computers announced the realignment of its business and market strategy. As a complete provider for IT infrastructures – Dynamic Infrastructures – the company signaled its focus on building up a sustainable business with a long term outlook. In the course of the transformation, six regional sales organizations have been created, which simplify processes, strengthen customer intimacy and enable greater local focus.

http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/ps2/press/read/news_details.aspx?id=3400

- Flexible IT and green highlights: Fujitsu Siemens Computers
showcases Dynamic Infrastructures at CeBIT 2009

March 02, 2009 -- First 0-Watt PC, environmentally conscious server and sophisticated service packages will be on view in the Public Sector Parc in Hall 9 and at Green IT World in Hall 8 - Fujitsu Siemens Computers presents its “Dynamic Infrastructures” products for Webciety, public sector clients and Green IT at CeBIT in the Public Sector Parc in Hall 9 and at Green IT World in Hall 8. The product innovations that will be on display include the first zero-watt PC, which consumes absolutely no power in off mode or hibernating, a PRIMERGY server for small businesses that has optimized energy savings, as well as service packages covering all aspects of IT infrastructure. During the weekend of CeBIT on March 7 and 8, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, together with its partners, will present “Citizens meet Civil Authorities” in the Public Sector Parc in Hall 9 and demonstrate just how fast, simple and cost-efficient direct communication between citizens and civil authorities can be.

http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/ps2/press/read/news_details.aspx?id=3405

- Fujitsu Launches Graphics SoC for Digital Dashboards and Car Navigation

- Industry’s first 1-chip controller handling 4 video inputs and output to 4 displays -
Tokyo, March 3, 2009 - Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited today announced the launch of a new graphics controller System-on-Chip (SoC) for automotive infotainment systems, such as next-generation car navigation and digital dashboards. The new controller, the MB86298, offers the highest-class graphics capability for embedded systems, as well as an industry first of providing output to up to 4 displays, and up to 4 video inputs. Featuring superior input and output functionality, the MB86298 can process 4 inputted video streams while outputting video to 4 displays. The inputted videos can be modified, synthesized together, and put on 3-D graphics surfaces within a single screen. Subsequently, with 4 cameras mounted on all sides of the automobile (front, back, left, and right), it is possible to freely choose the desired viewpoint and form for display. In addition, the controller’s industry-leading capabilities enable display of 8 layers and inter-layer blends(1), where each information stream is processed separately so that users can selectively change the information screen to be displayed, as well as being able to synthesize the information streams together smoothly and display them.

http://jp.fujitsu.com/group/fml/en/release/20090303.html

- Stylish Scanning Innovations For Windows And Mac Operating Systems

Fujitsu CeBIT 2009 Showcase: The New ScanSnap S1500 and S1500M Series
London, 3. March 2009 — Fujitsu Europe Limited unveils its newest one-button scanning solutions at today's CeBIT Expo opening in Hannover, Germany - ScanSnap S1500 and ScanSnap S1500M. Both are compact-size desktop document office scanners targeted for fast and easy high-quality scanning in general offices and diverse environments. The ScanSnap S1500 is designed for Windows operating systems including Windows 2000, XP and Vista and generates PDF files as well as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, whereas ScanSnap S1500M addresses Mac OS® X operating systems. Both new colour duplex scanners can be seen at Fujitsu's CeBIT showcase in the Planet Reseller Area of Hall 25 / Booth L105 through 8th of March.

http://www.fujitsu.com/uk/news/pr/fel_20090303-1.html

- Fujitsu Demonstrates Extensive Range of Technology Solutions at Embedded World 2009

Stand 314, Hall 12 - Langen and Nuremberg, Germany, 3rd March 2009 — Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) is demonstrating a comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions at this week’s Embedded World 2009 exhibition. New Automotive, Industrial and Graphics Devices - The MB91460P MCU has been developed in close co-operation with leading automotive electronics customers and is based on a powerful 32-bit RISC CPU core. A member of the successful MB91460 family, it provides extensive peripheral functions able to support a number of automotive and industrial applications including industrial control units and automotive gateways, body-control systems and central control units.

http://www.fujitsu.com/emea/news/pr/fme_20090303-937.html

- Fujitsu Announces New Graphics Controller for Automotive and Industrial Embedded Display Systems

OpenGL ES 2.0 GPU for high-level graphics in automotive applications
Langen and Nuremberg, Germany, 3rd March 2009 — Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) is pleased to announce the expansion of its graphics controllers family with the MB86298 'Ruby' – a highly integrated high-end graphics processing unit (GPU) specified for OpenGL® ES 2.0 targeting embedded automotive and industrial display systems. The feature set and performance of the MB86298 targets in-car applications such as dashboard systems (hybrid/virtual), head-up displays, navigation systems and rear-seat entertainment applications providing OpenGL ES 2.0/OpenVGTM 1.0 functionality.

http://www.fujitsu.com/emea/news/pr/fme_20090303-938.html

- Fujitsu adds 48-pin Versions to its 16FX Family of MCUs for Automotive and Industrial Applications

Langen and Nuremberg, Germany, 3rd March 2009 — Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) today announces the latest addition to its 16FX family of powerful 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) developed for automotive and industrial applications. The new devices enhance the 16FX portfolio with small (7 x 7mm) 48-pin QFP package versions, fully compatible with existing 16FX products. Developed in FME’s European Microcontroller Design Center, the devices offers three channels of combined LIN-USART-SPI, one I2C channel and one C-CAN interface for automotive applications. For use in standard applications, versions without the embedded C-CAN controller are planned.

http://www.fujitsu.com/emea/news/pr/fme_20090303-940.html

- Fujitsu Unveils New Channel Programs to Help Partners Bolster Profitability

Efficient and Innovative Programs Enable Partners to Increase Business Performance
SUNNYVALE, CA - 03/03/09 -- Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today announced enhancements to its North American channel partner program, the Fujitsu Accelerator Program. The new programs offer channel partners the ability to improve lead generation, enhance sales training and support, save considerable time, and close more deals. In addition, Fujitsu refreshed its ExpressBuy line up and launched its Demo and Evaluation program, offering partners a greater margin structure. The new Fujitsu channel programs are designed to help customers unify resources, reduce ordering complexity, increase their bottom line and minimize risk in this challenging economic climate.

http://www.computers.us.fujitsu.com/www/content/news/newsdetail.php?nf=09478849.nitf

- Matt McManus of Fujitsu Recognized as a Channel Chief by Everything Channel's CRN

Success Growing Channel Program Earns McManus Recognition in Annual Award - SUNNYVALE, CA - 03/03/09 -- Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today announced that Matt McManus, its vice president of channel sales, has been named a 2009 Channel Chief by Everything Channel's CRN. CRN Channel Chiefs are recognized as influential executives who consistently defend, promote and execute effective channel partner programs and strategies.

http://www.computers.us.fujitsu.com/www/content/news/newsdetail.php?nf=09478851.nitf

 

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2 - What's New @ Fujitsu: Web page updates from Fujitsu

- MEDIA ALERT: Fujitsu Senior Vice President of Marketing Richard McCormack to Speak on End-to-End Security at Check Point Experience 2009

SUNNYVALE, CA - 03/03/09 -- What: Richard McCormack, senior vice president of marketing for Fujitsu Computer Systems, will present "End-to-End Security: Fujitsu User Case Study plus Fujitsu as a Solution and Technology Provider" at Check Point Experience, a two-day event held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, March 4-5.

http://www.computers.us.fujitsu.com/www/content/news/newsdetail.php?nf=09478852.nitf

 

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3 - Fujitsu In the News: News about Fujitsu in the Media

- Acquisition of Telstra subsidiary to give Fujitsu boost in Australia

March 3, 2009 - Bloomberg -- Fujitsu Ltd. will buy a Telstra Corp. subsidiary for 200 million Australian dollars (¥12.45 billion) to become the third-biggest information-technology company in Australia. Fujitsu will have almost 5,000 workers in Australia after the acquisition of Kaz Group Pty., the companies said in a statement to the Australian stock exchange Monday. Fujitsu doesn't plan to cut any of Kaz's 1,400 employees, said Trent Mumford, a spokesman in Sydney for Fujitsu. The company is refocusing on computer services after widening its loss forecast for the year ending March 31 to ¥50 billion last month. Melbourne-based Telstra, Australia's largest phone company, said it is getting rid of a business that is no longer a core part of its strategy. "This acquisition is all about growth and job security for a strengthened Fujitsu/Kaz business," Fujitsu's Australia and New Zealand Chief Executive Rod Vawdrey said.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20090303n1.html

- KnowledgeLake Integrates SharePoint ECM Software Across Entire Fujitsu Document Imaging Scanner Line

March 02, 2009 - ST. LOUIS, BUSINESS WIRE -- Company Aligns with Strategic Partner to Easily Save and Index Documents to SharePoint - KnowledgeLake, Inc., the leading provider of document imaging and capture technologies for Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions, today announced that, KnowledgeLake Connect, will be bundled with the entire line of Fujitsu scanners, ranging from workgroup to production-level. This bundling will allow Fujitsu users to interoperate with Microsoft SharePoint based Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions, allowing any desktop networked to a Fujitsu scanner to tightly integrate with Microsoft SharePoint and enhance worker productivity.

http://photography.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=674180

- Fujitsu signs European reseller agreement with Box Technologies

March 2nd 2009 -- Fujitsu Services has signed a two-year deal with Box Technologies which will see Box Technologies become an official distributor of the Fujitsu B-pad device, offering the solution to a wide-range of customers across the travel, hospitality and retail sectors. The B-Pad is a lightweight mobile computer which is among the first to allow retailers to take customers' orders and receive secure payment from one device. It offers multiple functionality, including order processing, mobile payment, stock management and self-checkout and is widely used by a number of leading companies in the hospitality, leisure and retail sectors including TGI Friday's and WH Smith. B-Pad is also the first Microsoft Windows all-in-one mobile device to be awarded Payment Card Industry Compliance (PCI).

http://www.theretailbulletin.com/news/fujitsu_signs_european_reseller_agreement_with_box_technologies_02-03-09/

- KAZ, you’re no Gen-i: Telstra flicks off IT wing

Chris Keall | March 3 2009 -- Telstra has sold Kaz Group to Fujitsu. The deal makes Fujitsu Australasia’s third largest IT services provider after IBM and HP – and marks a divorce in strategy from Telecom NZ, which picked up Gen-i from Eric Watson the same year Telstra bought Kaz. The $A200 million deal, still subject to Foreign Investment Review Board approval, will see 1400 Kaz staff become part of Fujitsu Australian and New Zealand, giving the Japanese-owned company a total headcount of 5000 in the region. Kaz’ major customers include AMP and ING.

http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/kaz-you-re-no-gen-i-telstra-flicks-it-wing-67938

- Wireless USB from Fujitsu and Olidata to be Shown at CeBIT 2009

2 Mar 2009 by Shane McGlaun -- Just when you thought wireless USB was dead with many of the major firms producing hardware and software for the specification going under, Fujitsu and Olidata say they will be showing Wireless USB devices at CeBIT 2009. The solutions will be using Wisair Wireless USB solutions and are based on its single-chip technology. The product will be a Wireless USB adapter set that allows users to convert their existing wired USB devices like printers and external hard drives to wireless.

http://www.i4u.com/article23497.html

- Fujitsu will keep Kaz headcount

Liam Tung, ZDNet.com.au - 02 March 2009 -- Fujitsu Australia chief executive Rod Vawdrey today said the acquisition of Telstra's Kaz Group would not result in redundancies, however, the fate of senior management is yet to be decided. The proposed $200 million acquisition of Kaz will add some 1,400 to Fujitsu Australia's current headcount of 3,500, Vawdrey told ZDNet.com.au this morning, bringing its local workforce close to 5,000.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Fujistu-will-keep-Kaz-headcount/0,130061733,339295204,00.htm

- Fujitsu Chooses ARM Cortex Technology for Automotive Applications

Mar. 03, 2009 -- ARM Cortex-R4F Processor Specifically Designed for Safety and Fault Tolerance - CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom — ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMH)] , today announced that Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe GmbH has signed a major licensing agreement for the ARM® Cortex™ -R4F processor for use in automotive applications including safety and chassis. The agreement is a significant endorsement of the ARM architecture in the automotive market as manufacturers endeavour to consolidate their automotive functions into a reduced number of more capable processors.

http://www.centredaily.com/business/technology/story/1148726.html

- Kaz buy gives Fujitsu the govt

Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet.com.au - 03 March 2009 -- Telstra's sale of Kaz will hand Fujitsu the keys it has been seeking to federal government work, bringing it up to be able to compete effectively with rivals such as IBM and CSC, analysts said yesterday. Ovum principal analyst for IT services, Jens Butler, said that although he at first thought the $200 million price tag on Kaz to be expensive, considering its instability, loss of major accounts and "general brand impact" after being acquired by Telstra, he decided after consideration that it was worth what Fujitsu was getting.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Kaz-buy-gives-Fujitsu-the-govt/0,130061733,339295220,00.htm?feed=rss

- Fujitsu Siemens floats private cloud plan

By Joe Fay, 3rd March 2009 -- Just selling stuff is so pre-meltdown - Cebit 09 Fujitsu Siemens will launch an enterprise cloud offering this autumn, as it banks on the anything-as-a-service model to tempt cash-strapped customers and give it a raison d'etre once it is borged into new parent Fujitsu. CTO Joseph Reger, speaking at Cebit, said that there was no point in hardware vendors fighting against cloud-based services. However, he argued, "public" or quasi-public cloud services, such as Amazon's S3, could throw up unexpected issues for enterprise customers.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/03/fsc_cloud_plan/

 

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4 -  Internet Speed: Customers, Competitors & Change

- Microsoft to start testing "Kumo" search service

March 2, 2009 by Ina Fried -- Microsoft plans later this week to begin internal testing of Kumo, a long-anticipated update to its Live Search product, CNET News has learned. Ultimately, Kumo is designed to be both a rebranding and an update for Live Search, although at this point Microsoft is describing it as "an internal test environment." "Kumo is the name of an internal test environment we are launching to a small sampling of employees...this week," a Microsoft representative told CNET. Kumo had been long rumored to be a possible name for the Live Search rebranding.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10185515-56.html?tag=nl.e433

- New Ideas Create New Sources of Energy In Crisis-Hit Japan

February 26, 2009 - TOKYO (Nikkei)-- While the economy has deteriorated and Japan is natural-resource poor, some companies are making remarkable innovations to put untapped resources to productive use by using new technologies. There have been loud calls for promoting an agricultural revival in Japan, but the actual farming plots are typically small and fragmented, which makes it harder to increase agricultural productivity. For production to jump, a system tailored to managing this type of farmland is crucial. Shinpukuseika Ltd., an incorporated agricultural organization in the southern city of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, started last autumn a trial run of a system developed by Fujitsu Ltd. (6702) that automatically measures such data as temperature and pesticide residue levels at five farm plots and wirelessly transmits the information to the farmers.

http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/AC/TNKS/Search/Nni20090226D25HH715.htm

- Microsoft Mapping Course to a Jetsons-Style Future

By ASHLEE VANCE: March 1, 2009 -- REDMOND, Wash. — Meet Laura, the virtual personal assistant for those of us who cannot afford a human one. Built by researchers at Microsoft, Laura appears as a talking head on a screen. You can speak to her and ask her to handle basic tasks like booking appointments for meetings or scheduling a flight.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/technology/business-computing/02compute.html?_r=1

- TomTom extends deal with Toyota

03rd March 2009 -- TomTom said today that Toyota has extended its relationship with the Dutch company to feature the second generation of semi-embedded portable navigation solution in select vehicles. It will be available in Europe in the last quarter of 2009. This device, the result of a cooperation between TomTom and FUJITSU TEN, is specially designed for use with the in-dash Toyota TNS 410 audio, video and navigation system.

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/TomTom-extends-deal-with-Toyota_a1378.html

- LTE Gains Momentum In Japan!

Freescale technology helps bring Long Term Evolution (LTE) to life in Japan. EFY News Network, March 03, 2009 -- As Japanese mobile carriers work to complete the industry’s first commercial Long Term Evolution (LTE) system network by the end of 2009, Freescale Semiconductor is doing its part to foster the build out of next-generation mobile broadband in Asia and beyond.

http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/32901/news.htm

- Sun, Sparc struggle in economic downturn

By Mark Fontecchio, 03 Mar 2009 | SearchDataCenter.com -- In 2004 the High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL) made a two-phase deal with Sun Microsystems. The first stage was for some E25K servers, the Sparc-based machines Sun had just released. The second came due last year, when HPCVL installed eight M9000 servers co-developed by Sun and Fujitsu.

http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid80_gci1349680,00.html

- VIDEO: Will economic downturn push companies into the cloud?

Salesforce.com CEO on why Microsoft's entry into the cloud is important -At the TechCrunch Cloud Computing Roundtable in Mountain View, Calif., Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, explains why he thinks Microsoft's entry into the business will bring validation to the cloud. Many CTOs, he says, still need to be convinced that using software as a service will save them money and move their companies toward the future. Moderator: Steve Gillmor, editor of TechCrunchIT.

http://news.zdnet.com/2422-19178_22-274459.html?tag=nl.e703

- ABC Podcast: Connecting Poor Communities to the Internet [toc...]

2 March 2009 -- An innovative project to bring the internet to disadvantaged communities for the first time - DESLEY BLANCH : While the Australian Federal Government prepares to run a live trial of mandatory internet filters and as it continues to work towards a high speed broadband network, there is an innovative project under way in the south eastern state of Victoria; bringing the internet to disadvantaged communities. While many of us take it for granted that we have a home internet connection and can do our internet banking, view bus timetables and send and receive emails in a matter of minutes, for many poor and disadvantaged communities throughout Australia, internet access is not something they are accustomed to. Andrew Mahar is the founding director of a not-for-profit company called InfoXchange. Their motto is "Technology for Social Justice" and they achieve this by connecting low income communities to the internet. Andrew Mahar explains to ABC's Steve Kanane how the idea originated.

http://www.abc.net.au/ra/innovations/stories/s2504762.htm

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