News From Fujitsu - 4/15/2009

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Table of Contents

1 - - News Room: Announcements & Press Releases
2 - - What's New @ Fujitsu: Web page updates from Fujitsu
3 - - Fujitsu In the News: News about Fujitsu in the Media
4 - - Internet Speed: Customers, Competitors & Change
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1 - - News Room: Announcements & Press Releases

Fujitsu Develops Chip-Simulation Environment for Mobile Phones

- World's first to enable assessment of system performance of new handset models during upstream design -

Kawasaki and Tokyo, Japan, April 14, 2009 — Fujitsu Laboratories Limited and Fujitsu Limited today announced the development of a simulation environment for modeling logic system-on-chips (SoCs) used in mobile phones, that will enable for the first time ever, high-precision assessment of system performance by using software that runs on the Symbian OS(1), and at operating speeds that allow for iterated executions over a short time. By applying this assessment environment during upstream design - early design stages - of a new handset model to evaluate the system's overall performance, and by feeding this information back into the chip design process, the risk of the need for re-design can be avoided, thereby enabling an earlier start of the software development phase and resulting in lower overall development costs.
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2009/20090414-02.html


Fujitsu Updates Business PC Lineups
- New desktop models featuring industry-leading energy efficiency of 24W -

Tokyo, April 14,2009 — Fujitsu Limited today announced across-the-line updates for its FMV-ESPRIMO desktop and FMV-LIFEBOOK laptop business PCs, comprising a total of seven series and 31 models(1). Sales of the new models begin in Japan today. In addition to improvements to basic features, such as CPUs, the new models are highly energy-efficient and meet both current standards under the international ENERGY STAR® program(2) and the program's new standards that go into effect July 1, 2009. The FMV-ESPRIMO line includes a new model with industry-leading energy efficiency of 24W. In addition, by using power-saving liquid-crystal displays (LCDs), power requirements were reduced by roughly 30%(3) compared to Fujitsu's previous models. With its diverse and environmentally friendly lineup, Fujitsu offers PC models to meet the varied needs of its enterprise customers.
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2009/20090414-01.html

Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M Wins iF Product Design Award 2009 Smallest Color Double-sided ADF Mobile Scanner Recognized for Outstanding Quality & Design

Sunnyvale, CA, April 14, 2009 — Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., the market leader in document imaging scanners and services, today announced that the ScanSnap S300M mobile scanner won the prestigious international Forum (iF) product design award 2009. The iF Design Awards are internationally recognized, and are awarded not only based on outward design, but also on functionality, environmental consciousness shown, ease of use, and innovation.
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/news/pr/fcpa_20090414-01i.html

Fujitsu Expands Thermal Printer Offering with Standalone Receipt Printer Family Outstanding speed, reliability and flexibility reduce total system costs

Sunnyvale, CA, April 9, 2009 — A new family of compact, single-station thermal receipt printers debuted today from Fujitsu Components America, Inc. The high-speed, standalone units are optimized to improve throughput efficiency and reduce the total cost of ownership of self-service and kiosk systems, as well as gaming, scales, voting and medical applications.
* Photo: FP-510 standalone printers
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/news/pr/fcai_20090409-01.html

Fujitsu Australia Releases New Research: Green IT: A Convenient Truth

Sydney, 09 April, 2009 — Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand, a leading provider of business, information technology and communications solutions, today released ‘Green IT: A Convenient Truth’, a Fujitsu Australia-commissioned research paper that reveals that 95 per cent of Australian firms that have a Green IT policy save money. However, 60 percent of firms have no IT policy concerning the environment. The research, which covered 310 CIOs and senior IT managers, highlights the key drivers for Green IT policies where they exist and the barriers Australian companies are facing.
http://www.fujitsu.com/au/news/pr/archives/2009/20090409-01.html

Fujitsu Expands Lineup of Low Pin Count 8-bit Microcontrollers for Consumer Appliances

- E²PROM emulation reduces total system cost -

Tokyo, April, 14, 2009 - Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited announced today three new series to expand its lineup of low pin count microcontrollers, with 8, 16, and 20 pins, in its F²MC-8FX family of high-performance 8-bit microcontrollers. The new MB95260H series, MB95270H series, and MB95280H series feature embedded dual-operation flash memory and support E²PROM emulation(1). This enables a reduction in system cost, as an external E²PROM is not required. The launch of the three new series is in response to the rapid rise in demand in the Asian market for low pin count microcontrollers, for use in home appliances and other consumer electronics. Samples of the new series will start shipping from April 14, 2009.
http://jp.fujitsu.com/group/fml/en/release/20090414.html


Fujitsu Releases High-performance, Energy-saving 48-port Ethernet Switch

– Highly reliable SR-S348TC1 connects servers and PCs with efficiency –
Tokyo, April 13, 2009 — Fujitsu Limited today announced the development of a new compact Ethernet switch, the SR-S348TC1, which combines low power consumption with fast data throughput for use in datacenters and corporate networks that handle large volumes of data. The new switch is available beginning today.
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2009/20090413-01.html

Joint J.P. Morgan and Fujitsu Consulting Australian Mortgage Industry Report, Vol 9, April 2009. Mortgage industry at significant inflection point

First home buyers urged to tread with caution

Sydney, 08 April, 2009 — First home buyers borrowing too much money at artificially low interest rates will be more sensitive to the inevitable future rises in unemployment and interest rates, according to a new mortgage industry report. The joint J.P. Morgan/Fujitsu Consulting Australian Mortgage Industry Report (Volume 9, October 2008) also explores the market share shifts taking place in the Australian market. The report stated there was no readily identifiable sustainable source of housing credit growth over the near team and while the banks will clearly continue growth at above-system levels, future market share gains will not be sufficient to sustain current levels of growth. We are seeing a significant change in the Home Lending market place.
http://www.fujitsu.com/au/news/pr/archives/2009/20090408-01.html


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

MEDIA ALERT: ETERNUS Storage Systems Deliver Heterogeneous Real-Time Data Replication Capabilities With BakBone NetVault: Replicator

SUNNYVALE, CA - 04/14/09 -- Event: Fujitsu America today announced that BakBone(R) Software's (PINKSHEETS: BKBO) replication solution will be offered as an option with Fujitsu ETERNUS(R) storage systems to enhance customer choice for data mobility, enable companies to mitigate risk of data loss from a disaster and quickly restore applications upon recovery. BakBone NetVault(R): Replicator and ETERNUS SF Advanced Copy Manager (ACM) deliver a cost-effective, heterogeneous replication solution for increasingly complex data environments.
http://solutions.us.fujitsu.com/www/content/news/newsdetail.php?nf=09490710.nitf


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

Fujitsu Consulting Reveals Breach Involving Travelers, Other IT Clients

Apr 09, 2009 By Tim Wilson - DarkReading -- Personal information of more than 3,000 may have been lost along with storage device containing data on Fujitsu IT client projects - Fujitsu Consulting this week is informing clients that it has lost an electronic storage device containing data from "many information technology projects," including the personal data of more than 3,000 individuals held by The Travelers Insurance Co. According to a breach disclosure letter from Fujitsu Consulting (PDF), the storage device was lost in transit on July 28 by an overnight courier service that was carrying it between Fujitsu's offices in New York and Montreal. Fujitsu Consulting did not name the other companies whose data resides on the device, nor did it say whether the names were Travelers employees or customers. Reed Smith LLP, the consulting firm's legal counsel, did not say why it took eight months for the company to reveal the leak. The attorneys did say the firm has been "diligently" searching through the data for any personally identifiable information that might be on the device.
http://www.darkreading.com/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=EDVRAMJBHFVUEQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=216500140

Fujitsu HandyDrive earns first place in storage space race

April 9, 2009 by Justin Yu -- Fujitsu is fairly new to the external hard drive game, but they recently hit one out of the park with the Fujitsu HandyDrive. Each hard drive that makes its way through our labs seems to get cheaper and cheaper (from a cost per gigabyte standpoint), and the HandyDrive is no different. Since Fujitsu shipped us the 400GB version for our testing, we used the current retail price of $110 to calculate a $0.27 per gigabyte cost for the end user. Compare that to the last external drive we tested, the Transcend StoreJet 25 Mobile, which came out to $0.30 per gigabyte. Needless to say, budget storage fiends won't be disappointed by this device.
* Photo: Fujitsu HandyDrive (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10216410-1.html
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20090409/33573784-2-440-0.gif

Fujitsu settles with CSIRO over WLAN patent

By Stuart Corner, 13 April 2009 -- Fujitsu has followed HP in reaching settlement with the CSIRO over its long running battle to extract licence fees for a key patent it holds covering the 802.11 WiFi wireless technology. According to US legal newsletter, Law360, Judge Leonard Davis of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has dismissed with prejudice the claims and counterclaims between CSIRO and Fujitsu. Law360 notes that this represents the first court-approved settlement to emerge since the CSIRO filed suit against a number of major IT companies in 2006. However last month another of those companies, HP reached an out of court settlement with the CSIRO last month , and Apple dropped out in December 2006.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24385/1231/

Fujitsu adds small 8-bit MCUs with on-chip flash

By Richard Wilson, 14 April 2009 -- Fujitsu Microelectronics has added three low pin count microcontrollers. The devices with 8, 16, and 20 pins are in its F2MC-8FX family of 8-bit microcontrollers. According to the supplier, there is growing demand in Asia for low pin count 8-bit microcontrollers for use in small home appliances. Now Fujitsu has launched the MB95260H series, MB95270H series, and MB95280H series which include the addition of on-chip dual-operation flash memory. Which means designs can save on external E2PROM.
http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2009/04/14/45874/fujitsu-adds-small-8-bit-mcus-with-on-chip-flash.htm

Fujitsu concedes services conflict at the high-end

By Paul Kunert, 14 April 2009 -- The new Fujitsu may be on a collision course with corporate enterprise partners that are building services businesses but has insisted the “vast majority” of resellers will not compete with its integration arm. On 1 April, the Japanese firm bought Siemens’ 50% stake in the joint venture to create Fujitsu Technology Solutions (FTS) and the plan is to align the business with Fujitsu Services to go to market under one banner. Gary Fowle, channel sales and marketing director at Fujitsu, agreed there could be instances in the corporate space where it competed with large partners but believed this would not concern resellers in the SME market.
http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/techforum/2009/0904140940.asp?S=Computing&A=COM&O=FPIC

The solution is in the name, says Annex Distribution, Fujitsu Technology Solutions

[ Johannesburg, 14 April 2009 ] - The announcement of Fujitsu Siemens Computers' full membership to the Fujitsu Group and repositioning of the business to expand regional focus under Fujitsu Technology Solutions is a boon for local ICT industry. So claims Bill Gradwell, director at Annex Distribution, a national supplier of ICT infrastructure solutions and official distribution partner to Fujitsu Technology Solutions.
http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/techforum/2009/0904140940.asp?S=Computing&A=COM&O=FPIC

Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau

33 Capitol Street, Concord. New Hampshire 0330 -
Dear Sir/Madam:
As outside counsel for Fujitsu Consulting Inc. ("Fujitsu"), I write to inform you about an incident involving the personal information of 14 of your residents. Specifically, on July 28,2008, a package containing an electronic storage device was lost in-transit from Fujitsu offices in New York City to Montreal by national overnight courier. The courier service and law enforcement oftlcials were immediately notified.
http://doj.nh.gov/consumer/pdf/fujitsu_consulting.pdf

The Australian: The global financial crisis has squeezed smaller lenders

April 15, 2009 -- BANK of Queensland chief executive David Liddy and the heads of other smaller banks have made their concerns known about the impact of the federal Government's wholesale funding guarantee on mortgage lending. Mr Liddy wants a flat fee to be charged to banks renting the AAA sovereign debt rating, in contrast to the current system under which the Big Four banks pay 70 basis points and smaller banks pay 100 or 150 basis points. The aim of the scheme is laudable. It was created to overcome market failure that saw credit markets closed to even highly rated banks, with the ensuing credit squeeze threatening to cripple the real economy. In providing the guarantee, it is appropriate that the Government levered a return for taxpayers. A flat fee would effectively amount to a subsidy for smaller banks considered riskier. On the other hand, Mr Liddy argues that a flat fee would be fairer because home lending has become a loss-making proposition for regional banks using the guarantee. This is one reason, he says "why we are not seeing all of the changes in the cash rate being passed on".
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25335207-16382,00.html


4 - - Internet Speed: Customers, Competitors & Change

Microsoft, Fujitsu settle key Aussie Wi-Fi patent suit

CTIA SmartBrief | 04/14/2009 -- Microsoft and Fujitsu have followed HP in resolving a critical patent-infringement dispute with CSIRO, an Australian scientists group, over its 802.11 Wi-Fi technology in a case that is before a U.S. federal court. CSIRO is seeking royalties from makers of computers, networking equipment and software while Microsoft was part of a group of companies -- whose trial began Monday -- that has asked the court to declare CSIRO's patent invalid. Bloomberg (04/13) iTWire (Australia) (04/13)
http://www.smartbrief.com/news/ctia/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=D951EF56-99B4-4052-AE0D-F05761A8FCF5&copyid=6596FC2B-69CB-4325-A544-867EE8D7C92C

NASA tweet: See a new view of Earth from space every day

See a new view of Earth from space every day at "NASA's Earth Observatory," celebrating its 10th anniversary this month.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/4

Conficker Worm Attacks, Morphs

Adapted Virus Is More Efficient and Tries to Obtain Credit Card Information

By NED POTTER and KI MAE HEUSSNER - April 13, 2009 -- The sophisticated Conficker worm has infected about 800 computers at the University of Utah, campus officials said today.
The resilient Conficker computer worm has infected about 800 computers at the University of Utah. Officials said the outbreak is contained but still somewhat active. The outbreak was first detected Thursday and, by Friday, had spread to computers at the hospitals, medical school and colleges of nursing, pharmacy and health. Chris Nelson, a University of Utah health sciences spokesman, said that patient data and medical records had not been compromised because they are protected more securely. The outbreak was still active this morning, although it has been contained, he said.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=7323544&page=1

IRS to double-check accuracy and safety of e-filings

Apr 13, 2009 -- Still finishing up your taxes? I feel sorry for you, but now I have more bad news: The Internal Revenue Service says it's getting set to ramp up the oversight of electronic filings of tax returns, particularly those made using software like TurboTax, TaxCut, and TaxAct, to make sure they aren't missing out on money they're owed. The number of people using software at home to prepare their taxes is huge, according to the Washington Post: 39 million in 2007, 66 percent of which went on to file online. And those numbers are on the rise: Intuit says TurboTax sales rose 10 percent in 2008.
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/138442

BusinessWeek.com: The Fragile Flight of the Twitterlings

April 14, 2009, By Douglas MacMillan -- A flock of new companies are benefiting from the startup's rapid growth, some generating decent revenue; might Twitter opt to clip their wings? Twitter executives don't disclose much about their plans to make money from the microblogging site. But that's not stopping scores of other companies trying to build their own businesses on the back of the increasingly popular communication tool. Take Tweetie, whose downloadable software makes Twitter available on Apple's (AAPL) iPhone. Sales of the $2.99 application have been climbing "exponentially," says developer Loren Brichter.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2009/tc20090413_877116.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech

Symantec issues latest Internet Security Threat Report

By Brandon Bailey - Mercury News: 04/13/2009 -- Hackers are finding new ways to attack unknowing computer users by taking advantage of weaknesses in Web applications and browser plug-ins, sometimes turning even legitimate Web sites into a source of malicious code, according to a report issued Monday by Symantec, the Cupertino security software company. In another trend, security experts are noticing a significant proliferation of Internet worms and other malicious activity in nations with "emerging economies," where increasing computer use has been accompanied by widespread adoption of pirated software that lacks updated security protection.
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_12134686