News From Fujitsu - 4/28/2009

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(# 6702, Tokyo Stock Exchange)
April 27, 2009 closing price:
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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 Launches Cloud Services

-Providing a highly secure, reliable cloud computing environment to customers-

Tokyo, April 27, 2009 — Fujitsu Limited today announced that starting in May, it will begin rolling out its new Trusted-Service Platform, a cloud computing platform that delivers a range of IT services with superior reliability, security, availability, expandability, and energy efficiency.
Fujitsu will also be offering related consulting services to help customers build cloud environments and make their business processes visible, as well as integration services to plan and deploy systems that operate in a cloud environment.
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2009/20090427-01.html

Fujitsu to Extend SAP Services with Acquisition of Supply Chain Consulting Pty Ltd Sydney, 27 April 2009 — Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology and communications solutions today announced that it has expanded its SAP portfolio through the acquisition of the Australia and South East Asia operations of Supply Chain Consulting Pty Ltd, a market leader of SAP enterprise solutions and services. Fujitsu's purchase of Supply Chain Consulting centres on the capabilities and reputation of its people and Fujitsu is committed to supporting this high value expertise as it aims to expand related offerings and services that it brings to market across Australian, New Zealand and South East Asian markets.
http://www.fujitsu.com/au/news/pr/archives/2009/20090427-01.html

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

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

Fujitsu buys SAP Supply Chain Consulting
Liam Tung, ZDNet.com.au - 27 April 2009 -- Fujitsu has made its second Australian acquisition in as many months with the purchase of local SAP consultancy, Supply Chain Consulting. The acquisition adds to Fujitsu's existing local SAP interests and follows its $200 million acquisition earlier this year of Telstra's IT services business Kaz. Fujitsu Australia's SAP clients have included Lotterywest, the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority, and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Vawdrey noted the acquisition would give its SAP consulting practice a presence in the Philippines. He told the Australian Financial Review today that it would add 400 staff to Fujitsu Australia's current headcount of around 5000, which was boosted following the acquisition of Kaz by 1500 from 3500.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Fujitsu-buys-SAP-Supply-Chain-Consulting/0,130061733,339296141,00.htm

Fujitsu Bumps the Loox U to 2gHz and the Price as Well

April 27, 2009 by Warner Crocker -- If you’re in the Japanese market, Fujitsu is bumping up the processor in the Loox model UMPCs (they are called the Lifebook U810 and the U2010 here in the states). There is now a 2.0GHz Atom Z550. There’s a price bump that goes with that as well as this will set you back another $380 or so for the jump.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2009/04/27/fujitsu-bumps-the-loox-u-to-2ghz-and-the-price-as-well/

Fujitsu's wind-powered laptop

27 April 2009 -- Fujitsu has managed something of a PR coup in announcing a laptop available in Japan that is effectively wind-powered. No, it doesn't have its own turbine. The way it works is that the company will purchase a Green Power Certificate equivalent to the total electricity the laptop is estimated to consume during it's operating lifespan.
http://www.thegreenitreview.com/2009/04/fujitsus-wind-powered-laptop.html
Fujitsu Frontech <6945.t>-2008/09 parent results
Apr 27, 2009 -- Fujitsu Frontech Ltd develops and manufactures automatic teller machines (ATMs) and retailer-use information terminals.
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUST272CAVYR20090427?
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Fujitsu Frontech <6945.t>-2008/09 group results
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUST274SZ0BX20090427

Fujitsu Provides Teradici's PCoIP in its CELSIUS Workstations April 27, 2009 By Anuradha Shukla, TMCnet -- Fujitsu Technology Solutions reportedly will provide Teradici’s PC-over-IP (PCoIP) technology in its CELSIUS workstations. Teradici’s PCoIP technology enables PCs and workstations to be centrally managed in a datacenter. It also provides high resolution, full frame rate 3D graphics and HD media, with full USB peripheral interoperability.
http://colocation.tmcnet.com/topics/colocation-products/articles/54950-fujitsu-provides-teradicis-pcoip-its-celsius-workstations.htm

Fujitsu to roll out new cloud computing platform Apr 27, 2009 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Fujitsu plans to begin rolling out its new Trusted-Service Platform, a cloud computing platform that is claimed to deliver a range of IT services. Fujitsu will also be offering related consulting services to help customers build cloud environments and make their business processes visible, as well as integration services to plan and deploy systems that operate in a cloud environment.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/04/27/4151625.htm

Australia: Cash handout ends up in bank accounts 27 April 2009 -- The majority of people who are set to receive Kevin Rudd’s cash handout will put it straight in their bank account, a new poll shows. Despite Kevin Rudd’s pleas for Aussies to spend a dollar for their country, most people are intending to put the $900 bonus straight in their bank accounts, a new survey from Fujitsu Consulting has shown. Members of the younger generation are most likely to do Rudd’s bidding and splash out on some personal luxury, with Fujitsu’s Martin North telling the Sunday Telegraph that iPhone’s featured heavily on people’s wishlists.
http://mozo.com.au/savings-accounts/articles/cash-handout-ends-up-in-bank-accounts/19141744

4 - - Internet Speed: Customers, Competitors & Change

BT signs four ex-Fujitsu NHS trusts as competition heats for southern sites
CSC understood to be interested in working with some ex-Fujitsu trusts
April 27, 2009 By Leo King, www.computerworlduk.com -- BT has signed a deal with the government to run IT in four additional southern NHS Trusts, as part of the £12.7 billion National Programme for IT. The four trusts previously contracted their national programme IT to Fujitsu before it left the programme one year ago. The names of the four trusts have not been announced, and neither BT nor the NHS would give further details.
http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsid=14476

U.S. says Internet firms near "last chance" Apr 27, 2009 -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies that track consumer behaviour on the Web for targeted advertising without proper consent are near their "last chance" to self-regulate, the head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday. Privacy advocates say regulations on big phone and Internet companies, such as AT&T Inc and Google Inc, are too lax, giving the firms excessive control over consumers' personal information.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKTRE53Q4MR20090427?rpc=401&

Online resources for tracking swine flu April 27, 2009 by Don Reisinger -- The spread of a new swine flu is quickly becoming a worldwide concern. The Web, of course, is an ideal resource for learning more about it, but there is plenty of misinformation as well. Here are the sites we recommend turning to. The Centers for Disease Control : The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is the best swine flu resource on the Web. You can learn about the outbreak of the flu and find key facts that help you understand it. There's a video podcast by a physician, giving you in-depth information about the flu's signs and symptoms, how it's transmitted, and steps you can take to protect yourself. This should be your first stop.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10227976-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Internet pirates beware: this man is out to stop you

David Lammy is taking up cudgels against the one in four of us downloading illegally, reports Richard Wray, The Observer, Sunday 26 April 2009 -- For a man engaged in the political equivalent of herding cats, David Lammy seems in a remarkably good mood. As intellectual property minister, the former lawyer - and friend of fellow Harvard alumnus Barack Obama - is charged with the Herculean task of dragging the UK's copyright rules into the digital age.
Alongside communications minister Lord Carter, meanwhile, he is trying to thrash out a deal between film, music, publishing and internet companies to prevent the creative industries, which the government hopes will help pull the UK out of recession, being washed away by the flood of illegal online file-sharing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/26/david-lammy-illegal-downloads-piracy

A New E-Paper Competitor

Pixels containing ink reservoirs could lead to bright e-readers that look more like printed paper
April 27, 2009 By Prachi Patel -- A new display technology could make electronic paper look more like the real thing. Conventional ink on paper has a much higher brightness and black-and-white color contrast than electronic paper. The new display, made by researchers at the University of Cincinnati, in Ohio, is designed to match the brilliance and contrast of paper. "We've demonstrated a technology where you have the brightness of paper, and color has the same saturation that you expect from printed media," says electrical- and computer-engineering professor Jason Heikenfeld, who led the work, which was published in Nature Photonics.
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22545/?a=f

Yahoo to Shutter GeoCities Internet-Hosting Service By Brian Womack - Bloomberg News: 04/23/2009 -- Yahoo, cutting jobs and closing businesses to stem profit declines, will shut down its GeoCities free Web-hosting service after paying about $3 billion for the unit in 1999. GeoCities isn't accepting new accounts and will close later this year, Yahoo said on its Web site. GeoCities, Yahoo's second-biggest acquisition behind Broadcast.com, lets users design personal Web sites to show off photos, promote local clubs or publicize business services.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/latestheadlines/ci_12211891

5 Things To Do With Dead PC Hardware By Serdar Yegulalp, InformationWeek - April 25, 2009 -- Learn the five best fates for dead PCs, notebooks, hard drives, and other gear. Hint: Letting them go to a landfill is not one of them. Recycling is. - Sooner or later, the PC I'm typing this on is bound to drop dead. One day I'll walk in here, push the power button, and hear a scrape and a clunk that tells me my hard drive is out of commission. Or, worse, I'll get nothing at all. Failing that, it's going to end up dying a different kind of death, although one that's every bit as ignominious -- it'll be yanked out and replaced with something a little more cutting-edge, because time and technology have moved on.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217100142&pgno=1&queryText=&isPrev=