Summary: Fujitsu and Salesforce.com Sign Partnership in Software-as-a-Service for CRM. Visit Fujitsu at Interop this week in Las Vegas. Further details about Venus , the world's fastest processor.IR Corner: Fujitsu Ltd.
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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 and Salesforce.com Sign Partnership in Software-as-a-Service for CRM
– Fujitsu to provide Salesforce CRM cloud applications and other services on Force.com platform – Tokyo, May 18, 2009 — Fujitsu and salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, announced today that they have signed a sales and marketing agreement whereby Fujitsu will provide Salesforce CRM(1) cloud applications as well as application development and integration services on salesforce.com's Force.com platform. The partnership is designed to enable customers in a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, distribution, and finance, to dramatically reduce IT costs and increase business competitiveness.
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2009/20090518-01.html
2 - - What's New @ Fujitsu: Web page updates from Fujitsu
Visit Fujitsu at Interop: May 17 - 21, 2009 in Las Vegas
Interop drives the adoption of technology, providing knowledge and insight to help IT and corporate decision-makers achieve business success. For more information, please visit us at Booth #2536 or visit the show web site.
Focus: 10Gb Ethernet Switches
Venue: Mandalay Bay Convention Center
3950 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV (USA)
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/news/events/fcpa_20090517_interop.html
3 - - Fujitsu In the News: News about Fujitsu in the Media
Fujitsu Discloses Further Details About Venus Chip: Eight-Core Processor that Consumes 35W Fujitsu Claims Venus Outperforms Itanium 2, Still Unsure About Availability -
[05/15/2009 10:02 AM] by Anton Shilov -- Fujitsu, a maker of various electronics and also a developer of microprocessors, this week disclosed some additional details regarding its Venus processor. Unfortunately, the company is still unsure about availability timeframe for the chip as well as systems on its base. According to Fujitsu, 128GFLOPs peak performance of eight-core SPARC64 VIIIfx (Venus) is 2.5 times higher compared to Intel’s top-of-the-range dual-core Itanium 2, however, even with built-in memory controller Venus consumes only 33% of what Itanium 2 uses, hence, about 35W, according to PC Watch web-site.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20090515100227_Fujitsu_Discloses_Furth
er_Details_About_Venus_Chip_Eight_Core_Processor_that_Consumes_35W.html
Blade server drives down energy consumption
19 May 2009 -- Fujitsu has launched Dynamic Cube- the new-generation - PRIMERGY BX900 blade server system, offering a record-taking 18-blade design within a 10-U chassis and 12 percent more system performance in comparison toother vendors' blade systems. The PRIMERGY BX900 is a complete dynamic server infrastructure in a single blade cube. By using the PRIMERGY BX900, customers can adapt dynamically to different IT usage scenarios, increasing the agility of IT infrastructures while reducing costs.
http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800572879_499495_NP_fc454f13.HTM
Fujitsu rolls out Venus,world's fastest processor
Look out, Intel. Fujitsu just unleashed the fastest processor in the world, a startling 2.5 times quicker than Intel's speediest chip. Supercomputer users will love "Venus," the eight core processor that's capable of 128 billion computations per second. What all those numbers mean? While its 45-nanometer architecture doesn't pack its components together as tightly as Intel's latest 32-nanometer configuration, it accomplishes that world-record blistering speed while sipping one third the power of Intel's flagship chip.
http://dvice.com/archives/2009/05/fujitsu-rolls-o.php
Better than Intel: Fujitsu develops world’s fastest processor
Serkan Toto - May 14, 2009 -- Bad news for Intel for two days in a row. Fujitsu yesterday took the wraps off a new CPU made for supercomputers that can perform 128 billion computations per second, which is 2.5 times faster than the super processor of the current record holder Intel.
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/05/14/better-than-intel-fujitsu-develops-worlds-fastest-processor/
Fujitsu releases Dynamic Cube and aims for place at top IT table
By: Peter Williams, Bloor Research: 13th May 2009 -- Work has continued apace within Fujitsu since its separation from Siemens at the beginning of April. The new structure, which absorbed the former Fujitsu Siemens (FSC) EMEA operations, is aimed at being far more global while new products are appearing which fit into this. For instance, around the time of the official separation, Fujitsu's ServerView Resource Coordinator (Virtual Edition) was released to unify and simplify physical and virtual server management. This week saw the release of the PRIMERGY BX800 as a foundational part of its new, green Dynamic Server Infrastructure approach (more of which in a moment).
http://www.it-director.com/business/content.php?cid=11265
Fujitsu in trouble with union over scrapping pension schemes
May 17, 2009 - By IDG Staff | CIO (UK) -- Decision made to remain competitive - Labour union Unite has lambasted Fujitsu services over plans to close its final salary pension scheme to both new and long-term staff. Some 4,000 employees who are in the defined benefit pension plan have begun receiving letters from the company informing them that Fujitsu services proposes to close the final salary pension scheme and is starting a 90-day consultation process. It is highly unusual for firms to limit the pension benefits of long term employees. The final
salary scheme was running at a £1 billion deficit, a Fujitsu spokesperson told CIO
sister title Computerworld UK.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/business/fujitsu-in-trouble-union-over-scrapping-pension-schemes-789
STEC and Fujitsu Storage Systems Form Partnership to Bring Enterprise Solid State Drives (SSD) Into High-End ETERNUS 8000 and 4000 Storage Systems
Globe Newswire - Fujitsu Deploys ZeusIOPS SSD to Achieve Unprecedented Level of Performance and Reduced Total Cost of Ownership for Fujitsu Customers
SANTA ANA, Calif., May 18, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC) today announced that Fujitsu Storage Systems has completed an innovative design of its ETERNUS Storage Systems utilizing STEC's enterprise SSD. Fujitsu performed extensive qualification and integration work in the process of designing the Zeus Fibre Channel SSD into the high-end and mid-range ETERNUS storage platforms.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/globenewswire/165592.htm
Fujitsu Investing despite downturn
Verne Burnett: May 14, 2009 --
In times of financial and economic uncertainty, wisdom dictates to some business people that they reduce costs, adopt a conservative posture and ride out the storm. Not so for the Fujitsu Group, the US$53 billion global IT provider. At a time when others are scaling back, Fujitsu is about to complete a new data centre in Port-of-Spain, through its local arm, which was renamed Fujitsu Caribbean (Trinidad) Ltd, under a recent and thorough-going reorganisation in which Fujitsu’s Caribbean business became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu America.http://guardian.co.tt/business/business-guardian/2009/05/13/fujitsu-investing-despite
-downturn
* Photo: Farhat Ali, president and chief executive officer of Fujitsu America Group
FLEPia Color eBook ReaderMay 13, 2009 -- Fujitsu Frontech Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the start of consumer sales in Japan of the world’s first color e-paper mobile terminal, FLEPia, available for purchase from today through Fujitsu Frontech’s online store “FrontechDirect”. Developed by Fujitsu Frontech and Fujitsu Laboratories, FLEPia is the first ever mobile information terminal to feature color electronic paper (color e-paper).
http://seductive-hearts.com/?p=297
Fujitsu shows off world's fastest CPU
Japan takes back performance crown from the USA 8 May 2009 By Duncan Geere -- Fujitsu has revealed what it claims to be the fastest chip in the world. Its new SPARC64 VIIIfx processor, which is codenamed "Venus", clocks 128 billion computations per second. It's the first time in a decade that a Japanese company has taken the fastest chip performance accolade. Venus is still in development, but it's fabricated using a 45nm process. Eight cores are crammed into two square centimetres, along with an integrated memory controller, and power consumption that's a third of rival Intel's fastest chip.
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/24153/fujitsu-shows-off-worlds-fastest-
cpu.phtml
Fujitsu - ONEplace @ Facebook: Fujitsu Forum 2009
Fujitsu Forum 2009 (Expo is held from May 14 – 15 at the Tokyo International Forum) features seminars and showcases that demonstrate the company's broader focus on business solutions rather than just IT solutions, as well as exhibits highlighting four themes: "Business," "Management," "Information Technology," and "Globalization."http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Fujitsu-
ONEplace/35802822876?ref=nf
Android to power digital photo frames
May 15, 2009 by Toby Knight -- The Android continues its march to global domination (or ubiquity, at any rate) with the announcement of a digital photo frame that will run the mobile operating system. Android is everywhere at the moment - new Android smartphones are popping up like whack-a-mole and several Android-powered netbooks are in the works . The announcement of a Digital Photo Frame running Android seems a bit odd at first glance, however - but it does make a fair bit of sense on closer inspection. Fujitsu Software Technologies Ltd and Japanese firm Macnica Inc have come up with the snappily named Software Platform for Home Network Digital Photo Frame - a digital photo frame running on Android that takes the basic
photo frame idea and enhances with with home network integration, touchscreen features and some nifty photo processing.
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/05/15/android-to-power-digital-photo-frames/
Fujitsu Technology Solutions Selects AppliedMicro’s QT2225 PHY ICs for High- Speed 10GBASE-KR Backplane Server Interconnect
2009-05-18AppliedMicro : (NASDAQ:AMCC), a global leader in silicon solutions to process, transport and store applications, today announced that Fujitsu Technology Solutions, a leading European IT infrastructure provider, has selected AppliedMicro’s QT2225 10GBASE-KR physical layer device : (PHY) for 10-Gigabit per second Ethernet connectivity over copper traces for its PRIMERGY BX900 Blade System.
http://www.pr-inside.com/fujitsu-technology-solutions-selects-appliedmicro--
r1260653.htm
4 - - Internet Speed: Customers, Competitors & Change
NEC to quit Japan supercomputer project By MARI YAMAGUCHI – TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp. said Thursday it will withdraw from a government-led project to produce a next-generation supercomputer, citing falling profits amid the global economic crisis. The decision could deal a major setback for Japan's ambitious plan to develop a supercomputer that is much faster than the current leader. Hitachi, who was working on NEC's contract for the project, will also have to pull out. The government-funded research institute Riken, which runs the program, said it will review the estimated 110 billion yen ($1.15 billion) project that was launched in September 2006.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5haN3qF6XMQha51SVEpShyw
KgkFEgD9862BMO0
Branding 102- say it out loud, at least once....
Round 2 in my rant about branding. Today's topic presents a conundrum; If you already know that- deep down- you are really bad at branding- wouldn't it be better to just give up at branding altogether?
http://crashandbeirne.blogspot.com/2009/05/branding-102-say-it-outloud-at-least.html
Chuck Faust to become the new President and COO at aboutGolf May 15, 2009 | MAUMEE, Ohio -- aboutGolf, the world leader in indoor golf simulator technology, has named Chuck Faust as its new President and Chief Operating Officer, announced aboutGolf CEO Bill Bales. Faust—who officially began his new duties on April 27—is leading and directing aboutGolf's entire scope of daily operations. Bales remains the company's CEO, with a heavy focus on research and development. Bales also will continue to be actively involved with aboutGolf's business development.
http://www.worldgolf.com/newswire/browse/58653-Chuck-Faust-become-new-
President-and-COO-aboutGolf
FT.com: Lionel Barber’s pick of the week May 17, 2009 -- Themes of the Week: The Obama administration unveils sweeping proposals for regulating the opaque over-the-counter derivatives market; a Hollywood media mogul eyes up buying the New York Times; Sri Lankan government forces strangle the Tamil Tigers; and Westminster MPs suffers their worst week since 1641 (with apologies to the Daily Telegraph…)
...3) Fujitsu Services, the UK arm of the Japanese technology giant, is closing its final salary scheme - the first large employer in two years to close its defined benefit scheme and a harbinger for others in the middle of the recession. Norma Cohen once again established herself (and the FT) as the leading writer on pensions in Britain.
http://blogs.ft.com/editors/2009/05/17/lionel-barbers-pick-of-the-week-14/
Japan’s Machinery Orders Fall as Factories Sit Idle (Correct)
By Jason Clenfield - May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Orders for Japanese machinery resumed falling in March, a sign that managers remain wary of upgrading factories and equipment before an economic recovery takes hold. Bookings, an indicator of capital investment in the next three to six months, fell 1.3 percent from February, when they gained a revised 0.6 percent, the Cabinet Office said today in Tokyo. Economistssurveyed predicted a 4.6 percent drop.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=au5vJexWUpmI&refer=home
Will Your Next Netbook Be Running Android?
By Priya Ganapati * May 15, 2009 -- Google’s mobile operating system, Android, has been confined to cellphones so far. But consumer electronics makers are looking to make the new OS part of other gadgets too, such as netbooks, digital photo frames and e-book readers. “We have seen a lot of original design manufacturers in Asia show prototypes of products that run Android,” says Daniell Hebert, CEO of MOTO Group, a product development firm. “I expect to see a number of these come out this fall.” Earlier this week, two Japanese companies, Macnica and Fujitsu Software Technologies, showed off a prototype of a digital photo frame running Android.http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/05/android-netbooks/
FT.com- Trendspotter: Mechanised good reads
By Michael Fitzpatrick: May 16 2009 -- Technophobes might have moved their music collections from plastic, even vinyl, to a computer or iPod with some degree of resistance. But now comes another wrench – mechanising a good read. Sacred to some in their paper state, books are next on the list for digitising and shrinking until, space-wise, they disappear almost entirely. Thousands of titles can be squeezed on to the latest slim, paperback-sized e-readers that, thanks to clever “e-ink”, do a credible job of mimicking the printed page.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/30b4bad0-401f-11de-9ced-00144feabdc0.html
Semiconductor top 20 get a shakeup
By Sylvie Barak, 15 May 2009 -- Chip, rattle and roll - THE TOP 20 semiconductor companies have gone through a bit of a shakeup according to new numbers put out by IC Insights, which blames the credit crunch and inventory issues for most of the changes. In a summary of IC Insights' May Update to The McClean Report, the market research house reckons only three chipmakers managed to cling to their 2008 spots, as all the others got tossed around like tumbleweeds in a storm. Unsurprisingly Intel managed to retain the number one spot, while Samsung held on to second place. Fujitsu also retained its ranking at number 17.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1137363/semiconductor-shakeup
HP, Sun, Dell, and Microsoft Are Among Cloud Computing's Losers -Stanek
Roman Stanek delivered his opening keynote today at the Cloud Computing
Conference & Expo Europe in Prague
By Liz McMillan - May 18, 2009 -- Romak Stanek, during his opening keynote at the Cloud Computing Conference & Expo Europe in Prague today, said "Big server vendors such as HP, Sun, Dell, Microsoft, as well as monolithic app providers will be among the losers of the Cloud Computing revolution, while innovation, SMBs, and the little guys will be the winners of the Cloud."
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/globenewswire/165592.htm
Dealing with dilemmas
Conflicts and dilemmas come to the fore for the HR when business decisions are not in tandem with the human aspect of the role. By Vinita Gupta - The role of HR has evolved over the years from being a policy administrator to being a business partner, and this evolution has not been an easy path. More so, since they are viewed more as a policing team rather than someone who helps the organization get aligned to its goals. This mindset has changed little even today...
"The dilemma that HR personnel face is the age old one between business requirement and “human” issues. It is more from the fact that HR is taught to look at the human angle and when tough business decisions result into ‘unpleasant’ decisions that need to be executed by HR, the dilemma occurs"
- Anagha Wankar, Group Manager, HR, Fujitsu Consulting India.
http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20090518/technologylife01.shtml
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