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PCS calls off Fujitsu strike, but Unite goes ahead

September 20th, 2011

The Public and Commercial Services union has called off today’s scheduled strike action after settling pay differences with government IT outsourcing supplier Fujitsu, although parallel action by Unite members is still set to go ahead.

The PCS action would have affected a range of high-profile Fujitsu public sector clients including Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and the Home Office.

Source:http://www.hrzone.co.uk/topic/strategies/pcs-calls-fujitsu-strike-unite-goes-ahead/114167

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Fujitsu Receives Outsourcing Contract from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma

July 15th, 2010

Fujitsu today announced that it has received a contract from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation to provide Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services for the company’s sales management activities which accurately monitor information regarding the actual delivery of pharmaceuticals to pharmacies and hospitals through the management of shipment data records, as well as related master files, starting July 2010.

Utilizing roughly 30 years of experience in business activities in the pharmaceutical industry and systems operations as a base, Fujitsu will provide consistent support, ranging from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma’s sales management activities – the foundation of its sales strategy – to systems operations and maintenance overall. Fujitsu will also contribute to the expansion of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma’s business.

Paving the way within the industry in 2000, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma worked in collaboration with Fujitsu to overhaul the sales management system that manages data relating to sales of pharmaceuticals. Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma uses this system to pursue on-target marketing related to the sales and distribution of products in the pharmaceutical industry, in addition to promoting efficient sales activities. However in utilizing the system, the burden associated with sales management operations, which handle errors in shipping data records and maintain master files, became very high. As specialized skills and know-how were required to manage sales management activities, it became challenging for employees over the mid- to long-term to train their successors, thereby making it urgent for Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma to revise its operations.

In order to address these challenges, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma analyzed and organized these activities, and by entrusting their full operations, including the sales management activities, to Fujitsu, which currently operates and maintains the sales management system, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma is striving to cut costs and ensure the proper transfer of sales management skills to future generations of employees.

In July, Fujitsu established a sales management services center at Fujitsu Kansai Systems Limited that is operated by dedicated personnel equipped with necessary business process skills, and started operations for Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma’s sales management activities. At the sales management services center, records for pharmaceutical shipment data, which is managed by Fujitsu’s sales management solution, is compared with related master files and past data to determine consistency. By correcting errors while at the same time updating the corrections into the master files, the system can automate the burdensome tasks associated with error checking. In addition, both the enhancement of work efficiency and precision, as well as the accumulation of skills and expertise is realized by employing ICT functions that, automatically or in real time, enable version management of master files and reflect code revisions associated with organizational changes in authorized distributors.

Using the highly accurate and timely data and master files provided by the sales management system, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma can reference shipment data and analyze it, enabling the company to put together sales activity plans and implement them with superior efficiency. Furthermore, with the accurate management of shipment records, the system enables the company to reliably abide by regulations requiring drug safety information to be transmitted with all pharmaceutical shipments.

To address the shared need throughout the pharmaceutical industry to reduce the burden associated with sales management activities, Fujitsu, in cooperation with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, intends to offer its expertise in sales management processes and system operations in full through the sales management service center.

Fujitsu is also committed to contributing to the business of its customers by delivering solutions to address the issues that are essential to the future of the development of the pharmaceutical industry. These issues include compliance; management innovation in dealing with changes in society and the management environment; global collaborations that bring about innovation; highly accurate management support to accelerate the development of new drugs, including clinical trials; and the rapid collection and management support of drug safety and efficacy information that determines the value of new drugs.

Source:http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201007140406.html

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Fujitsu focuses on dynamic infrastructures at CeBIT 2010

March 4th, 2010

At CeBIT 2010, Fujitsu presents an overview of the company’s solutions and services on the theme of “Dynamic Infrastructures for your Success”.

The focus is on Infrastructure-as-a-Service for Server, as well as a comprehensive portfolio of managed services.
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Five halls at CeBIT represent the enterprise, showing how customers from all over the world can use Fujitsu’s IT solutions and services to create competitive advantages for their individual businesses.

Hall 4: Dynamic Infrastructures for your Success

Plug and play IT – Infrastructure-as-a-Service for Server

In hall 4, Fujitsu presents Infrastructure-as-a-Service for Server (IaaS), the flagship Private Cloud Services offering for enterprises. With IaaS, companies can purchase server capacity as necessary via a flexible billing model.

The required hardware is stored in Fujitsu high security centres built especially for this purpose. Customers can chose an individual solution and configure it through Fujitsu’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service portal. The server resources can be accessed via a secure VPN (Virtual Private Network).

Managed services – comprehensive answer to dynamic IT requirements

Just in time for CeBIT, Fujitsu presents in hall 4 the company’s new service package, ManageNow, for efficient IT infrastructure administration in data centres.

The ManageNow solutions simplify and optimise daily processes in data centres using standardised administration of heterogeneous infrastructures and automatised administration of operating systems, software and databases for servers and clients.

The packages contain additional features for the ManageNow software, implementation services, maintenance and support. ManageNow supports Fujitsu’s IT infrastructure products as well as heterogeneous environments. Enterprises can use ManageNow to consolidate different administration and surveillance tools, benefiting from a seamless integration with popular administration solutions, fast implementation and a cost reduction of up to 65%.

Fujitsu’s Managed Workplace services have been designed especially for Windows 7. Managed Workplace can be used to administer PC workstations throughout the entire life cycle. This frees enterprises from daily routine tasks so they can concentrate on their core business. The service is based on customer-specific service level agreements; a price per workstation model guarantees maximum cost transparency.

Managed Virtual Workplace comprises comprehensive services with a focus on the administration of the entire virtual workplace infrastructure. Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) based services and options adapted to meet specific requirements guarantee customer satisfaction and increase productivity, flexibility, availability and security at the same time.

With Fujitsu’s own state-of-the-art Managed Storage offer, enterprises of all sizes can benefit from flexible data management, cost control and data security. Fujitsu administers storage solutions onsite as well as at its own data centres. Fixed costs are changed into variable costs and there are hardly any limits for extensive data growth.

Managed Server guarantees interruption-free server infrastructures. Proactive services such as Auto Immune Systems support automatic recognition and eliminate errors. At the same time, IT processes are immunised so business transactions are protected from interruptions.

Tape Virtualisation with ETERNUS CS800

Fujitsu also introduces the latest storage system in its ETERNUS family in hall 4. The ETERNUS CS800 is a ready-to-use storage solution with integrated deduplication, offering comprehensive data security within dynamic infrastructures. The solution is particularly suitable for medium-sized enterprises working with disk backup. Integrated deduplication reduces average capacity requirements for hard disks within the system by 90% and therefore helps reduce backup costs. The ETERNUS CS800 stores backup data in different locations throughout the company network, using deduplication. The required network bandwidth is reduced by at least 20%. The ETERNUS CS800 supports Symantec OpenStorage for Replication and Direct Tape Creation.

Hardware highlights: from Zero Client to server-star

With the first “real” Zero Client, Fujitsu presents one of the tradeshow highlights in hall 4 – tomorrow’s end-user device. The Zero Client is a frontend solution with all the advantages of a Thin Client – and even more. Designed as an intelligent display and available in 19 and 22 inches, the Zero Client comes with a single cable for power supply and LAN. It needs no operating system no processor, no applications, and no local data backup. The Zero Client merely establishes the connection to the virtual machine so there is no need for workplace management. This makes the “total cost of ownership” significantly lower than for the Thin Client.

Fujitsu also presents the latest additions to its notebook portfolio at CeBIT in hall 4. The new LIFEBOOK S710, for example, is equipped with Intel’s latest processor technology and offers excellent performance. At only 2.15 kilograms, it is one of the lightest modular 14-inch notebooks. The model offers integrated 3G/UMTS, WLAN and Bluetooth functionality. With a battery life of up to ten hours, it will last an entire working day without recharging. Fujitsu’s newest Tablet PC based upon the latest Intel platform, the LIFEBOOK T900, really stands out with its high processing power, multidirectional LED displays, and flexible electronic pen or multitouch operation.

Both LIFEBOOKS are equipped with Fujitsu’s Advanced Theft Protection, a modular security solution, which is also shown in hall 4. It especially caters to mobile users’ needs and offers maximum security for hardware and data; users can lock their notebooks in case of theft, erase sensitive data or locate the notebook and retrieve the notebook.

Fujitsu also presents a number of products in its current hardware portfolio – for example the fireball among its powerful PRIMERGY servers, the blade server BX900. Furthermore, client solutions such as the 0 Watt PC will be shown in action.

Hall 9: End-to-end solutions for the public sector

Federal and state authorities, municipal administrations and associations, universities and other public institutions are facing the challenge of balancing cost reductions and higher IT efficiency. In the Public Sector Parc in hall 9, Fujitsu and its renowned partners such as NetApp, Symantec, Brocade, EMC or CA demonstrate the capabilities of its powerful and energy efficient Intel-based infrastructure products, solutions and services. They will show how new supply and operating models within an “as-a-service” concept can change the IT in future administration models. Special topics such as secure eGovernment, Geo-Information, the White IT alliance or the new ID card or legally compliant online shopping offer plenty of issues to discuss for contracting authorities.

For the “Citizen meets The State” visitor’s day on Saturday, administrative solutions users once more take centre stage. The focus is on topics such as new forms of learning that integrate IT technologies, like the use of notebooks in classes.

Hall 15: Fujitsu’s premiere on Planet Reseller

This year, Fujitsu is represented for the first time at Planet Reseller in hall 15 booth F 15. The company uses the international gathering of the specialised trade to introduce tradeshow highlights such as Infrastructure-as-a-Service for Server, plus the latest additions to the client’s portfolio to the channel and distribution companies.

In the context of the new IaaS for Server offers, Fujitsu provides server capacities from its own data center on demand. At CeBIT, specialty retailers can test the new services themselves. For example, they can see for themselves how easy it is to provision new server capacities via the IaaS portal.

On Planet Reseller, Fujitsu shows a number of new products available through the channel program “Value4you”. Highlights are desktop PCs, notebooks, monitors and particularly the proGreen Selection.

Hall 8: Green IT

In Hall 8, Fujitsu is a partner at BITKOM’s Green IT booth – and presents its most important new developments in the areas of environmental friendliness and energy efficiency.

Environmental friendly and resource-conserving IT have played an important role at Fujitsu for more than 20 years. The green IT concept addresses singular aspects as well as the entire production process. For example, this means environmentally friendly materials are being used, or transport and packaging solutions are chosen to meet the best possible resource conservation conditions.

The “CeBIT green IT” – hosted by the hi-tech association BITKOM, the Federal Environment Ministry and the Deutsche Messe AG – offers Fujitsu an ideal platform to show its environmentally friendly concepts to tradeshow visitors and demonstrate, together with its partner Intel, how to implement environmentally friendly IT today.

SAP World Tour in hall 19

On the SAP World Tour in hall 19, booth 2.35, Fujitsu presents innovative dynamic It solutions and IT services for the SAP landscape. In more than 35 years of partnership and cooperation with SAP, Fujitsu has gained great expertise particularly in regard to service-oriented architectures with integrated virtualisation and automation technologies.

With time-tested solutions and services such as the FlexFrame for SAP, SAP BusinessObjects and the SAP Discovery System V4, Fujitsu nails the colours to the mast at the SAP World.

TDS at the CeBIT 2010

IT outsourcing, SAP services for medium-sized businesses and application management are the focus of TDS’ tradeshow appearance at the Fujitsu booth in hall 4 (booth E20).

Business Intelligence Packages for medium-sized businesses, tailor-made SAP offers for the process industry as well as for cosmetics and food manufacturers are only a few examples of the presented SAP solutions. Visitors also can learn more about medium-sized businesses at TDS and Fujitsu’s shared booth on the SAP World Tour (hall 19).

In the Public Sector Parc (hall 9, Fujitsu booth C60), TDS shows software and services for human resources departments. The portfolio includes the modular personal software TDS-Personal, as well as HR Business process outsourcing (HR BPO), covering all administrative processes in human resource management. This includes payroll accounting, travel expense accounting and applicant data administration.

Source:http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30986%3Afujitsu-focuses-on-dynamic-infrastructures-at-cebit-2010&catid=241%3Aservers-and-server-based-computing&Itemid=99

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Railcorp and Fujitsu outsourcing back on track

January 27th, 2010

Fujitsu has announced that Railcorp has signed on for a two-year extension to a three-year IT outsourcing deal inked in 2006.

The New South Wales Government transport operator had originally signed Fujitsu to manage its data centre operations, desktop support and service desk in mid-2006 after a competitive tender process.

Included in that contract was an option to extend the deal a further two years, which was signed December 23.

Railcorp has suffered from a string of corruption allegations in the recent past – which has had some notable impact on its IT operations.

Railcorp chief information officer Vicki Coleman – who had months earlier been named by MIS magazine as “public sector CIO of the year” – was dismissed and escorted from the company’s head office in mid-2009 whilst the company was mid-way through an IT transformation.

Six months on, Railcorp is still operating with group finance and corporate services general manager Gary Pederson standing in as acting CIO.

Source: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/165663,railcorp-and-fujitsu-outsourcing-back-on-track.aspx

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Fujitsu Appoints Next President

January 26th, 2010

Fujitsu Ltd. has appointed the head of its system products business as its next president, after months of deadlock that halted restructuring. Masami Yamamoto will take the helm of the firm starting in April. Fujitsu needs to cut costs further if it is keep pace with heavyweights IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Dell.

Fujitsu, despite efforts to expand abroad in IT outsourcing services, remains tied to a sluggish market in Japan. Chairman Michiyoshi Mazuka has been running Fujitsu ever since former President Kuniaki Nozoe abruptly stepped down in September, citing illness.

Mazuka’s provisional status weakened his ability to cut money-losing operations or pursue mergers to boost sales in IT services. The delay may be costly in the rapidly transforming IT services sector, where hardware, software, and services firms are coming together to become more competitive.

Source:http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22456

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Fujitsu appoints new head to fill leadership void

January 22nd, 2010

Fujitsu Ltd (6702.T), Japan’s biggest IT services firm, has appointed the head of its system products business as its next president, after months of deadlock that halted restructuring.

Masami Yamamoto, currently a senior vice president, will take the helm of the firm starting in April, Fujitsu said on Friday.

Analysts have said Fujitsu needs to cut costs further if it is keep pace with heavyweights IBM (IBM.N), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.N) and Dell (DELL.O). Fujitsu, despite efforts to expand abroad in IT outsourcing services, remains tied to a sluggish market in Japan.

“I want to make Fujitsu a truly global IT firm,” he told reporters at a news conference, at which he steered clear of details, saying that he had more studying to do first.

Chairman Michiyoshi Mazuka has been running Fujitsu ever since former President Kuniaki Nozoe abruptly stepped down in September, citing illness.

Mazuka’s provisional status weakened his ability to cut money-losing operations or pursue mergers to boost sales in IT services, company officials and investment bankers said.

The delay may be costly in the rapidly transforming IT services sector, where hardware, software, and services firms are coming together to become more competitive, such as Oracle Corp’s (ORCL.O) planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc (JAVA.O) and HP’s deal for network equipment maker 3Com Inc (COMS.O).

Yamamoto, 56, began his career at Fujitsu designing a Japanese word processing system and working to expand the company’s PC operations overseas. In his current position he is in charge of Fujitsu’s server business.

“Fujitsu has been relatively speedy in restructuring, but some still remains,” he said. He declined to comment on which operations required restructuring, but said he wanted to keep the company’s shrinking chip operations for now.

Fujitsu has been scaling back its chip business, outsourcing development to TSMC (2330.TW). Yamamoto said said it was more important to bring the unit back to profitability before looking for potential partners or buyers.

Shares of Fujitsu ended down 2.2 percent at 578 yen, underperforming a 1.5 percent fall in Tokyo’s index of electrical machinery stocks .IELEC.T.

Source:http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE60L06V20100122?type=marketsNews

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Fujitsu Expands Green IT Initiative Globally

December 11th, 2009

Fujitsu Expands Green IT Initiative Globally

Fujitsu is expanding its green IT initiative, Green Policy Innovation, globally, with the aim of achieving a cumulative reduction in worldwide CO2 emissions of more than 15 million tons over the four-year period from fiscal 2009 through fiscal 2012.

The global expansion of Green Policy Innovation will assist customers and society as a whole in reducing their environmental footprint, and mark a significant step in the realization of the Fujitsu Group’s medium-term environmental vision, Green Policy 2020, to support the creation of a prosperous, low-carbon society.

Source : http://www.ecnasiamag.com/article-27220-fujitsuexpandsgreenitinitiativeglobally-Asia.html

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