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2001-0228E
Fujitsu Launches Global Release of INTERSTAGE V4 Software Platform
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Tokyo, November 6, 2001--- Fujitsu Limited announced today the global launch of INTERSTAGE V4, the latest version of its software platform for building web-based corporate information systems.
INTERSTAGE has already established itself as the most popular platform of its kind in Japan, with 11,000 installed servers as of September 2001. Fujitsu will aggressively market the new V4 English edition in markets around the world.
In order to accommodate the diverse and wide-ranging needs of its international customers, Fujitsu is expanding its INTERSTAGE Partner Program*1, which has already been in practice in Japan, to a global level, providing the opportunity to work with a larger number of partners.
In addition, to bring INTERSTAGE's proven integration model - with its high levels of reliability, scalability and availability - to the global market, Fujitsu is establishing four new INTERSTAGE Centers of Excellence. To be located in North America, Europe, Oceania and Southeast Asia, the Centers will create an extensive support system dedicated to INTERSTAGE around the world.
Product Highlights and Availability:
INTERSTAGE is a suite of inter-working software products that provide enterprises with a flexible, distributed-object environment incorporating the latest network computing technology. Designed for the global broadband era, INTERSTAGE V4 is the result of implementation studies undertaken in concert with partners and standardization organizations. In bringing this product to its current form, Fujitsu included all the standardized technologies needed for web services today, including: ebXML*2, RosettaNet*3, UDDI*4, SOAP*5, WSDL*6, and J2EE*7.
| INTERSTAGE Applications Server | November 6, 2001 |
| INTERSTAGE APWORKS | November 6, 2001 |
| INTERSTAGE PortalWorks | End of November 2001 |
| INTERSTAGE CollaborationRing PM | End of December 2001 |
| INTERSTAGE Collaboration Ring TMP | End of December 2001 |
| INTERSTAGE Collaboration Ring Adapter for R/3 | End of January 2002 |
| INTERSTAGE Security Director | End of December 2001 |
| INTERSTAGE Traffic Director | End of December 2001 |
For detailed product information, see: http://interstage.fujitsu.com/
Terminology
- *1 INTERSTAGE Partner Program
- A program based on mutual cooperation in promotions, seminars, and other marketing activities, ensuring INTERSTAGE's compatibility with the products of other partner firms and offering customer service for the combined products.
- *2 ebXML
- An abbreviation for electronic business XML, a global, open, XML-based protocol for standardization of B2B e-commerce environments.
- *3 RosettaNet
- A standards organization that determines procedures for exchanging business information with customers and suppliers, in addition to compiling industry dictionaries and component codes, in order to promote more efficient electronic commerce between companies. It is specialized for use in the information technology and electronic components industries.
- *4 UDDI
- An abbreviation of Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration. A directory for obtaining XML-based company information (company names, products offered, target markets, etc.) in the e-marketplace.
- *5 SOAP
- An abbreviation for Simple Object Access Protocol. A communications protocol for exchanging XML-based information in a distributed network environment. It has been commercialized in INTERSTAGE on the basis of the results of .NET interconnectivity experiments with Microsoft.
- *6 WSDL
- An abbreviation of Web Service Description Language. This is an XML-based interface descriptive language for Web services, capable of describing such information as access points (URLs), use protocols (SOAP, HTTP, MIME), and message formats (XML schemata). All the major vendors (including IBM and Microsoft) have expressed support for this as an essential technology for the spread of Web services.
- *7 J2EE
- Java2 Enterprise Edition: the specification standards for Java component development, as well as a protocol and component architecture for distributed applications, in Sun Microsystems' highly-touted Java.
* All company/product names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and are used for identification purpose only.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of Internet-focused information technology solutions for the global marketplace. Its pace-setting technologies, best-in-class computing and telecommunications platforms, and worldwide corps of systems and services experts make it uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet to help its customers succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.48 trillion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001.
Internet: http://www.fujitsu.com/
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Please understand that product prices, specifications and other details are current on the day of issue of the press release, however, may change thereafter without notice.
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