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Fujitsu Board Announces Executive Changes
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Following a meeting in Tokyo, the Board of Directors of Fujitsu
Limited announced the following executive changes, to take effect
April 1, 2001 and pending approval at the Annual Shareholders'
Meeting in late June.
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INTERNET, SERVICES & SOFTWARE
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Fujitsu Software Corporation Announces Web and COM Enhancements for COBOL
(Fujitsu Software Corp. - San Jose, US) |
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Fujitsu Software Corporation announced that Fujitsu COBOL 6.1,
which provides users with significant new Web, COM and development
features, will begin shipping this month. Fujitsu COBOL is a
strong and steadily evolving, Windows-focused product that offers
a robust development path into the future.
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ICL's Prospero sets new interconnect systems performance record on Compaq platform
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ICL, the e-business services company, announced the results of
benchmarking tests that set a new record in interconnect systems
performance. The tests were carried out at the Compaq
benchmarking centre in Boston, United States and showed that
Prospero - ICL’s interconnect and settlement system - running on
a high specification Compaq server, can rate up to 1,024 million
Call Data Records (CDRs) in only eight hours. This breaks the
current published industry record of 500 million CDRs in eight
hours.
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KnowledgePool steps out across Europe with StepStone Training to run in 11 countries over 6 month timeframe
(KnowledgePool - London, UK) |
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KnowledgePool, the IT, personal and business skills training
company is currently delivering customised Oracle financials
training in support of new business systems to over 200 StepStone
personnel in 11 countries across Europe.
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| COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS
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Fujitsu Introduces New Mass Rackable Unix Server
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Fujitsu Limited announced a new ultra-thin (1U, 4.4cm high), mass
rackable compute node in its Solaris-based PRIMEPOWER UNIX server
range. Called PRIMEPOWER 1, it provides significant floor-space
savings for business-critical data center environments. The new
server will be initially marketed in Japan, Asia-Pacific and North
America, with worldwide sales to follow.
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| COMMUNICATIONS
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Fujitsu Equips Dynegyconnect for Aggressive Expansion into Bandwidth Trading Market
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Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. announced at CompTel an agreement with Dynegyconnect, L.P., a subsidiary of Dynegy Inc., to deploy its FLASHWAVE OADX, the world's largest capacity 1.76 terabits per second, dense wavelength division multiplexing equipment for its long haul network. Dynegyconnect is developing the first nationwide optically switched data network that will consist of approximately 20,000 route miles and more than 40 points of presence with over 100 FLASHWAVE OADX systems by the fourth quarter of 2001. The network will support private line, ATM and IP services with circuit sizes of OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 and OC-192. Under the terms of the agreement, Fujitsu will install, deploy and provide network management services for FLASHWAVE OADX.
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Fujitsu-ICL Expands Presence in Canada
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Fujitsu-ICL Systems Inc. and Sweda Canada Inc., the largest retail
technology provider in Canada, announced a partnership in which
Sweda offers Fujitsu point-of-sale solutions to small- and mid-
sized supermarket retailers in six key Canadian markets.
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Fujitsu Liberator gives supermarket retailers open-systems options for IBM 4690 POS systems
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Fujitsu-ICL Systems Inc. announced the Liberator, a new Linux-
based point-of-sale software solution that supports and enhances
existing IBM 4690 point-of-sale (POS) supermarket applications.
The combination of Liberator and the Fujitsu TeamPoS 2000 POS
terminal gives supermarket retailers using IBM 4690 systems a
low-risk POS hardware alternative that reduces costs, adds power
and graphics, and provides an open systems environment. Liberator,
available in March, is the first Linux offering from Fujitsu-ICL.
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Fujitsu-ICL's TeamPoS 2000 point-of-sale solution earns Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality certification
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The Fujitsu TeamPoS 2000 this week became the first retail point-
of-sale terminal to earn Microsoft WHQL certification, passing
tests for both Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Microsoft
Windows NT Workstation 4.0.
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Fujitsu Weekly Update is produced by the Global PR Team at Fujitsu
Limited in Tokyo, Japan as an informational service for media,
analysts and investors who follow the Fujitsu Group.
About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) is a leading provider of Internet-
based information technology solutions for the global marketplace.
Comprising over 500 group companies and affiliates worldwide --
including ICL, Amdahl and DMR Consulting -- it had consolidated
revenues of 5.26 trillion yen (US$49.6 billion) in the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2000. Fujitsu's pace-setting technologies,
world- class computing and telecommunications platforms, and global
corps of over 60,000 systems and services experts make it uniquely
positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet
to help its customers succeed. Altogether, the Fujitsu Group has
188,000 employees and operations in over 100 countries.
Internet: http://www.fujitsu.com/
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