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CORPORATE NEWS
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Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc. Gresham Plant to Cease Operations (Fujitsu Limited - Gresham, US) |
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Fujitsu Limited announced its decision to cease production
operations at its Gresham, Oregon semiconductor manufacturing
facility, Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc (FMI), by the end of
January 2002, and to close the plant and liquidate its assets.
The closure reflects the continuing slump in the worldwide
semiconductor market, as well as Fujitsu's intent to consolidate
production of flash memory at Fujitsu-AMD Semiconductor Limited
(FASL), its joint-venture manufacturing facility in Aizu-Wakamatsu,
Japan.
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SERVICES & SOFTWARE
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Fujitsu Softek To Improve Data Migration Services With HP For
Storage Customers Worldwide (Fujitsu Software Technology Corp. - Sunnyvale, US) |
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Fujitsu Softek announced that its Softek TDMF Open Systems and
Mainframe Edition data replication and migration software will be
used to assist Hewlett-Packard Company customers in migrating
their business-critical data -- outage-free -- onto new HP storage
systems. The worldwide licensing agreement calls for Fujitsu
Softek to provide software and training to HP's services
professionals, in preparation for a global rollout to assist HP
customers.
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DMR Consulting forms partnership with Mercator (DMR - Edison, US) |
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DMR Consulting, a company specialised in providing information
technology services to companies and public administrations and
in the field of management and organisation consulting, has formed
a partnership with Mercator, a leading supplier of integration
solutions with an established reputation in the financial services
sector. The collaboration is designed to guarantee global
integration services to customers from the financial sector by
combining high-performance integration solutions and a strong and
renowned experience as an integrator.
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npower awards telecoms outsourcing contract to ICL (ICL - London, UK) |
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ICL announced a contract to provide outsourced IT and billing
services for npower communications, the telecoms arm of npower.
The contract, which is for the supply of managed services to
support the company's IT infrastructure, and for the provision of
billing services, is effective immediately. As part of the
agreement, ICL has also sourced the SUN servers, ORACLE database
software, and network infrastructure to support the required
service.
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KnowledgePool teams with the Institute of Professional Sales
to provide first online sales qualification (KnowledgePool - London, UK) |
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Individuals wanting to further a career in sales can now benefit
from the UK's first online professional sales training. This
leads to a highly regarded and professionally recognised
qualification "The Certificate in Professional Sales." The
Institute of Professional Sales (IPS), the UK's leading sales
association has partnered with KnowledgePool, the worldwide
training service provider specialising in IT, personal and
management training, to provide a blended learning programme
consisting of online and classroom based training.
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COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS
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Fujitsu Drives Forward Into Expanding Mobile World (Fujitsu Canada - Mississauga, CA) |
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Fujitsu Canada announced its next-generation of 2.5" mobile hard
drives. The new MHR series (Hornet 15L) incorporates new
technologies for both head and media, which have been previously
highlighted in Fujitsu's recent magnetic recording technology
breakthrough that will enable hard disk drives to eventually
achieve recording densities up to 300 Gigabits per square inch.
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ACTIVY with Windows XP Embedded: Media Center uses specialized
operating system for presenting digital content (Fujitsu Siemens Computers - Munich, Germany) |
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Fujitsu Siemens Computers presented running prototypes of its
ACTIVY Media Center using Windows XP Embedded in London and Munich
at Microsoft's XP Embedded product launch. For its core
functionality ACTIVY exploits the strengths of Windows XP Embedded
handling and presenting all forms of digital content such as
Interactive TV, Video on Demand, Pay per View and Advanced
Internet Web pages. Starting March 2002, ACTIVY will be delivered
with Windows XP Embedded as standard.
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Fujitsu Siemens Computers and Oracle introduce availability of
Oracle9i Real Application Clusters on PRIMEPOWER (Fujitsu Siemens Computers - Munich, Germany) |
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Fujitsu Siemens Computers - the leading European computer company
- and Oracle Corp., the world's largest enterprise software
company, announced the availability of Oracle's newest database
version Oracle9i Real Application Clusters on Fujitsu Siemens
Computers' Solaris/Sparc-based PRIMEPOWER servers in combination
with its Cluster technology PRIMECLUSTER.
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Specialty retailers select Fujitsu TeamPoS 2000 (Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. - Dallas, US) |
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Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. announced the purchase and
implementation of the Fujitsu TeamPoS 2000 point-of-sale system
(POS) by brand-name specialty retailers worldwide. The popular
POS system is widely available through Fujitsu's expanding network
of retail-specific, value-added resellers that can provide a range
of software and services optimized for the TeamPoS 2000 and
tailored specifically to specialty retailers' needs.
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| ELECTRONIC DEVICES
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Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor announces expanded W-CDMA offering (Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor, Inc. - San Jose, US) |
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Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor, Inc. (FCSI) is pleased to announce
the expansion of its W-CDMA product offering with the introduction
of our new FMM5049VT. Featuring very high linear gain (33.0 dB)
and 41.0 dBm output power, this MMIC complements our existing
"FLLxxxx(yy)-2C Series" of GaAs FET power amplifier products.
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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 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.
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