• Southern Water awards a multi-million pound IT services contract to Fujitsu
• Fujitsu and RAID Inc. To Deliver SAN and Direct Connect Storage Solutions
• Range Telephone Cooperative Selects Fujitsu FLASHWAVE Platforms for Montana and Wyoming Network

• DaimlerChrysler AG Deploys Fujitsu's Softek Software To Optimize Global Lotus Notes Network Performance (Fujitsu Software Technology Corp. - Sunnyvale, US)
  Softek, a leading provider of storage management software, announced that DaimlerChrysler AG has successfully deployed Softek EnView, a quality of service (QoS) software solution, to monitor performance and optimize efficiency of its worldwide Lotus Notes- based communication network. The deployment results in continuous delivery of real-time data on availability and user response times for all employees using Lotus Notes throughout the company's global IT network. > more

• Southern Water awards a multi-million pound IT services contract to Fujitsu (Fujitsu Services - London, UK)
  Fujitsu Services announced it has won a multi-million pound, five- year contract with Southern Water to manage, support and enhance the company's customer billing system. The new contract, which was won in competitive tender, reinforces the previous five-year partnership with Southern Water. > more

• Secure mobile solution for the Norwegian foreign services (Fujitsu Invia - Helsinki, Finland)
  The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has collaborated with Fujitsu Invia on developing and implementing a solution that provides secure mobile offices. This offers personnel at the foreign services access to all relevant IT systems at MFA and enables them to work and communicate from portable PCs -- regardless of the where in the world they might be. In addition the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), a subordinate agency of MFA, also use the new solution. > more

• Ufi gives Fujitsu top marks for IT support (Fujitsu Services - London, UK)
  Ufi awards Fujitsu UK Pounds 10million contract to implement and run managed data centre to support online learning initiatives. A new partnership between Fujitsu Services, one of Europe's leading providers of managed services for IT infrastructure, and Ufi Limited, the government-backed organisation behind the learndirect e-learning network, will ensure UK industry continues to lead Europe in encouraging online learning and training initiatives. > more

• Fujitsu Software Corporation Delivers Powerful Enhancements with the General Availability of Interstage i-Flow 5.2 (Fujitsu Software Corp. - San Jose, US)
  Fujitsu Software Corporation, announced the general availability of its business process management solution, Interstage i-Flow 5.2. The latest release of Interstage i-Flow meets a number of customer requirements for usability and performance and features a number of strategic enhancements that enable Web services support and tighter integration to J2EE application servers. The new product delivers the ideal platform for enterprise customers to create, manage and adapt their business processes on the fly while taking advantage of Web services. > more

• Fujitsu Receives "Safe Buy" Award From StorageReview.com: 147GB Enterprise Hard Drive Achieves Top Leaderboard Position (Fujitsu Europe Limited - Hayes, UK)
  Fujitsu Europe Ltd announced it has received a "Safe Buy" award for its MAP3147 147GB Ultra320 SCSI enterprise hard disk drive from StorageReview.com, the leading online independent storage authority. StorageReview.com's "Safe Buy" award recognises achievements in data transfer performance, inner zone transfer rates, I/O performance, server performance, heat and acoustics. Storagereview.com also evaluated hard disk drives from Seagate, Maxtor and IBM and chose the Fujitsu disk drive concluding, "The MAP3147 sets the standard for drives that the competition must beat, and it is a formidable standard indeed." > more
  

• Fujitsu Debuts 2.3GB Removable Storage Drive With Hi-Speed USB At Comdex (Fujitsu Computer Products of America - San Jose, US)
  Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a leading provider of storage solutions, unveiled its new 2.3GB magneto-optical (MO) removable storage product for the PC market -- the DynaMO 2300U2. The DynaMO 2300U2, equipped with the Hi-Speed USB interface, is ideal for consumers and professionals who require durable, high- capacity, cost-effective external storage for intensive digital audio and video, data backup, and demanding desktop applications at less than a penny per megabyte. > more

• Fujitsu and RAID Inc. To Deliver SAN and Direct Connect Storage Solutions (Fujitsu Computer Products of America - San Jose, US)
  Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals, announced that it has strategically partnered with RAID Incorporated, the Massachusetts-based high-end SAN and storage systems manufacturer and solutions provider. RAID Inc., will integrate Fujitsu's 73GB and 147GB Fibre Channel and Ultra320 SCSI hard disk drives into their family of X-2 SAN and Cobra direct connect storage solutions for its network of North American enterprise, government and education customers. > more

• Wireless WAN flexible connection enabled through Bluetooth and Compact Flash card solutions -- Replaces GPRS Module (Fujitsu Siemens Computers - Bad Homburg, Germany)
  Fujitsu Siemens Computers has decided to replace the planned GPRS module for the Pocket LOOX handheld with a Compact Flash GPRS card or the combination of the Pocket LOOX with a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone. The Compact Flash GPRS card solution is purely focused on data communication, enabling online anywhere and anytime communication. This solution maintains the Pocket LOOX' slim form factor but enables the possibility to expand the operating time by attaching the second battery module. > more

• Range Telephone Cooperative Selects Fujitsu FLASHWAVE Platforms for Montana and Wyoming Network (Fujitsu Network Communications - Richardson, US)
  Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., the leader in the optical telecommunications market, announced that Range Telephone Cooperative has selected the FLASHWAVE 4300 and FLASHWAVE 4500 optical transport platforms, as well as the FLEXR GT craft interface software to connect and manage their southeastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming linear OC-48 network. > more

• Fujitsu Establishes Forum Promoting UML Standards for SoC Design (Fujitsu Limited - Tokyo, Japan)
  Fujitsu Limited, CATS Co., Limited and Nihon Rational Software Corporation announced that they have established a forum aimed at promoting the standardization and widespread use of unified modeling language for SoC (system-on-a-chip) devices. The forum, called the UML for SoC Forum, will be soliciting the participation of other companies throughout the industry. > more

• Fujitsu General America Inc.'s PDS-4241 AND PDS-4229 Plasmavision SlimScreen Monitors Incorporate Fujitsu's Leading- edge Technologies to Deliver Ultimate Image Quality (Fujitsu General America, Inc. - Fairfield, US)
  Fujitsu General America, Inc., the leader in advanced plasma display technology, manufactures a complete line of Plasmavision SlimScreen monitors for commercial use. In addition to the 50-inch PDS-5003, Fujitsu offers its 42-inch PDS-4241 and PDS-4229 widescreen (16:9) plasma display monitors, featuring the company's state-of-the-art video technologies including the proprietary AVM (Advanced Video Movement) processor. > more

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