BWI: Fujitsu Celebrates 75 Years of Innovation: 1935-2010

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Fujitsu India Pvt. Ltd.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 11:50 AM IST (06:20 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Electronic appliances & components, Information technology; Technology
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Fujitsu Celebrates 75 Years of Innovation: 1935-2010
From Telephone Switching to Cloud Computing

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, October 13, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Fujitsu celebrates its 75th anniversary this year - a milestone few other global Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies have reached. Fujitsu, the world's third-largest IT services provider has been a fundamental part of some of the IT and telecommunication industry's most notable breakthroughs and innovations - from the early days of telephone switching in the 1930s, the mainframe and parallel computing generation of the 1970s, the development and deployment of SONET networking in the 1980s, to more recent inventions such as palm vein (biometric) authentication, packet optical networking, and the world's first 3D Desktop PC.

Today, Fujitsu employs approximately 170,000 people worldwide, is present in 70 countries, reports revenues of ¥4.6 trillion ($50 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010, and ranks #138 in Fortune's Global 500 list. To date, Fujitsu has filed for more than 94,000 patents and placed 11th on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's list of the Top 50 patent recipients of 2009. Fujitsu builds on this legacy for its clients - delivering end-to-end technology solutions, ranging from cloud computing and managed services to consulting and application integration and connection-oriented Ethernet, as well as telecommunications, server, storage, software, and mobile platform offerings.

Landmarks in Fujitsu History: Communications, Environmental Responsibility, Innovative Solutions
The company's roots go back to 1923, rebuilding the telecommunications infrastructure in Japan after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 destroyed much of the public infrastructure in the Tokyo metropolitan region. In 1935, Fuji Tsushinki Manufacturing Corporation, which later became Fujitsu Limited, was founded as an offshoot of the communications division of Fuji Electric Co, Ltd.

The Fujitsu commitment to environmental responsibility began with designing its 1937 headquarters to be one of the world's first park-style business campuses. In 1972, the company established environmental control sections for all of its manufacturing plants. In 2007, Fujitsu was the first Silicon Valley company to install hydrogen fuel cell power. In April 2010, Greenpeace ranked Fujitsu #5 in its Cool IT Leaderboard, citing Fujitsu as "the first company to set a credible goal for the overall amount of carbon savings provided to its customers." Fujitsu is one of the few companies in the world to have an environmental vision that extends to the year 2100.

Key Fujitsu Innovations
1932 - Step-by-Step telephone switching machine
1945 - Fuji-type Model-3 telephone
1954 - FACOM 100 mainframe computer, Japan's first indigenous commercial office computer
1973 - World's first Single Channel Per Carrier (SCPC) satellite communications system - data line between the U.S. and Spain
1989 - Color plasma displays
1989 - First digital loop carrier and OC-3 (155.52 Mbps) SONET multiplexer
1992 - First OC-48 (2.488 Gbps) SONET multiplexer
2001 - World's first mobile computer offering built-in 64 Kbps wireless data transmission
2003 - Palm vein biometric authentication
2007 - First Packet Optical Networking Platform
2010 - World's first 3D Desktop PC

More Information on Fujitsu History, Innovations and Predictions
History of Fujitsu:
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/plus/history/

75th-anniversary portal:
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/news/75years.html

Breakthroughs that made Fujitsu famous:
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/plus/products/?WT.ac=Global_ABOUT_products_RT-3_20100325

Tablet PC innovations and advancements:
http://solutions.us.fujitsu.com/www/content/products/Tablet-PCS/History/tablet-pc-history_02.php

Interview with Marc Silvester, global Fujitsu chief technology officer (CTO), on his look into the future:
http://www.fujitsu.com/uk/news/video/newsflashes/75-years.html

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of ICT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 170,000 employees supporting customers in 70 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$50 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com.

Fujitsu America, Inc., is a leading ICT solutions provider for organizations in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. Fujitsu enables clients to meet their business objectives through integrated offerings including consulting, systems integration, managed services and outsourcing for enterprise applications, data center and field services operations, based on server, software, storage and mobile technologies. Fujitsu provides industry-oriented solutions for manufacturing, retail, healthcare, government, education, financial services and communications sectors. For more information, please visit: http://solutions.us.fujitsu.com/.

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. is an innovator in Connection-oriented Ethernet and optical transport technologies, and is a market-leading provider of SONET, WDM, and packet optical networking solutions. Fujitsu enables its customers to migrate to fully converged packet optical networks that improve performance and profitability. Many of the world's largest carriers have deployed Fujitsu network elements across the globe. Fujitsu maintains a longstanding and highly-regarded position as a market leader by providing best-in-class data networking solutions optimized for Ethernet aggregation, transport and service delivery. For more information, please visit: http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom.

(1) Gartner, "Market Share Analysis: IT Services Rankings, Worldwide, 2009," April 29, 2010.
(2) Ovum-RHK, "Market Share: 4Q09 and 2009 Optical Networks, Global and Regional," April 7, 2010.

Fujitsu, the Fujitsu logo, and "shaping tomorrow with you" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited in the United States and other countries. FLASHWAVE is a registered trademark of Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. (USA). IBM is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners.


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