Fujitsu

Fujitsu (Fujitsu Corporation) is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. [3] In 2018, it was the fourth largest IT services provider by global IT services revenue (after IBM, Accenture, and AWS). Fortune magazine ranks Fujitsu as one of the world's most admired companies and a Fortune 500 company.

With 32,000 product patents, it ranked among the top ten companies with the most patents in the United States in 2005. Outstanding performance in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes and FTSE4Good Index Series. In 2008, Fujitsu performed well in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes for the tenth consecutive time. In 2013, Fujitsu was named the world's "Most Admired Company" by Fortune magazine

development path

1935-2000

Fujitsu was established on June 20, 1935.

In 1954, Fujitsu manufactured Japan's first computer, the FACOM 100 mainframe, and launched its second-generation computer (transitional) FACOM 222 mainframe in 1961.

The FACOM230 "5" series in 1968 marked the birth of its third generation of computers. Fujitsu supplied mainframe computers from 1955 until 2002. Fujitsu's computer products include minicomputers, small business computers, servers and personal computers.

In 1967, the company's name was officially changed to the abbreviation Fujitsu.

In 1971, Fujitsu signed an OEM agreement with the Canadian company Consolidated Computers Limited (CCL) to distribute CCL's data entry product Key-Edit. Fujitsu joined ICL, which had earlier begun marketing in the Commonwealth countries and Western and Eastern Europe.

In 1986, Fujitsu and the Queen's University Belfast Entrepreneurship Incubation Unit (QUBIS Ltd) formed a joint venture called KAINOS, a privately held software company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

In 1990, Fujitsu acquired 80% of the shares of the British computer company International Computers Limited (ICL) for US$1.29 billion (in 2002, ICL was renamed Fujitsu Services).

In September 1990, Fujitsu announced a series of what were then the world's fastest mainframe computers.

In July 1991, Fujitsu acquired more than half of the shares of the Russian company KME-CS (Kazan Computer Systems Manufacturing Enterprise).

In 1992, Fujitsu launched the world's first 21-inch full-color plasma display.

In 1993, its R&D facilities and assembly plants in Thailand, Malaysia and China; Fujitsu provided its flash memory business unit and final assembly and test operations to Fujitsu Microelectronics in Malaysia.

From February 1989 to mid-1997, Fujitsu manufactured the FM Towns PC variant. It was originally a proprietary PC variant for multimedia applications and computer games, but later became more compatible with regular PCs. In 1993, FM Towns Marty was released, a console compatible with FM Towns games.

Fujitsu agreed in July 1997 to acquire 58% of Amdahl Corporation (including Canada's DMR Consulting Group) for approximately US$850 million.

In April 1997, the company acquired a 30% stake in El Segundo, California-based manufacturing ERP software provider GLOVIA International, Inc., which had integrated its software into its electronics factories beginning in 1994.

In June 1999, Fujitsu and Siemens agreed to merge their European computer businesses into a new 50:50 joint venture called Fujitsu Siemens Computers, which became the world's fifth largest computer manufacturing company.

2000 to present

In April 2000, Fujitsu acquired the remaining 70% equity of GLOVIA International.

In April 2002, ICL changed its name to Fujitsu. On March 2, 2004, Fujitsu Computer Products of America filed a class action lawsuit against hard drives with defective chips and firmware. In October 2004, Fujitsu acquired the Australian subsidiary of Atos Origin, a systems implementation company with approximately 140 employees specializing in SAP.

In August 2007, Fujitsu signed a 10-year, £500 million agreement with the Reuters Group, under which Reuters outsourced most of its internal IT departments to Fujitsu.

In October 2007, Fujitsu announced that it would establish an offshore development center in Noida, India, with a capacity of 1,200 employees and an investment of US$10 million.

In October 2007, Fujitsu's subsidiaries in Australia and New Zealand acquired Infinity Solutions Ltd, a New Zealand-based IT hardware, services and consulting company, for an undisclosed amount.

In January 2009, Fujitsu reached an agreement to sell its hard disk business to Toshiba. The transfer of the business was completed on October 1, 2009.

In March 2009, Fujitsu announced that it had decided to increase FDK's capital through private placement subscriptions starting from May 1, 2009, and transform the then equity method subsidiary FDK Corporation into a consolidated subsidiary. On April 1, 2009, Fujitsu agreed to acquire Siemens' shares in Fujitsu Siemens Computers for approximately 450 million euros. Fujitsu Siemens Computers Corporation subsequently changed its name to Fujitsu Technology Solutions Corporation.

In April 2009, Fujitsu acquired Australian software company Supply Chain Consulting for $48 million, just weeks after Telstra acquired subsidiary Kaz for $200 million.

Net losses for the year to March 2013 were forecast at 95 billion yen, and Fujitsu announced 5,000 layoffs in February 2013, including 3,000 in Japan and 170,000 overseas. Fujitsu will also merge its large integrated chip business with Panasonic Corp.

In 2015, Fujitsu celebrated its 80th anniversary and is currently embarking on the "Fujitsu 2015 World Tour" in IT. The tour traveled to 15 major cities around the world and attracted more than 10,000 IT professionals to visit. Fujitsu attendees demonstrates its vision for the future. Hyperconnectivity and human-centered computing.

In April 2015, GLOVIA International changed its name to FUJITSU GLOVIA, Inc.

In November 2015, Fujitsu Limited and VMware announced new areas of cooperation to provide customers with flexible and secure cloud technology. It also acquired USharesoft, which provides enterprise-grade application delivery software for automating building, migrating and managing applications in multi-cloud environments.

In January 2016, Fujitsu Network Communications announced a new layered product suite to advance software-defined networking (SDN) for operators, service providers and cloud builders. Fujitsu calls open standards-based Virtuora NC "a suite of standards-based, multi-layer, multi-vendor network automation and virtualization products that have been hands-on enhanced by some of the world's largest service providers".

In 2012, Fujitsu announced that it had developed new technology for non-3D camera phones. The technology will enable camera phones to take 3D photos.

Fujitsu products

Software Products:Manufacturing (virtual product manufacturing tool FJVPS, virtual process production line planning software FJGP4D, M.EVE manufacturing execution system, etc.), sales management system (EBISS), financial specification management software (Interstage Xwand), retail circulation management (Pastel Plus, XCOSMOS, etc.) ), ERP systems and other software.

Hardware products:Personal computers and workstations (LIFEBOOK laptops, Stylistic tablets, etc.), peripheral devices (printers, scanners, LCD monitors), servers (PRIMERGY, PRIMEQUEST, SPARC Enterprise, etc.), storage devices (ETERNUS series storage systems)

Semiconductor products:ASIC/wafer foundry services, analog products, memory products, microcontrollers

other products:Fujitsu General air conditioners, communication products, plasma displays, ECLIPSE car audio DVDs and car GPS navigation systems.

Solutions covered: Automobile industry, food industry, medical industry, financial industry, home appliance industry, circulation industry, retail industry, etc.

cloud computing:On July 9, 2010, Fujitsu Corporation of Japan is cooperating with Microsoft Corporation of the United States to carry out "cloud computing" business that provides software and information system services to customers through the Internet to enhance competitiveness and open up the world's cloud computing market.

Cloud computing is a service model that can help companies that do not have expensive large computers to connect to the huge databases of information technology companies, receive services through the Internet, and complete customer management and accounting processing.

Manufacturing informatization:Fujitsu emphasizes "lean and intelligent manufacturing" and advocates the use of ICT technology to reshape the manufacturing industry.