SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/08/10 -- Fujitsu (http://solutions.us.fujitsu.com) today announced it has expanded its North American retail market portfolio to deliver end-to-end technology solutions, introducing new IT infrastructure services that join Fujitsu POS and store-management systems and custom business intelligence (BI), enterprise resource planning (ERP), software as a service (SaaS) and supply chain management (SCM) integration solutions. Based on the popularity of Fujitsu retail solutions, the company has generated 15 percent compound annual growth over the past three fiscal years. Gartner, Inc. has ranked Fujitsu the number four Services Player in the Retail Industry by Worldwide Revenue Size, 2008 (Source: Gartner, Competitive Landscape: IT Service Providers in Retail, Addressing the Chaos in 2009, published Dec. 2, 2009).

News Highlights

• New Fujitsu datacenter options for retailers range from cloud computing, managed data center services and hosted offshore solutions based on award-winning Fujitsu PRIMERGY^® server, ETERNUS^® storage and virtualization systems.
  
• See Fujitsu retail solutions in action at the NRF Convention and Expo in New York, Jan. 10-13, at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in booth 411. Fujitsu and partners Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce and SAP will demonstrate how their offerings help retailers in North America reduce operating costs, apply technology and business intelligence tools to improve sales and employee performance, and streamline operations from supply chains to the point of sale.
  
• Fujitsu currently serves 10 of the top 20 North American retailers. Gartner, Inc. ranked Fujitsu fourth by worldwide revenue size in 2008 for the retail industry in "Competitive Landscape: IT Service Providers in Retail," authored by Gartner, Inc. Research Vice President Jeff Roster, published Dec. 2, 2009.
  
• Bruce Kopp, senior vice president of the retail business unit at Fujitsu America, now leads the retail solutions strategy, leveraging his 25 years of experience as senior vice president of sales and marketing at Fujitsu Transaction Systems prior to its consolidation into Fujitsu America on Apr. 1, 2009.

Quotes

Bruce Kopp, Senior Vice President of Retail Sales, Fujitsu America: "Since April 2009, Fujitsu America has made a substantial investment in the success of its retail business unit, as evidenced by a 15 percent compound annual growth rate over the past three fiscal years. I am pleased to take the lead as our retail solutions expand to a full spectrum of hardware, software and IT infrastructure and security services, as well as integration solutions with our alliance partners such as Microsoft, Oracle and SAP."

About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of IT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 175,000 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$47 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com.

About Fujitsu America, Inc.
Fujitsu America, Inc. provides a complete portfolio of business technology services, computing platforms, and industry solutions. Fujitsu platform products are based on scalable, reliable and high-performance server, storage, software, point-of-sale, and mobile technologies. Fujitsu combines its renowned platform offerings with a full suite of onshore, near shore and offshore system integration, outsourcing, and datacenter services covering applications, operations, infrastructure, customer service, and multi-vendor lifecycle services. Fujitsu provides industry-specific solutions for retail, manufacturing, healthcare, government, education, financial services, and telecommunications sectors. For more information on Fujitsu America's business scope, visit http://solutions.us.fujitsu.com/.

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