Fujitsu Reduces Costs and Enhances Productivity With Mass Deployment of Genesys Conferencing Solutions.Business & Technology Editors DENVER & MONTPELLIER, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2002 Leading IT Services Company Powers Communications with Genesys Meeting Center, Premium Video Conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. and Operator-Assisted Audio Solutions Genesys Conferencing Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . (Euronext: 3955) (Nasdaq: GNSY), the world's leading conferencing specialist, announced today it has been selected by Fujitsu Services, one of Europe's leading providers of managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality for IT infrastructure to provide for the company's conferencing needs in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. Genesys Conferencing will initially supply Genesys Meeting Center, the leading web-based conferencing and collaboration platform An emerging category of computer software, collaboration platforms are unified electronic platforms that support synchronous and asynchronous communication through a variety of devices and channels. , premium video conferencing services and operator-assisted audio conferencing See audioconferencing. services to Fujitsu Services' 11,000 employees in the UK. To help Fujitsu accelerate the deployment of conferencing services internally, direct access to Genesys Meeting Center and online reservation for videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems and managed audio conferences will be available from the company's intranet by reserving a conference at the click of a button. All Fujitsu Services employees and executives will be able to deliver dynamic multimedia presentations, collaborate and share virtually any business application in a very efficient and cost-effective manner. These services will enhance employee productivity for Fujitsu's internal teams. "We were looking to reduce costs by selecting a single provider capable of delivering a full suite of conferencing services to meet our various business needs and give our employees local support wherever they are located," said Neel Gudka, Senior Buyer for Fujitsu Services. "For Fujitsu, Genesys Conferencing is a perfect fit for our communication needs." "Global companies are constantly looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. improved ways to not only reduce costs, but increase productivity in today's challenging business environment," said Jim Lysinger, Genesys Executive Vice President for Europe. "Genesys Conferencing solutions can help. Giving easy and direct access to employees from their intranet to our services also proves to be a valuable way to promote conferencing services internally as a convenient and efficient tool to connect people around the globe." A roll-out of Genesys' services to Fujitsu's other European sites is planned for the near future. About Genesys Conferencing Founded in 1986, Genesys Conferencing is a global communications specialist, providing practical and innovative real-time collaborative and managed event services to over 17,000 clients worldwide. Working in a rapidly growing market and enjoying unique worldwide coverage as a result of its geographic expansion policy, Genesys Conferencing has established its advanced technology in 18 countries throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Genesys Conferencing's ordinary shares are listed on the Nouveau Marche Nouveau Marche An equity market unit of the Paris Bourse that deals solely in innovative, high-growth companies. in Paris (Euronext: 3955) and its ADSs are listed on the Nasdaq National Stock Market (Nasdaq: GNSY). Euronext: 3955 - Nasdaq: GNSY - Reuters: GNSY LP - Bloomberg: GENE LP www.genesys.com About Fujitsu Services Fujitsu Services is one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, Middle East and Africa. It has an annual turnover of (pound)2.4 billion (EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 3.9 billion), employs 15,500 people and operates in over 30 countries. It designs, builds and operates IT systems and services for customers in the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , telecoms, retail, utilities and government markets. Its core strength is the delivery of IT infrastructure management and outsourcing across desktop, networking and data centre environments, together with a full range of related services, from infrastructure consulting through integration and deployment. Headquartered in London, Fujitsu Services is the European-centred IT services arm of the Fujitsu Group. The Fujitsu Group is a $38 billion (about EUR 43 billion) leader in customer-focused IT systems and services for the global marketplace. Prior to April 2002 Fujitsu Services operated as ICL (International Computers Ltd., London) The former name of Fujitsu Services, the European-centered arm of the global Fujitsu Group and one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. . Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. This release contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements other than historical information or statements of current condition. These statements appear in a number of places in this release and include statements concerning the parties' intent, belief or current expectations regarding future events and trends affecting the parties' financial condition or results of operations. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Some of these factors are described in the Form 20-F which was filed by Genesys with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2002. Although management of the parties believe that their expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable based on information currently available to them, they cannot assure you that the expectations will prove to have been correct. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. In any event, these statements speak only as of the date of this release. Except to the extent required by law, the parties undertake no obligation to revise or update any of them to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release, or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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