Fujitsu Wins Prestigious VARBusiness Annual Report Card Award; Company Receives Top Scores in 'Products/Pricing' Subcategory Voted on by Channel Partners.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2001

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals, today announced that VARBusiness magazine has named Fujitsu the number one vendor in the "Products/Pricing" subcategory within the Disk Drive classification during the 16th annual VARBusiness Annual Report Card (ARC) awards ceremony in Orlando, Florida on August 28. The ARC awards recognize outstanding partner programs in 15 product categories, including desktops, midrange servers, storage management software, Internet application server software and networking hardware.

In compiling the 2001 list of Annual Report Card winners, VARBusiness surveyed more than 5,000 systems integrators, IT consulting organizations, value-added resellers (VARs), solution providers and software developers/ISVs about their level of satisfaction with their partner relationships in more than 70 programs maintained by the leading technology vendors. The research was conducted by Bernett Research, an independent firm located in Boston, Massachusetts.

"The VARBusiness Annual Report Card has become the industry standard for measuring outstanding partner performance," said Robert C. DeMarzo, CMP Vice President and Editorial Director of VARBusiness magazine. "This award underscores Fujitsu's strong reputation within the VAR community for delivering reliable, high-quality products at an affordable price."

"To be recognized by your channel partners as one of the best in the business is an exciting accolade," said Lorne Wilson, vice president of channel sales and marketing, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. "The Annual Report Card is the benchmark of the channel community and symbolizes what Fujitsu strives for in all our partner relationships. If the crucial role of satisfying our business partners is in place, it makes for a win-win situation across the board and feeds the future success of our business."

Full results of the survey will be published in the October 1 issue of VARBusiness.

About VARBusiness

For the past 14 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides unique strategic business and technology insight for Solution Providers through editorial, research, events, and Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships, and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards including six 2001 Annual Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX). For additional information about VARBusiness products, events, and services, please visit our Web site at http://www.varbusiness.com

About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA) conducts engineering and marketing activities in San Jose, CA and sales and other operations throughout the United States. FCPA's current product offerings include: hard disk drives, tape drives, magneto-optical drives, scanners and printers. FCPA is located at 2904 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95134. For more information about Fujitsu products and services, use our Internet Web site at http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com or call us at 800/626-4686 or 408/432-6333.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of Internet-focused information technology solutions for the global marketplace. Its pace-setting technologies, best-in-class computing and telecommunications platforms, and worldwide corps of systems and services experts make it uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet to help its customers succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.48 trillion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001.

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