Fujitsu and SAP Strengthen Services Partnership.Tokyo, Japan, Oct 5, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :6702) and SAP AG (company) SAP AG - (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung - German for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") A company from Germany that sells the leading suite of client-server business software. The US branch is called SAP America. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : SAP) today announced an expansion of their longstanding technology partnership in the services area. In support of their commitment to help companies adopt a flexible IT infrastructure that will come from a services-based IT approach, Fujitsu has become a SAP global services partner and the first Japan-based services company to achieve this standard. Fujitsu and SAP will team worldwide to market and deliver SAP's business applications based on Fujitsu's cutting-edge, high-reliability platform products and consulting services. The combined offering will enable companies around the globe to boost competitiveness by optimizing their overall operations. The announcement was made at SAP(R) TechEd teched adj. Variant of tetched. '06, SAP's largest ecosystem education event of the year, being held in Tokyo, Japan, October 5-6. Fujitsu - A New SAP Global Services Partner Fujitsu joins a select group of the IT market's largest consultancies to join the "SAP Global Partner - Services" program. Under this program, Fujitsu and SAP will leverage their respective strengths, including Fujitsu's extensive industry knowledge and service capabilities and SAP's comprehensive range of enterprise applications, to conduct joint sales promotion programs for mutually agreed upon Adj. 1. agreed upon - constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations" stipulatory noncontroversial, uncontroversial - not likely to arouse controversy target regional and industry markets. Fujitsu will expand its corps of SAP consultants to approximately 2,500 worldwide by the end of 2008 to serve prospects and customers on a global scale. In addition, Fujitsu plans to establish a services unit in the Global Fujitsu SAP Competence Center at SAP's global headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. "As an SAP global technology partner, Fujitsu has been providing business value to many customers worldwide through our highly reliable IT infrastructure offerings optimized for SAP applications," said Chiaki Ito, corporate senior executive vice president, Fujitsu Limited. "Now, as an SAP global services partner as well, we are broadening and strengthening the services we provide to customers to deliver end-to-end solutions supporting SAP software installations, from consulting and systems integration to IT infrastructure." Fujitsu - SAP Partnership While the formal partnership between Fujitsu and SAP began in 2000, the roots of the global technology partnership reach back to the founding days of SAP, based on the alliance with Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a Japanese and German IT vendor, selling consumer and business computing products in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (products marketed elsewhere are sold under the Fujitsu brand). . Through their global technology collaboration, Fujitsu significantly contributed to the successful introduction of "adaptive computing Also known as "reconfigurable computing," it refers to a logic chip that can change its physical circuitry on the fly. Evolved from programmable architectures such as CPLD and FPGA, adaptive computing is an order of magnitude faster in rate of reuse (ROR) and can reconfigure itself in ," a capability of the SAP NetWeaver(R) platform. The capability was brought to the global marketplace as an IT infrastructure by Fujitsu; "FlexFrame for mySAP(TM) Business Suite."* In an effort to significantly increase its global footprint as a new global SAP services partner, Fujitsu will provide a compelling end-to-end service and technology offering to SAP customers and prospects. "This is another important milestone in SAP's growing relationship with Fujitsu," said Leo Apotheker Léo Apotheker is a member of the Executive Board of SAP AG. Léo Apotheker has been a member of the SAP AG Executive Board and President of Global Customer Solutions & Operations since 2002. , member of the executive board and president of Global Customer Solutions and Operations, SAP AG. "It exemplifies our strong commitment to help businesses around the globe accelerate growth and innovation. We look forward to working with Fujitsu and leveraging its customer-centric approach to ultimately help speed the journey to enterprise SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. for our customers." * See June 17, 2003 announcement, titled "SAP NetWeaver Slashes Operational TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. with Adaptive Computing Infrastructure," at http://www.sap.com/company/press/press.epx?pressid=2301 SAP(R) TechEd '06 in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Tokyo, Amsterdam and Bangalore More than 5,000 SAP customers, partners and technical community are convening at SAP(R) TechEd '06 to learn how to transform existing business processes and IT landscapes and take advantage of the power and flexibility of enterprise service-oriented architecture See SOA. . Celebrating its 10th anniversary, SAP's largest ecosystem education event of the year offers more than 900 hours of lecture-driven and hands-on sessions. Following a successful event in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sept. 12-15, SAP TechEd is being held in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 5-6; Amsterdam, Oct. 18-20 and Bangalore, India, Nov. 8-10, 2006. For more information, please visit www.sapteched.com About Fujitsu Limited Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of about 4.8 trillion yen (US$40.6 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com About SAP AG SAP is the world's leading provider of business software. Today, more than 34,600 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP(R) applications - from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small and midsize enterprises to suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver(R) platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets . SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, 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. , healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange Frankfurt Stock Exchange The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. and NYSE (SAP). Additional information is available at http://www.sap.com. Source: Fujitsu LimitedSAP AG Contact: Fujitsu Limited Public and Investor Relations Division http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/contacts/ SAP Press Office Tel: +49-6227-7-46315 / +1-610-661-3200 E-mail: press@sap.com Jason Loesche Tel: +1-610-661-8541 E-mail: j.loesche@sap.com Angelika Pfahler Tel: +49-6227-7-63596 E-mail: angelika.pfahler@sap.com Ben Wightman Tel: +65-6768-6493 E-mail: ben.wightman@sap.com Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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