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is a Japanese company specializing in semiconductors, air conditioners, computers (supercomputers, personal computers, servers), telecommunications, and services, and is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo.
Fujitsu employs around 160,000 people and has 500 subsidiary companies. Internationally, Fujitsu considers IBM to be its main competitor. Its historical domestic rival is NEC.
The slogan "The possibilities are infinite" can be found below the company's logo on major advertising and ties up with the small logo above the letters J and I of the word Fujitsu.
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is a Japanese company specializing in semiconductors, air conditioners, computers (supercomputers, personal computers, servers), telecommunications, and services, and is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo.
Fujitsu employs around 160,000 people and has 500 subsidiary companies. Internationally, Fujitsu considers IBM to be its main competitor. Its historical domestic rival is NEC.
The slogan "The possibilities are infinite" can be found below the company's logo on major advertising and ties up with the small logo above the letters J and I of the word Fujitsu. This smaller logo, (8), represents the symbol for infinity.
History
The company was established on June 20, 1935 under the name Fuji Tsushinki Seizo (Fuji Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing), a spinoff of the Fuji Electric Company, this in turn being a joint venture between the Furukawa Electric Company and German conglomerate Siemens founded in 1923. Despite its connections to the Furukawa zaibatsu, Fujitsu escaped the Allied occupation of Japan mostly unscathed.
In 1954 Fujitsu manufactured Japan's first computer, the FACOM 100, and in 1961 the transistorized FACOM 222. In 1967, the company's name was officially changed to the contraction Fujitsu .
In 1955, Fujitsu founded Kawasaki Frontale (Kawasaki Furontare) as a Fujitsu soccer club. Kawasaki Frontale has now been a J. League football club since 1999.
In 1990 Fujitsu took over International Computers Limited (ICL) in the UK, ultimately becoming Fujitsu Services in 2002. Fujitsu Services' business is helping its customers realize the value of information technology through the application of consulting, systems integration and managed service contracts. It serves customers in the private and public sectors across Europe including retail, financial services and Government.
In July, 1991 ICL (Fujitsu) acquired more than half of the Russian company KME-CS (Kazan Manufacturing Enterprise of Computer Systems, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia). The agreement was signed between Peter Bonfield (President of ICL) and Mintimer Shaimiev (President of the Tatarstan Republic).
From February 1989 until the Summer of 1997 Fujitsu built the FM Towns PC variant. It started as a proprietary PC variant intended for multimedia applications and computer games, but later became more compatible with regular PCs. In 1993, the FM Towns Marty was released, a gaming console compatible with the FM Towns games.
Amdahl became a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu in 1997 and with it the DMR consulting group, based in Canada.
The active partnership with Siemens AG was revived in 1999 in the form of Fujitsu Siemens Computers, now one of Europe's largest IT hardware suppliers, and owned 50/50 by Fujitsu and Siemens.
Plasma displays
In 1992, Fujitsu introduced the world's first 21-inch full-color display. It was a hybrid, based upon the plasma display created at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NHK STRL, achieving superior brightness. Many people will be familiar with Fujitsu through such consumer products - they are sold through a subsidiary joint venture company Fujitsu General, along with air conditioners.
On March 2, 2004, Fujitsu Computer Products of America lost a class action lawsuit over hard disk drives with defective chips and firmware.
In October 2004, Fujitsu's Australian subsidiary bought the Australian arm of Atos Origin, a systems implementation company specializing in SAP.
On April 1, 2006, Fujitsu Software Corporation merged with Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation.
In October 2007 Fujitsu launched its new $10 Million facility in Noida.
In October 2007 Fujitsu's Australia & New Zealand subsidiary bought Infinity Solutions Ltd, a New Zealand IT hardware, services and consultancy company.
History specific to Fujitsu Consulting, the US-based subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited
In 1973 Company incorporation. Office opened in Montreal, Que., Canada as DMR.
From 1974 To 1984 Expansion across Canada over a decade: Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Saint John, Halifax, Fredericton, Vancouver, Victoria.
In 1976 Company completed first major assignment, project management of the results systems for the Montreal Olympic Games.
From 1981 to 1991 International expansions over a decade: United States, Australia, Europe
In 1985 TRECOM Business Systems Inc.-to be acquired by Amdahl Corporation in 1996 and folded into DMR in 1997-created by Frank Casagrande, S. Russell Powell and Emanuel Arturi.
In 1988 DMR Productivity Plus, a systems development method, was launched as a commercial product.
In 1994 commercial versions of DMR Macroscope products formally launched.
In 1995 DMR Consulting was acquired by Amdahl Corporation (now Fujitsu IT Holdings, Inc.), then an international solutions-oriented supplier of high-quality information processing systems, software and services.
In 1996 Amdahl purchased TRECOM Business Systems Inc., an IT services firm-located mainly in the greater New Jersey and New York City areas-that focused primarily on telecommunications. As a result, DMR Consulting Group Inc.-made up of DMR and TRECOM Business Systems, Inc.-was formed at the dawn of 1997.
In 1997 TRECOM Business Systems Inc. becomes part of the U.S. Division of DMR.
In 1997 Fujitsu Limited acquires Amdahl Corporation and thus DMR.
In 2002 DMR Consulting officially became Fujitsu Consulting Inc. on April 1.
In 2003 Fujitsu Consulting acquired MULTIPRO Services Conseil.
In 2004 Fujitsu Consulting became a North American operation on April 1.
In 2004 Fujitsu Consulting acquired Cendera.
In June 2005 Fujitsu Consulting acquired BORN Information Services.
In February 2006 Fujitsu Consulting acquired GIM Risk Management.
In February 2006 Fujitsu Consulting acquired Greenbrier & Russel.
In March 2006 Fujitsu Consulting acquired North American based company Rapidigm. In India it has offshore divisions at Noida, Pune, Hyderabad and Bangalore with Pune being the head office. It is known as Fujitsu Consulting India Limited.
In September 2007 Fujitsu Consulting acquired OKERE, Inc., a New York City-based consulting and IT services company.
In January 2009 Fujitsu reached an agreement to sell its HDD business to Toshiba. Transfer of the business is supposed to conclude at the end of the fiscal 1st quarter of 2009.
Product lines
Computing Products Division
- Lifebook notebook computers.
- Stylistic Tablet PC's
- Mobile Phones.
- Tablet personal computers, pen based computers. With rotating screen and plastic pen.
- Scanners - for various purposes of copying print in to digital files.
- Ethernet switches
- KVM switches
- Servers SPARC Enterprise, PRIMEPOWER, PRIMEQUEST, PRIMERGY high end UNIX, Linux Windows products.
- ETERNUS storage for enterprise environments.
- Hard drives for notebook computers, work stations and enterprise servers.
- Hard drives for notebook computers with Full Disk Encryption (FDE)
- Mag EraSURE degaussers for disposal of magnetic computing media.
- Point-Of-Sale Applications
Note: For European, African and Middle Eastern markets, these products are manufactured and marketed by Fujitsu-Siemens Computers (50% joint venture).
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In popular culture
In the movie Back to the Future Part II the writers thought by 2015 most companies would be owned by Japan. In 2015, Marty's employer is Fujitsu, and he is fired by company owner Ito Fujitsu. When the film was shown in Japan, audiences did not understand the joke, since Fujitsu is not a person's name, it is only a company name similar to the American company General Motors so this was similar to Marty being fired by "Mr. General Motors."
In the movie Scary Movie 4 there is a dialog between Cindy and the ghost boy. The parody has them talking in Japanese, but in reality they are just using Japanese brand names, and other popular Japanese terms. The dialog ends with Cindy yelling "Fujitsu" while telling the ghost boy to "wait."
On January 21, 2009 the web comic xkcd mentioned Fujitsu laptops, specifically the Q-series, as a former Fujitsu executive is welcomed into hell by the devil.
Australian spokesman
The key media figurehead for Fujitsu General in Australia is Mark Taylor, a now-retired former captain for the Australian Test Cricketing Side. He has done several advertisements for Fujitsu and has advertised such deals as Fujitsu Free Money and such air conditioning units as the Fujitsu Inverter System. Mark Taylor has been advertising Fujitsu General's products for a few years now and has become the Australian icon of the Company.
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