Fujitsu's STYLISTIC
Q550/C Tablet PCs Bring ICT to Japan's
Junior High School Classrooms Part of the Japanese government's Future School
Promotion Project and Educational Innovation Project
Tokyo, April 6, 2012 — Fujitsu today announced that its
STYLISTIC Q550/C tablet PCs are being used at three junior
high schools in Japan – Shouei Junior High School (approx.
300 students) in Shinchi Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Joto
Junior High School (approx. 300 students) in Wakayama City,
Wakayama Prefecture, and Saga Prefectural Takeo Seiryo
Junior High School (approx. 500 students) in Saga
Prefecture. These three schools were selected as trial
schools for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Communications of Japan's Future School Promotion Project
and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology of Japan's Educational Innovation Project, both
of which began at junior high schools in fiscal 2011.
In February 2012, ICT environments were installed at each
school and have been in use since. At the beginning of this
school year in April, the schools will hold classes that
take full advantage of the ICT resources. The classes will
involve field research on learning techniques and
instruction methods that leverage ICT devices, including a
tablet PC for each child and interactive whiteboards. The
project is scheduled to run until fiscal 2013.
The new project is being jointly conducted by the Ministry
of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Starting
in fiscal 2010, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Communications has been pursuing a research study as part of
its "Future School Promotion Project" aimed at fostering
cooperative education that utilizes ICT, and is currently
conducting field research at ten public elementary schools.
Since fiscal 2011, the project has been jointly conducted
together with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology's Educational Innovation Project,
with eight new junior high schools and two special-needs
schools having been newly selected for participation.
The
Fujitsu Group was commissioned to support the field research
at five elementary schools in Western Japan in fiscal 2010.
Fujitsu provided support in a variety of ways, including ICT
environment installation for the field research, dispatching
ICT support personnel to each school, developing a portal
site to share information between trial schools and an
educational cloud to deliver curriculum and other materials,
and propose ways in which ICT can be applied to lessons.
In the latest project, local municipalities will oversee the
procurement of ICT, and the three junior high schools
selected as trial schools for the project will use Fujitsu's
STYLISTIC Q550/C tablet PCs. In addition, Fujitsu has
received an order to install a field research environment at
Joto Junior High School in Wakayama City that can be
employed outside the school and from home.
As part of the installation of the ICT environments, Fujitsu
will provide support for the following kinds of learning and
instruction.
Learning that accommodates each child's individual pace of
education by offering curriculum suited to the child's
learning progress.
Cooperative education that incorporates media and encourages
children to communicate with and teach each other.
Detailed understanding of a child's learning status by
teachers and individually tailored instruction.
In each region, local municipalities have already made
efforts to actively deploy and utilize ICT in the field of
education, and in light of the results of the new research,
they plan to fully expand the use of ICT with the goal of
advancing education. In Shinchi Town, Fukushima Prefecture,
together with three elementary schools that are already
equipped with ICT environments featuring one PC per child,
the town will employ ICT to enable consistent elementary and
junior high school education throughout all of its schools.
Wakayama City in Wakayama Prefecture has deployed LIFEBOOK
T730/B tablet PCs and other devices in the computer labs of
all of the city's elementary schools. Going forward, the
city is exploring the possibility of equipping all of its
elementary and middle schools with mobile PCs that are not
only for use in computer labs, but can be freely carried
around campus.
In Saga Prefecture, Saga Prefectural Chienkan Junior High
School (approx. 500 students) currently employs one
STYLISTIC Q550/C tablet PC per child, and in the future, the
prefecture plans to promote the use of ICT in education by
building an environment for one device per child at the
prefecture's middle schools, high schools and special-needs
schools.
Looking ahead, Fujitsu plans to continue field research to
help foster cooperative education that employs ICT, while at
the same time delivering a variety of services that leverage
the company's track record and know-how in this field to
support the future of education.
Fujitsu Introduces LIFEBOOK
Notebooks Powered by Newest Mobile
Intel(R) Platform
LIFEBOOK AH532 and LIFEBOOK LH532 Notebooks Combine
Performance, Affordability and Quality
SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/18/12 -- Fujitsu
(http://solutions.us.fujitsu.com) today introduced the
LIFEBOOK(R) AH532 desktop alternative notebook and the
LIFEBOOK LH532 thin and light notebook, which are among the
first systems to incorporate the new mobile Intel(R)
platform.
Powered by the next-generation mobile Intel(R) HM76 Express
chipsets and the Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2350M Processor, the
15.6" LIFEBOOK AH532 and the 14" LIFEBOOK LH532 notebooks
with Microsoft Windows(R) 7 are enhanced with a performance
boost, improved multitasking, stunning visuals, the latest
Intel(R) WiDi (Wireless Display),(1) and better energy
efficiency. Designed for everyday computing and multimedia
entertainment, the LIFEBOOK AH532 notebook has a battery
that now lasts up to 7 hours(2) while the LIFEBOOK LH532
notebook, ideal for the on-the-go lifestyle, stays charged
for up to 6.5 hours.(2) Both systems also receive an
appearance refresh with the sleek glossy black LIFEBOOK
AH532 notebook enhanced with an isolation keyboard while the
classic black LIFEBOOK LH532 notebook features a new soft
touch finish and isolation keyboard, and offers a more
comfortable new touch pad that is integrated with the palm
rest.
Designed to the high standards of Fujitsu and affordably
priced, the LIFEBOOK AH532 ($549) and LIFEBOOK LH532 ($599)
notebooks are available today.(3)
"Computing performance remains at the top of the checklist
for customers, and the new mobile Intel(R) platform raises
the performance level for a more enjoyable computing
experience," said Paul Moore, senior director of mobile
product management, Fujitsu America. "Offering a combination
of affordability, performance and quality, the LIFEBOOK
AH532 and LIFEBOOK LH532 notebooks are ideal for both home
and school."
In addition to continuing to offer fast DDR3 memory,
high-definition backlit displays, Microsoft Office Starter
2010, Anytime USB Charge and USB 3.0 ports, and Intel(R)
WLAN, the LIFEBOOK AH532 and LIFEBOOK LH532 notebooks are
enhanced with a host of new features including:
Intel(R) WiDi v.3.0 (Wireless Display)
Intel(R) HD 3000 shared graphics
DTS Boost(TM) enhanced audio
High-definition webcams
Bluetooth v4.0 +HS
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(1) Some TVs require an adapter for the Intel(R) Wireless
Display (WiDi) (2) Battery life tested using MobileMark(R)
2007. Battery life will vary depending on the product
configuration, product model, application loaded on the
product, power management settings on the product, Operating
System, and the product features used by the customer. As
with all batteries, the maximum capacity of the installed
batteries will decrease with time, usage, and how often the
batteries are charged by the user. (3) Pricing subject to
change without notice.
Fujitsu Develops a
2.3kW High-capacity Power Supply Unit for
Servers Offering a World-leading Conversion Efficiency Rate of
94.8% Contributes to energy savings for servers and data centers
Kawasaki, Japan, April 5, 2012 — Fujitsu Laboratories Limited
today announced the development of a power supply unit for
servers that features a 2.3 kW power output and achieves a
world-leading conversion efficiency rate of 98.4%.
As servers have grown more powerful, their energy requirements
have increased as well, creating a need for power supply units
with more capacity to supply electricity inside the server.
Power supply units take externally supplied AC power (200 V
AC) and convert it to DC power (12 V DC) that has been
stabilized to meet the server's operating requirements. This
conversion process is always accompanied by some loss, while
minimizing the conversion loss and increasing power supply
conversion efficiency is an important factor in reducing a
server's overall energy requirements. However, greater power
supply unit capacity typically results in greater internal
loss, making a high-efficiency power supply unit difficult to
produce.
Fujitsu Laboratories has developed digital control technology
and new circuitry aimed at reducing power supply loss in order
to achieve a world-leading 94.8% conversion efficiency rate
with the 2.3kW high-capacity power supply unit., This reduces
overall energy requirements for the server and contributes to
energy savings for datacenters.
Background
The difference between input energy and output energy is
referred to as power supply loss, and is given off as heat by
the power supply unit. The ratio of energy output to energy
input is called the power supply unit's efficiency. Reducing
this loss—in other words, increasing the power supply unit's
conversion efficiency— is an important factor in reducing a
server's overall energy requirements. Enterprise servers,
blade servers, and other high-performance servers consume
dozens of kilowatts of electricity, so when using multiple
high-output power supplies, the loss alone amount to several
kilowatts.
Technological Issues
A power supply performs voltage conversion with field-effect
transistors (FET), which are cycled on and off. As the power
supply unit's capacity increases, the loss that accompanies
on/off switching in the power supply's FETs also increase,
making high-efficiency power supply units that much more
difficult to produce.
1.
Dead-time loss
To avoid shorts, a power supply unit's circuitry will control
one FET to cycle on shortly after another FET has cycled off
(Figure 1, left). In a conventional power supply unit, this
interval is fixed, but with large currents, each FET's cycling
speeds up, causing a longer interval when neither FET is on,
which increases loss (called "dead-time loss").
2. Switching loss
In high-capacity power supplies, larger FETs (the switching
elements) are used to prevent voltage drops and heat
generation, which in turn requires lower resistance when on.
But with larger FETs, because they have higher than normal
output capacitance, the current loss at the moment when the
FET is switched on (switching loss) is greater (Figure 1,
right).
Figure 1: Increases in dead-time
loss and switching loss with high-capacity power supply units.
Fujitsu's Newly Developed Technology
Fujitsu Laboratories has developed digital control technology
that reduces dead-time loss, and a new circuit technology that
reduces switching loss. Features of these technologies are as
follows.
1. Digital control technology to reduce
dead-time loss
Fujitsu Laboratories developed digital control technology that
adjusts the on and off intervals for two FETs. As the FET's
cycle speed increases with larger currents, the periods when
both FETs are off tend to be longer, increasing the dead-time
loss. To prevent this from happening, the time when the second
FET switches off is delayed, while the first FET is turned on
more quickly. This makes it possible to minimize the interval
that both are off, as when there is a small current, which
reduces dead-time loss (Figure 2, left).
2. New circuitry to reduce switching
loss
Fujitsu Laboratories developed a new type of circuit that
reuses energy stored in a FET's internal output capacitance.
By extracting the energy collected in the output capacity
before the FET switches on, this new circuit can reduce
switching loss (Figure 2, right). Details of this technology
were presented at the Power, Electronics, Machines, and Drives
Conference (PEDM) 2012.
Figure 2: How digital control technology reduces dead-time
loss and the new circuitry reduces switching loss.
Results
Using these technologies, Fujitsu Laboratories built a
prototype 12V, 2.3 kW maximum output high-capacity power
supply for servers that achieved a world's-best conversion
efficiency rate of 94.8% (figure 3). Not only does this
technology directly reduce loss, but by suppressing the
production of waste heat, it reduces energy needed for fans to
cool the power supply unit, and allows the power supply unit
to be more compact. By reducing a server's energy demands,
this can contribute to greater overall savings for
datacenters.
Figure 3: Output energy and
efficiency of the prototype power supply unit.
Future Plans
Work is proceeding on further improving the efficiency,
reliability, and consistency of these technologies with an eye
toward debuting servers equipped with power supply units using
these technologies in 2014.
Fujitsu Technology Puts
Big Data to Use in Minutes Develops distributed data processing technology that
dramatically reduces disk accesses
Kawasaki, Japan, April 5, 2012 — Fujitsu Laboratories today
announced that it has developed new parallel distributed data
processing technology that enables pools of big data as well
as continuous inflows of new data to be efficiently processed
and put to use within minutes.
The amount of large-volume, diverse data, such as sensor data
and human location data, continues to grow, and various data
processing technologies are being developed to enable these
pools and streams of big data to be quickly analyzed and put
to use. When the priority is on high-speed performance,
methods that process the data in memory are used, but when
dealing with very large volumes of data, disk-based
methodologies are typically used as volumes are too large to
process in memory. When using disk-based techniques, however,
if the objective is to immediately reflect the newly received
data in the analytical results, many disk accesses are
necessary. This results in the problem that analytical
processing cannot keep pace with the volume of data flowing
in.
To address this problem, Fujitsu Laboratories has developed
technology that slashes the number of disk accesses by
approximately 90% compared to previous levels(1) by
dynamically reallocating data on disks to match trends in data
accesses. Whereas producing analytic results of new data could
take several hours in the past, with this new technique
results are available in minutes. This development excels at
both volume and velocity when processing big data, an
objective that has been difficult to achieve until now.
This technology will be one of the technologies underpinning
human-centric computing, which will provide relevant services
for every location.
Fujitsu Develops
Power Saving System Control Technology
for Container Data Centers Coordinates servers and air-conditioning systems, reduces
total energy consumption up to 40% by employing facility-fans
without server-fans
Kawasaki, Japan, April 4, 2012 — Fujitsu Laboratories Limited
today announced the development of a power conservation system
control technology that reduces overall power consumption in
container data centers by closely coordinating the operation
of servers and air-conditioning (A/C) systems.
The overall power consumption of container data centers can be
effectively reduced by cutting the electricity usage of A/C
equipment through external ambient air and other measures. At
the same time, IT equipment power consumption can be cut by
employing servers that lack internal fans. In the conventional
approach to A/C management, A/C systems and servers inside the
containers are controlled independently, thereby making it
difficult to efficiently cool fan-less servers. By utilizing
Fujitsu's newly developed power saving system control
technology, which coordinates the operation of servers and A/C
systems, it is now possible to employ fan-less servers and
achieve across-the-board power saving in container data
centers. Prototype models of container data centers equipped
with this new technology were able to achieve a reduction in
total energy consumption of up to 40%.
Background
With the spread of cloud computing, the scale of the market
for data centers is growing, as is the amount of energy
consumed by these data centers. As a result, improving the
energy efficiency of data centers presents a significant
challenge. On the other hand, in order to respond to the
increasing need for data centers, the industry has seen
progress in the commercialization of container data centers in
addition to conventional large-scale data centers. These
container data centers require low up-front investments, can
be quickly constructed, easily scaled and transported, and
offer a high degree of freedom in installation.
The amount of power consumed by a container data center
depends on the power requirements of the container's A/C
equipment and IT devices, such as servers. In recent years,
advancements have been made in the power efficiency of A/C
equipment due to the use of external ambient air and other
methods. Moreover, the power consumption of internal fans used
to cool servers accounts for a large percentage of the overall
electricity consumed by container data centers. To further
reduce power consumption, container data centers are adopting
servers without these internal fans, as cooling through the
use of efficient, large-scale container A/C fans has proven to
be extremely effective.
Technological Issues
In conventional container data centers, data center A/C
systems are operated without regard to server temperature
information. This has led to unnecessary power consumption
resulting from excessive server cooling. It has also been
difficult to employ fan-less servers because of situations in
which insufficient cooling causes decreased performance or
server shut downs due to the overheating protection features
of CPUs.
Newly
Developed Technology
Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a power saving system
control technology that uses server information to manage
container A/C fans. This container A/C fan control technology
is described below.
1. CPU temperature and server power consumption information to
minimize across-the-board container data center power
consumption
When a CPU's operating temperature becomes too high, the
amount of power consumed by a server increases as a result of
the impact of the CPU's leakage current. Conversely, by trying
to lower the CPU temperature, greater power is consumed by the
container A/C fan. The technology controls the container A/C
fan to achieve an optimal CPU temperature that will enable the
amount of power consumed by the entire container data center
to be minimized (Figure 1).
2. Server CPU temperature and server location information to
prevent system from reaching an operating temperature that
decreases CPU performance
In minimizing the overall power consumption of a container
data center, local increases in CPU temperature can lead to
operating temperatures that begin to negatively affect CPU
performance. The technology controls the container A/C fan to
ensure that the system never reaches an operating temperature
where CPU performance is compromised (Figure 2).
This technology enables the
adoption of servers without internal fans, allowing for the
overall power consumption of container data centers to be
reduced. Figure 3 is a photo of a prototype container data
center and figure 4 is a schematic of the container's
contents. When the external temperature is between 10°C and
35°C, the container's air conditioning fan takes air through
the external intake vent and moves it inside the racks. The
warm air from inside the racks is then released from the
exhaust vent. When the external temperature exceeds 35°C, an
evaporative cooling system cools air to 35°C or below before
moving it with the fan. Conversely, when the outside
temperature is below 10°C, warm air being released from the
racks is passed through a damper and returned to the air
intake vent where it is warmed to 10°C or higher before being
dispersed by the fan.
Results
The results of verification testing on this technology prove
that energy consumption is reduced by up to approximately 40%
compared with conventional container data centers consisting
of servers with internal fans (Figure 5).
Tests using prototype models of container data centers
equipped with this new technology showed a power reduction
effect of up to 40% compared to conventional container data
centers configured using servers equipped with internal fans.
In addition, even if a CPU's protection features kick in to
safeguard against decreased performance or server shutdowns as
a result of rising temperatures from sudden increases in CPU
load, the technology can rapidly elevate the cooling fan's
revolution speed and cool the system in response to the CPU
temperature increase. This enables the server to maintain both
its service levels and low-power operation.
Future
Plans
Fujitsu Laboratories aims to employ the technology in
commercial applications during fiscal 2012, and will move
forward with tests using prototype container data centers in
environments with varying temperature and humidity. In
addition to optimizing its control algorithms, the company
will continue to develop advanced power conservation system
control technologies, such as predictive control technology
that performs optimal control by anticipating servers'
computational loads based on delivered services.
Fujitsu Converts Fujitsu
Toshiba Mobile Communications into a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary
Tokyo, April 2, 2012 — Fujitsu Limited and Toshiba Corporation
today announced that, as of April 1, 2012, Fujitsu has
acquired Toshiba's ownership stake in Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile
Communications Limited, which develops and sells mobile phones
for KDDI and other carriers. As a result, Fujitsu Toshiba
Mobile Communications has been converted into a wholly owned
subsidiary of Fujitsu.
Reason for making the company a wholly
owned subsidiary of Fujitsu
With respect to the merger of the mobile phone businesses of
Fujitsu and Toshiba, in October 2010 Fujitsu received an
ownership stake of 80.1% in Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile
Communications, making the company a consolidated subsidiary
of the Fujitsu Group.
Fujitsu has now received Toshiba's 19.9% ownership stake,
establishing Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications as a wholly
owned subsidiary of Fujitsu.
Due to the conversion of Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications
into a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu, as of April 1,
2012, the company's name has been changed to Fujitsu Mobile
Communications Limited.
Fujitsu to Host Fujitsu Forum
2012
Reshaping ICT – Reshaping Business
Tokyo, April 2, 2012 — Fujitsu today announced that Fujitsu
Forum 2012, the company's largest annual event, will be held
May 17-18 at the Tokyo International Forum in Japan. The theme
of this year's Fujitsu Forum will be "Reshaping ICT –
Reshaping Business."
Over the past year, the global community has faced a wide
range of challenges, including responding to energy challenges
and natural disasters, the revitalization of regional
communities and the need to enhance the competitive strengths
of companies in the global marketplace. To promote sustained
future growth for our society and businesses, it is crucial to
pursue new initiatives that are unconstrained by past
approaches and assumptions.
The Fujitsu Group will pursue the continuous "reshaping" of
today's information and communication technologies (ICT) with
the goal of helping transform society and our customers'
businesses, while also aiming to achieve further growth for
the Fujitsu Group and its customers.
Fujitsu Forum 2012 will feature seminars and exhibitions
demonstrating Fujitsu's latest cutting-edge products, services
and technologies. This includes the company's initiatives to
build safe, secure and sustainable cities; its approach to
leveraging ICT to give customers a competitive edge, as well
as the cloud and big data analysis technologies that make this
possible; and the world's fastest supercomputer.
Overview
of the Fujitsu Forum 2012
1. Time & Date 10 am - 6 pm on
Thursday, May 17 and Friday, May 18
2. Location Tokyo International
Forum, 3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
3. Theme "Reshaping ICT –
Reshaping Business"
4. Number of Expected Visitors
10,000 (admission is free)
5. Seminars (1) Keynote panels
and presentations (16 in total):
Speakers from around the world, including influential experts,
industry representatives, and Fujitsu executives, will give
presentations on an array of topics, covering economic trends,
national ICT policies, environmental measures, and other
factors affecting the business landscape.
(2)
Seminars and featured/co-hosted seminars (76 in total):
In addition to themes relating to how ICT is employed in
users' daily lives, society and business-and the services,
products and technologies that support these
applications-presentations will examine the latest trends in
the sectors in which Fujitsu's customers do business, as well
as a variety of challenges and solutions that address these
issues. There will also be case studies of ICT applications
taken from the Fujitsu Family Association, the company's user
group. A special environmental seminar will discuss ways that
ICT has been used to bring about sustainable societies and
businesses, and there will also be a hospital management
strategy forum.
6.
Exhibitions (approx. 110 total)
(1) The growing use of ICT
In recent years, ICT has worked its way into our daily lives,
social infrastructure, and business activities in a host of
different ways. Featuring recent customer case studies, this
exhibit introduces an ever-growing and evolving variety of new
ICT applications, with a focus on the areas of daily life &
society and business.
* Daily life & society: energy, food and agriculture, local
communities, earthquake disaster recovery
* Business: manufacturing, business continuity, management
framework
(2) Products, services and technologies
By pursuing only the most advanced technologies and highest
quality standards, the Fujitsu Group manufactures products
that fully meet the needs of customers. These exhibits
introduce cutting-edge technologies, products, and services
from an array of areas that support our daily lives, society
and the expansion of customers' businesses.
* Exhibits include topics such as big data, cloud services,
private cloud technologies and supercomputers
(3) Ubiquitous front-end technologies
The use of smart devices will play a critical role in bringing
about a prosperous, comfortable tomorrow. These exhibits
showcase ubiquitous products that can effortlessly, safely and
securely take advantage of Fujitsu's ICT services.
* Exhibits include topics such as smart devices and network
technologies
(4) Field innovation
This exhibit features case studies from a host of customers
who have brought innovation to their business practices by
continuously implementing improvements to personnel, processes
and ICT.
New
Supercomputer System Begins Operations at the University
of Tokyo's Information Technology Center
Enables world-class performance and energy efficiency using
Fujitsu's PRIMEHPC FX10
Tokyo, April 2, 2012 — Fujitsu today announced that it has
completed construction of the new supercomputer, nicknamed
Oakleaf-FX, for the Supercomputing Division of the University
of Tokyo's Information Technology Center (SCD/ITC). The new
system will begin operations from today.
The new Oakleaf-FX system, which employs Fujitsu's PRIMEHPC
FX10 supercomputer, is one of the few petaflops-class(1)
systems in the world and achieves high energy efficiency, as
low as 1.4MW for overall system power consumption.
Oakleaf-FX has been installed at the Second Research Complex,
Kashiwa Campus, The University of Tokyo, located in Kashiwa,
Chiba Prefecture. In addition to contributing to SCD/ITC's
cutting-edge research in a wide range of scientific and
technological fields, the new system will be used in
High-Performance Computing (HPC) education at both the
undergraduate and graduate levels. As a result, it is expected
to help train the next generation of leaders in the field of
computational science.
Background to the Deployment of the New
Supercomputer
SCD/ITC was established in 1965 as a large-scale computer
center for shared use by researchers in Japan, and has been
operating under its current name since 1999. The center has
been contributing to advanced research using supercomputers in
science and technology, and is used by more than 1,500
researchers inside and outside of the university. To meet the
needs of an increasing number of diverse users and to handle
large-scale applications, the University of Tokyo selected
PRIMEHPC FX10 for its high compatibility with the K
computer(2) supercomputer. Moreover, as the need is higher
than ever for superior energy efficiency that can keep up with
today's energy requirements, the PRIMEHPC FX10 is unique in
its energy-efficiency performance, which was able to
successfully meet SCD/ITC's requirement for system-wide power
consumption of 1.4MW or less.
Overview of the New Oakleaf-FX System The
calculation nodes of the new Oakleaf-FX system use a PRIMEHPC
FX10 configuration comprised of 4,800 nodes (50 racks).
Combining high performance, scalability, and reliability with
superior energy efficiency, PRIMEHPC FX10 further enhances
Fujitsu's technology used in the K computer, which has
achieved the world's top-ranked performance(3).
For the supercomputer's peripheral systems, 74 PRIMERGY x86
servers, 234 ETERNUS storage systems, Technical Computing
Suite(4), which is HPC middleware for peta-scale systems, and
FEFS(5), a high-performance, highly reliable distributed file
system that is a component of the Technical Computing Suite,
have been deployed.
Oakleaf-FX is slated to be used in a wide range of scientific
and technological areas, including earth science,
astrophysics, seismology, weather modeling, materials science,
energy, biology, hydrodynamics, and solid-state physics.
Fujitsu Introduces Flexible
Module Printer for Kiosks
Sunnyvale, CA, March 28, 2012 — Fujitsu Components America has
redesigned a new modular thermal printer unit, the
FTP-639USL100 series, that can be configured to maximize
design and installation flexibility for various embedded kiosk
designs.
The
basic module consists of Fujitsu’s FTP-639MCL high-speed
(200mm/sec) 3-inch thermal printer mechanism, cutter and
interface board with a newly designed paper damper that can
adjust paper tension in both the upper and lower direction.
The unit also includes an adjustable, paper roll holder that
accommodates rolls from 80mm up to 150mm maximum.
The paper holder arm can be positioned in either a horizontal
or vertical orientation, just by changing the setting position
on the arm, to maximize available installation space. For
larger diameter paper rolls, the arm can be exchanged for an
optional paper holder that can handle 250 mm paper rolls. In
addition, the arm can be completely detached so that the
printer, which measures 110.4 (W) x 94.5 (D) x 75 (H) mm, can
be used independently, if desired. Additional bezel and
presenter/retractor modules can also be added.
The printer unit’s reset and feed switches, as well as a
power/printer status LED, are all conveniently located on the
top of the printer. The front cutter is easily accessible
using the platen-open lever to release paper jams and perform
head cleaning. The paper guide can also be easily removed,
exchanged, or detached to clear paper jams.
The FTP-639USL100 series supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 and
Linux drivers. It is available with a USB or optional RS-232
interface board.
Fujitsu’s Flexible Module Printer will be available in July
2012. Delivery is stock /18 weeks ARO.
Fujitsu Named a
2012 Computerworld Honors Program Laureate Innovative response to the Japanese magnitude 9.0
earthquake and tsunami recognized by a panel of 22
distinguished judges
Tokyo, March 19, 2012 — Fujitsu announced today that IDG's
Computerworld Honors Program has named it as a 2012 Laureate.
The annual award program honors visionary applications of
information technology promoting positive social, economic and
educational change.
"Since immediately after the earthquake, Fujitsu has made
all-out efforts to overcome the disaster," said Sogo Fujisaki,
director of the CSR Department in Fujitsu's Public Relations
Unit. "That includes having provided a full range of resources
for the emergency restoration of social IT infrastructure and
even free-of-charge cloud services. As recovery and rebuilding
have just begun, our work in this area is ongoing. Fujitsu is
very much honored to be recognized for these activities by
Computerworld."
Fujitsu's Alison Rowe, Global Executive Director,
Sustainability, Global Business Group, added that "Fujitsu is
proud to be recognized for its role in mitigating the effects
of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the East Japan
coast in March 2011."
Immediately after the earthquake, Fujitsu formed a Central
Disaster Response Headquarters, led by the president, to
ascertain the safety of Group employees and customers, and to
collect damage situation reports. Then, in December 2011,
Fujitsu further bolstered its efforts by establishing a
full-fledged business unit dedicated to the recovery and
reconstruction of the devastated region. The Fujitsu Group
continues to work as one, bringing the full capabilities of
its information and communication technology to bear to
improve people's lives while offering safe and secure products
and services that stand up well to natural disasters.
"There's no question technology plays a vital role in driving
business forward. It ensures an organization's ability to
innovate, communicate and thrive. What the Computerworld
Honors Laureates so clearly demonstrate is technology's role
in moving society forward. Computerworld acknowledges and
applauds the outstanding work being done by individuals and
organizations, such as Fujitsu, who have successfully used
technology to improve the quality of our lives and that of
future generations," said John Amato, Vice President/Publisher
of Computerworld.
The Computerworld Honors Program awards will be presented on
June 4, 2012 in Washington, D.C.
Fujitsu® ScanSnap™ Scanners
Named 2012 CPA Practice Advisor Readers’
Choice Award Winner for Document Management Utility
Sunnyvale, CA, March 7, 2012 — Fujitsu, the market leader in
document imaging scanners, was awarded a 2012 Readers’ Choice
Award by CPA Practice Advisor in the category of Document
Management Utilities for its ScanSnap™ line of scanners.
Readers of CPA Practice Advisor selected Fujitsu ScanSnap
scanners for their efficiency, affordability, and ability to
take the complication out of document imaging with one button
ease of use. Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners were also acknowledged
for the software included with all models, making the
paperless office a tangible reality.
“The paperless office not only requires effective document
management and storage, it also requires a means of
transferring paper files into digital files”, said Isaac M.
O’Bannon, editor, CPA Practice Advisor. “This isn’t only the
realm of scanners, but of specialty tools that help bridge the
gap. This year’s runaway winner was Fujitsu, for the ScanSnap
scanner and software that accompanies it.”
“It’s an honor for ScanSnap to have been selected as the
number one solution for Document Management Utilities in the
2012 CPA Practice Advisor Readers’ Choice Award,” said Scott
Francis, vice president of marketing, Fujitsu Computer
Products of America, Inc. “We’re extremely proud of the
design, efficiency, and portability of the ScanSnap line of
scanners, and having the acknowledgement of this award come
from readers who use our scanners only makes this achievement
that much more important to us.”
Over 4,000 CPA Advisor readers selected Fujitsu ScanSnap
scanners, out of seven nominated companies, as the winner of
the 2012 CPA Practice Advisor Readers’ Choice Award.
Fujitsu Sets New
Standards in the data centre with
PRIMERGY Dual-Socket Servers
Fujitsu UK & Ireland
Munich, March 09, 2012 Overall performance improvements of up to 70 per cent with
new Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family
Munich, 9th March 2012 — Fujitsu today announces global
availability of the next generation PRIMERGY dual-socket x86
servers, designed to set a new standard in versatility,
scalability and cost-efficiency. Meeting a wide range of
tomorrow’s IT demands while achieving a fast
return-on-investment today, the comprehensive new line-up of
servers deliver a leap forward in performance and modularity.
Business
benefits
Fujitsu’s new concept of a modular chassis design for its
PRIMERGY server line-up creates a highly customisable server
platform that allows customers to configure systems freely to
meet their current IT needs, and extend later if required. By
supporting General-Purpose computing on Graphics Processing
Unit (GPGPU) cards and faster data throughput, the versatile
new PRIMERGY servers are suitable for almost any business
application or datacenter scenario. Customers choosing
PRIMERGY are also assured of investment protection over the
server lifecycle. The new models provide 100% additional
memory capacity and space for an additional 33% hard disks.
After-sale server expansion kits are available should server
configuration needs change.
Simple
administration with Fujitsu ServerView Virtual I/O Manager
Fujitsu’s innovative ServerView Virtual I/O Manager ensures an
ease of administration and also provides network-agnostic
virtualisation in dynamic data centre scenarios. On-the-fly
roaming, adding and recovering virtual server profiles is now
supported, and the time and effort required to redeploy images
is reduced from hours to minutes.
The third generation of Fujitsu’s ServerView Virtual I/O
Manager is available for all new PRIMERGY dual socket servers.
Simplified power management features combined with 94%
efficient modular power supply units further enable businesses
to reduce server energy costs by up to 73% in comparison to
the previous generation.
Fujitsu Achieves Energy
Efficiency World Record with the new PRIMERGY
RX300 S7 Generation
Hanover / Munich, March 07, 2012 -
News Facts
*The recently announced Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX300 S7 debuts as
the World´s most energy-efficient single-node server and
beating all contenders in its class
*The Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX300 S7 sets new mark for server energy
efficiency and is first single-node server to break through
the 5,000 ssj_ops/watt barrier with the SPECpower_ssj2008
benchmark
*Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX300 S7 has a 51% energy-efficiency
advantage over the previous incumbent (HP ProLiant DL360 G7*)
*Customers can now run two-thirds more workloads on their
current power budget with this new-generation system without
stressing their data center cooling or increasing the
electricity bill
Fujitsu’s recently announced PRIMERGY RX300 S7 server
generation sets the new target to beat for single-node server
efficiency, achieving a new world record and debuting as the
first to break the prestigious SPECpower_ssj2008 milestone of
5,000 overall ssj_ops/watt.1 The result underlines Fujitsu’s
leadership in the engineering of energy-efficiency PRIMERGY
servers. The company already holds energy-efficiency records
in their class with the PRIMERGY TX120 S3 and further
mono-socket systems.
Business Benefits
Many businesses are challenged by the stringent environmental
mandates for data centers set by national governments. Thanks
to this improved energy efficiency, Fujitsu customers can now
run two-thirds more workloads on their current power budget
without stressing their datacenter cooling. This is good news
for mid-sized and large businesses facing power limitations,
or with limited heat dissipation in their data centers.
Overall Fujitsu’s new server platform reduces both stress on
datacenter and the environment, while helping to dramatically
reduce energy costs.
These results reflect the many innovations made by Fujitsu to
increase energy efficiency as a clear corporate goal. For
example, Fujitsu ServerView Suite supports simplified and
automated PRIMERGY energy management, with innovative features
such as automatically switching off PCIe ports when not in
use. In combination with 94 per cent-efficient power supplies,
and other intelligent system improvements, the Fujitsu
PRIMERGY RX300 S7 delivers an energy efficiency result of
5,032 overall ssj_ops/watt. According to Intel * , an
improvement of up to 51 per cent is achieved compared to the
previous HP ProLiant DL360 * generation.2
Fujitsu PRIMERY dual-socket servers set
high standards for versatility, scalability and
cost-efficiency
Launched yesterday, the new generation of Fujitsu PRIMERGY
dual-socket servers with latest Intel® Xeon® processor E5
family are designed from the ground up to set a new standard
for cost-efficiency, scalability and versatility for mid-sized
and large customers demanding highest level of performance.
Fujitsu’s new concept of a modular design creates a highly
customizable server platform that allows customers to more
freely configure systems to meet their current IT needs, and
extend later if required.
Customers choosing PRIMERGY are also assured of investment
protection over the server lifecycle. The new PRIMERGY
generation provides 100 percent additional memory capacity and
space for an additional 33 per cent internal storage. Ease of
administration is assured for PRIMERGY servers thanks to
Fujitsu’s innovative ServerView Management Suite.
New Fujitsu Scanner Software
Combines Image Enhancement, Automatic Job
Separation, Central Administration and One-Click Personal
Productivity Powerful Software from PFU Enhances fi-Series Scanners
London, March 6, 2012
* Added value for knowledge workers through personal ScanSnap
productivity mode: streamlining processes, raising flexibility
and increasing companies’ productivity
* New, central administration with Scanner Central Admin
console; Define and distribute job profiles, manage scanners
remotely to achieve utmost transparency, faster problem
resolution and ultra-low total cost; works standalone or
integrated in leading enterprise management platforms
* Scanners can be easily switched from running line of
business applications through ISIS, TWAIN and WIA drivers to
individual personal productivity tools, such as Scan-to-Email,
Scan-to-Sharepoint, Scan-to-Office, etc.
* ScandAll PRO V2 automatic job separation functions lead to
faster performance; premium version now supports 2D
matrix-code based job separation and indexing
* Kofax VRS Professional 5.0 software improves images for
higher OCR text identification accuracy, reduces file size and
increases business efficiency
Fujitsu subsidiary PFU Imaging Solutions, Europe's market
leader in document scanners for professional users, introduces
new software for its business scanners: Scanner Central Admin,
ScandAll PRO V2 and Kofax VRS Professional 5.0. Customers will
benefit from improved, intuitive operation, automatic job
separation, image enhancement and reduced management overhead.
Furthermore, the powerful software packages ease the amount of
post-processing work and raise business process efficiency
considerably. Fujitsu’s business document scanners are the
first to benefit from the latest version 5.0 of the patented
VRS Professional image-processing technology by Kofax. The
entire new software is bundled with new Z-Generation scanners.
Fujitsu ScandAll PRO V2 upgrades for older supported fi-series
workgroup models are available.
The new ScandAll PRO V2 software from PFU enables users to
work with scanned documents more flexibly as they can now
choose from two scanner interfaces to suit their scanning
requirements: In business mode it feeds document images from
Fujitsu’s fi-series scanners via TWAIN or ISIS interfaces to
dedicated high-speed, high-volume ECM procedures like invoice
processing. In ScanSnap mode the scanner works for personal
productivity routines well-known from Fujitsu’s ScanSnap
scanners. "Users will be able to send documents from a
professional fi-scanner to an e-mail account, a printer, Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, or SharePoint library solely at the touch
of a single button”, says Klaus Schulz, Manager of Product
Marketing EMEA at PFU Imaging Solutions. “We’ve advanced our
premium fi-series technology to support both business tasks
and personal work routines of the information worker:
ultra-high performance and image quality coupled with
flexibility and individual productivity for greater efficiency
are now available for everyone involved in document scanning
at virtually no effort.”
ScandAll PRO V2 automatic job
separation functions use separator sheets with barcodes or
patch codes to assign pre-defined scan jobs and destinations.
The premium version of ScandAll PRO V2 also supports 2D
matrix-codes to allow for quicker and better automatic
distribution. ScandAll PRO V2 Premium uses the information
printed in the matrix-code to create corresponding folders
containing the same encoded information and then files the
scanned documents directly into those folders. Thanks to
automatic barcode and character recognition, the extracted
information can be used to now generate index files with ease
that classify document files and provide detailed capture
information for subsequent processes. For those customers and
partners that prefer to develop their own solution, Fujitsu
provides an easy to use TWAIN Developer’s toolkit that allows
both end users and software developers to create their own
unique solution.
High-quality Images with Zero Effort
Kofax’s VRS Professional 5.0 software automatically adjusts
scanning conditions to best suit the characteristics of the
document being scanned and applies image processing to produce
the clearest image possible. It automatically detects and
corrects anomalies in scanned images, e.g. stray marks and
distortions, enhances image clarity and reduces the file size
by about a third. Different types of paper documents can be
scanned continuously into highest quality images – all without
tedious configuring of scan settings or pre-capture document
sorting.
The easy-to-use software does not require specialized
background knowledge in scanning; it is automatically
triggered when pressing the scan button. Moreover, VRS
automatically performs operations like color detection and
color background normalization to produce high quality scan
results. Skew correction and image clean-up help greatly
improve OCR accuracy for handwritten and printed text. Until
now, documents had to be reloaded to adjust scan settings. VRS'
automatic image enhancement functions make document reloading
unnecessary. Further, ScandAll PRO V2 makes use of VRS 5.0
Professional capabilities, allowing users to combine specific
VRS functions with genuine ScandAll PRO V2 routines.
Central Management and Integration
Administrators can manage multiple scanners in the enterprise
through the Scanner Central Admin console. This set of central
administration tools may be used standalone or integrated in
leading enterprise management platforms. The software allows
administrators to perform updates, modifications and define
and distribute job profiles for each and every supported
scanner in the company, simultaneously and from a central
location. Error messages and scanners’ consumable statuses
will also be on a central display in real time and can be
reported via email alerts automatically. The bottom line:
administration becomes more transparent, problem resolution
proceeds more quickly, scanning becomes easier, and service
costs roll back significantly.
Fujitsu Cuts
Infrastructure Costs for Customers Running SAP® Solutions on
Windows Server
Fujitsu UK & Ireland
Munich, March 09, 2012 Innovative compact design provides “4in2U” granularity,
higher rack density and superior energy efficiency
Munich, 9th March 2012 — Fujitsu today launches the new
PRIMERGY CX400 S1 multi-node Cloud eXtension server. This
innovative technology requires only half the space of a
standard rack server to provide enterprises with
cost-effective, energy-efficient access to smart scale-out
capabilities for deployments such as private cloud,
high-performance computing (HPC) and large-scale
virtualisation.
Business benefits
Enterprise customers of all sizes are increasingly looking for
improved energy efficiency, higher platform density and better
management effectiveness when realising their cloud computing,
high performance computing, virtualisation, hosting, or
virtual-client computing strategies.
As data centres evolve, IT architects are placing greater
emphasis on scale-out flexibility, as well as improved energy
efficiency, higher platform density and more effective
management. To meet these needs, Fujitsu introduces a new,
compact version of its state-of-the-art Cloud eXtension
architecture.
By halving the size of a standard server node, the innovative
PRIMERGY CX400 S1 packs four independent physical servers and
up to 24 storage drives into a standard 2U height compact
cabinet.
The new compact PRIMERGY CX400 joins the Fujitsu Cloud
eXtension family alongside the full-size, 38-node PRIMERGY
CX1000 cloud server platform. In broadening the range, Fujitsu
underlines its commitment to offering a comprehensive set of
cloud computing solutions for enterprises of all sizes.
Interchangeable, interoperable infrastructure
The PRIMERGY family consists of three interchangeable low-,
medium- and high-end server nodes - the PRIMERGY CX210 S1,
CX250 S1, and CX270 S1 models - into its new half-width tray
design. To ensure interoperability, these remain fully
compatible with industry standard rack infrastructure and
applications.
As a result, the PRIMERGY CX400 provides smart scale-out
capabilities and combines established front-to-back cooling
and rear-side external connectivity to slot easily into
existing racks. Its ‘4in2U’ design requires 50 percent less
space, cuts hardware investment and improves management
efficiency and system granularity while still matching the
performance of standard rack-based servers. Reliability and
uptime are guaranteed thanks to extensive hot-plug features,
which keep the system up and running even during maintenance.
The PRIMERGY CX dual-socket server nodes feature processors
from the latest high-performance Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 family,
ensuring the delivery of high-memory bandwidth and IO-speed.
Fujitsu Delivers
Maximum Workstation Performance for
Extreme Computing and Visualization Environments
Hanover / Munich, March 06, 2012 -
News Facts
*Fujitsu introduces the CELSIUS R920 dual-processor
workstation for the most power-hungry applications
*Ideal for customers that need maximum workstation performance
to run graphics-based applications
*Ultra-reliability plus increased expandability to meet
changing future needs
*Unique cold-plug access for front-loading drives
*Up to 80 per cent faster performance with the latest Intel®
Xeon® processor and Intel® C600 series chipset
*Available immediately throughout Continental Europe, the
Middle East, Asia, India and Japan
Fujitsu today releases its new flagship workstation: CELSIUS
R920. This high-end workstation delivers the performance,
reliability and expandability that customers require for
extreme desktop visualization and personal supercomputing
environments.
The Fujitsu CELSIUS R920 is ideally suited for the most
demanding compute- and memory-intensive parallel applications
in a variety of fields, including mechanical and electrical
engineering, digital content creation, visualization, virtual
reality, simulation and geo-sciences. The high-end workstation
pushes the boundaries of extreme personal computing with
sophisticated components, including high-performance,
multi-core processors, next-generation graphics subsystems,
quad-channel memory technology and high-speed disk drives.
Business benefits
The CELSIUS R920 addresses the requirements of leading
businesses’ intensive computing environments in terms of
security, interoperability, energy efficiency and user
productivity. It also lays the foundations for businesses to
meet future desktop computing demands.
Fujitsu Extends Cloud
Portfolio with PRIMERGY CX400 Multi-Node
Server
Fujitsu UK & Ireland
Munich, March 09, 2012 Innovative compact design provides “4in2U” granularity,
higher rack density and superior energy efficiency
Munich, 9th March 2012 — Fujitsu today launches the new
PRIMERGY CX400 S1 multi-node Cloud eXtension server. This
innovative technology requires only half the space of a
standard rack server to provide enterprises with
cost-effective, energy-efficient access to smart scale-out
capabilities for deployments such as private cloud,
high-performance computing (HPC) and large-scale
virtualisation.
Business benefits
Enterprise customers of all sizes are increasingly looking for
improved energy efficiency, higher platform density and better
management effectiveness when realising their cloud computing,
high performance computing, virtualisation, hosting, or
virtual-client computing strategies.
As data centres evolve, IT architects are placing greater
emphasis on scale-out flexibility, as well as improved energy
efficiency, higher platform density and more effective
management. To meet these needs, Fujitsu introduces a new,
compact version of its state-of-the-art Cloud eXtension
architecture.
By halving the size of a standard server node, the innovative
PRIMERGY CX400 S1 packs four independent physical servers and
up to 24 storage drives into a standard 2U height compact
cabinet.
The new compact PRIMERGY CX400 joins the Fujitsu Cloud
eXtension family alongside the full-size, 38-node PRIMERGY
CX1000 cloud server platform. In broadening the range, Fujitsu
underlines its commitment to offering a comprehensive set of
cloud computing solutions for enterprises of all sizes.
Interchangeable, interoperable infrastructure
The PRIMERGY family consists of three interchangeable low-,
medium- and high-end server nodes - the PRIMERGY CX210 S1,
CX250 S1, and CX270 S1 models - into its new half-width tray
design. To ensure interoperability, these remain fully
compatible with industry standard rack infrastructure and
applications.
As a result, the PRIMERGY CX400 provides smart scale-out
capabilities and combines established front-to-back cooling
and rear-side external connectivity to slot easily into
existing racks. Its ‘4in2U’ design requires 50 percent less
space, cuts hardware investment and improves management
efficiency and system granularity while still matching the
performance of standard rack-based servers. Reliability and
uptime are guaranteed thanks to extensive hot-plug features,
which keep the system up and running even during maintenance.
The PRIMERGY CX dual-socket server nodes feature processors
from the latest high-performance Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 family,
ensuring the delivery of high-memory bandwidth and IO-speed.
Fujitsu Offers World’s First
Appliance for SAP® Business One, Analytics Powered by SAP
HANA®
Hanover / Munich , March 06, 2012 -
News
facts:
*New ready-to-run appliance will deliver the benefits of the
SAP HANA platform to small businesses and midsize enterprises
(SMEs)
*Provides small and midsize businesses with powerful tools to
cut through the big data jungle and speed business
decision-making
*Certified by SAP and available exclusively via SAP channel
partners
Fujitsu today announces the world’s first certified,
ready-to-run appliance for SAP® Business One, analytics
powered by SAP HANA®. The appliance underlines Fujitsu’s
commitment to widening overall availability of the powerful
in-memory computing technology from SAP AG and enabling faster
business decision-making for companies of all sizes, and
represents the latest in a line of Fujitsu offerings in
support of SAP HANA.
As businesses of all sizes grapple with the implications of
big data and sift through ever-growing amounts of
transactional business data, the Fujitsu appliance certified
by SAP will speed insight and decision-making. This is
achieved by using in-memory technology, which accelerates the
process of analyzing and interpreting large amounts of
information as opposed to traditional disk-based databases.
Business benefits
With the new appliance, Fujitsu delivers the advantages of SAP
HANA at an affordable entry point. The dedicated appliance for
SAP Business One, analytics powered by SAP HANA represents a
new approach to assist businesses in intelligently cutting
through the big data jungle.
Designed especially for large enterprises as well as small and
midsize businesses running the SAP Business One application,
Fujitsu provides an infrastructure solution dedicated to
helping manage, consolidate and benefit from both growing
volumes and multiple sources of data.
Based on Fujitsu’s robust PRIMERGY TX300 S6 tower server
technology, the appliance is the latest in a series of
offerings from Fujitsu in support of SAP HANA, and further
extends Fujitsu’s position as a strategic partner for SAP HANA
technology:
*Fujitsu introduced an SAP-certified platform configuration to
run SAP HANA, last June
*Fujitsu introduced a Global Demo Center in support of SAP
HANA, last September
*Fujitsu was among the first vendors to achieve certification
for multi-node environments running SAP HANA, in November
Out-of-the-box operations
Ready-to-run out of the box, the SUSE Linux-based
Fujitsu appliance is compact, pre-configured and comes with
SAP Business One, analytics powered by SAP HANA pre-installed.
To help guarantee a fast, non-disruptive and high-quality SAP
HANA implementation for customers of different sizes and
varying technical competence, Fujitsu factory optimizes
internal processes such as system set-up.
This attention to detail makes the appliance ideal for smaller
companies to go live on analytics for SAP Business One powered
by SAP HANA, without needing to call in external IT resources
to manage complex and specialized system integration. The
server-based appliance is small enough to fit into a server
room or slide easily into a datacenter rack.
Available exclusively via SAP channel partners reselling SAP
Business One, the Fujitsu appliance is an ideal match for SAP
Business One, which is designed especially for the needs of
small businesses and branch offices. The appliance replicates
data for analytical reporting and provides new functionality,
including enterprise search, interactive analysis, and
reporting, as well as new dashboards and the ability to
leverage all types of data sources, all delivered with the
speed of in-memory computing.
Supporting quotes
Eric Duffaut, president, Global Ecosystem & Channels, SAP
“Together with support from our partner ecosystem, SAP HANA is
delivering unprecedented performance improvements to
businesses of all sizes. Today’s newly-announced Fujitsu
appliance for SAP Business One, analytics powered by SAP HANA
is the latest proof point in a long history of collaboration
between Fujitsu and SAP to deliver innovative solutions that
help streamline and enhance customers’ business operations in
SAP environments. Now, SAP Business One customers can take
advantage of a superior value proposition with fast
time-to-benefit.”
Pascal de Zwart, director, Intenzz Group B.V., an SAP services
partner based in Zeist, the Netherlands
“We selected Fujitsu as a partner not only for our own
implementation of SAP HANA, but also as the partner for our
end-customer projects. This is because Fujitsu has
demonstrated leadership and continuous commitment in
supporting the SAP HANA platform. Fujitsu has proven expertise
in designing infrastructures optimized for SAP HANA, backed by
high-quality services and the flexibility to respond to the
individual needs of its growing base of customers running SAP
HANA.”
Fujitsu Sets New Standards in
the Datacenter with PRIMERGY Dual-Socket
Servers
Hanover / Munich, March 06, 2012 -
News
facts:
*New generation of PRIMERGY dual-socket servers set new
standards in modularity, scalability and cost-efficiency
*Overall performance improvements of up to 70 per cent with
new Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family
*3rd generation of Fujitsu’s ServerView Virtual I/O Manager
available for new PRIMERGY dual socket servers
* Versatile line-up suitable for wide range of business
applications and datacenter deployments
Fujitsu today announces global availability of the next
generation PRIMERGY dual-socket x86 servers, designed to set a
new standard in versatility, scalability and cost-efficiency.
Meeting a wide range of tomorrow’s IT demands while achieving
a fast return-on-investment today, the comprehensive new
line-up of servers deliver a leap forward in performance and
modularity.
Business benefits
Fujitsu’s new concept of a modular chassis design for its
PRIMERGY server line-up creates a highly customizable server
platform that allows customers to configure systems freely to
meet their current IT needs, and extend later if required. By
supporting General-Purpose computing on Graphics Processing
Unit (GPGPU) cards and faster data throughput, the versatile
new PRIMERGY servers are suitable for almost any business
application or datacenter scenario. Customers choosing
PRIMERGY are also assured of investment protection over the
server lifecycle. The new models provide 100 percent
additional memory capacity and space for an additional 33
percent hard disks. After-sale server expansion kits are
available should server configuration needs change.
Simple administration with Fujitsu
ServerView Virtual I/O Manager
Fujitsu’s innovative ServerView Virtual I/O Manager ensures an
ease of administration and also provides network-agnostic
virtualization in dynamic datacenter scenarios. On-the-fly
roaming, adding and recovering virtual server profiles is now
supported, and the time and effort required to redeploy images
is reduced from hours to minutes.
The third generation of Fujitsu’s ServerView Virtual I/O
Manager is available for all new PRIMERGY dual socket servers.
Simplified power management features combined with 94 percent
efficient modular power supply units further enable businesses
to reduce server energy costs by up to 73% in comparison to
the previous generation.
Performance improvements
Overall performance improvements for new PRIMERGY dual socket
server models of up to 70 per cent are achieved with the help
of the latest Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family. In the field
of high performance computing, system performance climbs by
120 per cent, using Intel’s new Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX).1
The line-up
Available as tower, rack and blade models, the new line-up of
Fujitsu PRIMERGY dual-socket servers includes:
· The no-compromise economy tower server PRIMERGY TX300 S7
· Maximum productivity in a 1U housing with the PRIMERGY RX200
S7 rack server
· The versatile PRIMERGY RX300 S7 rack server
· Maximum expandability with the newly-introduced PRIMERGY
RX350 S7 rack server
· A versatile and cost-efficient server blade, the PRIMERGY
BX920 S3
· A high-end PRIMERGY BX924 S3 server blade for the most
intensive applications2
Supporting quotes
Jens-Peter Seick, Senior Vice President, Product Development
Group Fujitsu Technology Solutions
“In today’s economy, more businesses are struggling with the
challenge of preparing for the future while managing tight
budgets and adapting swiftly to changing business
requirements. The Fujitsu PRIMERGY dual-socket servers address
this concern with improved performance, cost-efficient
operation and the versatile scalability of our innovative
modular design.”
Boyd Davis, VP and GM of Intel
Datacenter Infrastructure Group
“Intel welcomes Fujitsu’s next generation PRIMERGY platforms.
By utilizing the energy efficiency, performance, breakthrough
I/O capabilities and advanced security features of the new
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family, the new
PRIMERGY platforms are designed to be the heart of a flexible
and efficient datacenter. The combination of performance,
flexible modularity, and overall cost-effectiveness enabled by
the collaboration between Fujitsu and Intel make these
platforms an excellent fit for usage scenarios from
virtualization and cloud computing to design automation or
real-time financial transaction.”
Notes to Editors
1 Measured with SPECint_rate_base2006 and Linpack on PRIMERGY
server with Intel® Xeon® 5600 processor series in comparison
to the PRIMERGY server based on Intel® Xeon® processor E5
family. SPEC® and the benchmark name SPECint® are registered
trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
For more information about SPECint2006, see www.spec.org/cpu2006/
Fujitsu ETERNUS
DX Disk Storage Significantly Improves Speed
and Price-performance on its Record-breaking Predecessor SPC confirms Fujitsu ETERNUS DX80
S2’s speed and price-performance #1 position in Mid-range Dual
Controller Storage Arrays sector
Munich, February 28, 2012 -
Fujitsu today announces that its ETERNUS DX flexible modular
disk storage systems deliver the world’s fastest data
retrieval and data access speeds with the best
cost-performance ratios in the mid-range Dual Controller
Storage Arrays sector. The latest generation of entry-level
systems, focused on delivering flexible operations and
rock-solid safety of data across the product family, made
significant improvements on its record-breaking predecessor
since its launch in May 2011.
System speed and price performance have a direct impact on a
customer’s productivity and return on investment. The ETERNUS
DX storage systems are the best in their class at managing
transaction-oriented applications such as databases,
mail-servers, banking and telecoms environments and other high
activity online processing demands. They are the storage
workhorses of the information-hungry and price-sensitive
small- and medium-sized business market, providing flexible
operational capacity that protects data with rock-solid
security.
Alisdair Manning, Team-lead of the ALMA Archive Subsystem,
European Southern Observatory, comments on why ETERNUS DX disk
storage systems were their preferred choice supporting their
exploration of the universe: “A radio telescope places
extremely high demands on a storage system. After comparing
different options, the unrivalled performance and return on
investment of the ETERNUS DX models tipped the scales in favor
of Fujitsu.”
Independent benchmark testing by Storage Performance Council (SPC)
of Fujitsu’s ETERNUS DX80 S2 comprehensive disk storage
systems reveal that working at 100 per cent stress levels, the
system delivers data retrieval and through-put speeds (known
technically as IOPS™) of 34,995.02 IOPS(1). That compares to
S1’s previous world-record-breaking storage-data retrieval and
through-put speeds of 19,492.86 IOPS set in 2009 . This
difference represents a vast 80 per cent improvement in the
speed and performance of the new ETERNUS DX80 S2 disk storage
systems compared to the ETERNUS DX80 S1 solution when it comes
to inputting, accessing and archiving data.
SPC also reveals that Fujitsu’s ETERNUS DX80 S2 storage
systems improved its price-performance ratio compared to its
predecessor’s benchmarks from $3.45 per SPC-1 IOPS to $2.25
per SPC-1 IOPS. This makes the current generation 35 per cent
better value.
Says Marcus Schneider, Head of Product Development Group
Storage at Fujitsu Technology Solutions: “ Scalability not
just in capacity but also in performance and service levels
become the key decision criteria when customers select their
data management solutions. ETERNUS DX excels in these aspects.
This benchmark result is another proof point for it. ”
Notes to the Editors:
1 As measured by the Storage Performance Council’s SPC
Benchmark 1 (SPC-1) In the IOPS Throughput SPC-1 test, the
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX80 S2 set a record by achieving a
performance of 34995.02 SPC-1 IOPS under 100 per cent load.
The system, costed at a total price (including three years
maintenance) of $78757.00 achieved best price-performance in
its class of $2.25/SPC-1 IOPS.
Fujitsu STYLISTIC
M532 Android Media Tablet Combines Business
with Pleasure
Fujitsu Technology Solutions
Barcelona, February 27, 2012 News facts:
* Fujitsu introduces the STYLISTIC M532 Business-Ready Android
Multimedia tablet
* The perfect solution in response to the Bring Your Own
Device trend
* Combines Android usability with corporate security and
productivity
* Elegant design coupled with blistering tablet performance
Fujitsu today announces the STYLISTIC M532 Android media
Tablet; the perfect mobile device for professionals seeking a
business and social companion.
The STYLISTIC M532 offers mobile workers and IT departments a
no-compromise choice in tablet computing:
* Perfect for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programmes,
combining professional and personal use
* Melding high levels of slick Android usability with mobile
device security demanded by enterprise
* Boasting elegant looks and premium design with high-end
performance desired by professionals
The STYLISTIC M532 is Fujitsu’s stylish solution to the
growing trend of BYOD, allowing Chief Information Officers (CIOs)
to address the headaches of an increasingly mobile workforce
while simultaneously ensuring mobile device and data integrity
is maintained. The STYLISTIC M532 helps ensure corporate
networks are protected from data leaks stemming from
unauthorised devices, thanks to both local and remote security
provisions.
Enabling enterprise mobility
Fujitsu’s new STYLISTIC M532 empowers business users with
quick and effortless, near instant-on, mobile access to their
corporate information. The highly portable and versatile
STYLISTIC M532 puts access to business information at users’
fingertips wherever life takes them: while travelling, when
on-site with customers, during meetings or over lunch.
Thanks to day-long battery run-time, the STYLISTIC M532 hybrid
tablet is the perfect companion device from morning until
night.
* During the business day, it delivers fast, seamless and
secure access to corporate networks and data
* When the working day is over, the STYLISTIC M532 seamlessly
transitions into the ideal personal tablet
* A super-fast NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor and
super-tough Gorilla Glass display ensure both multimedia and
line-of-business content is accessible at all times, in all
environments
Maximum mobile productivity
The Fujitsu STYLISTIC M532 media tablet is an ideal front-end
device for busy professionals:
* Access to Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI) allows
maximum productivity wherever work takes you
* Secure access to business applications and sensitive data is
granted without fear of unauthorised information leakage,
thanks to Android Full Disk Encryption
* Pre-installed, licensed and ready–to-use business software
apps including Office suite file viewer and editor
* Full Microsoft Exchange email, Global Address List contacts
and calendar synchronisation
* Native support for Citrix, VMware and Microsoft Virtual
Desktop Infrastructure environments
When it comes to usability, the lightweight, 560g STYLISTIC
M532 tablet offers class-leading performance. Featuring
embedded 3G/UMTS connectivity for any location data access,
easy navigation via built-in GPS and full audio-video
capability via dual cameras (8 mpx and 2 mpx), the Android 4.0
(Ice Cream Sandwich) STYLISTIC M532 delivers true tablet
ease-of-use and powerful multitasking.
Ideal
leisure companion
Once the working day is over, Fujitsu’s hybrid STYLISTIC M532
removes its tie and seamlessly morphs into a high-performance
leisure companion, providing:
* Rich Android multimedia capabilities, plus access to a
burgeoning world of Android apps.
* The power to deliver an engaging, immersive tablet
experience through effortless video playback, social media
interaction and web surfing with Abode Flash.
* Support for DLNA allowing media content on the STYLISTIC
M532 to be beamed to a compatible TV or projector.
Supporting quote
Craig Parker, Head of Product Marketing, Fujitsu Technology
Product Group, says: "Thanks to the STYLISTIC M532,
ultra-mobile professional users no longer need to compromise
on their choice of tablet device – or indeed carry separate
devices for business and leisure. The STYLISTIC M532 is the
first tablet to truly deliver hybrid tablet computing, where
during the working day both device and business data are
secured within corporate networks, while after hours
multimedia content can be safely accessed. This hybrid
proposition will also answer the cries of CIO’s and IT in the
face of growing BYOD demands."
Fujitsu’s first Android media tablet for business and private
use will begin shipping in the UK from early summer. Further
availability and pricing details will be released shortly.
Fujitsu to Showcase New
Document Imaging Solutions Designed to Support Meaningful Use
Requirements at HIMSS12 Fujitsu Network Scanners with Inofile Software Pass All
Tests at HIMSS Connectathon, the Healthcare Industry's Largest
Interoperability Event; Solution Will Meet Anticipated
Requirements for Meaningful Use Stage 2
Sunnyvale, CA, February 21, 2012 — Fujitsu, the market leader
in document imaging scanners, and Inofile, experts in document
interoperability, today announced that the two companies will
showcase new document imaging solutions designed to facilitate
meeting Meaningful Use Stage 1 requirements and anticipated
requirements for Stage 2, as defined by the Office of the
National Coordinator. The joint solution, which runs on a
Fujitsu ScanSnap N1800 or ScanSnap fi-6010 network scanner
loaded with Inofile software, will be demonstrated at the 2012
Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in the Interoperability
Showcase in Las Vegas, February 21-23 booth #11000 (the
Healthstory POD), in Hall G, and in the main expo hall at
Fujitsu booth #4834.
The anticipated criteria for meeting the first stage of Phase
2 meaningful use requirements will include the use of the
Clinical Document Architecture (CDA®) Consolidation Guide as
one of its primary requirements. The CDA format for
Unstructured Documents (similar to XDS-SD under current
guidelines) was first pioneered by Fujitsu, Inofile, and the
members of the Health Story Project, a collaborative of
healthcare vendors, providers and associations, and is now the
industry standard for exchanging unstructured documents
between healthcare providers and across systems. Using
internationally recognized and universally accepted HL7
guidelines, hospitals, physician practices and every facet
within the entire Continuum of Care can now exchange patient
information either directly or across any Health Information
Exchange (HIE) without the need for custom integration or
development resources. It is estimated that up to 60% of a
patient's complete narrative can exist in unstructured
documents that often reside outside Electronic Medical Record
(EMR) systems, which is why establishing a means to manage and
exchange this information rest at the core of
interoperability.
Today, the Fujitsu network scanners with Inofile software are
the only solutions available on the market that have been
tested and proven effective at exchanging information across
multiple systems through its participation in the 2011 IHE
North America Connectathon, the healthcare IT industry's only
large-scale interoperability testing event which took place in
Chicago, Illinois in October. The Connectathon provided
detailed validation of the participants' interoperability and
compliance with IHE profiles and offered vendors a unique
opportunity for connectivity testing -- removing barriers to
integration that would otherwise have to be dealt with at the
customer's expense. The Fujitsu ScanSnap N1800 Network Scanner
and ScanSnap fi-6010N iScanner loaded with Inofile software
demonstrated the ability to connect to nearly 50 unique EHRs
and HIEs without significant customization or development at
the event.
Network Scanning: Helping to Achieve Meaningful Use
Interoperability
For the majority of healthcare providers in the U.S., most of
a patient’s full health narrative exists in paper form. There
are 1.2 billion new documents created annually in healthcare,
and that number is predicted to grow despite the increasing
adoption of EMR software designed to make hospitals and
practices paperless. This is the primary driver for the
dramatic growth in sales of document scanning technology over
the last several years. But there is a major difference
between simply making images of documents versus turning them
into “actionable” or useable data. Capturing the full patient
narrative from these document images requires applying a
contextual framework in order to make them meaningful. And the
process to do so must be quick and easy, or it will not fit in
a busy clinical setting.
The Fujitsu ScanSnap network scanners equipped with Inofile
ChartMD software offer new tools to make digitizing documents
simple without the need for training. This solution offers
enhanced security features to combat the threat of data
compromise, and the ability to seamlessly integrate within a
company’s existing network infrastructure which allows users
to easily scan and share information across the internal and
external networks.
The Inofile interface on the Fujitsu network scanners allow
hospitals, clinics, and other care providers to scan a batch
of documents, perform a quality assurance check of the
documents on the touch screen, index the documents with a few
simple keystrokes, and upload the documents to a content
repository, EHR or HIE without having to be tied to a
workstation. This means critical clinical documents can be
added to the electronic patient record in seconds without
having to be added to a queue for scanning at the end of the
shift, day, or week. It also means secure two-way exchange of
information across multiple systems, including HIEs, EMRs or
even personal health record databases.
Charlottesville City Schools Roll Out Over 2,000 Fujitsu
STYLISTIC Q550 Tablets STYLISTIC Q550 Tablets Make the Grade in the Classroom and
the Backpack
SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/15/12 -- Fujitsu (http://solutions.us.fujitsu.com)
today announced that Charlottesville City Schools
(Charlottesville, Virginia) are completing the rollout of over
2,000 Fujitsu STYLISTIC® Q550 tablets, the cornerstone of its
digital education initiative. Every student in grades six
through 12 will be using the 1.7-pound Windows®-based tablet
with the district goal of incorporating videoconferencing,
electronic textbooks and multimedia resources into the
curricula.
"We scanned the ocean of options -- iPad, Droid, HP, Windows,
Apple, even thin client," said Dean Jadlowski, Director of
Technology, Charlottesville City Schools. "Initially we were
excited by the iPad, but the integrity of the glass and
limited ability to manage security were an issue. The Fujitsu
STYLISTIC Q550 tablet has the durability required to survive
in a backpack, offers a fully functioning Windows operating
system essential for state standardized online testing, and
allows us to use enterprise tools to maintain security and
permissions."
The STYLISTIC Q550 tablet, running Windows 7, features a 10.1
inch wide XGA LED backlit anti-glare display for indoor and
outdoor use. With over eight hours of battery life, the
STYLISTIC Q550 tablet lasts an entire school day and the
option to take advantage of a quick-swap battery extends it
even further.
While battery life was important, computing life was an even
more essential consideration. The STYLISTIC Q550 tablet is
MIL-STD-810G(1) tested, meeting nine of the military standard
tests for various demanding environmental conditions including
transit drop, dust, functional shock and high temperature.
"We were impressed by the STYLISTIC Q550 tablet's durability
and the MIL-STD results exceeded our specifications for
durability," said Jadlowski. "It really stood out in our
requirement to minimize after-purchase repairs, and we
anticipate very low maintenance."
The STYLISTIC Q550 display supports both digital pen input and
capacitive touch, allowing students the flexibility to input
using a pen or finger. Built-in handwriting recognition
software converts input into text. When the pen is not in use,
the tablet automatically readjusts to a touch interface.
"Students and faculty were excited with the tablet experience
and the ability to use the stylus, fingertip or a traditional
keyboard," Jadlowski said. "We couldn't find that flexibility
in any other form factor in this size. After class, students
simply roll up a flexible keyboard that the division is
providing and carry it in their backpack."
The STYLISTIC Q550 tablet will reduce reliance on printed
textbooks, helping ensure that students have the most current
educational materials available. In addition, the tablet form
factor fosters a rich learning and teaching environment
encouraging creativity, problem solving and collaboration
among students while streamlining assessment for teachers and
giving them a tool that accommodates all learning styles.
The purchase of the STYLISTIC Q550 tablet was made possible by
the Charlottesville City School's BLAST (Blended Learning to
Advance Student Thinking) initiative. Blended learning
environments incorporate traditional face-to-face teaching
with instructional software and web-based tools. The goal of
BLAST is to transform instruction in order to prepare students
for careers in a complex, interconnected world.
Fujitsu to Help Printing
Industry Reduce Ink with InkFit Software
Reduces ink usage by up to 30%; lowers costs, boosts quality
and improves operations
Tokyo, February 7, 2012 — Fujitsu today announced the release
of InkFit, a software package developed for the printing
industry to reduce the ink used during printing. The new
software will be available starting in early February.
When equipped on a system that generates printing data, InkFit
analyzes image data composed of cyan, magenta, yellow, and
black (CMYK) channels, and can convert it into color
combinations that will use the least amount of colored ink.
The image quality produced as a result of this process is
comparable to conventional printing, except that it becomes
possible to reduce ink by 15–30%(1) from the total volume
used. In addition to cutting costs through ink reduction, the
new software shortens drying times and reduces stains to both
printing equipment and printed matter, thereby enabling lower
labor costs.
InkFit is a new software package that reduces color ink usage
in order to reduce printing costs. Past attempts to reduce ink
usage have generally not been successful at maintaining image
quality, but by minimizing usage of cyan, magenta, and yellow
color inks used, and compensating for the difference with
black ink, which has been calculated using Fujitsu's
proprietary color-matching technology, the new software
achieves both equivalent image quality and a reduction in ink
usage.
Product Features
1. Ink usage reduced by up to 30%
Fujitsu's proprietary color-matching technology analyzes the
cyan, magenta, yellow, and black channels that make up image
data and converts them in a way that results in both minimal
change to the colors and minimal use of colored inks. For
example, a given shade of gray might be represented as 70% C,
70% M, and 70% Y, but this software can convert these to 5% C,
30% M, and 30% Y. This means total ink savings are in the
range of 15–30%.
2. Consistent printing
results
With grays and other shades that use the four ink colors in
large quantities, color variations occur with even the
slightest difference in volume of each type of ink. For that
reason, reducing the volume of ink enables the stable printing
needed to reproduce colors. Consistency in color reproduction
when printing helps to reduce paper required for color
matching when setting up a print job.
3. Reduced ink staining
Reducing the volume of ink required to produce colors that
ordinarily require large quantities of ink, such as process
blacks, which are produced as a combination of cyan, magenta,
and yellow inks, helps avoid problems like show-through(2) and
scuffing(3), which can be caused by excessive ink usage. This
also reduces staining of the printing press itself, which
leads to lower cleaning costs.
4. Shortened drying times
Less ink used means shorter drying times for printed matter.
This makes it possible to accelerate other tasks and shorten
labor time.
Fujitsu Releases
Android Tablet for Enterprise Market
Features 7-inch display for convenient mobility, available in
wide array of applications
Tokyo, February 3, 2012 — Fujitsu today announced the
immediate release in Japan of the STYLISTIC M350/CA2, an
Android OS-based tablet for the enterprise market.
The
STYLISTIC M350/CA2 features a compact form factor(1), equipped
with a 7-inch display and a body weighing approximately 420g
for easy mobility. The tablet achieves both superior
portability and usability, with features such as rapid booting
and the ability to select between different character input
modes—a numeric keypad, QWERTY, and hand-writing—to gives
users the choice that best meets their individual needs.
Moreover, the new tablet can be employed in a wide range of
scenarios, including as a mobile sales terminal, as a handset
for displaying digital catalogs at a retail store, and as an
e-book reader in a classroom setting. In addition to offering
excellent cost-performance, the STYLISTIC M350/CA2 supports
customers in transforming work styles within their companies.
Product Features
1. Compact body for superior mobility
With its high-resolution 7-inch WSVGA (1024 x 600 pixel)
display, the compact and lightweight body of approximately
420g makes it easy to hold and operate with just one hand.
This and its lengthy running time of approximately 6.1 hours
make it ideal for applications that require mobility.
2. Enhanced usability through
Android OS and Fujitsu's unique character input tools
The tablet runs on Android
OS, which enables rapid booting and smooth, intuitive
usability through multi-touch operations. Furthermore, it
offers Fujitsu's unique "NX! Input powered by ATOK" character
input technology, which boasts especially high speed and high
accuracy in recognizing kanji characters. This means users can
select between numeric keypad input, QWERTY input, and
hand-written input to choose the character input mode that
best meets their individual needs.
3. Full-featured network communication capabilities
The tablet is compatible with IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless LANs
and can connect to cloud computing environments. It also
supports a variety of convenient business features, such as
Bluetooth v2.1 data connection with PCs and mobile phones and
image output to projectors using a miniHDMI interface.
Fujitsu Canada Acquires
TMC Fujitsu Canada builds up its presence in Saskatchewan with
this acquisition
Montreal, QC, February 2, 2012 — The president of Fujitsu
Canada, Mr. André Pouliot, is pleased to announce the
acquisition of TMC, a business and information technology (IT)
consulting solution and service provider. This agreement is
aligned to Fujitsu Canada’s long term strategy to strengthen
its position as a leader in the Canadian information and
communication technology (ICT) market. The details of the
transaction have not been disclosed.
“The acquisition of TMC enhances Fujitsu Canada’s offerings
and consolidates its presence in Saskatchewan, a province that
has experienced major economic growth. It will also let the
company expand its pool of experts and improve its delivery
capability. By combining forces, both organizations will offer
a broader line of services and products that will not only
meet the needs of the province’s customers, but also allow us
to support all our customers in Central and Western Canada in
terms of managed services, application development and service
desks,” said Mr. Pouliot.
In operation for close to 20 years, TMC relies on the
recognized expertise of some 70 professionals and offers
services in the areas of project management, management
consulting, business analysis, application development,
delegated management and service desks. Not only has it made a
name for itself over the years by constantly seeking
cutting-edge solutions, but it has also built its reputation
around the special attention it pays to the success of its
customers. The current TMC senior management team will become
part of the Fujitsu Canada leadership team.
“We are proud to join with Fujitsu Canada, which has
recognized our expertise and the quality of our services. As
an ICT leader, Fujitsu will give us the benefit of preferred
access to world class experts and products so we can better
serve our existing customers as well expand our business in
Saskatchewan. This partnership will give our employees the
possibility to take on new challenges,” stated Mr. David
Luterbach, president of TMC. “Fujitsu and TMC have similar
values and share a common vision on the importance of its
relationships with employees and customers. We firmly believe
that this agreement will produce results.”
Everybody ScanSnap – for More
Productivity and the Chance to Win One of Five €1,000
Prizes PFU launches new ScanSnap promotion from February 1 until
March 31, 2012
London, February 1, 2012
"Everybody ScanSnap" campaign for existing and potential new
ScanSnap customers – users of all models may take part
By sharing their ScanSnap experience, participants can enter a
chance to win one of 5, 1,000 Euros prize draws
Applications to be submitted under http://www.everybodyscansnap.com/en
Open a new window
For over a decade the Fujitsu ScanSnap series has been the
undisputed market leader in the small and home-office segment
with a reputation second to none. And this is for one reason:
It delivers visible results. Fujitsu's ScanSnap scanners take
the complication out of document imaging with a one-touch ease
of use concept whilst at the same time combining performance
and affordability in a compact size. Now PFU, leading the
European market of document scanners for professional users,
will even go one better: ScanSnap users and potential new
ScanSnap customers can win one of 5 x 1,000 Euros prizes. All
they have to do is fill in the online questionnaire on http://www.everybodyscansnap.com/en
Open a new window between February 1 and March 31. On April
5th 2012 the prize draw will take place to select the five
lucky winners among all entrants.
Everyone who is already using one of the renowned ScanSnap
scanners fi-4110EOX, fi-5110EOX, fi-5110EOX2, ScanSnap
S500/S500M, ScanSnap S510/S510M/S510 Deluxe, ScanSnap
S300/S300M, ScanSnap S1100/S1100 Deluxe, ScanSnap S1300/S1300
Deluxe or ScanSnap S1500/S1500M/S1500 Deluxe and potential
customers intending to purchase one of the market leading
Fujitsu personal scanners in the near future are able to
participate in the promotion. Simply answer a few questions on
how ScanSnap is being used or what paper problems you are
facing in your business that ScanSnap can address.
Interested ScanSnap fans may participate now and scan their
way to more productivity and 1,000 Euros. Further details on
the promotion and the terms and conditions are available under
http://www.everybodyscansnap.com/en Open a new window. And
always remember: With ScanSnap, users will find the model for
every need and budget.
Fujitsu Introduces ARROWS Tab
Wi-Fi Tablet for Consumers
Tokyo, January 12, 2012 — Fujitsu today announced the release
of ARROWS Tab Wi-Fi, a new tablet PC targeted toward consumers
in the ARROWS series of tablets and smartphones. The new
tablet will be available for purchase throughout Japan in
consumer electronics stores as well as Fujitsu's WEB MART
shopping service site from January 19th.
The ARROWS Tab Wi-Fi is equipped with a fingerprint sensor(1)
and is IPX5/7 water-resistant(2). It can be used in places
near water, such as in bath areas or the kitchen, as well as
outdoors, further enhancing usability. In addition to
high-speed Wi-Fi data communications, it is equipped with
other leading-edge specs, such as a high-speed and
high-efficiency dual core CPU, DLNA support, and a highly
responsive Saku-Saku Touchpanel. Also, while it employs a
lightweight, slim body design, it features a 10.1 inch large
screen display and Dolby®Mobile v3 front speakers, so it is
possible to fully enjoy video entertainment. Furthermore, in
connecting to other PCs, the ARROWS Tab Wi-Fi is standard
equipped with an F-Link(3) wireless data exchange application.
This feature enables users to connect to Fujitsu FMV PCs and
load recorded TV programs onto their tablet using a mobile
export function. In addition, the i-Filter for Android™(4) web
filtering application is a standard feature that allows users
to browse the Internet without worry.
The Scanner that Does More:
Fujitsu's Z-Generation to
Revolutionize the Market for Business Scanners PFU introduces 4 new desktop document scanners featuring
ScanSnap Productivity mode
London, January 16, 2012
A first in desktop scanners: New ScanSnap Productivity mode
allows for push-mode scanning directly from scanner to PC,
network drive or into business processes
Market-leading scanner family for Scan-to-Process solutions
now combines best of both worlds: ultra-high performance and
image quality of fi-series with the flexibility and convenient
access to individual personal productivity tools
Powerful capture software and patented image-processing
technology for improved intuitive operation, automatic job
separation and image enhancement
Amongst the fastest business document scanners in class: four
new fi-series premium models up to 50% faster than
predecessors and super quiet operation for use in office
environments
New, central administration console allows for remote scanner
deployment, faster problem resolution and ultra-low total cost
Fujitsu company PFU Imaging Solutions, Europe's market leader
in document scanners for professional users, is now expanding
its Scan-to- Process strategy by introducing the new
Z-Generation with four new fi-series premium scanners. For the
first time ever, a knowledge worker can now use the
high-performance business class Fujitsu document scanners
tailored to his or her requirements: At the touch of a single
button, the user can either integrate a document into a
business process (Scan-to-Process) or send it to a PC (ScanSnap
Productivity mode). With these innovative and revolutionary
features PFU is the first vendor to introduce the convenient
personal productivity mode, well-known from its ScanSnap
series, to workgroup desktop business scanners with ultra-high
performance and image quality. This means streamlining
organizational processes and increasing productivity,
flexibility and efficiency. The new premium models come
equipped with a new central administration console to reduce
the total cost of ownership by providing easier installation
and troubleshooting from a centralized IT panel. These new
offerings are up to fifty percent faster than their
predecessors and very quiet for use in office environments.
For improved, intuitive operation, automatic job separation
and image enhancement, the new Z-Generation comes equipped
with embedded image processing technology and powerful new
capture software ScandAll PRO 2.0.
The new ScanSnap Productivity mode allows customers to utilize
their scanners for additional ad-hoc scanning activities such
as Scan-to-PDF, Scan-to-Word, and much more in addition to
their Scan-to-Process requirements. This enables companies to
gain more value from their scanner investments and raise
employee productivity significantly. The new models fi-6130Z,
fi-6230Z, fi-6140Z, and fi-6240Z run at speeds of up to 120
images per minute (A4, color, 200dpi) being among the fastest
models for desktop and workgroup use. Paper documents of
diverse sizes can be scanned in a batch which can include up
to three embossed credit cards. To protect sensitive
documents, the models also feature a new multi-feed and paper
protection mechanism which reliably detects abnormal paper
movement.
Central, company-wide management
It will also be easier for administrators to manage multiple
scanners in the enterprise: The new Z-Generation models
integrate into common IT management environments and allow
administrators to perform updates or modifications as well as
to define and distribute job profiles for each and every
scanner in the company – simultaneously from a central
location. The bottom line: administration becomes more
transparent, problem resolution proceeds more quickly,
scanning becomes easier, and costs roll back significantly by
reducing administration, service, support and training costs.
“We’ve combined the best of both worlds: The utmost
performance and image quality of our market-leading fi-series
business class scanners coupled with the convenient access to
personal productivity mode from our renowned ScanSnap series.
This revolutionary combination leads to higher flexibility and
productivity. In the future, we envision a paradigm shift in
scanning where knowledge workers use scanners to push all
their paper-based documents into business processes by the
push of a button – regardless of destination. Intelligent
scanner software and centrally managed scan profiles will
enable companies to introduce this concept consistently
throughout the enterprise”, says Klaus Schulz, Manager of
Product Marketing EMEA at PFU Imaging Solutions.
Flexibility to maximize ROI
The new concept of Scan-to-Process – the prompt integration of
digitized paper documents by the push of a button into
business processes – provides a route to greater efficiency
for many businesses. Up until now, however, the technology
that would enable departmental scanners to consistently meet
this objective has been lacking. “After all, a scanner isn’t
just there to perform a dedicated task or serve a single
application. Knowledge workers have to be able to derive as
much benefit from their scanner as possible,” explains Schulz.
“Hence, a department or production scanner should be able to
function as a personal scanner as well. At the same time,
operation and administration of the scanners should require as
little effort as possible. Combining these options enables
customers to derive maximum return on their investment and
raise their employees’ productivity.”
Fujitsu
Unveils Next Generation, High Performance Workgroup
Scanners
Faster Scanning Speeds, Central Administration Capabilities,
Intelligent Multi-Feed Function (iMFF), Enhanced Paper
Protection Technology and Latest Kofax® VRS® Professional
Software Highlight Industry Leading Workgroup Scanners
Sunnyvale, CA, January 17, 2012 — Fujitsu, the market leader
in document imaging scanners, today introduced the next
generation of its high performance workgroup scanning
solutions, including the Fujitsu fi-6130Z, fi-6140Z, fi-6230Z,
and fi-6240Z. The new scanners continue to elevate the
unmatched performance and innovative document imaging features
of their best-in-class predecessors – the top-selling Fujitsu
fi-6130, fi-6140, fi-6230 and fi-6240.
The new Fujitsu fi-6140Z and fi-6240Z (flatbed model) scanners
deliver top-rated scanning speeds of 60 ppm / 120 ipm at 200
dpi (color, grayscale, monochrome), and the Fujitsu fi-6130Z
and fi-6230Z (flatbed model) provide 40 ppm / 80 ipm at 200
dpi. Moreover, Fujitsu has equipped the new high performance,
distributed and front-office document scanners with
intelligent features and functionality allowing customers to
boost automation, productivity and efficiency including:
Scanner Central Admin: The new centralized administration
functionality dramatically reduces the total cost of ownership
(TCO) and work that goes into setting up, operating and
maintaining multiple Fujitsu scanners in an organization. This
new feature allows users to monitor scanner running status,
update scanner drivers, check consumable status, and more, all
over a network, from one location.
Intelligent Multi-Feed Function (iMFF): iMFF provides instant
detection of a multi-feed or multilayer document, such as
taped-on receipts or sticky notes added to a document. This
technology allows users to remain productive under demanding
scanning conditions while also preserving the benefits of the
scanner’s ultrasonic double-feed detection to secure against
lost images.
Enhanced Paper Protection: A new advanced encoder inside the
document feeder analyzes each passing sheet and stops scanner
operation when an irregularity is detected during a page feed,
helping to avoid document damage and increase pre and post
scan operational efficiency.
“The latest high performance workgroup scanners added to our
line of document imaging solutions look to continue the
company’s product evolution and innovation in the workgroup
segment,” said Scott Francis, vice president of marketing,
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. “Fujitsu has always
focused on delivering the best solutions that address the
changing needs of our customers. The new fi-series workgroup
product line looks to continue the success of their
predecessors which have sold over 1.5 million units
worldwide.”
"Fujitsu is the document imaging market leader in terms of
unit shipments and revenues and has maintained this
distinction for a long time due to its ability to continually
introduce scanning solutions equipped with the latest features
and functionality," said Anne Valaitis, Associate Director at
InfoTrends. "Distributed scanning continues to be a sweet spot
for the document imaging industry and the new line of scanners
from Fujitsu is a welcome addition for organizations that are
moving to a more distributed, decentralized business process."
Fujitsu Launches New Range of
Compact, Business-grade A4 Image Scanners with Class-Leading
Speed and Performance
Expanded software features “one touch” operation and
centralised administration
Sydney, 20 January, 2011
Fujitsu a leading provider of ICT business solutions,
announced the release of the fi-6130Z, fi-6140Z, fi-6230Z,
fi-6240Z: the latest high-speed A4 scanners from the fi Series
line of business grade scanners that are leaders in their
class in speed and cost-performance. The new models will be
available January 16, 2012. *1*2
The new models are the successors of the fi-6130, fi-6140,
fi-6230 and fi-6240, the company's best-selling fi models,
which have received high acclaim in the decentralised capture
market, selling over 1.5 million units worldwide.*4
In the new models Fujitsu has improved on the popular features
of the previous models including high-speed scanning
performance (60ppm/120ppm). In addition to these improvements,
the new models also introduce new features such as a "ScanSnap
mode" function and a centralised administration function
called "Scanner Central Admin": the former gives fi users the
same easy "one touch" operation of the highly praised ScanSnap
series, and the latter vastly improves efficiency in setting
up and managing multiple fi Series scanner units over a
network.
In the decentralised capture market, Fujitsu is ready to
support the document digitising needs of its customers by
introducing new products with excellent cost-performance ratio
that improves work efficiency and productivity.
1. Class best in basic performance
The new fi models raise the bar in speed and feed performance
among ADF type image scanners of their class.
(1) Class-leading features
The fi-6140Z and fi-6240Z deliver a scanning speed of
60ppm/120ipm (color, A4, 200 dpi), a 150% increase over the
previous models and the fastest among their class of scanners.
The fi-6130Z and fi-6230Z offer unparalleled cost-performance
and scan at 40ppm/80ipm. All the new models come equipped with
features like intelligent multi-feed and paper protection to
ensure fast and reliable scanning. The intelligent multi-feed
function lets users selectively bypass multi-feed detection so
that they can scan a page with attached materials (e.g., photo
or memo) as it is. The paper protection function stops scanner
operation when an irregularity is detected during a page feed.
(2) Versatile scanning from ID cards to A3 size documents
All new fi models come bundled with one carrier sheet (i.e.,
ScanSnap Carrier Sheet) for digitizing larger paper sizes up
to A3. Carrier sheets can be scanned together with other paper
documents.*5 In the opposite end, the scanners also digitize
standard ID card sizes, scanning up to three cards
consecutively.*6 Just one scanner can serve as an all-purpose
digitizing tool at the office.
2. New functions to expand your scanning possibilities
(1) "ScanSnap mode" function delivers ScanSnap's user-friendly
features (ScandAll PRO V2)
With the new "ScanSnap mode" function, fi customers to scan
documents just like if they are using a scanner from the
highly praised line of personal and small office scanners, the
ScanSnap series. Scan paper documents to various applications
without the hassle of adjusting scanner settings. ScanSnap
mode is ideal for scanning documents meant for everyday office
applications.
(2) Cut scanner installation and administration costs with
"Scanner Central Admin"
The new fi models come armed with a centralised administration
function Scanner Central Admin that allows users to monitor
scanner running status, install/update scanner
drivers/software and more over a network, all from one
terminal.*7 This dramatically reduces the cost and work that
goes into installing and managing groups of scanners at an
organisation; and in expanding the scanner network to multiple
remote locations.
3. Bundled with the most up-to-date software
(1) ScandAll PRO V2 - Enhanced scan job separation
The automatic job separation function of ScandAll PRO uses
divider sheets with printed barcodes and patch codes to sort
image data from multiple page feeds into user-defined units.
This function has been enhanced to recognise a wider range of
1D barcodes (linear barcodes), allowing for a wider range of
sorting possibilities for output image files. The fi-6140Z and
fi-6240Z come with ScandAll PRO V2 Premium which features job
separation using 2D barcodes (matrix codes). Use auto job
separation when scanning paper batches with the new fi models
to bring new levels of efficiency to work processes. (ScandAll
PRO V2 Premium is available as an option to fi-6130Z and
fi-6230Z users.)
(2) VRS 5.0 Professional - Scan documents to highest quality
images
The new fi models come with the latest version of Kofax VRS,
the powerful scanner software from Kofax, Inc. U.S.A. The
software works by automatically adjusting scan settings to
best suit a document's qualities in order to produce high
quality image data that is optimised for recognition
processing technologies like OCR.
• Trademarks
Kofax and VRS are either a registered trademark or trademark
of Kofax, Inc. Other products and company names that appear in
this press release are the registered trademarks of the
respective companies.
[Note]
FUJITSU "fi Series" document scanners are marketed globally as
a single brand by PFU LIMITED, Fujitsu and Fujitsu Group
Companies.
The fi-6140Z and fi-6240Z belong to the class of A4 ADF color
scanners with scanning speeds that meet or exceed 60ppm/120ipm
(A4, Color, 200dpi). The fi-6130Z and fi-6230Z belong to the
class includes A4 ADF (Automatic document feeder) and A4 ADF
with a flatbed color image scanners that are priced between
US$300 and US$2,000. This stood true as of November 2011.
ADF stands for "Automatic Document Feeder."
Decentralised capture (also called distributed scanning) is
the term used to describe the digitisation of documents at
multiple, physically separate locations such as at company
branches/divisions, reception counters, and teller windows.
This is opposed to centralised scanning, which is the
digitisation of all documents at a single location of a
workplace.
Up to three ScanSnap Carrier Sheets can be scanned
consecutively.
These products support plastic cards up to 1.4 mm in thickness
and ISO 7810 embossed cards.
These products come bundled with necessary software for
setting up the server and client machines.
Fujitsu Mobile Phones Boost
Diabetic Support Services Free smartphone-compatible services introduced
Tokyo, January 26, 2012 — Fujitsu today announced the addition
of a Free Plan to its existing Karada Life Diabetes Support
services, which encompass a broad range of services that help
diabetics maintain healthy habits and assist them with
treatments.
From last year, Karada Life Diabetes Support service began
offering a fee-based cloud service that works with a blood
glucose monitor paired with Fujitsu-manufactured mobile phones
to automatically record and help manage blood glucose data.
Today, Fujitsu is expanding its offerings with a cloud service
that provides free functions to help diabetics maintain
exercise habits and dietary restrictions necessary for
diabetes treatment. It uses a web application that can be run
on a variety of mobile phones or smartphones to manage
information on meal portion sizes, exercise, and blood glucose
readings.
Fujitsu plans to expand the services it offers to diabetics to
improve their quality of life and help them live fulfilling,
healthier lives.
Karada Life Diabetes Support, introduced in June 2011, is a
cloud-based service for diabetics that lets them use their
mobile phones to record and manage health-related data, from
blood glucose readings to meal and exercise figures. Users can
monitor their statistics graphically, making it easy to check
their status several times a day. This data exists in the
cloud, meaning users can check their data via a PC, e-mail it
to family members, and, if desired, have it printed and
delivered to their homes if they have no printer of their own.
Its ability to address a wide range of patient needs has been
well received by its users.
The service that Fujitsu is rolling out today makes all of
these features available for free, and is accessible from any
make or model mobile phone or smartphone to benefit as many
people as possible
Fujitsu enters mobile call
recording market by partnering with security-leader
Natterbox Network-based solution provides full compliance with FSA
regulation in direct response to market need
London, 26th January 2012 — In response to a now urgent need
among UK financial institutions, Fujitsu has entered into a
partnership with market leader Natterbox with exclusive rights
to offer their network-based recording and retention
management solution for mobile devices. The joint offering
provides full, robust compliance with the FSA mobile
communications recording regulation, which came into force on
14 November 2011.
The partnership uniquely combines Natterbox’s market-leading,
cloud-based recording and retention product with Fujitsu’s
global telecoms expertise, international network of service
desks, data centres and world-class business continuity
services. It follows a period of consultation with the market
that revealed worrying hurdles to full compliance and to
understand the types and scale of solution still required to
provide end-to-end compliance. Together, Fujitsu and Natterbox
offer an on-network solution, which enables flexibility, speed
of deployment and a scalable growth path.
"Our conversations with UK financial institutions have shown
that there is still wide scale uncertainty among the sector
about how to ensure full compliance with the FSA’s regulation
and those solutions adopted to date are not fit for purpose,"
explained Stuart Rye, associate director, Financial Services,
Fujitsu UK & Ireland. "In response to this, we are partnering
with Natterbox to offer a robust, network-based recording and
retention solution directly to our customers and through
channel partners."
Built with compliance focused retention and ease of retrieval
in mind, the solution provides flexible storage options in
public cloud, private cloud or on-premise. As a cloud based
solution, there is no need for software to be installed on
phones, making compliance quick and seamless with a SIM card
swap. The solution is phone agnostic, supporting all devices,
including BlackBerry and iPhone and being tamper-resistant it
provides a solution that prevents users from circumventing
recording. It is designed to ensure connection delays and
abandoned calls do not occur.
A secure web portal allows administrators to set recording,
retention, retrieval, blocking and re-direction policies for
their entire mobile user base, groups of users and individual
users. The same portal can also give nominated administrators
audited access to mobile recordings via configurable approval
workflows, incorporating ‘data custodians’ to meet an
individual organisations compliance policy.
"Following two years of intensive development, our compliant,
network-based technology is the solution financial
institutions in the UK, still desperately require," stated
Neil Hammerton, CEO, Natterbox. "However, compliance changes
for mobile call recording have only just begun and our
partnership with Fujitsu is focused on global opportunities
and the next phase of voice recording and reporting."
AT&T
Selects Fujitsu Network Communications as Domain Network
Equipment Supplier Fujitsu Selected for Optical Transport Network and Metro &
Core Transport Domains
Tokyo, January 30, 2012 — Fujitsu today announced the
selection of Fujitsu Network Communications as one of AT&T's
Domain Suppliers for optical and transport equipment for
AT&T's industry-leading IP-based network.
The multi-year selection covers equipment used to expand and
maintain AT&T's metropolitan and long-haul network
infrastructure. Financial terms of the supplier agreement are
still being negotiated.
"After an extensive evaluation of multiple optical and
transport equipment suppliers, we are pleased to extend our
relationship with Fujitsu," said Tim Harden, President of
AT&T's Supply Chain and Fleet Operations organization.
AT&T's Domain Supplier program, launched in September 2009,
facilitates a more collaborative relationship with AT&T's
equipment and software suppliers, enabling AT&T to have the
best technologies in place to serve its customers. The program
is also designed to ensure that the company's network
technology investment accelerates AT&T's move toward a network
that is well-equipped for the future.
Fujitsu PRIMERGY
BX900 S2 Blade Servers Add Enhanced
InfiniBand for Unrivaled Datacenter Bandwidth
Net Bandwidth Increase of More Than 70 per Cent Helps
Customers Keep Their Competitive Edge
SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/30/12 -- Fujitsu today
announces gains of more than 70 percent in net bandwidth for
its versatile datacenter blade server line, the PRIMERGY(R)
BX900 S2. Blades for the "Dynamic Cube" system now include
Mellanox(R) Fourteen Data Rate (FDR) InfiniBand(R) components,
delivering unrivaled bandwidth improvements and making the
PRIMERGY BX900 the first choice for datacenter applications
demanding the highest-speed and lowest latency network
connectivity.
By adding Mellanox InfiniBand capability, the fastest
networking technology available today, PRIMERGY BX900 S2 blade
servers realize superior application response time and
underline an enhanced ability to fulfill service level
agreements, no matter how high the bandwidth load on a
datacenter, as InfiniBand-enabled PRIMERGY BX920 blades can
achieve bandwidth of up to 3Tbps per chassis.
Combining InfiniBand with the highly flexible dense capacity
of the PRIMERGY BX900 series, Fujitsu enables datacenters to
enjoy overall savings, through system consolidation from
larger, less powerful server racks, and reduced floor-space
requirements. Guaranteeing investment protection, Fujitsu
PRIMERGY BX900 systems are fully backward compatible with
existing datacenter hardware.
The latest innovation in a five-year partnership between
Fujitsu and Mellanox, the introduction of FDR InfiniBand means
that PRIMERGY BX900 blade systems are particularly suited to
cloud computing, database, financial services, virtualization
and high performance computing, where the highest performance,
efficiency and scalability are at a premium.
The Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900 S2 blade servers with Mellanox FDR
InfiniBand components are available to order in April and
start shipping in May 2012.
SignDoc Mobile Winner of
Popular Choice Award of Samsung Galaxy
Note S Pen Challenge
SOFTPRO E-Signing App SignDoc Mobile was announced as Winner
of Popular Choice Award of the "Samsung Galaxy Note S Pen
Challenge".
23 April 2012 - Bear, Delaware
The app was voted as the most popular of the 48 entries in
the contest of Samsung Telecommunications America, the No. 1
mobile phone provider in the United States. The goal of this
challenge was to identify apps that make use of the Samsung
Galaxy Note's S Pen in unique ways. According to Dale Sohn,
president of Samsung Mobile, the results exceeded
expectations both in terms of quantity and quality.
The Signature Professionals at SOFTPRO and their partners
are very happy about the overwhelming response for their app
from all over the world in this public voting, especially as
the contest included other apps for signing on tablets, too.
SignDoc Mobile is regarded as "must have app" for E-Signing
on smartphones and tablets. SignDoc Mobile was entered for
this contest by team member Mike Delaney from SOFTPRO North
America based in Bear, DE.
The professional jury
selected a game that makes it fun to learn to learn Chinese
as Best Overall App: “Monkey Write * Learn Chinese” by by
Chiu-ki Chan of Square Island LLC. Another game - “Maze
Racer” by Roger Peters and David McCanless of
SmartyPantsGaming - won the second prize. The mobile art
studio “Drawing Pad” by Christopher Lott and Daren Murtha of
Murtha Design finsihed Third in the voting of the
professional jury. Ten apps received honorable mention
awards in the categories games, media, sports, social,
lifestyle, travel, education, productivity, entertainment,
productivity and other. The jury consisted of Phil Nickinson
(Editor of AndroidCentral.com), Andy Wilson (VP of Consumer
Marketing, AT&T), Jeff Tannenbaum (Investment Principal,
BlueRun Ventures), Baudouin Corman (VP Publishing Americas,
Gameloft) and Kevin Packingham (SVP Product Innovation,
Samsung Telecommunication America).
For the Signature Professionals at SOFTPRO the Samsung
Galaxy Note is not "just another Android tablet": These
devices are of particular interest for everyone interested
in a high quality when capturing signatures thanks to their
S Pen. The S Pen runs on familiar Wacom technology, similar
to the pen of the SignPad. Samsung brands it as “S Pen”.
Relevant features for
trustworthy capturing of signature data
Information about
SignDoc Mobile and SignDoc Desktop on Samsung devices
Brief Profile of SOFTPRO
- The E-Signature Professionals
The SOFTPRO Group is a world leader in developing and
marketing products and solutions for the digital capture,
management and verification of handwritten signatures.
Softpro's fastest growing line of business is E-Signing
solutions. Softpro produces E-Signing software that ranges
from Software Developer Kits to a complete platform for
Web-based signing. The products are compatible with a wide
range of devices for signature capture - including basic pen
pads, Tablet PCs as well as iPad and slate computers.
E-Signing solutions have proven to lower daily costs,
accelerate business processes, eliminate errors, and protect
documents against manipulation. E-Signing with SOFTPRO is
environmentally friendly and thus supports Green initiatives
and corporate social responsibility programs.
MEFTEC 2012: SOFTPRO shows
how to take signatures seriously The Signature Professionals present state of the art
E-Signing and Check Fraud Detection
05 April 2012 - Dubai
Fictitious bank accounts, forged invoices, usurpations of
identities, imitations of signatures, resulting from the
juxtaposition of the paper form and digital processes,
represent a non-negligible threat, in a continuously growing
business and multi-channels mobility.
MEFTEC, the leading annual IT-event for the financial industry
in the Middle East, is the place where industry professionals
discuss how to cope with these challenges. The SOFTPRO team
around Regional Sales Director Youcef Hamadache, presents its
unrivalled solutions for Fraud Prevention and Workflow
Dematerialization at booth H2 in Dubai on April 25 and 26.
The implementation of truly
paperless, E-Signature enabled processes, results in: * Trustworthy e-Signing with Handwritten Signatures for a
smooth transition from paper to e-documents
* Familiar: the client signs on a Signature Pad or iPad
instead of paper, optionally in conjunction with PKI
* Straight-through workflow process, reducing mistakes caused
by data transfer from paper to digital
* Reduced operational costs and faster ROI (example of savings
banks: 9 months amortization time)
* Time-stamping of signed documents & hash algorithm sealing
for content integrity and non-repudiation
* Improved standardization, categorization, automation and
traceability
* Contribution to the durable green economy
The SOFTPRO experts will be happy to answer any questions of
visitors to the show about what they always wanted to know
about capturing, managing and verifying signatures. In
addition they enable hands-on experiences to achieve insights
on how to:
* Integrate E-Signing in digital workflows in a trustworthy
manner - proven to be secure and user-friendly
* Choose the best suiting solution out of a signature platform
which supports the broadest array of signature capturing
devices like Tablets (Apple iOS & Android), SignPads, Nomadic
devices and Kiosk systems
* Successfully deploy E-Signing projects within the finance,
insurance or other industry eco system
Wacom Peabled Devices ready to run with SOFTPRO E-Signing
Software Sign on Wacom signature tablets, Wacom Interactive
Pen Displays as well as tablet kiosks, smartphones and tablets
with Wacom Penabled technology inside such as the DESKO Tablet
Kiosk and the Samsung Galaxy Note.
Broadest choice of devices for trustworthy signature capturing
Wacom’s Electro-Magnetic Resonance (EMR) technology is known
to provide best quality in signature capturing. Visitors of
the show may experience E-Signing at Softpro's booth on a
broad array of devices like Wacom signature tablets, Wacom
Interactive Pen Displays as well as tablet kiosks, smartphones
and tablets with Wacom Penabled technology inside such as the
first smartphone with an active Wacom digitizer - Samsung
Galaxy Note.
Handwritten Signatures in the Digital Workflow
It is easy to understand why more and more companies integrate
handwritten signatures in electronic processes using SignDoc--
Handwritten signatures offer what Personal Identification
Numbers (PINs) or other Biometrics such as finger prints
cannot provide:
* Signatures are a non-intrusive proof of intent.
* Signatures are culturally accepted and understood
* Signing is the most personal way for authentication
* The invisible biometric characteristics of signatures such
as the different levels of writing pressure cannot be spied
out.
These are reasons enough for more and more companies to take
signatures seriously. Softpro's SignDoc allows these companies
to trust in the authenticity and integrity of electronic
documents signed with the handwritten signature.
It's one of the major IT-trends since 2008: Handwritten
signatures are embedded in more and more digital workflows to
guarantee authenticity. Combining the benefits of biometrics
and encryption techniques is becoming more and more
widespread.
CeBIT 2012:
Minister of Economy and Finance Nils Schmid
visits SOFTPRO and INTER Insurance Group
08 March 2012 - Hannover
A delegation of the Ministery of Economy and Finance of the
German State of Baden-Wuerttemberg headed by Minister Nils
Schmid visited the booth of SOFTPRO at CeBIT for a
introduction about electronic signing on iPad on March 8.
The
delegation was welcomed by the management of the Signature
Professionals and representatives of their customer INTER
Insurance Group. Both companies have their origin in Baden-Wuerttemberg,
however in different parts of the state which was founded 60
years ago. Today it is still something remarkable if a company
from Badenia (here: INTER Insurance Group from Mannheim) is
buying from a company in Wuerttemberg (here: SOFTPRO from
Boeblingen near Stuttgart) as the two parts of the state still
maintain a certain rivalry.
SOFTPRO
tablet computing expert Johannes Leser explained Minister
Schmid how a stylus works on capactive devices like the iPad
and why it makes sense to use this accessory for a better
signing experience.
Minister
Nils Schmid used the opportunity at CeBIT 2012 to get a first
hand impression of trustworthy signing on iPads with SignDoc
Mobile. He was was impressed by the natural look of his
signature on the iPad screen.
INTER
Insurance Group integrated SignDoc Mobile into their app for
their mobile sales force. Frank Stuch, Head of Application
Development of INTER Insurance Group, explained to Minister
Schmid the benefits of signing on iPads.
Various
policy forms such as the application for life insurance and
the customer consultation protocol are among the documents
signed. INTER Insurance Group benefits of a complete
electronic workflow thanks to a signing ceremony closing deals
at the point of sale.
First Signature App for
iPad and Android Devices with Security
Certificate by TÜV SignDoc Mobile certified as "Approved App" for secure and
easy usage
07 March 2012 - Hannover
A new certificate of a reputable testing agency indicates
trustworthy solutions to sign electronically on iPads and
devices running on Android. SignDoc Mobile is the first app
for signature capturing certified with the “Approved App”
quality test mark by TÜV Saarland.
The app was developed by Softpro, world market leader in
solutions to capture, manage and verify handwritten signature
data. Softpro is specializing in signature management for more
than 25 years. The app runs on the iPad as well as on smart
phones and tablets with Android operating system. SignDoc
Mobile is available for free download in the App Store and
Google Play.
The German Technical Inspection Association (Technischer
Überwachungs-Verein, TÜV) validates the safety of products as
independent consultants. Within the TÜV group TÜV Saarland has
a special reputation for outstanding expertise in testing
solutions for telecommunication and information technology.
The technical and legal assessments required to certify
software and apps are executed by TÜV Saarland subsidiary
Tekit Consult Bonn GmbH.
SignDoc Mobile App was certified with the quality test mark
“Approved App” in both versions for operating systems Apple
iOS and Google Android. Other apps tested and certified by TÜV
are for example the apps Finance of insurance giant Allianz
and Star Money of the IT specialists of the German Savings
Banks Group.
The TÜV certificate for SignDoc Mobile was presented to the
Softpro management team on March 7, 2012 at CeBIT in Hanover.
Guido Hermanowski, Director of Sales, and Anja Siebertz,
Counsel and responsible for Data Protection and Compliance,
both Tekit Consult Bonn GmbH met Heinz Reschke and Peter
Reschke at the booth of Softpro.
Guido Hermanowski explains: "Almost everyone signing on
tablets or smart phone wants to know what happens to one’s
signature after the signing ceremony. According to our
analysis people may sign with clear conscience in applications
where SignDoc Mobile was integrated. Signature data are
securely embedded in the respective electronic document.
Signatures captured on iPads and Android devices may be
integrated easy and secure into a digital workflow. Moreover,
it is possible for everyone to validate the integrity of PDF
documents signed with SignDoc Mobile because the app was
designed according to relevant standards."
For several years Tekit Consult Bonn is familiar with
electronic signature solutions that leverage digitized
handwritten signatures. The company has an unrivaled expertise
in testing E-Signing software and hardware. The quality test
mark “Approved Software” is carried by desktop clients (for
example "SignDoc Desktop") and browser clients (for example "SignDoc
Web") in connection with signature tablets (for example
“SignPad eSignio”).
The certification process consists of numerous tests whether
an app is both easy and safe to use and if data protection
requirements are met. Assessing the operation quality is
executed according to standard DIN EN ISO 9241-110. Part of
this process is to evaluate help and support features for
users when installing and operating the solution.
Rating the security level of the solution is based on various
manipulation attempts: Among these tests are attempts to sniff
sensitive data, checks if the app has backdoors, or whether
there are security loopholes when data is transferred or
stored. The security of administration and rights management
is the topic of another assessment. Another detailed
inspection deals with the procedure for updating the software.
Last but not least, another check tests if current safety
recommendations made by the Federal Office for Information
Security (BSI) and the IT industry association BITKOM were
taken into account in the current app version, for example, by
using adequate encryption methods.
SignDoc Mobile available for
free in App Store and Google Play Experience the business app for professional integration of
handwritten signatures in electronic documents
05 March 2012 - Boeblingen
Several companies integrated SignDoc Mobile in their apps for
their mobile sales force. Most of these apps are distributed
exclusively to employees or partners.
New SignDoc Mobile Apps for iPads and Android Tablets allow
to sign own PDF documents on the screen of these devices for
free.
Owners of these devices are invited to experience professional
E-Signing, designed for quick and seamless integration in
enterprise applications (apps or web portals). Therefore the
apps communicate with secure web servers which were
exclusively set up for these app running SignDoc Web
All major features of
commercial integrations of SignDoc Mobile may be experienced
for free:
* Selecting PDF form templates showcasing typical application
scenarios
* Uploading own PDF documents and preprare them for signing in
adding fields for E-Signing
* Opening any PDF document in SignDoc Mobile from within other
Apps or email App on your device
* E-Signing these documents with handwritten signatures on the
iPad display and/or by an image taken with the built-in camera
and/or by a photo of an ID document taken with the high-res
camera on the back of the tablet
* Sending signed documents via E-Mail or download them for
storage on the tablet
Signed documents may be validated with PDF-viewers (e.g. free
Adobe Reader) to verify the integrity of signature components
– handwritten signature, signer photo, scan of an ID document)
and either stored in the own enterprise content system
("private cloud") or a web-based archives (e.g. Dropbox,
"public cloud").
The configuration used by the app demonstrates a standard user
interface for e-Signing electronic documents. A more tailored
user experience can be set up by deploying an individual
SignDoc Web server as a company server which is private to an
organization.
HIMSS
2012: Softpro Showcases Mobile E-Signature Solution SignDoc Mobile, Softpro’s mobile electronic signature
software solution, will be demoed at HIMSS in Las Vegas, NV.
Booth G13120
16 February 2012 - Westlake Village, CA
Softpro will present its SignDoc family of software including
SignDoc Mobile, its mobile electronic signature solution,
during HIMSS in Las Vegas, NV from February 21-23, 2012, Booth
G13120.
Softpro’s mobile esigning software enables healthcare
facilities to extend the use of paperless processes to remote
environments. Patients and healthcare providers can esign
anywhere and with the device of their choice, including: iPads,
Android or Windows tablets, signature pads as well as
signature alternatives including click-to-sign, fingerprints,
and photographs.
Today, Softpro is used in a number of healthcare applications:
Patients electronically sign consent forms, physicians
annotate and esign patient records, and a patient’s electronic
signature is verified against a reference signature in order
to reduce fraud.
Seminar on Electronic
Signatures - Unlocking the Potential of your Bank’s
Multichannel Strategy
March 29, 2012 - Marina del Rey, California - United States of
America
07 February 2012 - Westlake Village, CA Softpro
North America is hosting an educational electronic signature
seminar for banking executives involved with online, mobile,
and retail banking technology decisions. The event entitled
“Electronic Signatures, Unlocking the Potential of your Bank’s
Multichannel Strategy.” will be held at the Ritz Carlton in
Marina del Rey, CA on March 29, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00
p.m.
The speakers include Nicole Sturgill, Research Director with
TowerGroup, Rodney G. Vesling, President and GM for Softpro
North America, as well as Alain J. Sarraf, Softpro’s CTO.
Although the event is free of charge, attendees must RSVP by
February 29, 2012 to attend.
“During this half day session, attendees will learn how to use
electronic signature technology to implement a multichannel
strategy that will offer customers a consistent experience no
matter how, when, and where they choose to do business,”
explains Rodney G. Vesling, President and General Manager for
Softpro North America.
E-Signing
at car registration authorities SOFTPRO partner komm.IT integrated E-Signing in its modern
urban car licensing program OK.VORFAHRT
03 February 2012 - Cologne
OK.VORFAHRT supports the comprehensive, user-friendly editing
of all future proceedings in a vehicle registration authority.
Authorities automate many routine tasks and citizens benefit
from the smooth processing of their requests.
kommIT has integrated an interface to support selected
signature tablets in the module OK.WAY which is part
OK.VORFAHRT. Citizen service bureaus may select between the
DESKO Tablet Kiosk and the SignPad Color (Wacom STU-520), the
SignPad (Wacom STU-500) and the SignPad Compact (Wacom
STU-300). In addition to the hardware the software for
electronic signing SignDoc of SOFTPRO was integrated in the
solution.
Scanning of documents is no longer required as the integrated
card reader of DESKO Tablet Kiosk allows to capture personal
data may be extracted from the machine readable area of the ID
card and automatically import into OK.VORFAHRT. Users of a
civil registration system (like OK.EWO or BayBIS) may benefit
from a data import. The user does no longer require to type in
details about the holder or is bank account.
Where this feature is not required SignPads allow to go
paperless in a very cost-effective way. Whether authorities
choose a Tablet Kiosk or a SignOad - in both cases they are
able to lower their printing costs as citizens sign
electronically on the display.
INTER Insurance Group agents
sign on iPads with SOFTPRO SignDoc Mobile Since December 2011 sales agents of INTER Insurance
Group enjoy the benefits of E-Signing on iPad.
27 January 2012 - Mannheim INTER
Insurance Group: Signature Capturing on iPad with SOFTPRO
SignDoc Mobile - The screen design was customized to fit in
the individual look and feel of the app of INTER INTER
Insurance Group: Signature Capturing on iPad with SOFTPRO
SignDoc Mobile - The screen design was customized to fit in
the individual look and feel of the app of INTER
INTER Insurance Group started to equip their employees with
iPads in 2011. INTER was one of the first insurance companies
in the world to recognize the potential of the iPad for
business use and equipping sales staff with tablet. iPads are
used for presentations in counseling sessions explaining
products and services of INTER customer friendly and highly
efficient.
SignDoc Mobile is an extension of SignDoc Web, the E-Signing
platform. SignDoc Mobile enables the displaying, filling and
signing of documents on tablets on the go.
Various policy forms such as the application for life
insurance and the customer consultation protocol (according to
EU legislation) are among the documents signed. INTER
Insurance Group benefits of a complete electronic workflow
thanks to a signing ceremony which closes the deal at the
point of sale.
Frank
Stuch, Head of Application Development INTER Insurance Group:
"Together with SOFTPRO we have developed a really compelling
solution for electronic signature on the iPad. Our sales
people are enthusiastic: They no longer need to carry extra
pads for signature capture and plug it to the PC. SignDoc
truly makes the iPad ready for signing."
The App of INTER is distributed exclusively to employees via
Apple enterprise distribution.
The App is self-explaining to install, operate and update.
Documents requiring signatures are encoded and retrieved by
SignDoc Web Server from the INTER system.
* Only the data needed for the signing process are retrieved
from the system at the time of signing which explains why
SignDoc Mobile performs great in the mobile web too - even
where web access is limited as the only connection available
is via EDGE
* The document is decoded and rendered as image in SignDoc
Mobile hence the amount of data transferred is minimized while
the quality of the display on the tablet is optimized
* The document itself remains in the secure server environment
of the INTER system until its finalization an secured
communication via Transport Layer Security (TLS)
AIA agents
sign on iPads with SOFTPRO SignDoc Mobile
Since October 2011, sales agents of AIA enjoy the benefits of
E-Signing on iPad. SignDoc Mobile and SignDoc Web were
integrated in AIA’s interactive Point of Sales (iPOS) system.
20 January 2012 - Hong Kong
In 2011 AIA started an expansion plan including the deployment
of special sales force to strengthen face-to-face sales
business. The initiative includes hiring local sales agents,
familiarize them with tablet computers and Skype applications.
The goal is to substantially increase the sales of protection
insurance products. One of the most important features of this
project is E-Signing with the help of SignDoc Mobile from
SOFTPRO.
SignDoc Mobile is an extension of SignDoc Web, the E-Signing
platform. SignDoc Mobile enables the displaying, filling and
signing of documents on tablets on the go.
One of the special features of SignDoc Mobile used by AIA is
the option to capture a photograph of the signer with the
tablet camera as part of the electronic signature.
From left to right: Bill Lisle, Group Chief Distribution
Officer of AIA Group Ltd, Heinz Reschke, CEO of the SOFTPRO
Group and KT Tan, SVP Sales Asia, at the launch event of AIA
interactive Point of Sale Program in Taipei in October 2011.
CeBIT 2012: Softpro caters for
Managing Trust in Signatures and Documents Managing trust describes the process of building
confidence as a basis for progress and growth. Trust is an
essential pillar of economic activity that must be firmly
established and maintained.
02 January 2012 - Hannover
As world market leader in signature management solutions the
Signature Professionals of SOFTPRO work towards reducing the
gap between confidence in modern technologies and the actual
trustworthiness of digital solutions in providing solutions
which bridge traditional paper-based processes with electronic
ones.
In combining handwritten signatures and their biometric
characteristics with digital signature technology SOFTPRO
provides a special form of "Human E-Signing" - trusted around
the world. The Signature Professionals provide solutions for
managing trust in handwritten signatures and electronic
documents. These solutions will be on show at CeBIT 2012 from
March 6 to 10 in hall 3 at booth D30.
Signing better
without Paper
Softpro’s SignDoc software enables banks and other companies
to transact with their clients completely paperlessly, secured
by an electronic signing processes throughout all their
channels. The benefits include a more enjoyable customer
experience, lower costs, and contribution to green
initiatives.
E-Signing with
SignDoc: As secure as Signing on Paper
Along with capturing the static image of a signature that is
familiar to everyone on paper, signature tablets and Tablet
PCs also capture dynamic signals. These signals are created
throughout the signing process and may be used as additional
security features. The different levels of writing pressure,
speed, and velocity in the writing process are very unique to
the individual signer. They can be verified automatically on
demand. SignDoc Web was the first web signature solution to be
certified by the German Technical Inspection Association (TÜV)
for outstanding security and user-friendliness.
Broadest choice of devices for trustworthy signature
capturing
Wacom’s Electro-Magnetic Resonance (EMR) technology is known
to provide best quality in signature capturing. Visitors of
the show may experience E-Signing at Softpro's booth on a
broad array of devices like Wacom signature tablets, Wacom
Interactive Pen Displays as well as tablet kiosks, smartphones
and tablets with Wacom Penabled technology inside such as the
first smartphone with an active Wacom digitizer - Samsung
Galaxy Note.
The Benefits of
a Standard Platform for E-Signing
Many E-Signature projects start with the search for a solution
to process handwritten signatures in the electronic workflow
of an organization. In most cases a standard enterprise
E-Signature platform is the most appropriate choice to meet
demanding business requirements.
Softpro SignDoc Web is one single investment and a rock-solid
foundation for enterprise which allows them to transact with
their clients through multiple channels - face to face (agent,
representative, or branch), self-sevice-kiosk, website or via
mobile devices like tablets or smartphones. In general SignDoc
Web enables for example handwritten signatures, photo
fingerprint signatures, click-to-sign (electronic consent),
etc. each having its unique advantage for the various channels
of doing business.
Managing Hybrid
Signatures - Signature Images and Signature Biometrics
Softpro is offering the most complete product portfolio for
signature management enabling integration on all levels
catering for E-Signatures as well as for signature images
scanned from paper signatures. There is a choice from off-the
shelf applications like SignDoc Desktop, components, plug-ins,
SDKs to very mighty solutions for special industries like
banking. The latter is the solution suite SignPlus which runs
in 10 of the 25 largest banks worldwide. Softpro's technology
for automatic signature verification is applied to more than
25 million check images every day.
Checks are still
alive
The second major topic of Softpro's presence at CeBIT is Check
Fraud Prevention in paperbased payment processing. Although
the rate of online banking is increasing, hundreds of billions
of checks are written every year throughout the world. The
affinity to checks is not diminishing in nations that can be
classified as "check countries". The relative importance of
checks as a payment method is still outstandingly high in
Singapore, Turkey, the United States, Brazil, and Canada.
For financial institutions worldwide, check processing and
clearing is a significant expenditure. However, reduction in
processing costs leads to higher check fraud risk exposure.
Check fraud is consistently rising from year to year and is
expected to continue rising, as fraud through other means,
such as credit cards, becomes increasingly difficult.
The figures about check fraud worldwide are impressive.
However only a few organizations publish figures about fraud
cases and about the money lost due to check fraud. Arguably
the highest motivation for perpetrating check fraud is the low
risk of being caught in the act.
Comprehensive Check Fraud Prevention is highly important These losses can be avoided. Searching for fraud amongst
billions of transactions may seem like searching for a needle
in a haystack, but there is one comprehensive and sustainable
way to address all relevant aspects of check fraud and
effectively lower the operational risk. Leading financial
institutions around the globe cope with this challenge by
using Softpro's SignPlus product suite to secure millions of
transactions every day.
At Cebit, Softpro will showcase the latest features of
SignPlus Edition II. Banks enjoy substantial savings in
back-office processing centers by automating tedious and
error-prone manual verification. SignPlus also significantly
improves the detection rate of fraudulent items. This solution
enables banks to cost-efectively secure their paper-based
payment processes and prevent losses from check fraud.
Softpro has an impressive track record with systems for the
validation of handwritten signatures and fraud prevention. The
SignPlus suite of products were initially conceived in
cooperation with a consortium of the largest U.S. banks. The
solution is considered by many of the US Tier 1 banks to be a
"best practice industry initiative" to combat check fraud, and
has been successfully deployed at many of the world's largest
financial institutions since its inception.
Softpro Awarded Patent by
United States Patent Office The Softpro Group, world market leader in signature
management systems, was recently awarded US Patent 8,090,161
for its “Systems and method for signature verification”.
11 January 2012 - Westlake Village, CA
The patent is held by Softpro Scientist Dr. Christiane Kaplan,
who is responsible for the components for dynamic signature
verification in the products and solutions of the Softpro
Group for more than twelve years now. Providing a reliable way
to verify electronic signatures is one of the most crucial
aspects for Softpro’s fast growing E-Signing business as it is
the trust building foundation for various forms of signing
without paper.
The patent addresses methods which can be used to verify
dynamic aspects signatures captured on different devices.
Among the aspects covered are attempts for spatial
measurements, measurements over time, and frequency. These
measurements can be of points on a signature, but they can
also be pressure, velocity, and acceleration, to name just a
few. These different aspects can then be analyzed using, for
example, time series, and spectral similarities based on
wavelet-transformations. In another embodiment, these analysis
systems and methods can be applied to written signatures as
well as dynamic written signatures. In addition to this
patent, Softpro holds one for the static verification of
verification of signature images which was acquired from IBM
several years ago.
"Signatures are our passion, so we highly appreciate the
granting of this patent as it is another corner stone to be
recognized as the leading Signature Professionals in the
world." said Heinz Reschke, Chief Executive Officer of the
Softpro Group.
"I am very happy for our team as this has been an outstanding
achievement which makes us very proud. It is a reconfirmation
for our existing customers and partners that they have decided
to put their trust in state-of-the-art technology. Softpro
continues to invest significant resources in research and
development. Our ongoing commitment to highly trustworthy IT
solutions is one of the many reasons why 11 out of 25 of the
leading banks worldwide put their trust in Softpro and we are
now able to serve customers in more than 30 countries."
Softpro Brings Secure E-Signing
to Mobile Devices
SignDoc Mobile enables handwritten e-signing on iPads and
Android Tablets
15 September 2011 - Westlake Village, CA
SignDoc Mobile enables handwritten e-signing on iPads and
Android Tablets zoom SignDoc Mobile enables handwritten
e-signing on iPads and Android Tablets
SignDoc Mobile enables handwritten e-signing on iPads and
Android Tablets
SignDoc Mobile enables handwritten e-signing on iPads and
Android Tablets
Softpro’s SignDoc Mobile application transforms iPads and
Android Tablets into secure handwritten e-signature capture
devices for e-signing PDF documents. SignDoc Mobile offers an
intuitive user interface designed specifically for tablets and
utilizes a calligraphic algorithm to provide a natural
e-signing experience that mimics pen-on-paper regardless if a
stylus or fingertip is used to esign. In addition, Softpro’s
SignDoc Desktop application supports e-signing on
Windows-based tablets.
“The adoption of tablets by businesses – led by the iPad – has
been quite amazing,” states Rodney G. Vesling, President and
General Manager for Softpro NA. ”These devices bring
unprecedented mobility to business applications of all types
and, when married with electronic signing, provide the ability
to complete transactions remotely and securely.”
The launch of SignDoc Mobile further expands Softpro’s ability
to provide an electronic signature platform that supports
multiple e-signing environments. To implement paperless
processes enterprise-wide, businesses want to enable their
customers to e-sign no matter where or how the transaction is
completed – Softpro’s solution delivers that capability.
SignDoc Mobile is now available; for more information please
contact Softpro at +1 805 496 5059 in the United States or +49
7031 66 06 0 if you are inquiring from elsewhere in the world.
MEFTEC
2011: SOFTPRO shows how to take signatures seriously The Signature Professionals present state of the art
E-Signing and Check Fraud Detection
30 May 2011 - Abu Dhabi
It's one of the major IT-trends of the last three years:
Handwritten signatures are embedded in more and more digital
workflows to guarantee authenticity. Combining the benefits of
biometrics and encryption techniques is becoming more and more
widespread.
The European IT security association TeleTrusT awarded Softpro-customer
Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros (CECA, the Spanish
Savings Banks Organization) - with its innovation award for
best practice in applied electronic signatures. They voted the
use of SignPads for digitizing handwritten signatures in
Spanish savings banks as the lighthouse project with an impact
beyond the financial industry.
In 2011, Softpro presents this and many other best practice
solutions at the leading IT-event for the financial industry
in the Gulf region - MEFTEC in Abu Dhabi on May 30th and 31st.
Visitors of MEFTEC can experience at stand G9 how handwritten
signatures are embedded in digital processes in a trustworthy
manner.
Handwritten
Signatures in the Digital Workflow
It is easy to understand why more and more companies integrate
handwritten signatures in electronic processes using SignDoc--
Handwritten signatures offer what Personal Identification
Numbers (PINs) or other Biometrics such as finger prints
cannot provide:
Signatures are a
non-intrusive proof of intent.
Signatures are culturally
accepted and understood
Signing is the most
personal way for authentication
The invisible biometric
characteristics of signatures such as the different levels
of writing pressure cannot be spied out.
These are reasons enough for
more and more companies to take signatures seriously.
Softpro's SignDoc allows these companies to trust in the
authenticity and integrity of electronic documents signed with
the handwritten signature.
Holistic Check Fraud Prevention is increasingly important
Although the rate of online banking is increasing hundreds of
billions of checks are written every year. The affinity to
checks diminishing very slowly in the "check countries". The
relative importance of checks as a method of payment is
outstandingly high in the United States and Canada but also in
Brazil, France, Italy, Turkey, Singapore and Malaysia.
For financial institutions worldwide, check processing and
clearing is a significant cost factor in a bank's payment
process. However, reduction in processing costs leads to
higher check fraud risk exposure. Check fraud is consistently
rising from year to year and is expected to continue rising,
as fraud perpetration using other payment instruments such as
credit cards becomes increasingly difficult.
The use of checks as a vehicle for fraudulent transactions is
a global phenomena. The figures about check fraud worldwide
are impressive. However, only a few organizations are
publishing figures about fraud cases and money lost due to
check fraud. Arguably the motivation for perpetrating check
fraud crimes is the low risk of being caught.
Coping with the "needle in a haystack" burden
Searching for fraud amongst billions of transactions may seem
like searching for a needle in a haystack. However, there is
one holistic and sustainable way to address all relevant
aspects of check fraud and effectively lower the operational
risk. The world's leading financial institutions cope with
this challenge by using Softpro's SignPlus product suite and
securing millions of transactions every day. softpro's
solutions make it possible to reduce check processing costs
while increasing protection against fraud losses.
Banks using SOFTPRO's SignPlus enjoy substantial savings for
back-office check processing centers by automating tedious and
error-prone manual verification and by significantly improving
the detection of fraudulent items. This solution enables banks
to take the necessary precautions to secure the paper-based
payment process and prevent losses from check fraud in a truly
cost-effective manner.
Softpro has a proven track record with systems for the
validation of handwritten signatures and fraud prevention in
payment processes. The company provides the SignPlus suite of
products, which were initially conceived in cooperation with a
consortium of the largest U.S. banks. The solution is
considered by many of the US Tier 1 banks to be a "best
practice industry initiative" and has been successfully
deployed at many of the world's largest financial institutions
since its inception.
Brief Profile of SOFTPRO -
The E-Signature Professionals
The SOFTPRO Group is a world leader in developing and
marketing products and solutions for the digital capture,
management and verification of handwritten signatures.
Softpro's fastest growing line of business is E-Signing
solutions. Softpro produces E-Signing software that ranges
from Software Developer Kits to a complete platform for
Web-based signing. The products are compatible with a wide
range of devices for signature capture - including basic pen
pads, Tablet PCs as well as iPad and slate computers. E-Siging
solutions have proven to lower daily costs, accelerate
business processes, eliminate errors, and protect documents
against manipulation. E-Signing with SOFTPRO is
environmentally friendly and thus supports Green initiatives
and corporate social responsibility programs.
CeBIT
Australia 2011: SOFTPRO presented Better Signing without
Paper SOFTPRO demonstrated its latest innovations in electronic
signature software and hardware at CeBIT Australia in Sydney’s
Darling Harbor in Hall 5, Booth R 10.
02 June 2011 - Sydney
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle visited the team at
the German Pavilion in hall 5, including SOFTPRO CTO Alain
Sarraf on the opening day of CeBIT Australia. Both had a chat
about Signing without Paper and what the Signature
Professionals show to the Australian Audience.
The SOFTPRO team at CeBIT Australia showed best practice
examples of trustworthy integration of handwritten signatures
in digital process. Germany is official partner country for
the 10th anniversary of CeBIT Australia. Almost 600 exhibitors
at Australias largest ICT show are expcted to attract around
30.000 visitors.
SOFTPRO is enabling many companies in more than 30 countries –
including in Australia – to automate their traditional paper
processes which in the past required ink and paper signatures.
SOFTPRO’s SignDoc software enables companies and organizations
to transact with their clients completely paperless secured
with electronic signing processes throughout all their
channels. The benefits include a more enjoyable customer
experience, lower costs, and contribution to green
initiatives.
Brief Profile of SOFTPRO - The E-Signature Professionals
The SOFTPRO Group is a world leader in developing and
marketing products and solutions for the digital capture,
management and verification of handwritten signatures.
Softpro's fastest growing line of business is E-Signing
solutions. Softpro produces E-Signing software that ranges
from Software Developer Kits to a complete platform for
Web-based signing. The products are compatible with a wide
range of devices for signature capture - including basic pen
pads, Tablet PCs as well as iPad and slate computers. E-Siging
solutions have proven to lower daily costs, accelerate
business processes, eliminate errors, and protect documents
against manipulation. E-Signing with SOFTPRO is
environmentally friendly and thus supports Green initiatives
and corporate social responsibility programs.
LaCie Showcases Lightning
Fast Storage Solutions at 2012 NAB Show, Las
Vegas
April 12, 2012
LaCie invites NAB Show® attendees to visit its booth
(SL10320) to learn more about the company's latest products.
LaCie has asserted itself as a leader in the industry by
shipping the widest variety of Thunderbolt products of any
company to date – the Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series,
the 2big Thunderbolt Series and the eSATA Hub Thunderbolt
Series. Thunderbolt drives shave hours off the work day for
video editors, making the editing process faster than ever
before. This year at NAB, the company is thrilled to
showcase cross-platform Thunderbolt compatibility for the
first time with Mac and PC video editing demos.
VISIT THE BOOTH FOR INCENTIVES
NAB Show visitors can stop by the LaCie booth and enter for
a chance to win a 5big Office+. This NAS device is the
perfect archive solution for video professionals and small
offices. It features the industry-trusted Windows Storage
Server 2008 R2 Essentials and a powerful dual-core 1.6GHz
Intel® 64-bit Atom™ processor. It provides full data
protection for archival, superior data sharing and
collaboration for the entire office and offsite partners,
easy integration, and low maintenance.
Attendees who visit the LaCie booth will also receive 2GB of
free online storage from Wuala Secure Cloud Storage, LaCie's
cloud storage offering. In order to protect user's privacy,
Wuala encrypts the data on the computer before it is
uploaded. During the upload, the data is split up into many
different pieces and stored in multiple places to make
certain a single file is never lost. For added protection
the user's data is encrypted before it ever leaves their
computer ensuring total security to the cloud and back.
Upgrade Existing Storage with
the LaCie eSATA Hub Thunderbolt™ Series
April 5, 2012
Today LaCie announced the availability of the eSATA Hub
Thunderbolt™ Series, its latest peripheral featuring
Thunderbolt technology. This product delivers a solution for
connecting eSATA hard drives to Thunderbolt-compatible Macs,
making them backwards compatible. The eSATA Hub also boosts
transfer speeds and even allows users to daisy chain with
other Thunderbolt peripherals.
GIVE NEW LIFE TO ESATA DRIVES
Consumers with new Macs who are interested in getting the best
possible speeds with their existing multi-interface drives are
no longer limited to USB or FireWire connections. In addition,
businesses, photographers or other creative professionals that
have upgraded their Macs to versions without ExpressCard/34
slots are now able to capitalize on their previous investment
in eSATA hard drives.
DAISY CHAIN CAPABILITY
The eSATA Hub's dual Thunderbolt ports allow users to daisy
chain other Thunderbolt peripherals. This means users can
connect up to 12 eSATA drives (6 Hubs x 2 eSATA drives per
Hub) to a Mac while maintaining full eSATA 3Gb/s speeds. It
also helps organize desktops by connecting both a Thunderbolt
compatible display and storage device via a single cable (sold
separately from www.apple.com) to their Mac.
April 3, 2012
Today LaCie announced its professional 5-bay RAID server is
now available in a diskless model. Now, users can get all the
benefits of the 5big Network 2, designed by Neil Poulton, but
with the flexibility to scale their storage and security as
they desire – making it an efficient investment for
resourceful professionals and small businesses alike.
SCALABILITY AND SECURITY
With the 5big Network 2 diskless model, users can migrate from
zero to five disks without data loss – reducing initial
investment while ensuring a long-term solution. The 5big
Network 2 diskless model provides users with flexibility. They
can leverage unused drives or purchase new drives based on
availability and demand. It will automatically build the RAID
mode accordingly. The 5big Network 2 also offers RAID modes 5
and 6, which provide automatic, hardware-level data
protection. If a single disk fails, simply replace it without
turning off the appliance or losing a single byte of data.
DESIGNED FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
Business owners, administrators and managers will appreciate
the 5big Network 2's easy integration and user interface. They
can organize a backup regimen for multiple Linux, PC and Mac
workstations, and ensure all data is safe and in one place.
The 5big Network 2 is compatible with Time Machine™ and
Windows 7 Backup. Additionally, with its dual LAN ports, the
5big Network 2 supports speeds up to 70MB/s. This ensures
quick information sharing and backup speeds throughout the
company.
For travel-bound employees, the 5big Network 2 features remote
access. This allows them to share files anywhere with an
Internet connection – ensuring data accessibility for those
last minute presentations. Employees can even share files from
their iPhone or iPad by installing LaCie's free iOS app, MyNAS.
LaCie Porsche
Design Hard Drives Receive a Coveted iF
Design Award
February 22, 2012 Today
LaCie and the Porsche Design Group (Porsche Lizenz- und
Handelsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG) announced that the Porsche
Design P'9220 and P'9230 hard drives have won a 2012 product
design award from the International Forum Design GmbH (iF).
These products combine sleek design, solid aluminum casing,
USB 3.0 speeds and capacities up to 2TB – making them a clear
choice for an iF Design Award.
AWARD WINNING DESIGN
More than 2,900 entries were considered for the 2012 iF Design
award. Criteria for winning entries included design quality,
finish, choice of materials, degree of innovation,
environmental impact, functionality, ergonomics, safety, brand
value, and aspects of universal design. LaCie's line of
Porsche Design hard drives, P'9220 and P'9230, were selected
for their excellent design.
Porsche Design products are known for being functional,
timeless and technically innovative – three factors that iF
Design experts look for when selecting a winner. LaCie first
partnered with Porsche Design in 2003 to produce iconic and
widely acclaimed products, and the result of the most recent
collaboration continues that legacy.
LaCie Announces
5big Office Series – Essential Backup
Solutions for Small Offices
January 31, 2012
Today LaCie announced the 5big Office Series, its latest
five-bay network attached storage solutions. With easy setup,
collaboration and total data protection, the 5big Office
Series is a solid long-term investment for any small business.
They feature the industry-trusted Windows® Server operating
systems and a powerful Intel® Atom™ processor.
POWERED BY WINDOWS
The 5big Office, powered by Windows Home Server 2011, is
perfect for backing up as many as 10 PCs. The 5big Office+,
powered by Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, backs up
as many as 25. Get up and running in a flash on either system
with a straightforward setup process and a familiar Windows
environment. The 5big Office Series helps business groups
collaborate like no comparable NAS.
NO-COMPROMISE HARDWARE
With the 5big Office Series, LaCie made no compromise on
hardware. The 1.6GHz Intel® 64-bit Atom™ processor and 2GB of
RAM enables maximum simultaneous data access and backups for
all employees. Additionally, the 5big Office Series' efficient
cooling system protects internal components, ensuring
long-term reliability.
OPTIMIZED DATA USAGE
The single-drive version allows users to add additional
drives, as needed, for up to 10TB of total capacity. It
reduces the initial investment and assures a long-term
solution. What's more, its PC backup data deduplication only
backs up a single instance of redundant data. This optimizes
storage space as well as increases backup speed.
5BIG OFFICE+: INTEGRATE MULTIPLE OFFICES
The 5big Office+ offers all the features of the 5big Office,
but brings powerful tools – including DFS-R/N – for
integration with off-site servers. IT managers can centralize
and consolidate data, even when it's spread across multiple
geographic locations. The 5big Office+ also features Windows
domain/Active Directory support, a faster dual-core processor,
dual Ethernet links, and can back up more PCs.
January 9, 2012
LaCie announced its latest peripherals featuring Thunderbolt™
technology today at the 2012 International CES®. The new 2big
Thunderbolt Series delivers speed, flexibility and capacity,
while the eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series allows users to connect
external eSATA drives to their new Macs®. This announcement
follows the unprecedented success of LaCie's Little Big Disk
Thunderbolt Series and further asserts the company's
commitment to deliver high-quality products featuring
Thunderbolt technology.
"LaCie is proud to offer the widest range of storage solutions
featuring Thunderbolt technology," said Erwan Girard,
Professional Business Unit Manager, LaCie. "These products are
some of the fastest and most flexible storage solutions on the
market. They will dramatically accelerate the workflow of even
the most demanding digital users."
2BIG THUNDERBOLT SERIES
With speeds up to three times faster than FireWire 800, the
LaCie 2big also features RAID security, hot-swappable disks,
daisy chain convenience and a solid-aluminum casing. Heavy
data users will appreciate capacities up to 8TB with
jaw-dropping transfer rates up to 311MB/s. Daisy chaining
multiple 2bigs even increases overall performance.
With the 2big, backups take a fraction of the time, letting
the user back up more frequently. Videographers working in
Final Cut Pro X® or other professional software can even
stream multiple HD video streams directly from the drive.
Photographers using Lightroom® or Aperture® will notice
significantly more responsive photo library browsing.
ESATA HUB THUNDERBOLT SERIES The eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series gives new life to
existing eSATA drives with Thunderbolt innovation and backward
compatibility. It connects to a late-model Mac via the
Thunderbolt port and features two eSATA ports. This lets the
user connect two eSATA external hard drives to the Hub and get
full eSATA speeds on their new Mac. The Hub also features a
second Thunderbolt port that lets the user connect other
Thunderbolt peripherals. This means up to 12 eSATA drives (6x
Dock, 2x eSATA links per Hub) can be connected via a single
connection to a Mac with full eSATA 3Gb/s speeds.
LaCie Announces
New Features for its Network Storage
Solutions
January 4, 2012
Today LaCie released an update to NAS OS 2 for its line of
network-attached storage (NAS) devices. It features enhanced
backup options and easy remote access capabilities for LaCie
Network 2 products. These new features make it easy for
professionals to back up safely and share information, even on
the go.
NAS-TO-NAS BACKUP
Support for NAS-to-NAS backup lets the LaCie NAS back up
another compatible NAS. The LaCie NAS can even be backed up by
another NAS, whether it's on the same network or via the
Internet. This feature is especially helpful to create an
offsite backup for data protection against theft, fires,
floods and other natural disasters. Advanced options let the
user encrypt or compress data as well as perform incremental
backups to save space.
LACIE MYNAS EASY REMOTE ACCESS
With LaCie MyNAS the user can now easily access their NAS
remotely, a process that takes only 30 seconds to set up. Just
create a unique name for the network storage in the NAS
dashboard, then access the device on the road with a simple,
easy-to-remember web address: mynas.lacie.com/name. This means
employees, partners or clients can securely access projects
using a web browser or the free LaCie MyNAS iPhone®/iPad® app.
LACIE NETWORK 2 LINE
The LaCie Network 2 line offers professional, reliable,
central storage for instantly storing, sharing and backing up
from any PC or Mac® on a network. Centralize and protect all
your small office's data with these full-featured file
servers: d2 Network 2, 2big Network 2 and 5big Network 2.
LaCie Showcases Lightning
Fast Storage Solutions at 2011 PhotoPlus
Convention, New York
October 25, 2011
LaCie invites PDN PhotoPlus International Convention attendees
to visit the LaCie booth (1077) and learn more about its
latest products. The company is thrilled to demonstrate the
Little Big Disk Thunderbolt™ Series and the 2big Thunderbolt
Series for the first time at PhotoPlus.
The Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series is the first portable
storage device to support the high-speed Thunderbolt
interface. It is the best solution to transfer and store RAW
photos and HD videos in seconds and browse the files with no
lag time. The 2big Thunderbolt Series offers a fast and safe
desktop solution perfect for backing up media content.
LaCie will also showcase its 5big Network 2 with the all-new
NAS OS 2.0 operating system – ideal for media and
entertainment businesses. Conference attendees will have the
opportunity to see first hand how the 5big Network 2 with NAS
OS 2.0 makes file sharing, storing, and backing up to a
network a user-friendly experience. Attendees can also visit
the LaCie booth to see the color accuracy and image quality of
the LaCie 324i monitor featuring the LaCie blue eye pro color
calibrator.
December 13, 2011
LaCie announced today the launch of its MyNAS iPhone®/iPad®
app and remote access capability, which gives users instant
access to files on their home network from anywhere.
Compatible with the LaCie Network Space 2 and Network Space
MAX network-attached storage (NAS) devices, MyNAS is simple
and easy to use. A 30-second setup is all it takes to access
music, photos and video while away from home.
NEW LACIE MYNAS IOS APP
The free LaCie MyNAS app for iPhone and iPad gives convenient,
instant access to files stored on a home network. Users are no
longer limited to what is stored on their device; they now
have access to terabytes of files and storage at home, too.
Already filled up an iPhone with vacation photos and still
have three days left on the trip? With the MyNAS app, simply
move the files from the device onto the NAS to free up space.
ACCESS FROM ANY BROWSER
From within a browser, MyNAS allows the user to download,
manage, upload, and even stream certain types of files from
their home network. This feature offers instant access from
any computer, smartphone, or tablet. It's easy to share photos
from the latest family occasion on a friend's home computer or
at work. No need to create accounts with 3rd party websites,
shuffle USB keys back and forth, or burn DVDs in order to
share files.
Double the pen experience
with Wacom’s Bamboo Stylus duo
Bridging two worlds: best-in-class Bamboo Stylus for touch
screens now also features analogue inking and sketching
Wacom launches Bamboo Stylus duo – a new, dual-purpose
stylus for the iPad and Android tablets that combines a
proven capacitive pen tip for on-screen input at one end,
and a premium ball-point ink pen at the opposite end for use
on traditional paper. With an elegant design and quality
craftmanship synonymous with all Wacom products, Bamboo
Stylus duo is the ideal tool for writing, drawing or
doodling in both a digital and analogue world.
While consumers are using media tablets more and more in
daily life, traditional paper is still being used for
free-flowing creative expression. The Bamboo Stylus duo,
with its simple clean shape and satin textured metal body,
serves the needs of the analogue and digital user with just
one tool. At one end of the Stylus, there is a smooth,
best-in-class and responsive pen tip for on-screen usage,
while the other end houses a high quality inking pen for
traditional writing and drawing. The pen cap can be
conveniently attached to either end of the pen.
The flexible Bamboo Stylus duo and the colourful Bamboo
Stylus solo range – offering a rubber nib only – form the
growing family of touch screen Styluses designed by Wacom.
With any member of the Stylus family, people can visualise
their thoughts in personal and business life: from
note-taking, annotating and drawing, to creating visual
communication aids such as mind maps, charts and sketches.
Whether using a digital or traditional medium, the user
experience is intuitive and natural.
Bamboo Paper app comes to Android
Wacom is continuously looking into the needs of users to
make interaction with digital devices and technology easy.
As such, Wacom announces the introduction of Bamboo Paper
for the Android market - the free digital notebook app that
recently passed the 2.5 million download mark on the iPad,
Bamboo Paper allows users to create and share handwritten
notes, doodles and sketches on their mobile devices. In
combination with Bamboo Stylus, Bamboo Paper becomes the
perfect companion for all touch screens. The app will be
available as a free download from the Google Play Android
marketplace in May. More features, such as multiple
notebooks, will be added in the coming months.
Features and Benefits of Bamboo Stylus duo
* Easy access to both touch screen and traditional paper
with just one tool
* Natural experience with both stylus and refined ball-point
pen
* Enhanced stylus user experience with an authentic and
intuitive note-taking app (Bamboo Paper)
* Colour material finish
o High-value plated metal
o Satin texture and elegant colour scheme (platinum silver /
black)
o Soft rings for a smooth elegant fit of the cap on both tip
ends
* Smooth and soft conductive rubber tip (6mm)
* Black ball-point ink cartridge, 0.7 mm ball point-size
* Balanced and optimised pen weight: 24g
* Replaceable standardised stylus nib – compatible with all
Bamboo Styluses
* Replaceable standardised inking pen cartridge
Dive into
digital content creation with Wacom’s redefined
Intuos5
01/03/2012 Multi-touch interaction, wireless connectivity and heads-up
display now included for a truly immersive experience
Wacom today announces Intuos5, the next generation lineup
of tablets for professional photographers, designers and
artists who wish to take their digital content creation to the
next level. Superior new features include multi-touch gesture
support for intuitive input, an Express View display to
facilitate an efficient workflow and wireless capabilities for
convenience and comfort. Combined with Wacom’s renowned pen
pressure and tilt sensitive pen, the state-of-the-art Intuos5
inspires creativity through an immersive experience. Wacom
will be showcasing the Intuos5 for the first time in the UK at
Focus on Imaging (stand N9) from 4 – 7 March 2012.
With its ergonomic, ambidextrous design and bold new look, the
slim-profile Intuos5 allows creative professionals to work in
complete comfort. The professional matte-black, soft-touch
finish and illuminated accents reflect a modern and durable
design. To meet the workflow and workspace needs of Wacom’s
diverse professional customer base, four Intuos5 models are
being introduced. Three Intuos5 touch models, featuring both
pen and multi-touch in sizes small, medium and large and one
pen-only Intuos5 tablet in medium
The Human Touch
The addition of multi-touch to the Intuos5 provides a
complementary input method to the pen that is natural to use
in the creative process. One of the distinct benefits of
multi-touch is its support of gestures to zoom, scroll, pan
and rotate digital content, all while remaining focused on the
creative process. Not only is the Intuos5 able to recognise
standard Windows and Mac gestures, but customisable gestures
can be created in supporting applications to make navigational
input easier and stress free. For example, a customised
gesture could be created to open a commonly used feature
within Adobe Photoshop.
“The multi-touch interface in the Intuos5 is Wacom’s most
elegant implementation of gesture support to date,” says Guido
Möller, product manager professional brands of Wacom Europe.
“Switching from pen to touch or to gesture based navigation is
a liberating experience, allowing one to reduce repetitive
motion and interact more naturally with the computer.”
Stay focused
Wacom continues to build customisable non-dominant hand
controls into its professional tablets to help users
streamline their workflow and be more productive. On the
Intuos5, these include customisable ExpressKeys (six on small
size and eight on both medium and large sizes) and one Touch
Ring, with four-function toggle. These features allow users to
place commonly used shortcuts and modifiers right at their
fingertips, decreasing dependency on the computer keyboard
while increasing productivity. The ambidextrous design allows
right-handed and left-handed users to simply rotate the tablet
180 degrees for easy access to the ExpressKeys and Touch Ring.
To help users remember their application-specific ExpressKey
settings without being distracted by the input device, Intuos5
comes equipped with Express View, a new Heads-Up Display (HUD)
feature that displays the current settings on the computer
screen. Lightly resting a finger on any of the keys reveals
the settings on-screen and fades within a few seconds so as
not to disrupt the creative process. “Express View modernises
the user interface and is instrumental in helping improve
workflow and boost productivity”, said Möller. “It allows
users to remain focused on their work and concentrate on the
creative process while providing all the benefits of a faster
workflow.”
The Intuos5 Grip Pen
For creative professionals, the Intuos5 Grip Pen remains the
heart and soul of the tablet experience. The Intuos5 pen
registers 2048 levels of pen pressure and up to 60 degrees of
pen tilt, allowing the pen to emulate the same feel, response
and effects derived from working with traditional tools such
as paint brushes, markers and pens. In addition, Intuos5
features Wacom’s proprietary Tip Sensor technology, which
means that pressure-sensitive effects can start with an
incredibly light touch. The Wacom pen expands the creative
effects that can be achieved within software applications that
support pressure and/or tilt sensitivity such as Adobe
Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Painter, Autodesk
Sketchbook Pro and many more. The Grip Pen also features a
pressure-sensitive eraser and two side switches that can be
customised for commands such as double-click and right-click.
Optional Wireless Connectivity
With the Intuos5, Wacom broadens its offering for wireless
connectivity. Now, all sizes of Intuos5 can be converted to a
wireless tablet by installing the Wireless Accessory kit, sold
separately on Wacom’s e-store. The kit includes a rechargeable
battery that charges through USB, a RF module that plugs into
the tablet and a receiver that plugs into a USB port on the
computer.
sign&save: Wacom launches new
signature tools for any business Wacom introduces its first signature solution for small and
medium businesses
Today, Wacom announces sign&save, its first plug & play
signature capturing solution for small and medium businesses.
The new sign&save solution combines hardware - a STU LCD
signature tablet - with the specifically created software,
Wacom sign I pro PDF, that enables smaller companies to
integrate digital handwritten signatures into their workflow
easily.
Established technology for a new market
Wacom has a successful track record of integrating signature
solutions into the document management systems of large
companies, banks, hotels and retailers in cooperation with
different software partners. "Being the market leader for more
than 25 years Wacom transfers its experience and knowledge
straight to the small and medium business sector", says Peter
Sommer, General Business Development Manager at Wacom Europe
GmbH. "Thanks to sign&save Wacom finally makes the advantages
of a digitalized workflow available to smaller companies as
well."
Wacom's sign&save solution can be used for all business
applications that need handwritten signatures to authorise or
confirm business processes. It saves time and money by
eliminating the need to print or scan documents and archive
storage space is no longer necessary. The solution is easy to
handle and has been specifically designed for smaller
businesses who frequently work with documents either in the
field, at the desktop computer or public counter.
Wacom adds a
splash of colour to the Bamboo Stylus
Premium design, new soft-touch finish and elegant colours draw
on strong pen heritage
Following the successful launch
of its original Bamboo Stylus in April, Wacom today announces
its new range of coloured pens matching Apple’s® iPad® Smart
Covers.
Available in white, blue, green, orange and pink, the coloured
Bamboo Styluses are a perfect match for all iPad owners
seeking the must-have device for content creation. While
retaining the premium design and feel of the Bamboo Stylus,
users can enjoy using the iPad for note-taking, annotation,
drawing, sketching and visual thinking.
With the proven precision nib, which is up to 25 per cent
slimmer than its competition, Wacom now also offers
exchangeable nibs to suit the usage needs of iPad owners.
Beside the soft standard nib, alternatives, such as more
solid, robust nibs will soon be available on the market.
The pen coating’s shiny, soft-touch finish exudes the premium
quality which Wacom is renowned for. While simple, the
appealing design continues to express the company’s unmatched
heritage in pen input devices.
Complementing the Stylus perfectly is Wacom’s popular Bamboo
Paper app. The app, which is free of charge, received more
than a million downloads within 11 days of launch earlier this
year. It is ideal for realistic and intuitive note-taking and
sketching. With the launch of Bamboo Paper’s free version,
which is perfect for desktop use with a Wacom tablet, all
Paper notes can now be shared between iPad and Mac or PC to
offer a complete user experience.
Wacom has an
Inkling
30/08/2011 Digital sketch pen bridges the gap between traditional,
freehand sketching and digital development by capturing a
digital likeness of a pen-on-paper sketch.
Today, Wacom introduces Inkling, a new digital sketch pen
that captures a digital likeness of your work while you sketch
with its ballpoint tip on any sketchbook or standard piece of
paper. Designed for rough concepting and creative
brainstorming, Inkling bridges the gap between paper sketching
and digital drawing by giving users at the front end of the
creative process a way to rough-out ideas with real ink on
paper and capture their concepts digitally so that they can be
later refined on their computer. Inkling even allows users to
create layers in the digital file while sketching on paper in
the following creative software applications: Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Illustrator and Autodesk Sketchbook Pro.
Spontaneous and Liberating
Virtually anyone who uses sketching to capture their creative
ideas and wants to have their drawings in a digital format to
e-mail, archive or further refine on their computer can
benefit from Inkling. For example, artists, illustrators, or
storyboarders who appreciate the convenience, speed and
spontaneity of loosely sketching their ideas on paper could
profit from the capabilities of Wacom�s Inkling digital sketch
pen. In everyday use, a graphic designer could use Inkling to
create rough concepts on paper for a new advertising campaign
and then review and share these concepts on the computer with
colleagues or clients. The pen and receiver store and recharge
in a compact case making it easy to transport Inkling between,
home, office, hotel or any typical workspace.
Inklings inspiration comes from a desire to give artistic
people the freedom to draw on paper and to provide an easy way
to transition the drawings to digital media,� said Guido
Moeller, product manager professional brands at Wacom Europe.
Inkling Specifics The Inkling digital sketch pen is comprised of both
hardware and software components. Hardware includes both the
pen and a wireless receiver that captures a likeness of the
sketch and stores it digitally. The ballpoint pen uses Wacoms
pressure sensing technology (1024 levels of sensitivity) to
detect how hard the pen is being pressed to the paper while
sketching. These pressure variations will appear in the
digital version of your drawing. Through its pressure
sensitivity, Inkling captures the varied line weights created
by the ink pen, adds Moeller.
The receiver can be clipped to the edge of standard paper or
sketchbooks and the position can be adjusted for left- or
right-handed users to provide the receiver with an
uninterrupted line of sight with the pen tip. When sketching
is complete, the receiver is connected to the users computer
via USB to transfer the digital files. Files can be opened
with the included Inkling Sketch Manager software to edit,
delete or add layers as well as to change formats and transfer
the files for adjustment and editing in creative software
applications.
Inkling can store thousands of sketches and export layered
files directly to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (CS3 or
newer), as well as Autodesk Sketchbook Pro (2011).
Alternatively, files can be saved in JPG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, SVG
and PDF formats for use with other applications. According to
Moeller, Inklings support of raster based applications such as
Adobe Photoshop, as well as vector based applications such as
Illustrator and Autodesk Sketchbook Designer, will provide
users with options for incorporating their preliminary
sketches into further developed work.
The Ideal Companion for Intuos and Cintiq
Users of Wacom Intuos pen tablets and Cintiq interactive pen
displays gain extra benefits by adding an Inkling to their
creative toolbox. For those working with our professional
products, the pen is already their input tool of choice,
continued Moeller. Inkling can deliver an immediate ROI to
these users by delivering an accelerated and more mobile
workflow resulting in digital files that can easily and
quickly be transferred to their home or office computer and
redrawn using the Intuos or Cintiq pen.
Wacom® Launches Cintiq® 24HD
For Creative Pros 13/09/2011 New Cintiq offers spacious 24-inch HD widescreen display
with brilliant colour and breakthrough ergonomics for creative
professionals seeking the ultimate digital pen-on-screen work
surface
Wacom’s all-new Cintiq 24HD brings control, comfort and
productivity to a whole new level with best-in-class display
performance and ergonomic comfort. The Cintiq 24HD is
engineered to meet the high-demands of designers,
illustrators, animators, video editors and other creatives
looking for Wacom’s most advanced pen-on-screen experience. It
joins the Cintiq 21UX and Cintiq 12WX as part of Wacom’s
complete lineup of interactive pen displays.
In the Cintiq 24HD Wacom delivers a host of new features to
enhance workflow and user comfort. The new 24-inch HD (1920 x
1200) widescreen display provides realistic colour for colour-critical
work. The ergonomically designed counter-weighted stand allows
users to adjust the incline and height of the Cintiq for
multiple working postures, even allowing the display to extend
over the edge of the desk and float just above a user’s lap.
Furthermore, the frame around the screen is designed to be a
resting place for the hands and arms, providing easy access to
the Touch Ring and shortcut and modifier Express Keys™ located
on both sides of the Cintiq. The Cintiq 24HD incorporates
Wacom’s most realistic pen experience, featuring 2048 levels
of pressure sensitivity and 40 degrees of tilt control.
“The Cintiq 24HD is a wonderful example of what can be done
when expert design experience and quality engineering are
intelligently combined with user feedback from the
professional community,” says Guido Möller, product manager
professional brands at Wacom Europe. “All the right elements
have been incorporated into our new flagship product to help
expand its capabilities and to improve its appeal in such
markets as animation, photography and video production where a
wide format, colour-accurate, high-definition display is a
crucial requirement.”
Screen Play The Cintiq 24HD boasts an eye-catching and sophisticated
industrial design that places an emphasis on operator control
and comfort. The new 24-inch high-definition, widescreen
display is ideal for creative pros working in media,
entertainment and motion graphics. The Cintiq’s new display
specifications meet the needs of today’s television, film,
animation and video game development industries,” states Guido
Möller. “Videographers are now able to edit full HD video
which will translate into tremendous productivity gains.”
Additionally, the new Cintiq 24HD delivers a wide colour gamut
which will be appealing for photography and design
professionals who demand accurate and spectacular colour
representation when drawing or editing with the Cintiq pen.
For those needing to calibrate colour, the Cintiq is
compatible with popular colour calibration devices from
industry leading manufacturers. In many cases, the screen’s
quality and size will render obsolete the desire for a second
display.
Making a Stand for Comfort
Ergonomic comfort is crucial for creative professionals and
the Cintiq 24HD addresses this with a highly adjustable and
versatile stand that allows users to work in a variety of
common positions, thus reducing fatigue. Intuitive handles and
spring-assisted lift make display adjustments quick and easy.
For example, users wanting to feel connected to their work can
securely extend the display surface over the edge of the desk
so that it rests comfortably just above their lap, providing
an optimal position for many types of work. When employing the
Cintiq for more conventional display uses such as email, the
display can quickly be repositioned to a nearly vertical
position. The Cintiq can also be raised slightly above the
desk to accommodate a keyboard underneath to help reduce desk
clutter. “The new stand on our Cintiq 24HD helps define the
whole pen-on-screen experience by effectively allowing users
to customise work positions that support freedom of movement
for hours upon hours of comfortable work,” according to Guido
Möller.
Pen Performance
The Cintiq 24HD pen features Wacom’s proprietary Tip Sensor
technology, offering users near-zero (one gram) starting
pressure and virtually the same natural feel and feedback one
would experience when working with traditional brushes or
pens. The pen’s 2048 levels of pressure enable
pressure-sensitive effects, such as controlling line weights
or opacity. When combined with pressure-sensitive software
applications from such developers as Adobe®, Autodesk®,
Corel®, or Pixologic®, the Cintiq is capable of producing
life-like artistic results. The pen also features a
pressure-sensitive eraser and two side switches that can be
customised for common commands such as double-click and
right-click.
Additional Features and Accessories
The wide bezel of the Cintiq 24HD not only gives users a
natural resting place for their arms and hands while working,
but provides easy access to the customisable,
application-specific ExpressKeys and Touch Rings located on
each side of the display’s frame. These user-defined features
are instrumental in helping improve workflow and boost
productivity by placing commonly used shortcut commands at the
fingertips. Guido Möller notes that “these tools save valuable
time by minimising keyboard dependency and allowing the user
to keep focusing directly on the screen and the work at hand.”
The
Fujitsu Group was commissioned to support the field research
at five elementary schools in Western Japan in fiscal 2010.
Fujitsu provided support in a variety of ways, including ICT
environment installation for the field research, dispatching
ICT support personnel to each school, developing a portal
site to share information between trial schools and an
educational cloud to deliver curriculum and other materials,
and propose ways in which ICT can be applied to lessons.
The
calculation nodes of the new Oakleaf-FX system use a PRIMEHPC
FX10 configuration comprised of 4,800 nodes (50 racks).
The
basic module consists of Fujitsu’s FTP-639MCL high-speed
(200mm/sec) 3-inch thermal printer mechanism, cutter and
interface board with a newly designed paper damper that can
adjust paper tension in both the upper and lower direction.
The unit also includes an adjustable, paper roll holder that
accommodates rolls from 80mm up to 150mm maximum.
The
STYLISTIC M350/CA2 features a compact form factor(1), equipped
with a 7-inch display and a body weighing approximately 420g
for easy mobility. The tablet achieves both superior
portability and usability, with features such as rapid booting
and the ability to select between different character input
modes—a numeric keypad, QWERTY, and hand-writing—to gives
users the choice that best meets their individual needs.
Moreover, the new tablet can be employed in a wide range of
scenarios, including as a mobile sales terminal, as a handset
for displaying digital catalogs at a retail store, and as an
e-book reader in a classroom setting. In addition to offering
excellent cost-performance, the STYLISTIC M350/CA2 supports
customers in transforming work styles within their companies.
The
delegation was welcomed by the management of the Signature
Professionals and representatives of their customer INTER
Insurance Group. Both companies have their origin in Baden-Wuerttemberg,
however in different parts of the state which was founded 60
years ago. Today it is still something remarkable if a company
from Badenia (here: INTER Insurance Group from Mannheim) is
buying from a company in Wuerttemberg (here: SOFTPRO from
Boeblingen near Stuttgart) as the two parts of the state still
maintain a certain rivalry.
SOFTPRO
tablet computing expert Johannes Leser explained Minister
Schmid how a stylus works on capactive devices like the iPad
and why it makes sense to use this accessory for a better
signing experience. 
Minister
Nils Schmid used the opportunity at CeBIT 2012 to get a first
hand impression of trustworthy signing on iPads with SignDoc
Mobile. He was was impressed by the natural look of his
signature on the iPad screen.
INTER
Insurance Group integrated SignDoc Mobile into their app for
their mobile sales force. Frank Stuch, Head of Application
Development of INTER Insurance Group, explained to Minister
Schmid the benefits of signing on iPads.
Various
policy forms such as the application for life insurance and
the customer consultation protocol are among the documents
signed. INTER Insurance Group benefits of a complete
electronic workflow thanks to a signing ceremony closing deals
at the point of sale.
Softpro
North America is hosting an educational electronic signature
seminar for banking executives involved with online, mobile,
and retail banking technology decisions. The event entitled
“Electronic Signatures, Unlocking the Potential of your Bank’s
Multichannel Strategy.” will be held at the Ritz Carlton in
Marina del Rey, CA on March 29, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00
p.m.
INTER
Insurance Group: Signature Capturing on iPad with SOFTPRO
SignDoc Mobile - The screen design was customized to fit in
the individual look and feel of the app of INTER INTER
Insurance Group: Signature Capturing on iPad with SOFTPRO
SignDoc Mobile - The screen design was customized to fit in
the individual look and feel of the app of INTER
Frank
Stuch, Head of Application Development INTER Insurance Group:
"Together with SOFTPRO we have developed a really compelling
solution for electronic signature on the iPad. Our sales
people are enthusiastic: They no longer need to carry extra
pads for signature capture and plug it to the PC. SignDoc
truly makes the iPad ready for signing."
Today
LaCie and the Porsche Design Group (Porsche Lizenz- und
Handelsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG) announced that the Porsche
Design P'9220 and P'9230 hard drives have won a 2012 product
design award from the International Forum Design GmbH (iF).
These products combine sleek design, solid aluminum casing,
USB 3.0 speeds and capacities up to 2TB – making them a clear
choice for an iF Design Award.