Demand for Interstage Suite of Application Infrastructure Products Grows in First Half of 2004 as Global Enterprises and Partners Turn to Fujitsu for Proven Technology and Partner-Enabled Solutions

October 26, 2004 – Sunnyvale, CA – Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced strong growth in demand for its Interstage® Suite, one of the world’s broadest lines of application infrastructure software products. In the first half of Fujitsu’s fiscal year 2004, sales increased by 15% over the same period last year as customers and partners worldwide made Interstage Suite products their solution of choice to design, develop and manage their customized, mission-critical applications.

Global companies and leading government agencies around the world are adopting the Interstage Suite and choosing Fujitsu as their trusted worldwide provider. Among these enterprises are new customers, including Loughborough University, Ministerio de Administraciones Públicas, UK Post Office and Target Group, as well as current customers, such as École de technologie supérieure and iJET Travel Risk Management, who have continued or expanded their Interstage product implementations.
Partner-Enabled Solutions and Proven Technology Contribute to Growth Contributing to customer demand in 2004 has been the growing availability of partner-enabled solutions to address companies’ critical business requirements and increasing industry recognition of Fujitsu’s proven technology.

In the first half of 2004, Fujitsu Software Corporation expanded the delivery of best-in-class solutions based on Interstage technology through partnerships with Achievo, EcomNets, IDX Systems Corporation, Quadrant, SSA Global, Servantis and Sogeti USA LLC. Fujitsu and Servantis are working to develop and co-market best-in-class solutions for the healthcare industry, including automated claims processing and integration of the complex networks of systems that link payers, providers, and other healthcare organizations. Quadrant Risk Management International is working with Fujitsu as part of the development of their BSquared solution for international risk management and Basel II total solutions.

IT solutions available through the Fujitsu partnerships complement the broad range of applications and services being delivered by Fujitsu Software Corporation’s internal partners, including Fujitsu Australia, Fujitsu Consulting Mexico, Fujitsu España, Fujitsu Hong Kong and Fujitsu Services.
“Today, it is no longer just about the technology. Companies must leverage business and IT service providers who can address the business problems that the CFO faces, as well as identifying, implementing, and potentially even operating some amount of existing and new IT investments,” said Stan LePeak, research director for the META Group. “For application infrastructure providers, successfully delivering on these enterprise demands will depend on established partnerships with consultants and solutions providers who can link business insight to technology expertise and best practices.”

In 2004, Fujitsu Software Corporation has built upon its track record of proven technology through the incorporation of its XML Search product as key software element in TRIOLE, Fujitsu’s global IT optimization strategy. As part of TRIOLE, Interstage Shunsaku Data Manager has been integrated as a “search-in-the-box” offering with Fujitsu’s PRIMERGY blade and PRIMEPOWER servers – pre-configured and pre-tested in the Fujitsu labs using the TRIOLE Platform Integration (Pi) Templates to substantially reduce the cost of integration and deployment at customer sites. The result is a complete search solution that is proven, predictable and highly scalable.

Fujitsu also has received a number of acknowledgements in the first half of 2004 for the company’s leadership in driving industry standards and delivering technology that impacts business.

• Fujitsu Software Corporation was named to the KMWorld 2004 list of “100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management.” Hugh McKellar, editor-in-chief of KMWorld, noted that the company “has made significant investments in technology to harness shared knowledge and optimize processes at a human level, enabling companies to maximize their business productivity and achieve a truly collaborative enterprise using the Fujitsu Interstage Suite.”
• Keith Swenson, chief architect at Fujitsu Software Corporation was named the 2004 recipient of the prestigious Marvin L. Manheim Award. Presented the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC), the Manheim Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of workflow including Swenson’s role in driving standards as the chair of the OASIS Asynchronous Service Access Protocol (ASAP) Technical Committee, lead author of ASAP, and the chairman of the WfMC Wf-XML Working Group.
• The WfMC also invited Fujitsu Software Corporation to participate in a live demonstration of real-world process interoperability at the Brainstorm Group Business Process Management Conference, June 23, 2004. The demonstration included support of the ASAP standard on Fujitsu’s award-winning Interstage Business Process Manager engine.
• “Growing demand for our Interstage products in 2004 reflects the priority that global enterprises are placing on proven solutions that directly deliver on their business needs,” Robert Sepanloo, senior vice president of Interstage at Fujitsu Software Corporation. “Today, companies worldwide are turning to Fujitsu for optimized business solutions based on Interstage best-in-class infrastructure software and the seasoned expertise of our global network of solutions and service providers.”

About Fujitsu Software Corporation
Fujitsu Software Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is part of the Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) family. The wholly owned subsidiary delivers one of the world’s broadest lines of application infrastructure software products, including the Interstage® Suite and NetCOBOL®. Fujitsu Software Corporation leverages Fujitsu’s international scope and expertise in developing and providing information technology solutions, including more than 4,000 software developers worldwide. To learn more about the Interstage Suite, visit www.fujitsu.com/interstage. To learn more about Fujitsu Software Corporation, visit www.fsw.fujitsu.com.

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