Archive | 2005

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a market leader in document imaging scanners and services, today announced that Business Solutions magazine honored three of its premier channel partners, Hershey Technologies, ImageSource, Inc. and PROFORMANCE with Channel Connection Awards in the Innovative Government, Banking/Finance, and Healthcare Installation categories. All award winners and finalists were recognized in an award ceremony at the AIIM ON DEMAND 2005 Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia, PA.

The annual Business Solutions Channel Connection Awards recognize extraordinary integrators and resellers that deliver innovative document management installations across vertical industries. All winners and finalists were selected based on the scope, complexity and resulting ROI of the nominated installation.

“This year we received numerous exceptional nominations across all vertical categories making the selection process extremely difficult,” said Ken Congdon, content management editor, Business Solutions. “The Hershey, ImageSource and PROFORMANCE installations all stood out for their integration delivery and impressive ROI, offering an effective, reliable and high-quality document imaging component.”

“Fujitsu is honored to be recognized for the document imaging scanning solutions we provided for these three outstanding installations,” said Victor Kan, vice president of sales and marketing, Imaging Products Group, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. “These awards are evidence of our commitment, relationships and broad reach within the banking, government and healthcare industries.”

Business Solutions recognized Hershey Technologies, ImageSource, Inc. and PROFORMANCE for the following installations:

Innovative Banking/Finance Installation Award

PROFORMANCE, a systems integrator and software development firm based in Spring, Texas, won the Innovative Banking/Finance Installation Award for a solution it developed for First Volunteer Bank of Tennessee. The industry-specific solution integrated Hyland’s OnBase document management system and two proprietary utilities, PF Bar Code and PF Host Synchronization, with Fujitsu M4097D Low Volume Production Duplex Scanners, fi-4220C Color Duplex Workgroup Scanners, and fi-4340C Color Duplex Document Scanners to image loan documents from the bank’s 21 branches. The integrated solution has helped the bank improve customer service levels by providing tellers and other authorized personnel with immediate access to loan documents, signature cards and customer data. For more information, please see: http://www.pf-inc.com/

Innovative Government Installation Award

Based in Olympia, Wash., ImageSource, Inc.’s installation at the Washington State Office of the Secretary of State earned the Innovative Government Installation Award. The solution integrated Kofax Ascent Capture, a Stellent image and workflow management system and Fujitsu fi-4750C scanners to capture and route business entity registrations for the state. The system eliminated the four to six week registry backlog the office faced and gave personnel immediate access to registration images to quickly respond to customer requests. For more information, please see: http://www.imagesourceinc.com/

Innovative Healthcare Installation:

Hershey Technologies, based in La Jolla, Calif., received honorable mention for a solution it developed for the California State Department of Mental Health. The solution integrated Hershey Technologies ImageNet and Verity Teleform content capture software with 70 Fujitsu fi-4220C Color Duplex Workgroup Scanners to standardize 57 county processes into the state’s centralized performance outcomes database. Ultimately, the system was installed on time and under budget and has achieved revenue savings of more than $2 million. For more information, please see: http://www.hersheytech.com/index2.htm

About Business Solutions

Business Solutions magazine is published exclusively for top management of companies that make up the distribution channel for information technology (IT) products. Business Solutions’ articles show readers how to sell new technologies and penetrate growing vertical markets. Business Solutions provides “actionable information” for value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators to increase sales, improve profits, and trounce the competition.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers’ success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.
For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com

About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. conducts engineering and marketing activities in San Jose, CA and sales operations throughout the United States. Fujitsu Computer Products of America currently offers products and services including scanners and scanner maintenance, hard disk drives, and Magneto-Optical drives. Fujitsu Computer Products of America is located at 2904 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95134. For more information about Fujitsu products and services, call us at 800-626-4686 or 408-432-6333.
For more information, please see: http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com

Press Contacts

Copyright 2005 Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Fujitsu and the Fujitsu logo are registered trademarks and The Possibilities are Infinite is a trademark of Fujitsu Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Statements herein are based on normal operating conditions and are not intended to create any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. reserves the right to modify at any time without notice these statements, our services, products, and their warranty and performance specifications.

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a market leader in document imaging scanners and services, today announced that Integrated Solutions magazine recognized two end users for their content management technology installations with the 2005 I3 Award. The I3 Award recognizes end users for content management technology installations that are innovative, integrate multiple technologies and inspire others. Award winners and finalists were recognized for excellence in three distinct categories: Innovative Enterprise Installation, Innovative Small to Midsize Business (SMB) Installation and Innovative Compliance-Related Installation.

Fujitsu end user Universal Forest Products, Inc., was selected as a winner for the best Innovative Compliance-Related Installation and Meritage Mortgage was a finalist in the same category. Award winners and finalists were recognized in an award ceremony at the AIIM ON DEMAND 2005 Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia, PA.

“In the award submissions, we look for inspirational content management installation stories,” said Ken Congdon, content management editor, Integrated Solutions. “The Universal Forest Products and Meritage Mortgage installations were perfect examples of how businesses of different sizes are using content management solutions to assist company growth, increase efficiency and improve document management. Their inventive installations were worthy of receiving I³ award recognition.”

“We are committed to providing our end users with reliable document imaging scanning solutions paired with excellent services offerings to assist with content management,” said Victor Kan, vice president of sales and marketing, Imaging Products Group, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. “We are pleased to have our document imaging scanning solutions recognized as part of Universal Forest Products’ and Meritage Mortgage’s pioneering content management installations.”

Universal Forest Products, a manufacturer and distributor of pressure-treated lumber for retail, construction and industrial markets, received the Innovative Compliance-Related Installation Award for the integration of the Fujitsu fi-4120C color duplex workgroup scanners with OnBase by Hyland Software. Universal Forest Products uses these solutions to scan invoices and centrally access information from 71 accounts payable sites throughout the country, helping the company comply with financial audits, reduce labor, shipping and storage costs associated with paper invoices.

Meritage Mortgage, a sub prime mortgage lender that deals daily with customers, partners and remote offices on the extensive loan process, was acknowledged as a finalist for the Innovative Compliance-Related Installation Award for its Fujitsu fi-5650C color duplex document scanners and iDatix’ iSynergy Scan software implementation. Together, the solutions help Meritage combat the intensive paper-based mortgage process, reduce paper handling process time, eliminate lost documents, and have the ability to share information across the enterprise.

About Integrated Solutions

Integrated Solutions magazine covers front end to back end enterprise integration and shows growing organizations how to capture, generate, and retrieve data at all points of work and service. The monthly publication educates IT decision makers about leading-edge technologies and applications that drive business performance — and revenue — by eliminating the boundaries of time, distance, and scale.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers’ success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.

For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com

About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. conducts engineering and marketing activities in San Jose, CA and sales operations throughout the United States. Fujitsu Computer Products of America currently offers products and services including scanners and scanner maintenance, hard disk drives, and Magneto-Optical drives. Fujitsu Computer Products of America is located at 2904 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95134. For more information about Fujitsu products and services, call us at 800-626-4686 or 408-432-6333.

For more information, please see: http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com

Press Contacts

Shareen Harvey
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
Tel: 408-894-3926
E-mail:sharvey@fcpa.fujitsu.com

Jennifer Reynolds
Voce Communications
Tel: 650-228-5180
E-mail:jreynolds@vocecomm.com

Copyright 2005 Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Fujitsu and the Fujitsu logo are registered trademarks and The Possibilities are Infinite is a trademark of Fujitsu Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Statements herein are based on normal operating conditions and are not intended to create any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. reserves the right to modify at any time without notice these statements, our services, products, and their warranty and performance specifications.

Separate Interface Modules Support Long Reach, Intermediate Reach and CWDM Requirements for Converged Broadband Access Networks

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, today announced an upgrade to its multiservice FLASHWAVE® 4020 Ethernet Service Platform (ESP) to support Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) interfaces. New SFP-based OC-3 and OC-12 base unit shelves are now available, and each can be equipped with matching-rate SFP modules to support Long Reach (LR), Intermediate Reach (IR) and Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) requirements for converged access networks. Since these SFP modules can be easily interchanged, networks can be upgraded and maintained more conveniently than with traditional optic modules, resulting in substantial Operating Expense (OPEX) cost savings.

The updated FLASHWAVE 4020 ESP will be showcased and discussed this week along with other scalable and reliable triple-play solutions in Fujitsu Booth No. 527 during the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Cable-Tec Expo 2005 tradeshow. The exhibition runs from June 15 through June 17, 2005 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.

“Today’s small-to-medium business customers require solutions that offer both DS1 and Ethernet services to support today’s most popular services,” said Bill Erickson, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Fujitsu Network Communications. “DS1 services are the most commonly used access method for PBX voice services and Frame Relay data services, while Ethernet offers the best option for router interconnection. With the FLASHWAVE 4020 ESP, carriers can deliver both of these dominant services simultaneously from the same device, while offering all the proven reliability of SONET.”

The addition of SFP interfaces gives service providers more options for flexible access networks. The new CWDM capabilities allow carriers to get additional capacity from their fiber plant and add services to business customers along existing fiber routes.

For CWDM applications, up to eight separate OC-3 or OC-12 SONET signals can be transported over a single fiber pair, offering an 8x increase in the capacity of existing optical access networks. Individual SFP-based optics for the FLASHWAVE 4020 ESP support wavelengths that are compatible with the standard International Telecommunication Union (ITU) G.694.2 CWDM grid to allow full interoperability with standards-based CWDM equipment. This capability allows the FLASHWAVE 4020 ESP to be connected to commercially available CWDM passive couplers such as the FLASHWAVE 7120 optical extension system or FLASHWAVE 7410 CWDM access system. The FLASHWAVE 4020 ESP can also utilize commercially available aerial mount CWDM couplers to support easy connections to MSO master headends and primary/secondary hubs.

The FLASHWAVE 4020 ESP supports both seven DS1 and four 10/100Base-T Ethernet services over a protected or unprotected OC-3 or OC-12 SONET network interface. The device’s compact 1U (1.75″) height, low cost, minimal power requirements and advanced protection options, make the FLASHWAVE 4020 ESP a popular choice for delivering today’s next-generation voice and data services. The two new base unit configurations with SFP optic options support highly flexible designs, easy installation, and a simplified inventory process.

WHEN:

• Wednesday, June 15, 2005; 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Thursday, June 16, 2005; 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Friday, June 17, 2005; 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

About Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. creates and delivers robust wireline and wireless solutions that power next-generation telecommunication networks. With an unequalled portfolio of IT and telecom products and the support of Fujitsu Limited, a $44.5B company with over 150,000 professionals in more than 100 countries, Fujitsu helps its customers fuse information and networking technology with commercial value. Over 300,000 Fujitsu network elements have been deployed by all major carriers across North America. As the metro market leader in both SONET and ROADM technology, the fundamental building blocks of next-generation networks, Fujitsu is helping customers take networking beyond convergence.

For more information, please see: http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom

Press Contacts

John Stewart
Sr. Dir. Marketing Communications
Tel: 972-479-2055
E-mail:John.Stewart@us.fujitsu.com

Bob Laurent
Fujitsu Network Communications
Tel: 972-479-3480
E-mail:bob.laurent@us.fujitsu.com

Fujitsu Network Communications
News Bureau
Tel: 866-346-1389

FLASHWAVE® is a trademark of Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. (USA). FUJITSU (and design) ® and THE POSSIBILITIES ARE INFINITE™ are trademarks of Fujitsu Limited. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Physicians Deliver Advanced Cardiac Care Using Toshiba’s Aquilion 64-slice CFX CT

Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology (MDR), a dedicated heart center located in New York City, today announced it has successfully scanned its 500 ^th patient using the center’s state of the art Aquilion 64-slice CFX from Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc (TAMS).  The announcement, which was made in conjunction with the 7^th Annual Stanford Radiology International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT, further emphasizes the impact of 64-slice CT technology on the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

During the symposia, Dr. Jeffrey P. Goldman, director of MRI and CT at MDR, will deliver a lunch-time presentation hosted by Toshiba about the benefits of multi-slice CT for cardiac applications, his experiences with the Aquilion CFX CT, and its positive impact on his practice and the care of his patients.  The advanced image quality and speed delivered by the Aquilion CFX allows cardiologists to uncover early signs of heart disease, such as arterial plaque, and make treatment recommendations without the need for invasive exploration of the heart.  In fact, Dr. Goldman states that the Aquilion CFX allows clinicians at MDR to identify indications of disease earlier in its progression, potentially reducing a patient’s risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke.

“Images of the heart are extremely difficult to capture because it’s in a state of continuous motion.  Until the advent of multi-slice CT, cardiologists had to rely on more invasive, risky procedures, like catheterized angiography, to give an accurate view of what was happening inside the patient’s heart,” Goldman said.  “The Aquilion CFX produces brilliant images allowing me to view intricate areas of the heart, to accurately pinpoint current cardiac issues and to detect potential problems in the earliest stages – even for patients with a normal stress test.”

According to Doug Ryan, director, CT Business Unit, TAMS, “Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology (MDR) is a leading imaging center in New York City due to their experience and ongoing investments in state-of-the-art imaging and diagnostic technologies.  Their recent acquisition of the Aquilion 64-slice CFX is a testament to the commitment by MDR and the technology of the Aquilion to diagnose the earliest stages of heart disease and improve cardiac patient care,” Ryan said.

MDR is renowned for its thought leadership in the area of cardiac imaging, as well as for utilizing the latest cardiac imaging tools to provide patients with a higher standard of care.  Toshiba’s Aquilion 64-slice CFX CT scanner is just one component of the facility’s suite of imaging technologies.  TAMS’ unique 64-row Quantum detector enables the Aquilion scanner to acquire 64 simultaneous slices of 0.5 mm of the heart with each 400-millisecond gantry revolution, which allows cardiologists to scan the heart with superb precision.

The 7 ^thAnnual Stanford Radiology International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT will be held at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco on June 15-18, 2005.

For more information about Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology, email jgoldman@mdrny.com.  For more information about TAMS visit www.medical.toshiba.com.

About Toshiba

With headquarters in Tustin, Calif., Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. markets, sells, distributes and services diagnostic imaging systems, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the United States.  Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, an independent group company of Toshiba Corporation, is a global leading provider of diagnostic medical imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, such as CT, X-ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and information systems.  Toshiba Corporation is a leader in information and communications systems, electronic components, consumer products, and power systems.  Toshiba has approximately 162,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of $55 billion.

Sun Strengthens Position in High-Growth Storage Market with Intellectual Property Purchase

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) today announced it has completed the acquisition of all intellectual property rights of Procom Technology, Inc. relating to its Network Attached Storage (NAS) offerings. In addition, the company has welcomed the majority of Procom’s employees related to NAS into the Sun organization.

“The Procom transaction, combined with our recent announcement that we’ve signed a definitive agreement to acquire StorageTek, signifies the strategic importance of data management to Sun and underscores our commitment to a total systems approach,” said Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief operating officer, Sun Microsystems. “We will now be positioned to have the broadest storage product line in the industry, supported by what we believe to be the ultimate data management operating system, Solaris 10.”

Through a previous software licensing agreement with Sun, Procom’s technology is already embedded and currently shipping within the Sun StorEdge 5000 family of NAS Appliances. With the close of this acquisition, Sun now owns the intellectual property rights relating to Procom’s NAS product offerings and therefore gains additional engineering expertise, enabling it to build future NAS and next-generation file-based storage systems much faster and more cost-effectively.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A singular vision — “The Network Is The Computer” — guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world’s most important markets. Sun’s philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, Java, Sun StorEdge and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

This Press Releases contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding future results or financial performance of Sun Microsystems, Inc., including statements relating to the acquisition of certain assets of Procom, strengthening Sun’s position in the high-growth storage market, positioning Sun to have the broadest storage product in the industry and the ultimate data management operating system, and enabling Sun to build future NAS and next-generation file-based storage systems much faster and more cost-effectively. Such statements are just predictions and involve risks and uncertainties such that actual results and performance may differ materially. Factors that might cause such a difference include the successful integration of Procom’s technology assets and employees into Sun, building future NAS and next-generation file-based storage systems, Sun’s inability to compete successfully in the highly competitive and rapidly changing marketplace, failure to retain key employees, cancellation or delay of projects, increased competition and continued adverse general economic conditions in the U.S. and internationally. These and other risks are detailed from time to time in Sun’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Sun’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended September 26, 2004, December 26, 2004 and March 27, 2005.

JXTA, the Industry Leading P2P Technology, to be Embedded as Discovery Mechanism as Part of Multi-Billion-Dollar Future Combat Systems Project

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that Boeing, the lead systems integrator for the U.S. Army’s multi-billion dollar Future Combat Systems (FCS) initiative, has selected JXTA technology to provide the P2P discovery service for the System of Systems Common Operating Environment (SOSCOE.)

“The entirety of FCS software depends upon the flawless operation of the SOSCOE,” said Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems vice president and general manager of Future Combat Systems. “JXTA technology was selected to be included as the basis for P2P discovery service in SOSCOE because it has the proven flexibility, extensibility, security, and scalability necessary to connect hundreds of thousands of personnel, remote sensors, and other resources in real-time. JXTA technology ensures that services registered can be found quickly and efficiently.”

FCS is a networked “system-of-systems,” combining advanced communications and technologies to link soldiers with unmanned sensors and air platforms, and both manned and unmanned ground platforms. As a key part of the Department of Army’s visionary transformation plan, FCS will significantly increase the Army’s agility and reduce logistics requirements, allowing it to go anywhere and to overcome any adversary. FCS is also designed from the ground up to enhance joint operations and coordination between U.S. and coalition forces.

“We are proud to add FCS to JXTA technology’s continued adoption in the federal government space. The SOSCOE development points out the critical importance the government places on dynamic discovery and distribution of content,” said Juan Carlos Soto, chief technology officer, Software, Sun Microsystems. “Working with Boeing, the FCS program and the U.S. Army offers JXTA technology yet another opportunity to illustrate how P2P has moved from traditional file sharing to large scale, highly complex deployments.”

Sun Microsystems reports that in addition to FCS, JXTA technology is currently deployed or under consideration by several other companies under contract by federal and state/local government agencies, including BBN Technologies and ShareDynamics, Inc.

The open source community of more than 20,000 members has evolved JXTA technology into an open set of XML-based protocols for creating P2P style network computing applications and services quickly and easily. The community also just released the latest version of JXTA technology, which offers enhanced scalability and performance. To download the new release visit www.jxta.org.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A singular vision — “The Network Is The Computer” — guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world’s most important markets. Sun’s philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, JXTA, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Qualified and Recommended Physical Synthesis Software for Fujitsu AccelArray Structured ASICs

Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. (FMA), and Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP) today announced the availability of Synplicity’s new Amplify® AccelArray™ Pro software, a physical synthesis solution uniquely optimized for Fujitsu AccelArray structured ASIC devices.

The Amplify AccelArray Pro software is fully qualified by Fujitsu and is integrated into the new AccelArray design kit. The new design kit enables AccelArray customers to dramatically improve the efficiency of their design process and their ability to generate clean, one-pass hand-offs, resulting in lower project investment and greatly reduced risk.

AccelArray from Fujitsu is an innovative structured ASIC device that leverages Fujitsu’s proven ASIC design and system-level expertise as well as its IP development technologies to enable customers to achieve high-performance designs with extremely fast design schedules. An ideal solution for imaging applications that require high-speed processing, as well as for the storage and networking, telecommunications, and industrial automation markets, AccelArray delivers lower power consumption, higher performance, and dramatically reduced development costs.

“By partnering with Synplicity, we were able to provide a design environment that enables customers to maximize the performance, density and time-to-market advantages of AccelArray devices,” said Fujio Nakanishi, deputy general manager of the ASIC, network and communication products division of Fujitsu Limited. “We are pleased to recommend Synplicity’s Amplify AccelArray Pro physical synthesis and floor-planning software to Fujitsu’s AccelArray customers.”

Andy Haines, vice president of marketing at Synplicity added, “Our partnership with Fujitsu goes back more than three years, during which time the company announced its full support of our Synplify ASIC® tool for cell-based ASIC designs. Today’s announcement reinforces our common goal of delivering software solutions that meet our customers’ most stringent design requirements. Our close partnership with Fujitsu allows us to deliver a highly automated, accurate and user-friendly physical synthesis solution for structured ASIC customers using Fujitsu devices.”

About Amplify AccelArray Pro Software
Developed in close cooperation with Fujitsu, Synplicity’s Amplify AccelArray Pro software provides a single integrated design environment, allowing AccelArray structured ASIC customers to floorplan their design, perform physical synthesis, interactively analyze and modify their AccelArray design based on physical results and generate a legalized placement that meets handoff criteria. At the time of hand-off, Synplicity’s patented SNAP™ (Sensitive Net Analysis and Prevention) technology has additionally configured the circuit topology to provide predictable routing. The software thus generates a legally placed gates design, with timing closely correlated to the timing of the final routed design. This close correlation allows Fujitsu to quickly close timing after hand-off, eliminating iterations between the designer and Fujitsu.

Availability
The new AccelArray design kit with Amplify AccelArray Pro software is available for immediate delivery.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers’ success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com

About Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.

Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) leads the industry in innovation. FMA provides high-quality, reliable semiconductor products and services for the networking, communications, automotive, security and other markets throughout North and South America. For more information about AccelArray please see http://us.fujitsu.com/micro/accelarray

About Synplicity

Synplicity® Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP) is a leading supplier of innovative synthesis, verification and physical implementation software solutions that enable the rapid and effective design and verification of semiconductors. Synplicity’s high-quality, high-performance tools significantly reduce costs and time-to-market for FPGA, structured/platform ASIC and cell-based/COT ASIC designers. The company’s underlying Behavior Extracting Synthesis Technology® (BEST™ ), which is embedded in its logical, physical and verification tools, and has led to Synplicity’s top position in FPGA synthesis, now provides the same fast runtimes and quality of results to ASIC and COT customers. The company’s fast, easy-to-use products support industry standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. Synplicity employs over 280 people in its 20 facilities worldwide. Synplicity is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information visit http://www.synplicity.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Press Releases contains forward-looking statements including, but not limited to the performance and achievements of the Amplify AccelArray Pro used in conjunction with Fujitsu’s products. In some cases, you will be able to identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “believes” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual achievements or performance of the integrated verification flow to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, including the performance and quality of Synplicity’s products relative to other comparable software, latent defects, design flaws or other problems with the Amplify AccelArray Pro software and the growth and changing technical requirements in the ASIC market. For additional information and considerations regarding the risks faced by Synplicity, see its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as other periodic reports filed with the SEC from time to time, including its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Although Synplicity believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, Synplicity cannot guarantee the future performance or achievements of its software. In addition, neither Synplicity nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of these forward-looking statements. Synplicity disclaims any obligation to update information contained in any forward-looking statement.

Fujitsu Limited Press Contact
Fujitsu Limited
Public and Investor Relations
Website: http://pr.fujitsu.com/en/news/pressinquiries.html

Emi Igarashi
Fujitsu Microelectronics America Press Contact
Tel: 1-408-737-5647
E-mail:eigarash@fma.fujitsu.com

Steve Gabriel
Porter Novelli
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E-mail:steve.gabriel@porternovelli.com

Angela Sutton
Synplicity Inc. Customer Contact
Tel: 1-408-215-6000
E-mail:sutton@synplicity.com

Customer Contacts

Fujitsu Limited Customer Contact
Fujitsu Limited
ASIC Marketing & Application Engineering Dept.
ASIC, Network and Communication Products Division
LSI Business Unit, Electronic Devices Business Group
E-mail:edevice@fujitsu.com

Fujitsu Microelectronics America Customer Contact
Fujitsu Microelectronics America
Tel: 1-800-866-8608
E-mail:inquiry@fma.fujitsu.com

Synplicity, Amplify, Behavior Extracting Synthesis Technology and Synplify ASIC are registered trademarks of Synpilcity Inc. BEST is a trademark of Synplicity Inc. and AccelArray is a trademark of Fujitsu Limited. All other names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners.

WHAT

Fujitsu will demonstrate scalable, reliable triple-play solutions and discuss significant product enhancements during the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Cable-Tec Expo 2005. Fully converged carrier-class optical transport solutions will be demonstrated in their booth covering the following topics:

• The benefits of converged multiservice optical networks based on Fujitsu platforms that offer innovative services while delivering CAPEX and OPEX savings
• The market-leading FLASHWAVE® 7500 Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) with significant, generation-skipping advancements including a Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS), which delivers the most advanced wavelength routing and topology migration capabilities available
• Advanced Ethernet service delivery options that include Carrier Ethernet transport, high-density multiplexed Gigabit Ethernet over Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM), and Ethernet over SONET (EoS) solutions
• Broadcast video solutions for a converged core network using the highly scalable and flexible FLASHWAVE 7500 ROADM and modular FLASHWAVE 4500 Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP)
• Multiservice optical access solutions that take advantage of new Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) and Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) capabilities to lower provisioning costs and offer more options for profitable service delivery
• Comprehensive consulting and customer services to support MSOs at any network design, development, deployment and maintenance stage

WHEN

• Wednesday, June 15, 2005; 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Thursday, June 16, 2005; 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Friday, June 17, 2005; 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

WHERE

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas

Fujitsu Booth No. 527

About Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. creates and delivers robust wireline and wireless solutions that power next-generation telecommunication networks. With an unequalled portfolio of IT and telecom products and the support of Fujitsu Limited, a $44.5B company with over 150,000 professionals in more than 100 countries, Fujitsu helps its customers fuse information and networking technology with commercial value. Over 300,000 Fujitsu network elements have been deployed by all major carriers across North America. As the metro market leader in both SONET and ROADM technology, the fundamental building blocks of next-generation networks, Fujitsu is helping customers take networking beyond convergence.

For more information, please see: http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom

Press Contacts

John Stewart
Sr. Dir. Marketing Communications
Tel: 972-479-2055
E-mail:John.Stewart@fnc.fujitsu.com

Bob Laurent
Fujitsu Network Communications
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Advanced Outpatient Imaging Center Takes Advantage of High-Quality Images and Patient Comfort Features

Delivering patient-focused imaging technology without sacrificing clinical performance, Toshiba America Medical Systems’ Vantage, the company’s ultra short-bore 1.5-tesla (1.5T) high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, provides optimal imaging performance and patient comfort features at Health Scan Imaging in Murrieta, Calif.

“The Vantage continues to prove its clinical value with superior imaging performance and patient-focused features for more comfortable MRI exams,” said Bob Giegerich, director, MR Business Unit, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.  “The Vantage offers the clinical capabilities of a high-field MRI in an ultra short-bore, open design, while Toshiba’s patented Pianissimo^TM noise reduction technology effectively reduces scan noise by 90 percent to provide patients with a less stressful exam.”

In addition to its patient comfort features, the Vantage MRI system performs a wide variety of MRI exams including the latest state-of-the-art imaging techniques.  For example, the system enables physicians to perform wide-ranging studies including brain and cardiac imaging, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), as well as advanced chest and abdominal applications.

“With the Vantage MRI, Toshiba has identified a ‘tipping-point’ without the technical disadvantages of an excessively short-bore magnet for fast, efficient imaging.  The Vantage offers a patient-friendly bore size for an ultra-short bore, high-field magnet for optimal performance and noise suppression, which is key from the patient’s perspective and a noticeable differentiator compared to other vendors,” said Bill Kelly, M.D., founder and medical director, Health Scan Imaging. 

“From a physician’s perspective, the larger number of sequences and extraordinary high-quality images captured per unit time with the Vantage allows for high-end applications, such as high-resolution imaging, MRA and off-center field-of-view skeletal imaging.  Image quality for neurological applications also has been consistently excellent,” Kelly said. “These advantages helped launch our start-up with after-burners.  We have quickly and consistently filled our schedule 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. with great throughput while building tremendous referral loyalty at a new practice location where we previously had no referral relationships.”

“Achieving reliable, consistent fat saturation is almost effortless with the Vantage. The specification that ensures this directly is the Vantage’s improved homogeneity using a unique primary shim system that delivers less than 2 ppm homogeneity,” adds Dr. Kelly.

Unmatched MRI Performance and Patient-Focused Features

The Vantage features an ultra-short magnet at 140 cm with linear 30 mT/m (milliTesla per meter) gradient strength with a slew rate of 50 T/m/s (Tesla per meter per second), or 130 T/m/s.  Despite the short length of the magnet, the system delivers the highest homogeneity of any magnet in the industry over the full 50 cm diameter spherical volume (DSV).

The Toshiba Vantage also offers some of the most advanced MRI applications available on the market today, including optional packages for cardiac imaging, advanced Echo Planar Imaging (EPI), Perfusion and Diffusion Imaging, Peripheral MRA, and SuperFASE (Fast Advanced Spin Echo) imaging.  In addition, Toshiba has pioneered research into contrast-free MRA with its Fresh Blood Imaging (FBI) protocol and Body Diffusion.

With Toshiba’s patented Pianissimo technology, which reduces acoustic noise by as much as 90 percent, the Vantage dramatically reduces the most significant cause of patient discomfort and enables clinicians to better utilize all of the system’s high-field MRI capabilities including SPEEDER parallel imaging for increased acquisition speed which reduces examination times.

For more information about the Vantage, TAMS and its wide range of medical imaging products, please visit www.medical.toshiba.com.

About Toshiba

With headquarters in Tustin, Calif., Toshiba America Medical Systems markets, sells, distributes and services diagnostic imaging systems, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the United States.  Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, an independent group company of Toshiba Corporation, is a global leading provider of diagnostic medical imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, such as CT, X-ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and information systems.  Toshiba Corporation is a leader in information and communications systems, electronic components, consumer products, and power systems.  Toshiba has approximately 162,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of $55 billion.

The Excelart Vantage^TM is a trademark of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation.

New Products Evidence Company’s Position at Forefront of ATCA Development

Continuous Computing® Corporation, global provider of high availability platform solutions that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy converged communications, today announced the release of two innovative blades for AdvancedTCA (ATCA): FlexCore™ ATCA-FM30 and FlexDSP™ ATCA-TI320. FlexCore allows for three times the density improvement over current solutions, while FlexDSP is the first general purpose ATCA digital signal processing blade on the market and an ideal triple-play solution. Continuous Computing’s delivery of these two unique blades demonstrates the company’s dedication to and leadership in the ATCA market.

FlexCore is a highly optimized ATCA switching card that allows customers to maximize performance and density while minimizing the overall solution cost. The blade optimizes system deployments by providing in only two slots the same functionality typically found in six cards, thereby allowing telecom equipment manufacturers to develop cost competitive 3G wireless network elements by combining multiple functions in a single chassis such as RNC, SGSN and GGSN. FlexCore includes an integrated Intel Pentium M application processor that eliminates two CPU blades in the system, thereby saving money and freeing up slots for revenue-producing payload blades. Switching, application processing and storage options are all contained in the single FlexCore blade.

“FlexCore is unique in the industry since it includes so much functionality on one blade,” said Mike Coward, CTO and general manager of Continuous Computing’s Platforms business unit. “With this option, our customers get a lower overall solution cost while maintaining the performance capabilities of previous system incarnations. Furthermore, if FlexCore is used in conjunction with our Trillium® protocol stacks, customers will spend less time working on integration and more time developing applications – which is their core competency.”

Continuous Computing’s other blade introduction, FlexDSP, is the first general purpose DSP blade for the ATCA market. FlexDSP allows a new set of applications to run on ATCA platforms, including media servers, media gateways, video gateways, wireless nodes and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) applications. Supporting voice (with a capacity of 8,064 voice channels in a single slot), video and data processing, FlexDSP makes for an ideal high-density triple-play solution.

“The availability of FlexDSP bolsters Continuous Computing’s leadership in the ATCA space because we’re offering the highest density DSP product – up to 32 DSPs,” said Mr. Coward. “Additionally, the blade’s support of converged communications will allow our telecom equipment manufacturer customer base to continue the migration to next-generation service offerings.”

According to Heavy Reading analyst Simon Stanley, “The AdvancedTCA industry is rapidly transforming into a market that values new capabilities, top performance and high density as well as low overall solution cost. Continuous Computing is one player helping to drive the trend with innovative offerings such as FlexCore and FlexDSP.”

Benefits and features of FlexCore include: Base and Fabric Gigabit Ethernet switching; up to five 10Gigabit Ethernet uplinks; an integrated application processor that is open to customer applications or system management; and onboard storage options such as disk drive, DVD and CompactFlash. Available in July, FlexCore’s pricing is dependent on configuration and is available upon request; customer samples are available now.

Benefits and features of FlexDSP include: 32 Texas Instruments C6415T DSPs with up to eight GigaMACs per DSP for a total of 256 GigaMACs per blade; local memory for each DSP; shared memory for DSP clusters allowing for complex multi-DSP algorithms; supports for up to two channelized OC-3 links; and an integrated network processor for traffic management and distribution. FlexDSP uses the latest Texas Instruments DSP for maximum performance and capacity to deliver the highest density blade available in ATCA

More information about FlexCore and FlexDSP is available on Continuous Computing’s web site at www.ccpu.com and at the company’s SUPERCOMM trade show booth (#32076) at Chicago’s McCormick Place from June 7 to 9.

About Continuous Computing

Continuous Computing® Corporation provides high availability platform solutions that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy converged communications. The company supplies integrated solutions in the wireless and Voice over IP markets to over 125 customers worldwide who rely on Continuous Computing to accelerate time to market, reduce total life cycle costs and increase return on investment. The company offers a comprehensive set of Trillium® protocol software; AdvancedTCA and CompactPCI systems; upSuite® platform management; Trillium+plus Network Service-Ready Platforms™; and customization and product life cycle management services. Founded in 1998, Continuous Computing is based in San Diego with offices globally. The company is ISO-9001 certified and a member of the Intel® Communications Alliance. Additional information is available at www.ccpu.com

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