Fujitsu Siemens Computers
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| Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Inc. | |
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| Type | Joint venture |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Maarssen, Netherlands |
| Industry | Computer |
| Products | Desktops, notebooks, Handhelds, Workstations, industry standard servers, unix/solaris servers, mainframes, storage |
| Employees | about 10,700[1] |
| Website | www.fujitsu-siemens.com |
Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Inc. is a Japanese and German IT vendor, selling consumer and business computing products in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (products marketed elsewhere are sold under the Fujitsu brand). The company is a 50/50 joint venture between Fujitsu Limited of Japan and Siemens AG of Germany and was founded in 1999.
The offerings of Fujitsu Siemens Computers extends from handhelds through desktops to enterprise-class IT infrastructure solutions and services offerings.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers has a presence in key markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with the services division extending coverage up to 170 countries worldwide.
Fujitsu Siemens specialise on "Green" computers, making sure the whole range confirms or exceeds requirements for a wide variety of ecological and environmental markings.
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[edit] History
The origins of the company can be traced back to the merger of the PC-divisions of the Finnish Nokia and the Swedish Ericsson in the mid 1980s when Ericsson PCs were known for their ergonomics and bright colors. In 1991 Nokia Data was sold to the British International Computers Limited (ICL). Later ICL merged with Fujitsu.
The Nokia MikroMikko line of compact desktop computers continued to be produced at the Kilo factories in Espoo, Finland. Components, including motherboards and Ethernet network adapters were manufactured locally, until production was moved to Taiwan. Internationally the MikroMikko line was marketed by Fujitsu as the ErgoPro.
The German half of the company, Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme, was the result of the merger of Nixdorf Computer with Siemens.
In 2003, the company won the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award for their use of information technology in an industry-transforming way.
[edit] Some members of the Executive Council
[edit] Bernd Bischoff
President & CEO of Fujitsu Siemens Computers since July 2004.
He began his tenure at the company in 2001 and was Executive Vice President Sales, Marketing and Customer Services. Prior to this Bernd spend 21 years at HP, where he held a number of positions in Germany and EMEA, including General Manager of Commercial Business and Channels.
He started his career at IBM and brings many years of experience to the company, both in the IT industry and in sales and marketing.
[edit] Dieter Herzog
On April 1, 2004, Dieter Herzog atsasal Executive Vice President of the Fujitsu Siemens Computers Infrastructure Products division. He is responsible for the Fujitsu Siemens Computers entire server range as well as the enterprise storage and software offering. A graduate in electrical engineering, Dieter has held a number of high-level posts with companies such as Nixdorf Computer AG and Siemens NixdorfAG.
[edit] Barbara Schädler
Barbara Schädler was appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Fujitsu Siemens Computers in September 2005 just three years after her promotion to Vice President Corporate Marketing. Barbara is responsible for the company's entire Corporate and Regional Marketing. She joined Fujitsu Siemens Computers as Head of Corporate Communications in 2001. Barbara entered private industry in 1998 as Head of Corporate Communications at RWE Energy, having started her professional career in 1990 as an advisor on macroeconomic policy issues to the German Federal Ministry of Finance, where she was later appointed Head of the Press Department and Official Spokesperson.
[edit] Joseph Reger
Joseph Reger was appointed Chief Technology Officer of Fujitsu Siemens Computers in 2002. He has been with Fujitsu Siemens Computers since the foundation of the company in 1999, originally as Vice President of Strategic Marketing. A renowned IT industry expert, Joseph started his career in academic research (PhD University of Cologne, Germany) in the fields of physics and computer sciences, going on to join IBM as Executive Consultant and Chief IT Architect. Subsequently, he held a number of management positions at Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme and at Siemens in Munich, Germany.
[edit] Products
Brands include:
- Media Center
- ACTIVY
- Notebooks
- Desktop PC
- Workstation
- CELSIUS
- Tablet PC
- STYLISTIC
- Convertible PC
- LIFEBOOK
- Handheld
- Pocket LOOX
- Industry Standard Servers
- PRIMERGY
- PRIMERGY BladeFrame
- Mission critical IA64 servers
- PRIMEQUEST
- UNIX system based servers
- SPARC Enterprise Servers
- PRIMEPOWER 250, 450, 900, 1500, 2500
- S/390-compatible Mainframes
- S- series, SX- series
- Flat panel displays
- Myrica
- Liquid crystal display televisions
- Plasma display televisions
- SCALEOVIEW
- Liquid crystal display computer monitors
- SCENICVIEW
- Liquid crystal display computer monitors
- Myrica
- Operating systems
[edit] Notes and references
[edit] See also
- List of Computer System Manufacturers
- FlexFrame for SAP
- FlexFrame for Oracle
- List of Fujitsu products
[edit] External links
- Fujitsu Siemens Computers website
- Fujitsu Siemens Official UK Online Shop
- Fujitsu Siemens Computers UK website
- Fujitsu Siemens Computers Norway website
