EDS To Offer Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST Servers

Fujitsu Limited (www.fujitsu.com) announced that it has signed a global Technology Alliance Agreement with EDS. As a Technology Alliance Partner, Fujitsu will provide EDS with highly reliable, high-performance computing platforms such as the PRIMEQUEST™ line of mainframe-class mission critical open systems servers, together with its Stylistic® and LifeBook® Tablet PCs.

"Our goal is to deliver the latest innovations in mainframe application migration to our clients," said Larry Lozon, vice president, Data Center Services, EDS.

"Intel welcomes the technology alliance between Fujitsu and EDS," said Kirk Skaugen, General Manager, Server Platforms Group, Intel Corporation.

"With Intel® Itanium® architecture designed to provide mainframe-class reliability, over half of the Global 100 companies have deployed Itanium-based platforms already."

The EDS Technology Alliance leverages best-in-class technology platform expertise to extend or enable EDS` capabilities. EDS will offer customers selected Fujitsu products in EDS solutions for hosting, legacy application migration and mobile computing.

"Fujitsu has been doing business globally and has a strong legacy of delivering state-of-the-art products and solutions. Fujitsu is pleased that EDS values our core competency," said Akira Yamanaka, Corporate Vice President, Fujitsu Limited.

Fujitsu offers a complete line of high-performance and reliable servers and mobile computers that are designed and manufactured to strict specifications to keep enterprises up and running.

As a Technology Alliance Partner, Fujitsu looks forward to working closely with EDS to provide outstanding platforms for EDS' solutions. Fujitsu believes this coordinated effort will provide tangible value to customers worldwide and help them to improve business performance.

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 products, 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.