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Annual Report 2006
■ Initiatives
In Solutions/SI, we reduced the number of loss-generating
projects to a normal level. This was the result of ongoing
efforts by a dedicated unit formed to strengthen assurance and
business support systems, realignment of sales and system
engineering groups into integrated units along customer lines,
and improvements to the project management framework.
Additionally, aiming to drive full-scale expansion overseas,
consolidated subsidiary Fujitsu Consulting acquired
Rapidigm, Inc., an IT consulting firm based in the US with
around 2,000 consultants in North America and India. This
move has given us an even stronger business base in the North
American market.
In Infrastructure Services, Fujitsu Services of the UK,
building on its successes of fiscal 2004, captured new large-
scale IT outsourcing projects to support further business
growth. New deals included a central government business
process outsourcing (BPO) contract with Northern Ireland’s
Department of Finance and Personnel.
■ Issues to Be Addressed
In our services business in Japan, we will focus on enhancing
our earnings capabilities by deploying our System Develop-
ment Architecture & Support (SDAS) and other tools to
boost systems development efficiency, and working to further
reduce the number of loss-generating projects. We will also
aggressively pursue business growth in six fields positioned as
key for the future: infrastructure optimization, IT operational
improvement, security, internal control and the environment,
utilization of integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP),
and ubiquitous networking.
Based on our belief that overseas expansion will drive
growth, we also intend to aggressively pursue expansion
centered on North American operations and European
outsourcing services.
UBWALL Interactive Displays
Installed in shopping malls or other sites that attract large numbers of people,
UBWALL displays information tailored to individual consumer interests. When
users hold up IC card-enabled mobile phones to the screen, the display shows
recommended restaurants, products and store locations.
Food Product Traceability
Fitting electronic tags to individual food products enables man-
agement of traceability data (product origin, distribution his-
tory) so that customers can check the origin of products and
other information, helping them to purchase safe produce with
greater confidence.