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Initiatives by Region
MARKET
TRENDS
INITIATIVES
GOING
FORWARD
Japan
Market Trends
In 2010, the Japanese IT market is expected
to contract by 2.2% year on year.
The Japanese economy is making a
gradual recovery, but the yen is appreciat-
ing on economic instability in Europe,
brought about by the debt crisis in Greece.
The future therefore remains unclear for
major Japanese manufacturers, and com-
panies are taking a cautious approach to
capital expenditure.
In the public sector, following a change
in the ruling political party, the central
government in Japan is screening various
government programs as it reviews its
budget. IT budgets are shrinking and the
overall trend is for budget cuts, despite
expectations for some demand for new
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Initiatives Going Forward
In the Japanese market, Fujitsu is working
to expand its business through the provi-
sion of services based on quality products
and solutions. We will take advantage of
the increasing focus on cloud computing
to supply highly reliable cloud services
that bring together our high-quality
network, server, middleware, and applica-
tion products.
In the System Products business
focused on highly reliable servers, we will
continue with the initiative begun last year
to expand sales of the x86 servers. We
have reinforced our product portfolio with
the launch of new x86 server models in
As a gateway for air travel to and from Japan, Narita International Airport is one of
Asia’s best-known international hubs, used by some 35 million travelers every year.
Narita International Airport Corporation (NAA) is the organization responsible for
the administration and management of Narita International Airport. In October 2009,
NAA lengthened one of its two runways from 2,180 meters to 2,500 meters to accom-
modate larger aircraft. This project is expected to increase the annual number of
flights the airport handles from 200,000 to 220,000 beginning March 2010.
To enable NAA to handle this increase in traffic, Fujitsu fully upgraded NAA’s air-
traffic information control system for centralized management of flight data, including
arrival and departure schedules. NAA uses this core system to accurately track all sched-
uling, status and performance information for flights departing or arriving at Narita
International Airport and assist in maintaining safe and smooth operations at the airport.
In the process of the full upgrade, in June 2009 the system was migrated from a
mainframe to an open systems platform utilizing Fujitsu’s UNIX and x86 servers. Fujitsu’s
own SPARC Enterprise servers were selected as the database and gateway servers that
form the core of the system, with Fujitsu PRIMERGY x86 servers functioning as Web
servers and Fujitsu ETERNUS storage systems adopted for the disk array system. To build
in redundancy, each of these components was duplicated, and physical lines were also
duplicated to achieve redundancy for network devices, too. This configuration allows
operations to continue uninterrupted even in the unlikely event of a line malfunction.
The most recent upgrade has enabled NAA to solve the problem of passing on
the know-how of retiring mainframe technicians in order to maintain regular system
operations, while also dramatically lowering operating and maintenance costs.
As Narita International Airport continues to evolve as one of the top international
hubs in the world, Fujitsu remains committed to leveraging its technological
strengths and comprehensive capabilities to support efforts by NAA to contribute to
dependable and comfortable air travel.
Narita International Airport Corporation
A New Data Hub for Asia’s Growing Travel Hub
CUSTOMER
SOLUTION
PROFILE
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