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Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Inc.

Type	Joint venture
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Maarssen, Netherlands
Industry	Computer
Employees	about 10,7001
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 specialises in "green" computers, making sure the whole range confirms or exceeds requirements for a wide variety of ecological and environmental markings^{citation needed}.

It was announced in November 2008 that Fujitsu will buy out Siemens' stake in the joint venture for approximately EUR450m with effect from 1 April 2009.²

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.

Members of the Executive Management Committee

Kai Flore

President & CEO of Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
Kai Flore was appointed CEO and President of Fujitsu Siemens Computers on Nov 3, 2008. He started his career at Siemens AG in 1982 and has been with Fujitsu Siemens Computers since its foundation in 1999. In 2000, he became Chief Information Officer, but since 2003 has also held the position of Chief Financial Officer and that of Chief Strategy Officer since 2007.

Heribert Göggerle

Executive Vice President, Supply Operations.
Heribert Göggerle is the executive responsible for supply operations, including managing the company’s manufacturing facilities, leading its Global Sourcing activities and heading up Total Quality Management. Since formation of the company in 1999, Heribert has been responsible for the company’s supply operations and has led the company to achieve many awards in recognition of manufacturing and process excellence. He was previously with Siemens and had been responsible for the Augsburg manufacturing facility since 1997.

Satoru Hayashi

Executive Member of the Board.
Satoru Hayashi was appointed to the executive management team and the Board as Executive Vice Chairman in April 2004. As of November 2008 Satoru has represented Fujitsu as Executive Member of the Board. Before joining Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Satoru held various positions at the Software and Services Business Group at Fujitsu Limited in both the United States and Japan. He then became Group President responsible for the Glovia Business Group, the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) arm of Fujitsu. He holds a degree in economics from the University of Tokyo.

Dieter Herzog

Executive Vice President, Technology Solutions Portfolio.
In November 2008, Dieter Herzog was appointed Executive Vice President of the Technology Solutions Portfolio organization, which closely integrates all Fujitsu Siemens Computers’ Dynamic Infrastructures portfolio activities from infrastructure products and solutions to services offerings into one integrated portfolio organization.

Joseph Reger

Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer.
As CTO, Dr. Joseph Reger is responsible for understanding and predicting IT trends that will benefit customers most, as well as for their implementation in the company’s strategy. A renowned industry expert, Joseph was appointed CTO in 2002, and has steered the company as well as customers in real-life implementations of Dynamic IT and Mobility topics, for example. He joined the company as the Head of Technology Marketing in 1998.

Richard Schlauri

Executive Vice President, Services Operations.
In November 2008, Richard Schlauri was appointed to the Fujitsu Siemens Computers Executive Management Committee responsible for the company’s entire services operations. Since April 2006, he had been a member of the company’s executive management, heading up the world-wide operating Infrastructure Services division from April 2007.

Sabine Schweiger

Chief Financial Officer.
On January 1, 2009, Sabine Schweiger was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Fujitsu Siemens Computers, reporting directly to the CEO and as part of the Executive Management Committee (EMC). With over 15 years experience in multinational technology companies, Sabine started her career in Finance and Treasury at Siemens AG, and joined Fujitsu Siemens Computers in 2002 from Siemens Financial Services.

Products

Brands include:

• Media Center
  • ACTIVY
• Notebooks
  • AMILO
  • AMILO PRO
  • CELSIUS
  • ESPRIMO Mobile
  • LIFEBOOK
  • Liteline
  • Mobile
  • PCD
  • Scenic

• Desktop PC
  • SCALEO
  • SCENIC
  • ESPRIMO
• 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
• Operating systems
  • SINIX - Unix variant, later renamed Reliant UNIX, available for RISC and S/390-compatible platforms
  • BS2000 - EBCDIC-based operating system for S/390-compatible systems
  • VM2000 - EBCDIC-based hypervisor for S/390-compatible platform, capable of running multiple BS2000 and SINIX virtual machines

Notes and references

See also

• List of computer system manufacturers
• FlexFrame for SAP
• FlexFrame for Oracle
• List of Fujitsu products

External links

• Fujitsu Siemens Computers website