Fujitsu and Oracle team up to go green
In a recent interview by Oracle, Richard McCormack, senior vice president of marketing for Fujitsu Computer Systems, spoke of the Fujitsu commitment to environmental responsibility. In the interview, he discusses the Fujitsu and Oracle joint offering called FlexFrame for Oracle. This new product is the first dynamic IT solution based on Oracle grid technology, giving companies a bridge to grid computing and increased business agility. FlexFrame for Oracle uses intelligent automation and virtualization to reduce costs and increase service quality, creating the infrastructure for service-oriented architecture.
To learn how your company can reduce server energy consumption by up to 70 percent using the FlexFrame for Oracle solution, be sure to read the interview at this link.
Fujitsu offers Oracle Validated Configurations
Fujitsu is happy to partner with Oracle in offering Oracle Validated Configurations. According to the Oracle website, Oracle Validated Configurations are “pre-tested, validated architectures with software, hardware, storage and networking components together with documented best practices for deployment. Oracle and its strategic partners offer and recommend these configurations to enable end-users to deploy fully tested solutions to achieve standardization with high performance, scalability and reliability while lowering infrastructure costs.”
Because they have been validated by Oracle, there is a higher level of assurance that the selected configurations will run well since “these component stacks have undergone a higher amount of stress testing. These recommendations also reduce testing and discovery efforts for end-users and enable them to deploy solutions more quickly.”
They help achieve standardization, scalability and reliability with lower cost, accelerate and simplify deployment of Oracle on Linux, result in lower cost for end-users cost by eliminating need for expensive testing of the stack, and mitigate customer risk
To learn how to take advantage of the Oracle Validated Configurations program, go to the related link.
Special environmental issue of Fujitsu Scientific & Technical Journal released
Fujitsu has issued the latest edition of Fujitsu Scientific & Technical Journal (FSTJ), the quarterly report published by Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd. This special edition contains nearly 20 articles pertaining to the environment and includes the Fujitsu Group’s environmental policy and activities, as well as its technologies and strategies for reducing the environmental impact of its manufacturing processes and its customers’ data centers.
In the preface to the issue, Junichi Murashima, corporate first senior vice president of Fujitsu Limited notes that “environmental problems such as global warming are caused by human and corporate activities—in this regard, we are all involved. Throughout its business activities, the Fujitsu Group attaches much importance to profit and growth, shareholders and investors, a global perspective, and society and the environment as part of its corporate philosophy called the FUJITSU Way.”
Of special note in this issue is the article entitled “Solutions Supporting Environmentally Conscious Business”. In it, the authors present environmental business solutions, and illustrate how being environmentally aware can’t be treated as an afterthought, but must be pervasive throughout all levels of the organization.
To access the complete issue, be sure to go to the FSTJ web page.
Fujitsu Offers Affordable Shared Storage Blade
Fujitsu is constantly searching for ways for its customers to best leverage their dollars. To that end, Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation recently announced the availability of the PRIMERGY® NX650 network attached storage (NAS) blade. This new storage solution provides flexible, affordable network-based storage for departmental and enterprise applications. Designed for mid-sized businesses with multi-system storage needs, the PRIMERGY NX650 supports the consolidation strategies being adopted by many businesses today. The PRIMERGY NX650 allows integrated data access from all server blades within a Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX600 S3 chassis, as well as external servers on the same network. Up to two 730 GB PRIMERGY NX650 NAS blades can be attached to a single BX620 Intel® Xeon® blade server, creating a total storage capacity of 1.5 TB per instance.
To read the entire press release about this exciting new offering, be sure to read the Media Alert.
Fujitsu Expands Support for High-Speed Connectivity
On February 3, Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation announced expanded support for high-speed connectivity on multiple LifeBook® notebooks and Tablet PCs. The LifeBook T5010, T1010, P1630 and T2020 convertible Tablet PCs join the LifeBook U820 convertible mini notebook in providing built-in access to AT&T's BroadbandConnect High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) network. The LifeBook T5010 Tablet PC and the LifeBook E8420 notebook will support EVDO in the second quarter of 2009.
Both broadband services provide 3G performance for mobile devices. Faster download speeds deliver an optimal wireless Internet-browsing experience, while faster upload speeds make it easier for users to send large files, such as videos, photos and business documents.
According to Paul Moore, senior director of mobile product management, Fujitsu Computer Systems: "For mobile professionals and travelers, a fast data connection has become increasingly vital to ensuring productivity and immediate access to the information they need. Fujitsu will continue to add support for popular broadband services across our product line to ensure our customers have the ability to choose the right solution to meet their needs."
For more information about high-speed connectivity, read the entire press release.
Resource Coordinator Virtual Server Edition introduced
This innovative new product, Resource Coordinator Virtual server Edition, enables control of both physical and virtualized blade servers via a single management view. It also achieves virtualization in Storage Area Networks, reducing operational costs and IT resource expenditure.
The growing IT environments in many organizations continue to challenge operational efficiency. Demand for improved ROI through infrastructure optimization and more efficient use of available resources has led to increased use of blade servers. However, integration onto blade servers still requires additional system administration to maintain configuration flexibility and stable operation. New ways to implement seamless IT resource management are required.
That’s where the Fujitsu Systemwalker® Resource Coordinator Virtual server Edition comes in. This tool plays a key role in PRIMERGY Blade Server deployment by reversing growing system administration workload trends. It also maximizes the interoperability and high availability of the servers and storage it manages.
To learn about the benefits and features of this innovative product, go to the Systemwalker web page.
Strategy for Business magazine offers IT insights
In the winter issue of the Strategy for Business (S4B) Customer Magazine, several IT-related articles are presented. The S4B magazine is published by Fujitsu in the United Kingdom and provides a variety of interesting reading. In the current issue, you can read such articles as “How to make going green good business sense”, “The wisdom of sharing knowledge”, and “SaaS as a solution”. To read the current issue and to subscribe to the free quarterly magazine, go to the S4B Customer Magazine website.