As PCs become more and more ubiquitous, many users find it necessary to dispose of their old computers. Because computers can contain hazardous material, they should be recycled through a reputable recycler for disposal of hazardous materials and recovery of reusable products. Fujitsu now offers a free Recycle Program through which you can return any notebook or tablet computer that is manufactured or sold by Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. This program provides a zero cost and environmentally responsible solution for the return, recycle or full raw material recovery of these products. 

This is just one more way we demonstrate our commitment to our customers and the environment. For more information about the Fujitsu Recycle Program, please go to this link. 

To further strengthen environmental consideration in product development, the Fujitsu Group has taken action to eliminate the use of hazardous chemical substances in mobile computing products. To meet the requirements of the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium is currently being eliminated. Substances containing PBB (Polybrominated biphenyls) and PBDE (Polybrominated diphenyl ethers) have already been eliminated from mobile components as part of the Fujitsu Group Environmental Protection Program. For more information about the steps Fujitsu is taking reduce hazardous materials, go to the RoHS page. To read the directive of the European Parliament on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic components, open this link to the Official Journal of the European Union.  

 Fujitsu has established “Green Policy 21” which is the concept that serves as the guideline for the company’s commitment to the environment. Using the slogan “We make every activity green”, the policy consists of Green Policy Products, Factories, Solutions, Earth, and Management. Each of the sections addresses a different environmental issue.  Green Policy Products: Ensure that new products are developed for which the environment is a consideration through all phases of the product life cycle.  Green Policy Factories: Strive for manufacturing activities that limit resource consumption and reduce emissions.  Green Policy Solutions: Reduce the environmental burden using “Environmentally Conscious Solutions” to improve our client companies’ operating efficiency.  Green Policy Earth: Promote enhancement of environmental education and voluntary activities by employees.  Green Policy Management: Establish an environmental management system in accordance with ISO14001 as the basis for all activities. To learn more about the wide-ranging approaches Fujitsu is taking to improve the environment, visit the Environmental Activities Information page.

In March, the Fujitsu Group announced the expansion of its end-of-life IT products-recycling service. In addition to the voluntary recycling service already underway in Australia, Canada, and the US, the service is now offered at one additional location each in Canada and the US. The Fujitsu Group will also expand the service gradually in Southeast Asian countries beginning in this month.
These additions in North America and the APAC region build on existing services in Japan and Europe, enabling IT products-recycling at a total of nine locations in six countries. In this way, Fujitsu is working with its environmentally-minded customers to deal appropriately with IT products that have reached the end of their useful life and thereby contribute to environmental sustainability.
To read the entire press release about this important topic, please go to this link.

On March 7, Fujitsu America, Inc. announced its selection of UTC Power, a United Technologies company, to provide a PureCell™ Model 200 fuel cell to power and heat a portion of its Silicon Valley Campus in Sunnyvale, California. UTC Power will also service the unit for 15 years. This makes Fujitsu the Silicon Valley’s first long-term user of this environmentally-friendly technology. According to Marty W. Engh, Sr., Facilities Services Director of the Fujitsu Silicon Valley Campus, “Because fuel cells are among the cleanest power-generating technologies available today, this installation is only the beginning of our relationship with UTC Power. Fuel cells operate without combustion. Hydrogen fuel and oxygen from the air are combined in the fuel cell to produce electricity, heat and water. We are pleased to bring this green alternative energy solution to Silicon Valley and make our contribution to the Valley’s critical clean air initiative.”  Fujitsu expects this fuel cell unit to pay for itself in about three years because of the energy savings it will generate. It offers an extremely attractive, sustainable, reliable and efficient on-site energy solution that the company requires.  To read the complete press release about Fujitsu and its latest demonstration of environmental commitment, click here.  

Approximately 25,000 people traveled to New Orleans to attend the annual conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) from February 25 to March 1 in New Orleans. Fujitsu was one of over 850 exhibitors, showcasing a wide variety of mobility, imaging and biometric security solutions.
Our innovative mobile solutions decrease operational costs and paperwork while improving the quality of patient care. Tablet PCs such as the lightweight P1610 and the convertible T4215 keep healthcare workers on the go. Our PRIMEQUEST™ servers and ETERNUS™ storage solutions help manage the heavy IT requirements for critical data processing and storage. The Fujitsu award-winning scanners help healthcare organizations reduce the significant costs associated with paper records, while our PalmSecure™ biometric authentication solution offers secure data and identity management for healthcare. Fujitsu offers innovation for collaboration; contact us today to see what we can do for you.

According to HIMSS literature, HIMSS “is the healthcare industry’s membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare… HIMSS represents more than 20,000 individual members and over 300 corporate members that collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to ensuring quality patient care.”

For more information about HIMSS in general, visit the HIMSS website.
For information about the conference, go to the HIMSS07 website.

On January 16, a coalition of the nation’s most prominent technology companies and leading healthcare organizations (including Aetna, Allscripts, Cisco, Dell, Fujitsu, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Sprint Nextel, SureScripts, WellPoint, and Wolters Kluwer Health) announced a national initiative to provide free electronic prescribing for every physician in America. The National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI) is the first nationwide effort to improve patient safety by offering a solution to the medication errors that harm millions of people each year. Preventable medication errors injure at least 1.5 million Americans and claim more than 7,000 lives each year, according to a July 2006 study by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. In an effort to reduce these errors, the IOM has called on all of the nation’s physicians to adopt electronic prescribing by 2010. 

“While medication errors and adverse drug events can be common and serious, electronic prescribing is clearly a tool that can dramatically reduce errors and improve patient safety,” said Nancy W. Dickey, currently President of the Health Science Center and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at the Texas A&M University System and formerly President of the American Medical Association. “Yet despite the many benefits of electronic prescribing, physician adoption is still modest. The situation calls for a solution that will overcome the barriers many physicians face in adopting this life-saving technology.”  To read the entire press release about this important initiative, go to the Allscripts news page here. 

A tip o’ the hat and sincere thanks to all of our customers who gave their time in 2006 to present their success stories at industry-related events. We look forward to continuing these relationships and creating new ones in 2007.
Richard Roseman, Vice President Information Technology, News America Marketing
“Modernizing Business Practices: Tools for Innovation and Cost Reduction”
Computerworld Premier 100, March 5-7, Palm Desert, CA
Tom Orsi, Vice President of Marketing Systems, Thomson Learning
“The Magic Portfolio — Cutting Costs and Improving Sales Efficiency Using Tablet Technology”
Gartner Wireless & Mobile Summit, March 27-29, Detroit, MI
Steve Abernathy, Director of Marketing Technology, Shaw Industries, Inc.
“Mobilized Empowerment—Shaw Industries Streamlines Sales”
CIO100 Symposium, August 20-22, Coronado, CA
Andy Gomez, Sr. Vice President, Shared Application Services and
Tim Dooley, Vice President, Technology Manager, Enterprise BPM Architecture
Bank of America
“Enterprise Adoption of BPM at Bank of America”
Gartner ITxpo Symposium, October 8-13, Orlando, FL
Joe Tront, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
“Engineering Wide-Scale Adoption of Tablet PCs at Virginia Tech”
Gartner ITxpo Symposium, October 8-13, Orlando, FL
Tanya Townsend, Director of Information Technology, Saint Clare’s Hospital
“Developing an Effective All-Digital Healthcare Environment”
Gartner Healthcare IT Summit, November 13-15, Coronado, CA
Congratulations to Tanya for winning the “Best Case Study Presentation” award.
Todd Christy, Managing Director of Infrastructure and Security, US Airways
“Legacy Modernization at US Airways”
Gartner Data Center Conference, November 27-December 1, Las Vegas, NV
If you’re interested in joining our speaking and/or customer success story program, please contact krichardson@us.fujitsu.com.