Company milestones(Chronological table)

6. A Shift to Solutions and Services (1992-2001)

1992

  • Releases VPP 500, the world's fastest vector parallel supercomputer
  • Jun. Unveils PROPOSE, an integrated services framework for information and communication systems

1993

  • Selected as a supplier of broadband-ISDN switching systems by a U.S. carrier; receives order for FETEX-150, the world's first commercial Asynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM) switching system
  • Oct. Introduces FMV Series of personal computers supporting Microsoft Windows

1995

Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
Microsoft releases Windows 95

  • Feb. Releases FMV-BIBLO, B5-size software preinstalled notebook computer
  • May Introduces new GS8000 series, global server employing the world's fastest CMOS general-purpose processor and parallel processing technology
  • Aug. Commercializes world's first 42-inch color plasma display
  • Dec. Opens Tatebayashi System Center as base for outsourcing services

1997

Hong Kong reverts to China

  • Announces SOLUTIONVISION, a new business architecture featuring network computing solutions
  • Sep. Amdahl Corporation becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu

1998

Nagano Winter Olympics
Google established
EU introduces the euro currency

  • Oct. ICL becomes a wholly owned subsidiary

1999

i-mode (first cell phone internet service) released in Japan
Y2K

  • Merges internet service InfoWeb, with online information service, NIFTY-serve, to form @nifty internet service provider
  • Succeeds in world's first 1 terabit/sec optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) transmission over a distance of 10,000km
  • Releases first i-mode cell-phone, Digital mova F501i HYPER
  • Jun. Introduces environmental accounting system, a first in Japan
  • Jul. Announces "Everything on the Internet" business strategy
  • Oct. Announces Fujitsu Siemens Computers, a joint venture with Germany-based Siemens AG

2000

Sydney Olympics
Proportion of people in their 20s with cell-phones reaches 90% in Japan
IT bubble bursts

  • Nov. Releases FMV-BIBLO LOOX, world's first mobile computer offering built-in 64Kbps wireless data transmission
  • Dec. Unveils world's highest capacity (1.76Tbps) optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) transmission system

2001

September 11 attacks in United States

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