Fujitsu recognised as a Leader of Point of Service solutions

Issued by Opportun(at)e for CoCre8
Johannesburg, 15 May 2013

News facts:
* Forrester Wave [1] highlights Fujitsu's compelling vision - retailers will invest in network redundancy to increase agility and customer intimacy
* Fujitsu one of the vendors that distinguishes itself in store inventory management capabilities

Fujitsu today announces that it has been recognised in the Leaders' category of The Forrester Wave: Point of Service, Q2 2012 [1], recently published by global research and advisory firm, Forrester Research. The report findings are based on a 70-point criteria evaluation of Point of Service vendors. Forrester, which reviewed the Fujitsu GlobalSTORE Point of Service (PoS) solution, looked at how companies such as Fujitsu are helping retailers implement large-scale PoS systems.

The independent research company states that Fujitsu delivers the most impressive tender processing, together with superior payment technologies, noteworthy loyalty functionality embracing its CustomerCENTER, targeting and offer triggers, and also has strong capabilities in customer self-service and inventory management, multi-currency and manager mobility.

The report indicates that PoS vendors have significantly improved their store inventory management capabilities; Fujitsu is one of the vendors that particularly distinguished itself in this category. In addition, the report acknowledges Fujitsu as having a superior product strategy and vision, a superior services strategy, and the highest score in deployment flexibility.

According to the Forrester report, Fujitsu has a compelling vision of retailers increasingly investing in network redundancy rather than PoS redundancy in order to simplify technology deployment and increase agility and customer intimacy.

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Fujitsu GlobalSTORE software, a fully-featured, customisable PoS, cash management and back-office system, is designed to enable retailers to easily connect different applications and devices from multiple vendors on various platforms. As a result, retailers benefit by seeing a decrease in costs, offering better customer service, increasing revenue at the point of sale, and employing technologies that allow their businesses to grow.

Supporting quote
Richard Clarke, Vice-President, Global Retail Strategy, Fujitsu: "We are honoured that Forrester has recognised GlobalSTORE software as a leading PoS solution. We are witnessing how the retail landscape is evolving and how our GlobalSTORE software is making a difference for retailers as they adapt to the changes facing the industry and consumer market."

Notes to editors
1. The Forrester Wave: Point of Service, Q2 2012, by George Lawrie, 7 February 2013. Copyright (c) 2013, Forrester Research.

Online resources
* Fujitsu retail solutions: http://www.fujitsu.com/fts/solutions/industry/retail/
* Fujitsu GlobalSTORE: http://www.fujitsu.com/fts/solutions/industry/retail/retail-applications/retail-suite/index.html
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Fujitsu

Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 170 000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. It uses its experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with its customers. Fujitsu (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of yen4.4 trillion ($47 billion) for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2013. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.

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