TOKYO and SUNNYVALE, Calif., June
23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu
Laboratories of America, Inc., and Fujitsu America, Inc., today
launched Open Innovation Gateway (OIG) – Powered by FUJITSU. The
OIG, located on the Company's campus in Sunnyvale, is a platform to connect and grow
ideas, and based on the collaboration of internal and external
partners, to verify and transform them into practical businesses.
Through OIG, Fujitsu works to activate innovative practices faster,
both inside and outside the Company.
Background
The San Francisco
Bay Area is known as the "Innovation Capital of the World"
for its many examples of leading technologies and unique business
models. Tapping into the collaborative and entrepreneurial spirit
of the region, Fujitsu established the OIG to promote collaboration
with customers and business partners and to facilitate truly
innovative practices.
Open Innovation Gateway Overview
1.
Objective
The Open Innovation Gateway is a platform
dedicated to advancing the implementation of innovative practices
faster. The goal of OIG is to quickly spur practical results,
achieving growth with new businesses and social innovation, based
on collaboration among thought leaders and organizations from a
wide range of fields.
2. Innovation
In an effort to assist partners, both
internal and external, the OIG will employ an integral process
based on shu (learn) – ha (break) – ri (create), a concept
originated in Japan that describes
the cycle of continuous innovation. In the future, the goal of OIG
will be to act a catalyst for activating innovative practices by
providing a platform that enables partners both internal and
external to learn-break-create - new ways of innovating. This
process consists of three phases:
- Shu (learn) – working with a partner to develop a big
picture of emerging opportunities and plan how to move forward to
take advantage of them;
- Ha (break) – discovering one's own strengths and
stepping out of comfort zones by connecting to the ecosystem to
spur new possibilities; and
- Ri (create) – deploying a knowledge-creating and
open-services innovation model that also combines inventions with
business models, innovation will be brought to market faster,
enabling the next level of learning to start.
3. Collaboration
A newly renovated space on the
Fujitsu campus in Sunnyvale will
act as a physical point of contact for the OIG, and will facilitate
meaningful opportunities for face-to-face collaboration between a
wide range of individuals and organizations. Through interactions
in both virtual and physical spaces, OIG will serve as a catalyst,
deploying cutting-edge technology environments, as below, and
putting them to use to more quickly connect, grow, and advance
innovation.
OIG will primarily offer the following environments for
innovation:
- Infopresence (*1): Enables partners to co-create ideas with
others connected to Internet-ready devices anywhere in the
world.
- Video wall: Uses the wall space to enable dynamic and engaging
presentations.
- Studio: Provides partners with tools to easily produce and edit
videos onsite.
- High Performance Computing (HPC): Partners can access HPC
resources to run various analyses and simulations.
4. Scaling
The OIG team in the San Francisco Bay Area will work with others
across Fujitsu to unleash new opportunities by co-creating a
platform for business expansion in strategic areas of growth. This
service will be helpful for partners – both internal and external –
seeking entry into new markets, or expanding their presence in
existing markets.
Glossary and Notes:
(1) Infopresence: Collaborative conference room solution that links
locations, teams, content, and devices in an immersive, shared
workspace. More information: http://www.oblong.com/
Press Contacts
Fujitsu Limited
Public and Investor Relations Division:
https://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/contacts/inquiries/index.html
Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc.
Andrea Cisneros
acisneros@us.fujitsu.com
Fujitsu America, Inc.
Bryan Hollar
408-746-6412
Bryan.Hollar@us.fujitsu.com
Finn Partners
Andrew Corcione
212-593-5844
andrew.corcione@finnpartners.com
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese
information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a
full range of technology products, solutions and services.
Approximately 159,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than
100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape
the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:
6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.8
trillion yen (US$40 billion)
for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2015. For more information, please
see http://www.fujitsu.com.
About Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc.
Fujitsu
Laboratories of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. (Japan),
focusing on research on Internet, interconnect technologies,
software development and solutions for several industry verticals.
Conducting research in an open environment, it contributes to the
global research community and the IT industry. It is headquartered
in Sunnyvale, CA.
For more information, please see: www.fla.fujitsu.com
About Fujitsu Americas
Fujitsu America, Inc. is the
parent and/or management company of a group of Fujitsu-owned
companies operating in North, Central and South America and Caribbean, dedicated to delivering the full
range of Fujitsu products, solutions and services in ICT to our
customers in the Western Hemisphere. These companies are
collectively referred to as Fujitsu Americas. Fujitsu enables
clients to meet their business objectives through integrated
offerings and solutions, including consulting, systems integration,
managed services, outsourcing and cloud services for
infrastructure, platforms and applications; data center and field
services; and server, storage, software and mobile/tablet
technologies. For more information, please visit:
http://solutions.us.fujitsu.com/ and
http://twitter.com/fujitsuamerica
Trademarks
Fujitsu, the Fujitsu logo and "shaping
tomorrow with you" are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Fujitsu Limited in the United
States and other countries. All other trademarks referenced
herein are the property of their respective owners.
Information provided in this press release is accurate at time
of publication and is subject to change without advance notice.
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