Fujitsu Siemens Computers Achieves Highest Recorded Revenue
and Profit Before Tax in Company History
Revenue Reaches €6 Billion and Profit Before Tax
€95 Million*
Munich/Germany, April 11, 2005 —Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European IT company
announced a final financial revenue for the Fiscal Year 2004
(ending March 31, 2005) that topped the six billion Euro figure*.
This is the highest recorded revenue in the company’s five
year history. President and CEO Bernd Bischoff announced that the
company achieved €6.018* billion in revenue, an increase of
fourteen* percent over the previous fiscal year. Profit before tax
(PBT) also reached an all time high at €95* million, an
improvement of 53* percent or €33* million over the previous
fiscal year.
In the second half of fiscal year 2004, the company recorded
a revenue increase of 13* percent with €3.45* billion in
revenue and a profit before tax of €74* million, which is
€24* million or 48* percent better than the previous year.
“As a company we set some high goals, and we are proud
to have reached them,” said Bernd Bischoff, President and
CEO, Fujitsu Siemens Computers. “This is a great achievement
and I would like to congratulate our 7000 employees on this
collective success.”
Outlook remains unchanged: continued performance ahead of
market
The company will continue to build resources to help
customers innovate through its focus on two key strategic areas:
Mobility and Business Critical Computing (BCC). For the fiscal year
2005, which runs from 1 April 2005 through 31 March 2006, Fujitsu
Siemens Computers will continue to target a 5 percent revenue
growth ahead of the market (at current exchange rates). The
company’s primary growth areas are defined as: Products and
solutions that comprise the Dynamic Data Center including servers
and storage as well as supporting services, desktops which already
beat the strict EU standards for recyclability and mobility
products to enable the mobile workforce.
Fiscal Year 2005: The Dynamic Data Center
Just last week the company announced two major steps in
making the fiscal year 2005 the year of the Dynamic Data Center for
the company. On April 5 the company unveiled the new
PRIMEQUEST™ server line based on the Intel®
Itanium® 2 processor. The PRIMEQUEST server line combines data
center class fault immunity and high system scalability for
industry standard environments running Linux and Windows Server
2003 for Itanium-based systems. This makes it an ideal choice for
organizations wishing to realize the economic benefits and
flexibility of industry standard solutions without compromising
their business continuity. The new line was launched globally by
Fujitsu Limited in the Asia/Pacific region as well as Fujitsu
Computer Systems in North America and Fujitsu Siemens Computers in
Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
On the same day the company also announced that EMC
Corporation, the world leader in information storage and
management, will offer CentricStor from Fujitsu Siemens Computers
throughout Europe as part of the EMC Select program beginning in
May. The agreement gives customers with large data centers the
ability to conveniently acquire best-in-class technology to more
effectively and efficiently backup their data to tape.
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About Fujitsu Siemens Computers:
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European IT provider
with a strategic focus on next-generation Mobility and Business
Critical Computing products, services and solutions. With a
portfolio of exceptional depth, our offering extends from handhelds
through desktops to enterprise-class IT infrastructure solutions.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers has a presence in all key markets across
Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Leveraging the strengths,
innovation and global reach of our joint shareholders, Fujitsu
Limited and Siemens AG, we make sure we meet the needs of
customers: large corporations, small and medium enterprises and
private users. For more information on Fujitsu Siemens Computers,
please visit: www.fujitsu-siemens.com.
PR Contacts:
Amy M.K. Flécher
Director Communications
Tel.: + 49 (0) 89 3222 4460
Mobile: + 49 (0) 171 86 50 101
Fax: + 49 (0) 89 3222 4466
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