Fujitsu restructures big data offerings to bolster data utilization

Fujitsu on Monday announced that it is restructuring its lineup of big data-related products and services under the FUJITSU Big Data Initiative. Fujitsu said that through this new initiative, it will work with customers, partners, and startups to bolster big data business initiatives, utilizing data to accelerate the pace of innovation for customers and society.

The FUJITSU Big Data Initiative is the latest of the company's ongoing efforts to harness its leading-edge technology and sophisticated data-analysis capabilities to create new value from data to support innovation among its customers and society at large.

The Big Data Initiative Center organization will be comprised of 800 people, with a core of 30 customer support staff providing a one-stop support programs for customers, partners, and startups.

Advances in ICT have made it possible to integrate conventional business data with sensor data, positioning data, social media postings, logs, and other forms of big data, and to collect, analyze, and use it in real time to create new business opportunities for customers. Big data has now come into serious use for social innovation that spans regions and industries such as food and agriculture, transport, health and medicine.

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