Fujitsu Software Makes Landmark COBOL Sale to Indian Computer Institute Association
$15 million deal includes training for more than 800,000 students who will learn COBOL using the Fujitsu COBOL compiler and tools.
San Jose, Calif., October 10, 2000 - Fujitsu Software Corporation, a leading supplier of COBOL compilers and tools, today announced that it has been awarded a $15 million contract to be the exclusive provider of COBOL software and associated video training for the Indian Computer Institute Association (ICIA). The package will be made available to the ICIA's 2000 member colleges and universities beginning Q1 2001.
"Our goal is to help India develop a strong and progressive computer industry," said Prof. G. Amarnath, Head of Technical Development, ICIA. "COBOL clearly has to be part of the equation because it forms the backbone of such a large proportion of business applications. In selecting Fujitsu COBOL, we are giving our students a quality COBOL implementation that will be easy to learn and use, delivers outstanding performance, and that is clearly evolving with the latest technologies such as graphical user interfaces, Web support and object integration."
Fujitsu Software Corporation will be supplying ICIA with a special academic edition of the Fujitsu COBOL product along with more than 25 hours of video-based training. The video training provides an introduction to the COBOL language, guidance in using the Fujitsu COBOL development environment, thorough training in the design and execution of graphical user interfaces using PowerCOBOL, and many worked exercises demonstrating the use of Fujitsu COBOL and PowerCOBOL. According to Ron Langer, Director COBOL Sales and Marketing for Fujitsu Software Corporation, the software portion of the contract is in excess of $10 million dollars, which is believed to be the largest COBOL sale in recent history.
"This is a very significant announcement for both Fujitsu and the COBOL community, " said Langer. "Not only did Fujitsu win business in the face of some tough competition, which is strong testimony to the performance and superiority of our product, but it clearly supports our conviction that COBOL has made a smooth transition to the 21st century."
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About Indian Computer Institute Association
The Indian Computer Institute Association (ICIA) is a non-profit making body set up in 1982 by Professors Bannerjee and Balasunderam. Its main objective is to strengthen Information Technology throughout the academic and commercial communities in India. By 1992 it had become one of the largest non-profit making bodies in India, with a membership of approximately 2,000 Institutions, Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges, and Research & Development establishments throughout the country. It runs seminars to promote its objects, and co-ordinates the supply of hardware, software and computer training packages to Member Institutions.
About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) is a leading provider of Internet- based information technology solutions for the global marketplace. Comprising over 500 group companies and affiliates worldwide -- including ICL, Amdahl and DMR Consulting -- it had consolidated revenues of 5.26 trillion yen ($49.6 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000. Fujitsu's pace-setting technologies, world-class computing and telecommunications platforms, and global corps of over 60,000 systems and services experts make it uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet to help its customers succeed. Altogether, the Fujitsu Group has 188,000 employees and operations in over 100 countries. Internet: http://www.fujitsu.com/
About Fujitsu Software Corporation
Fujitsu Software Corporation ("FS"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited ("Fujitsu"), was established in July 1991. FS is engaged in software research and development, software product and technology procurement, and software product sales. FS markets and sells the following products: Program Products, such as Fujitsu's network management application package, SystemWalker; Enterprise application server software products, INTERSTAGE; Work Flow products, i-Flow; COBOL language products; and Fujitsu's Japanese-language and translation software products, including Atlas and TransLinGo!.
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