Fujitsu will serve as a strategic system integration partner for HERE, and provide various mobility-related solutions worldwide to address opportunities in the smart city and smart mobility arenas. For example, Fujitsu plans to integrate the technology developed by the two companies to develop and offer innovative mobility-related solutions. The plans include: an on-demand mobility solution for the car-sharing market where car allocation can be optimized based on forecasts of traffic as well as supply and demand; a traffic monitoring solution developed with the aid of information recognized and predicted from camera images that enables quick response to traffic incidents such as violations and accidents; and a multi-modal route guidance solution that optimizes city traffic by taking train delays and congestion relief into account. Fujitsu will also integrate HERE HD Live Map as well as other location services from HERE to complement and enhance its automated vehicle solutions.
To address customers' growing requirements data analytics that becomes more complex with the expansion of IoT, HERE will work with Fujitsu to enable joint offerings that incorporate Fujitsu's enhanced analytics and high-performance computing capabilities.
"I am very pleased to provide additional value for customers through our partnership with HERE, a leading map and location information service provider, and I have high expectations that we can expand these efforts globally," said Shingo Kagawa, CTO at Fujitsu Limited. "By leveraging human-centric AI and high-performance computing technology, as well as our experience with services related to location information it has developed over the years, Fujitsu will promote the expansion of mobility services and the provision of the dynamic maps necessary for autonomous vehicles. Through this collaboration going forward, we will contribute to improved convenience in travel and shipping for people around the world."
"In the next five to ten years, we will see massive changes in our transport, energy and city infrastructure," said Edzard Overbeek, CEO HERE Technologies. "During this transition, automakers, transport providers and cities will need fast and easy access to critical location and analytics technologies. By uniting our respective technologies, HERE and Fujitsu can help customers build powerful products and services for the autonomous world."
About FujitsuFujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, offering a full range of technology products, solutions, and services. Approximately 155,000 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 4.5 trillion yen (US$40 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.
About HERE TechnologiesHERE, the Open Location Platform company, enables people, enterprises and cities to harness the power of location. By making sense of the world through the lens of location we empower our customers to achieve better outcomes - from helping a city manage its infrastructure or an enterprise optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely. To learn more about HERE, including our new generation of cloud-based location platform services, visit http://360.here.com and www.here.com