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Fujitsu's Ralph Santitoro Reelected to MEF Board of Directors(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 14 August 2014 Release date- 12082014 - Richardson, TX - Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology, and communications solutions, today announced that Ralph Santitoro, Director of Solutions Planning - Emerging Markets, Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., was reelected to the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Board of Directors for the seventh consecutive term. For more than a decade, Santitoro has demonstrated his commitment to the MEF membership and the industry to drive worldwide adoption of Carrier Ethernet networks and services. According to the research firm Vertical Systems Group, Carrier Ethernet bandwidth has surpassed all legacy network bandwidth while continuing to rapidly grow. Santitoro has contributed to many of the MEF's Technical, Marketing, Service Operations and Certification Committees and authored the organization's most popular white papers. He created the MEF Carrier Ethernet Professional Certification Program (MEF-CECP) and developed the MEF-CECP exams. To prepare industry professionals for the MEF certification process, Santitoro co-authored Fujitsu's MEF-CECP 2.0 Exam Study Guide for Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Professionals and Fujitsu's MEF-CECP 2.0 training course. These, in conjunction with Fujitsu's MEF-CECP 2.0 Exam Trainer smartphone app, have enabled many students to receive their MEF-CECP 2.0 certifications. Since the program's introduction, the number of certifications has grown more than 100 percent annually; today more than 2,300 professionals have attained MEF-CECP status. 'Ralph has been instrumental in the growth and direction of the MEF,' said Nan Chen, MEF President. 'Communications networking is experiencing great change by becoming more virtualized and programmable and the industry is looking to the MEF for leadership. Ralph's vision and contributions are advancing this evolution of Carrier Ethernet services to become more on-demand and agile when deployed using traditional, SDN and NFV implementations.' About Fujitsu Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 162,000 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$46 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com. About Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., headquartered in Richardson, Texas, is an innovator in Connection-Oriented Ethernet and optical transport technologies. A market leader in packet optical networking solutions, WDM and SONET, Fujitsu offers wireless access and transport solutions; a broad portfolio of multivendor network services, as well as end-to-end solutions for design, implementation, migration, support and management of optical and wireless networks. For seven consecutive years Fujitsu has been named the U.S. photonics patent leader, and is the only major optical networking vendor to manufacture its own equipment in North America. Fujitsu has over 500,000 network elements deployed by major North American carriers across the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please see: http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom. Fujitsu (and design) and 'shaping tomorrow with you' are trademarks of Fujitsu Limited in the United States and other countries. FLASHWAVE is a trademark of Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. (USA). Information provided in this press release is accurate at time of publication and is subject to change without advance notice. Press Contacts Fujitsu Network Communications Public Relations Division (c) 2014 Electronic News Publishing - |