Shields Environmental Joins Fujitsu Strategic Authorized Reseller (STAR) Program

New Channel Partner Program Provides Resellers with Benefits such as
Performance Incentives, Promotion Assistance, Training, and More

Sanford, FL – January 29, 2010 – Shields Environmental announced today that it is one of the initial participants in the new Fujitsu Strategic Authorized Reseller (STAR) Program. The program combines marketing and educational support from Fujitsu with expertise from Shields Environmental to bring the proven benefits of Fujitsu’s industry-leading telecommunications products and professional services to new customers and markets.

The new Fujitsu STAR Program aligns business objectives with program components such as the development and implementation of direct marketing campaigns, acquiring demonstration equipment, training, certifications and sales lead generation needed to insure successful positioning of Fujitsu solutions. Shields Environmental will be participating in a channel marketing funds program, and have access to preferred pricing and extensive on-line information and training resources.

 “Channel partners are critical to our success and we are committed to providing them with the proper tools and resources to develop and optimize opportunities in both new and existing business,” said Jim Hintze, senior vice president of sales at Fujitsu Network Communications. “Our goal is to selectively partner with top-producing, strategic partners in targeted verticals to provide customers with industry-leading telecommunications products and professional services. We’re proud to have Shields Environmental in our new STAR Program, and we are looking forward to working closely with them to close opportunities in new lines of business.”  

About Fujitsu Network Communications

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. is an innovator in Connection-oriented Ethernet and optical transport technologies, and is a market-leading provider of SONET, WDM, and packet optical networking solutions. With the support of Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702), a $47B company with approximately 175,000 professionals in 70 countries, Fujitsu enables its customers to migrate to fully converged packet optical networks that improve performance and profitability. Over 400,000 Fujitsu network elements have been deployed by all major carriers across North America. Fujitsu maintains a longstanding and highly-regarded position as a market leader by providing best-in-class data networking solutions optimized for Ethernet aggregation, transport and service delivery. For more information, please see: http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom.

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