Fujitsu Ltd has opened an Open Systems Integration Centre in its Systems Laboratories in Kamata on the outskirts of Tokyo. The centre has been opened to provide facilities for third parties to validate and convert their software for a number of different multivendor systems, including 27 types of workstation – DS/90 series, the S Family bought OEM from Sun Microsystems Inc, Fujitsu’s proprietary A series, the FM G series personal computers, as well as Hewlett-Packard Co Apollo, IBM RS/6000, and Sony News, a number of different personal computers including Apple Computer Inc Macintosh and NEC Corp machines, and various local and wide area network software.