FUJITSU Cloud IaaS Trusted Public S5
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FUJITSU Cloud IaaS Trusted Public S5 is a Fujitsu cloud computing platform that aims to deliver standardized enterprise-class public cloud services globally.[1] It offers Infrastructure-as-a-Service (
In Japan, the service was offered as the On-Demand Virtual System Service (OViSS) and was then launched globally as Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform/S5 (FGCP/S5). Since July 2013 the service has been called IaaS Trusted Public S5.[2] Globally, the service is operated from Fujitsu data cecentresocated in Australia, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany.
Fujitsu has also launched a
In 2015, Fujitsu launched its next generant-generation ice K5 which was deployed globally.
In October 2018, Fujitsu announced that it was discontinuing K5 in all regions except Japan.[5] On October 16, 2018, the company stated that it will hire 10,000 employees and train them to use Microsoft Azure in order to "address what we see as an industry-wide shortage in cloud related skills, so that we can help the clients to address their execution gap in the provision of services which support operational efficiency, digital co-creation and multi-cloud management.”[6]
History
Fujitsu launched its global cloud strategy in April 2010.[7] Provision of services from this platform was offered on a trial basis to 200 companies in Japan from the following month.[8] Fujitsu announced general availability of the IaaS service in Japan, under the name On-Demand Virtual System Service (OViSS), starting on 1 October 2010. As part of the service's global rollout, it was launched in Australia under the name Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform (FGCP) in February 2011.[9] This was followed by launches in March 2011 in Singapore and in May 2011 in the United Kingdom,[10] Germany[11] and the United States of America.[12] In July 2012, Fujitsu added a center in western Japan to bring the total number to seven.[13] In July 2013 Fujitsu announced the FUJITSU Cloud Initiative globally which also announced the new name as FUJITSU Cloud IaaS Trusted Public S5.[2]
In October 2018, Fujitsu announced that it was discontinuing K5 in all regions except Japan.[14]
Features
Virtual system
The basic component in the IaaS Trusted Public S5 is called a Virtual System. It consists of a firewall and one or multiple network segments in which customers can host their virtual machines. Once signed up, customers can deploy multiple systems within their environment, much like a virtual data center.
Templates
IaaS Trusted Public S5 employs templates to allow customers to quickly deploy virtual systems. A template consists of a firewall, network segment definitions and
Virtual servers
Virtual servers are chosen from a list of pre-defined images, which have only an operating system installed or also additional software.
Servers with different computational resources are offered.
Plan | Virtual CPU | RAM |
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Economy | 1.0 GHz equivalent (Xeon 2007) x 1 | 1.7 GB |
Standard | 2.0 GHz equivalent (Xeon 2007) x 1 | 3.4 GB |
Advanced | 4.0 GHz equivalent (Xeon 2007) x 1 | 7.5 GB |
High-Performance | 4.0 GHz equivalent (Xeon 2007) x 2 | 15 GB |
Double-High 15 | 4.0 GHz equivalent (Xeon 2007) x 4 | 15 GB |
Double-High | 4.0 GHz equivalent (Xeon 2007) x 4 | 30 GB |
Quad-High 30[15] | 4.0 GHz equivalent (Xeon 2007) x 8 | 30 GB |
Quad-High[15] | 4.0 GHz equivalent (Xeon 2007) x 8 | 60 GB |
Operating systems
Operating systems offered globally include
Microsoft Office
Fujitsu has claimed that licensing is the only issue that prevents delivery of Microsoft Office as a cloud service to web based devices, in a manner similar to Google Docs.[18]
Storage
A virtual server has a system disk of a pre-defined size. Additional disks, with sizes configurable from 10 GB to 10 TB, can be attached to a server when it is not running.
Network
Customers can provision
Service portal
Users provision and manage their virtual systems through a self-service portal. It can also be used to initiate a VPN connection to a virtual zone.
APIs
All operations offered through the service portal are also offered through a cloud API. The API is
Fujitsu has submitted their cloud API specification to the Distributed Management Task Force's Open Cloud Standards Incubator to promote open standards for cloud interoperability,[19] and contributed to the DMTF's Cloud Infrastructure Management Interface (CIMI) standard.[20] In July 2013 Fujitsu demonstrated a client using CIMI to manage a system in IaaS Trusted Public S5 at a Management Developers Conference.[21]
Server locations
Servers are physically located in Fujitsu's Tier III data centers[9] in Japan, Australia, Singapore, UK, US and Germany.
References
- ^ "Fujitsu Deploys Six-Country Global Cloud Platform". Asahi. 2011-06-08.
- ^ a b "Fujitsu Declares Comprehensive, Global, Trusted Cloud Strategy". JCN Newswire. 2013-07-11. Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
- ^ Prickett Morgan, Timothy (2011-07-29). "Fujitsu fluffs COBOL, Java on Azure clouds". The Register.
- ^ "Fujitsu Enables More Effective Use of Cloud with Enhanced Hybrid Cloud Initiatives" (Press release). Tokyo, Japan. 2013-11-20.
- ^ "Outside of Japan, Fujitsu KILLS the K5 cloud with 'immediate effect'". The Register.
- ^ "Fujitsu: We love Microsoft Azure, we're training 10,000 bods on it". The Register.
- ^ Ostergaard, Bernt (2010-04-23). "Fujitsu's Global Cloud Strategy Envisions New Business Models". Current Analysis. Archived from the original on 2011-05-07.
- ^ "Fujitsu Launches On-Demand IaaS Public Cloud Service". JCN Newswire. 2010-09-27. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ a b Tindal, Suzanne (2011-02-28). "Fujitsu's global cloud launches in Aus". ZDNet Australia.
- ^ Hatch, Dan (2011-05-16). "Fujitsu's cloud platform finally available in the UK". Cloud Pro.
- ^ "Fujitsu Delivers Flexible and Secure Services via Global Cloud Platform". WebWire. 2011-05-19.
- ^ "Fujitsu Rolls Out Global Cloud Platform in North America". Marketwire. 2011-05-24.
- ^ "Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform/S5 Now Also Available from Western Japan". JCN Newswire. 2012-07-12. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16.
- ^ "Outside of Japan, Fujitsu KILLS the K5 cloud with 'immediate effect'". The Register.
- ^ a b Not available in all regions.
- ^ Willington, Ray (2011-02-10). "Fujitsu And Red Hat Team Up...In The Cloud!" (Press release). Sunnyvale, California: Hot Hardware. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08.
- ^ "Fujitsu joins Ubuntu Certified Public Cloud". Canonical. 2015-02-04.
- ^ Fay, Joe. "Fujitsu: We could run Office on any device if Microsoft lets us." The Register, 13 November 2012.
- ^ Vambenepe, William (2009-11-19). "Review of Fujitsu's IaaS Cloud API submission to DMTF".
- ^ "DMTF Releases Specification for Simplifying Cloud Infrastructure Management" (Press release). Portland, Oregon: Distributed Management Task Force. 2012-08-29.
- ^ "OVF, CDMI and CIMI Demonstration" (PDF). Portland,Oregon: Distributed Management Task Force. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
External links
- FUJITSU Cloud IaaS Trusted Public S5 General Information Archived 2014-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
- FUJITSU Cloud IaaS Trusted Public S5 General Documents and How-To Guides Archived 2011-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
- IaaS Trusted Public S5 Service Portal for East Japan Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- IaaS Trusted Public S5 Service Portal for West Japan Archived 2013-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
- IaaS Trusted Public S5 Service Portal for Australia and New Zealand Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- IaaS Trusted Public S5 Service Portal for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- IaaS Trusted Public S5 Service Portal for the UK and Ireland Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- IaaS Trusted Public S5 Service Portal for the Americas Archived 2011-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
- IaaS Trusted Public S5 Service Portal for Central Europe Archived 2011-05-21 at the Wayback Machine (CEMEA (Central Europe, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Africa) & India)
- API Design for IaaS Cloud Computing Service - IaaS Trusted Public S5's Cloud API Specification