2009.07.07
NTT Comware "SmartCloud" for Flexible and Effective Cloud Services
NTT Comware Corporation (below, NTT Comware; Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Michio Sugimoto) will provide "SmartCloud" solutions to meet various demands to realize a flexible and effective environment of Cloud Computing (*3). This solution is based on the carrier grade (*1), Green Data Center and ITIL(r)-based(*2) system operation.
Background and Things to Do
In Japan, ICT (*4) services have been diversified in the field of data communication thanks to the advancement of the communication infrastructure, which resulted in the rapid change in the market environment and structure. Meanwhile, the enterprises are desperately required to "reduce costs","have a quick response to business needs" and "enhance IT governance" to adapt to the significant transformation of the business environment due to the recession since the second half of FY2008.Under the circumstances of the market, NTT Comware has been working on the next generation data center solution to support the optimization of the cost, speed and governance in the enterprise management by taking advantages of the extensive experiences in ICT outsourcing business.
NTT Comware also begun to transfer its internal system to "SmartCloud" such as the desktop services to accommodate 3,600 accounts including about 60% of the employees and the partners (Thin Client). Based on this achievements, Enterprise Cloud (*6) services will be available starting with the desktop service (DaaS *5) by the end of this fiscal year, aiming the sales of 50 billion yen in FY2012.
Outline of SmartCloud Concept
NTT Comware provides the eco-friendly Green Data Center and high quality IT services management certified as ISO/IEC20000 (*8) aiming to achieve the national level PUE value (*7). "SmartCloud" will create the flexible and effective Cloud Computing environment for enterprises using ICT resources (e.g. information and communication resources such as servers, storage and network) by combining various architecting and operation technologies including standardization, integration, virtualization and automation based on the experiences. This would also be a hybrid type solution to allow the customers to select the services depending on what they need, such as the system characteristics, life cycle and service levels, to achieve the optimum ways of services along with their ICT strategies.Overview of SmartCloud Services
"SmartCloud" is IaaS (*9) to enable ICT resources beyond the network (Cloud) for the customers to use as necessary. There is a menu of various services for them to select necessary services or grades depending on the way they would require (e.g. possession/use, exclusive/common, physical/virtual or service grades). This integral solution supports a wide range of services from "desktop to server" to "Web system to Mission Critical System". It even enables the transfer of data from Cloud to housings or adoption to changes of demands.Features of SmartCloud
- Enterprise Cloud ensuring reliability and service levels required.- ICT resources which can be used whenever needed to cope with changes of the business environment.
- Optimization of ICT infrastructure from desktop to server or from Web to Mission Critical Systems.
- Visualization of the ICT infrastructure operation and optimization of the service level.
- Enhancement of Green IT through optimization of ICT infrastructure.
- Realization of the system transfer and operation with the know-how backed by the extensive experiences of NTT Comware.
Events
"SmartCloud" will be introduced at Enterprise Cloud Forum on July 16, 2009 and the 6th itSMF Japan Conference on July 30 and 31, 2009.Terminology
| *1 | Carrier grade: Grades to represent the pro-use levels of disaster-proof, quality, reliability and security mainly for carriers. |
| *2 | ITIL(r): The best practices of IT services management (Information Technology Infrastructure Library). This is the trademark or registered trademark of OGC (Office of Government Commerce) in the United Kingdom and other countries. |
| *3 | Cloud, Cloud Computing: A type of the online information services. The definition varies, such as those which for on-demand services. |
| *4 | ICT: Information and Communication Technology. |
| *5 | DaaS: Desktop as a Service. The online service to provide the desktop environments through the network. |
| *6 | Enterprise Cloud: An enterprise use Cloud by taking advantages of Cloud Computing. |
| *7 | PUE value: Power Usage Effectiveness. An indicator to represent the power usage effectiveness of the data center. Highly effective, closer to 1. PUE=(the total power consumption of the entire data center)/(IT equipment power consumption in the data center ). The target value of NTT Comware is 1.3. (The average in Japan: 2.2 (according to JEITA)) |
| *8 | ISO/IEC 20000: The international standard of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) concerning IT services management based on ITIL, International Organization for Standardization (ISO). |
| *9 | IaaS: Infrastructure as a Service. The service to provide ICT resources through the network. |
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