Fujitsu Cloud Service K5

The cloud platform of Fujitsu Cloud Service K5 can be delivered in the form of the private cloud working in local data processing centers or placed by Fujitsu and in the form of a public cloud platform with support of virtual private clouds. The first computing node already works in Japan, Fujitsu the European node will be created in Great Britain in July, 2016, then some more in Finland in October, in Germany in November and Spain at the beginning of 2017. In 2017 global deployment of K5 will continue – the platform will be implemented in new data processing centers in Singapore, Australia and the USA

2016

In the spring of 2016 Fujitsu announced release of Fujitsu Cloud Service K5 - a cloud computing platform which provides digital transformation by smooth connection of traditional IT environments with new cloud technologies. K5 accelerates application development and integrates in itself reliability, performance and scalability of the corporate level and cost efficiency of open cloud computing.

Fujitsu Cloud Service K5 is the platform for acceleration of digital transformation

Being a key part of the platform Fujitsu Digital Business Platform MetaArc, K5 provides a set of technologies which help the companies to develop and unroll cloud applicaions (Fast IT/Systems of Engagement). Together with this K5 allows corporate customers to use advantages of the traditional systems (Robust IT/Systems of Record) due to the smooth and approved integration into new cloud applicaions.

As a result, Fujitsu offers the organizations sales opportunity of advantages of already available systems when updating corporate IT environments. Customers can seize functionality of K5 in the field of integration and application development and MetaArc opportunities for the automated delivery and management of services which are supported by all popular cloud platforms.

MetaArc and K5 simplify operational creation and deployment of new solutions

The MetaArc platform provides operational application development. It creates additional value at the expense of digitalizing of the existing corporate IT services and fast and effective integration into new hybrid IT environments. The shortened development cycles allow the companies to test and bring more quickly to the market new services or to stop unsuccessful projects and to begin work again, saving the high speed of work. Thanks to an open architecture of K5 and support of MetaArc of different platforms, a system can work both in public clouds, and in specialized IT environments of customers.

Integration of UForge technology, within acquisition of Fujitsu of UShareSoft company, in K5 System Factory Service allows to implement the automated migration and deployment of applications. Besides, it supports cloud platforms, both local, and remote, and not just cloud services of Fujitsu.

The open and dynamic solution with the high level of compatibility

Due to transition from proprietary solutions to K5 platform based on the Open source software, the Fujitsu company provides cost efficiency and reduces total cost of ownership. K5 allows business to expand a circle of solution providers, thanks to an open architecture of OpenStack which is supported by agreements on the guaranteed service level that profitable distinguishes this solution of developments of other companies.

Available within four delivery patterns of services, K5 is an industry-first and only cloud computing architecture which uses one that the same approach for all versions. All of them have availability of the level of 99.99%, the agreement on the guaranteed service level and support of the corporate level which is necessary for delivery of the crucial systems from a cloud.

Fujitsu carries out upgrade of the IT assets, using the available services with the new systems for increase in speed of an investment payback – the company transfers more than 640 business systems and 13000 servers to K5.