FUJITSU Cloud IaaS Trusted Public S5

FUJITSU Cloud IaaS Trusted Public S5
Initial release1 October 2010; 14 years ago (2010-10-01)
Operating systemLinux, Windows Server
PlatformXen, Microsoft Azure
Available inJapanese (initial launch), English
TypeCloud computing
LicenseClosed-source software
Websitewelcome.globalcloud.global.fujitsu.com

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 (IaaS) from Fujitsu's data centres to provide computing resources that can be employed on-demand and suited to customers needs.

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 centers located in Australia, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany.

Fujitsu has also launched a Windows Global Cloud Platform[3] In partnership with Microsoft. This is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering that was known as FGCP/A5 in Japan but has since been renamed FUJITSU Cloud PaaS A5 for Windows Azure.[4] It is operated from a Fujitsu data center in Japan. It offers a set of application development frameworks, such as Microsoft .NET, Java and PHP, and data storage capabilities consistent with the Windows Azure platform provided by Microsoft. The basic service consists of compute, storage, Microsoft SQL Azure, and Windows Azure AppFabric technologies such as Service Bus and Access Control Service, with options for interoperating services covering implementation and migration of applications, system building, systems operation, and support.

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]

  1. ^ "Fujitsu Deploys Six-Country Global Cloud Platform". Asahi. 2011-06-08.
  2. ^ "Fujitsu Declares Comprehensive, Global, Trusted Cloud Strategy". JCN Newswire. 2013-07-11. Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
  3. ^ Prickett Morgan, Timothy (2011-07-29). "Fujitsu fluffs COBOL, Java on Azure clouds". The Register.
  4. ^ "Fujitsu Enables More Effective Use of Cloud with Enhanced Hybrid Cloud Initiatives" (Press release). Tokyo, Japan. 2013-11-20.
  5. ^ "Outside of Japan, Fujitsu KILLS the K5 cloud with 'immediate effect'". The Register.
  6. ^ "Fujitsu: We love Microsoft Azure, we're training 10,000 bods on it". The Register.