[Column] Revolution of media – A contact point of Electronic Book and Japanese publishing circles

The "JEPA Japan Electronic Publishing Association" organized by 13 companies of major company publication, such as Kodansha, Shinchosha, and Shogakukan, started deliberations in January of this year, about the full-scale correspondence to electronic publishing. One of members has spoken as follows. "What suited some press reports is not done. That is, we do not block contents. If the talk is settled by a proper rule and rates, contents should be offered positively."

Unlike the U.S., Japan has rule of the market by major company commission, and there are many small bookstores. Therefore, in the case of Japan, probably, a certain relief disposal is needed when shifting to an electron from paper. Amazon Japan aims at the Japanese version service start in Kindle around October, this year. In that case, what do we do with a newspaper world?

Takashi Kawachi

J <http://journal.mycom.co.jp/column/media/046/?rt=na>

The motion of the newspaper industry of Japan is actually slow. For example, in the case of Nikkei, charged contents offer was started, but the price is the same thing of 4000 yen as paper. They are wishing it wants without extending the sale of electronic media. That is, it is the postponement in question and the persons in charge of management have escaped from reality.  — A.C.

A user should become a winner – Cybozu and Appresso dive into the world of interoperability

The Cybozu research institute and Appresso are putting "PIMSYNC for Cybozu Garuune 2" on the market, and synchronize schedule information automatically. Thereby, cooperation of the groupware for large-scales "Cybozu  Garuune 2", the groupware of the other company, and SFA is realized.

The software which is the target of a synchronization is "Microsoft Office Share Point Server 2007","Exchange Server 2007", "Google Calendar", "Lotus Notes/Domino" and "eSales manager." Cybozu received OEM offer of the data automatic synchronous software "PIMSYNC" of Appresso, and developed this solution.

In the case of a major company, groupware and schedule management software have a case employed using different software for every section. And the load of employment by the duplicate input and many problems of the fall of the productivity by double booking arise.

Moreover, since the policy is set up for every section even if it is going to introduce the software of unification in the whole company, it is in an unrealizable situation. Therefore, many requests of scheduler cooperation are brought near by Appresso, and it is especially told to it that there were many inquiries about cooperation with "Exchange" and "Garuune 2."

At present, it is license offer of SaaS style which Cybozu is considering, and it waits for saturation of the market and carries out a new license. That is, Cybozu may expand the Cloud business partner and may promote a product on cloud’s base. According to the announcement of the company, about 100 million yen business is expected by the end of 2011.

J <http://www.asahi.com/digital/bcnnews/BCN201002040015.html>

Full recovery of IT market in Japan becomes after the 2013 fiscal year — The influence of Cloud is also restrictive

As for the result of the investigation conducted in November, 2009, according to the announcement on February 3 of Gartner, IT drive to invest of Japanese companies is still a low stake. And recovery of a drive to invest is carried out if it cannot expect at least 2010. According to prediction of the company, full recovery of IT market in Japan has a high possibility of becoming after the 2013 fiscal year.

The investment in the major company beyond 1,000 employees is decreasing greatly, and that has had big influence also on market size especially in the 2009 fiscal year. Therefore, IT market size in the 2009 fiscal year is seen in the company, if it becomes a decrease of 5.2% compared with last fiscal year and about 1 trillion yen contracts by a pace of expansion.

In addition to the economic growth rate in the last fiscal year, business will begin to recover IT market size in the 2010 fiscal year for a while as of April when the budget for fiscal 2010 will be decided. And it is predicted that the company becomes minus 1.2% by a last-fiscal-year ratio supposing the company which revives a project coming out.

As a topic of IT which attracts attention, "cloud", "information security management and the measure against a disaster recovery", and "server supposition" are mentioned.

J <http://journal.mycom.co.jp/news/2010/02/04/029/?rt=na>

KIRIN Holdings improves private cloud using virtual technology

KIRIN Holdings which has various business corporations, such as liquor, a drink and food, and medical supplies, is employing the system as "private cloud." The companies including the system of Mercian which had a capital tie-up, collect most systems of a group company into two of data centers. Furthermore, KIRIN uses those data centers from about 500 branch distributed all over the country, and uses two data centers and a hosting service properly.

The server of the 1st data center which is using the package for Widows/Linux is the target of virtualization fundamentally. Now, about 30 percent of all the servers cope with virtual environment. There is the about 700 number of a server on the whole including information systems, such as operating systems including a main frame, groupware, a portal, mail, etc. Since full use of virtual technology is made, if one virtual machine is counted among one set, the total number of servers will amount to about 1000 sets.

Private cloud of KIRIN is not completion now. Virtual technology is used and concentration of the further server hardware is advanced. The server which is applying as a virtual machine now is about 30% of the whole. This will be increased to about 50% in 2010. Therefore, reexamination of a server network will become the point from now on.

J <http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/JIREI/20100129/343960/?ST=network&P=2>

NEC BIGLOBE considers the integration of 3G and WiMAX for cloud terminals

NEC BIGLOBE (BIGLOBE) will put on the cloud terminal into the market which carries Android OS, and will start offer the communications service for these terminals, and application / contents service. The company is using the vertical integration type business model which ISP’s (Internet Service Provider’s) is one-stop, and provides with hardware, communications service, and application itself. It will sell with the whole cloud terminal enterprise in 2012, and raising into 10 billion yen business is a target further.

NEC BIGLOBE plans the service deployment which employed efficiently vertical integration type advantages, such as cooperation with the service provided for personal computers, such as an E-mail and a photograph share, and form of use of setting needlessness.  It says, "The profit by sale of a terminal is not expected so much" (Yoshikiyo Yamamoto manager of BIGLOBE   personal operation division  ). It is the purpose of the company to raise rather the profit by a terminal, the communications service provided by a set, and the platform service for an application or contents offer as a pillar of big business.

The feature of this new service is in the communications service which BIGLOBE provides, and a cloud terminal is due to correspond to wireless LAN, the 3rd generation mobile communications (3G), and three kinds of communication lines of WiMAX. About 3G and WiMAX which will mainly be used by a place where one has gone, BIGLOBE serves as MVNO (virtual mobile phone service company), and is considering the service which can use the direction which 3G and WiMAX tend to use according to use environment.

J <http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/COLUMN/20100201/344000/?ST=network>

The outline of posting in “Japan Clouds” January 2010

Four months have passed since this site started. It was interested in the point in what kind of interest overseas people have in Cloud computing of Japan. It is the height of the concern about a governmental policy, and the concern about local government cloud which is felt for No. 1. Even in the Japanese market, Windows Azure has started and Salesforce has also expanded the share. I am glad, if you continue and being got interested in Japanese Cloud. The following is a wrap up the posts in January. Please enjoy!

 

01: A Happy New Year
04: RICOH will provide a cloud printing solution
04: Fujitsu will provide “Interstage Business Process Manager V11” in this month
04: Keio University supports Otaki village for their sightseeing biz
04: NTT Data announced to launch a joint venture in Tianjin China
04: NTT Data announced to launch a joint venture in Tianjin China
06: CTC started "ePromo" as a TransPromo compliant service
11: A subsidiary of Fujitsu has chosen Google Apps
12: What’s the Biz Hosting Global in NTT Com?
12: NTT Smart Connect shakes hands with Ooyala
13: A standard specification for local government clouds
13: Microsoft will provide an another cloud with IIJ?
13: NTT Data Intra Mart and NTT Com will deliver cloud style mail services
13: KDDI Web Communications will shake hands with Google
13: Will Nagasaki provide their government cloud to other prefectures?
14: IBM Japan established a cloud division for the promotion
14: Oita and Miyazaki prefectures employee two of local IT shops
15: Brain Child and NIC will build a cloud test center in Vietnam
15: Panasonic changes from Microsoft Exchange to IBM LotusLive
18: Softbank supplies "White Plan" into the Japanese cloud market
18: etolabo provided a distributed KVS "kumofs" as OSS
19: Japanese Cabinet Office builds a national opinion interview site with cloud
19: Marubeni dives into their private cloud
19: Otsuka will launch a private cloud for small and middle customers
21: Miyazaki and Oita prefectures start the local government cloud sharing
22: Otsuka cooperates with KDDI in their private cloud businesses
22: NTT Data announced the outline of their BizCloud
25: NEC will provide the introduction support service for Microsoft’s BPOS
25: Mitsubishi Research Institute DCS utilizes "IBM CloudBurst" of IBM Japan
27: KDDI is utilizing an overseas data center and builds Cloud between international
28: NRI invests 20 billion yen into their new cloud data center

NRI invests 20 billion yen into their new cloud data center

Jan.28 – Nomura Research Institute (NRI) announced building the new data center in Tama-city, Tokyo from which it becomes the 5th place in domestic and it turns into the 4th place in a metropolitan area. It becomes a base of the outsourcing enterprise to expand, and is utilized as a core base of the Cloud service.  The construction of a new data center is 19,496.3 square meters. The total floor area becomes a scale exceeding the "second data center of Yokohama" (15,888 square meters of total floor area) built in 2007. Thereby, as for the total floor area of all the data centers of NRI, the increase in about 30 percent is expected. NRI invests about 20 billion yen in construction of this new data center, and is planning the completion by March, 2013.

J <http://japan.zdnet.com/news/ir/story/0,2000056187,20407557,00.htm>

KDDI is utilizing an overseas data center and builds Cloud between international

Jan.27 – "The companies which build hub-and-spokes type global network have increased in number by using a data center in this one – two years." (Manager Ide of KDDI) The movement toward server concentration to the data center which is conspicuous in domestic is spreading also in global network. The communication enterprise which provides an outsourcing entrepreneur and international-telecommunications service is developing the data center quickly in every corner of the earth. According to the motion, the company user aims at the "cloud" system which holds down cost to the minimum and can use it comfortably and safe moreover even from where of the world.

J <http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/COLUMN/20100119/343460/>

Mitsubishi Research Institute DCS utilizes "IBM CloudBurst" of IBM Japan

Jan.25 – So far, DCS made results, such as server virtual technology, large-scale data center employment, information security solution. In the company, the cloud use in in-company development environment and training environment is started first, and the cloud service will be continuously provided as private cloud environment and service bases, such as SaaS. With the cloud service of DCS, effective use of computing resources by advanced virtual technology, such as CPU, is promoted. The quick service in by a system automatic distribution function and offer of standard base environment which collected best practice become the feature.

J <http://enterprisezine.jp/article/detail/2120>

NEC will provide the introduction support service for Microsoft’s BPOS

Jan.25 – According to the announcement of NEC, the cloud service "BPOS" which Microsoft provides will be cooperated in the business by the sale for a small-scale company and SOHO.  BPOS is the service which includes four functions, such as Exchange Online, to the set among the on-line services for companies of "Microsoft Online Services", and 10 dollars in a month per one user is possible for it.

J <http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/pcuser/articles/1001/25/news036.html>

NTT Data announced the outline of their BizCloud

Jan.22 – NTT Data announced the outline of the cloud service "BizCloud" which is due to be provided formally from April. In this service, the shift to a private type cloud system will be supported. In addition, a part of services are preceded and begun from February. New service is public cloud service named "the cloud platform service" provided based on the service developed with NTT and NTT Communications.  Furthermore, it consists of two of "cloud construction and employment services" which offers construction of the environment centering on a private type cloud system, shift support, operation management and so on.

J <http://www.itmedia.co.jp/enterprise/articles/1001/22/news063.html>

Otsuka cooperates with KDDI in their private cloud businesses

Jan.22 – Otsuka made a formal announcement to cooperating in the cloud computing business with KDDI which provides software and data services via a network. Otsuka combines the cloud system in their data center and the communications service of KDDI, and makes unitary offer. Otsuka aims a order received from 1500 companies, as their main target small and middle businesses, in the first year.
J <http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/sangyo/20100118ATDD1808K18012010.html>

Miyazaki and Oita prefectures start the local government cloud sharing

Jan.21 – The joint 1st time of promotion conference task force of "self-governing body cloud" where 10 cities of Miyazaki and Oita prefectures share a computing system. The sectional meeting was held by the Nobeoka Miyazaki local government office, and 120 persons-concerned abbreviation of each self-governing body was present. Eight task forces, such as a "resident information related business system" and a "tax operating system", were prepared, and the schedule which conducts an actual proof experiment from October was checked.

J <http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nnp/item/147687>

Otsuka will launch a private cloud for small and middle customers

Jan.19 – A major SIer Otsuka starts private Cloud environmental service within the limit of the end of May, 2010. In this service, customer’s communication network will be directly linked with the data center of Otsuka, and all connections with the Internet or external service are made through the integrated monitoring center managed in the company’s data center. So, the security level of a customer’s network environment is raised and the use environment of Cloud / SaaS type service is prepared. The small and medium-sized enterprises are regarded as the main targets, and the order received from 1500 companies is aimed at in one year after a service start.
J < http://www.asahi.com/digital/bcnnews/BCN201001190001.html >

Marubeni dives into their private cloud

Jan.19 – Mr. Jutaro Shiraishi who is an information planning manager of Marubeni attended the management council, he explained starting private Cloud’s construction formally and received an agreement, in the middle of November, 2009. "To prepare a server for every application by a management is a cost overrun only by having accumulated the server. Cloud collects servers, and provides assigning required capability, when required", he explained. Officers received this explaining gave an approval.

J <http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/JIREI/20100115/343274/ >

Japanese Cabinet Office builds a national opinion interview site with cloud

Jan.19 – Cabinet Office utilized the Cloud type service and built the website "Hatoyama hears.com" which receives an opinion and proposal to administrative services. Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) which provided service announced on January 19. Hatoyama hears.com established on January 18 means a website which invites the opinion on administrative services, and a proposal. A subject, a proposal of a policy, etc. which should tackle for people are received from an individual, NPO and a civilian enterprise company, a municipal corporation, etc.

J <http://www.itmedia.co.jp/enterprise/articles/1001/19/news079.html >

etolabo provided a distributed KVS "kumofs" as OSS

Jan.18 – The company provided a distributed KVS "kumofs" as OSS on Jan.18. Eto Batara the former CTO of mixi which is a largest Japanese SNS, has started up "etolabo" and has already used "kumofs" in their photo storage service named Ficia.  This KVS has got a award of Cloud Computing Competition in Interop Tokyo 2009, and realized to have the data replica and dynamic resource extensions.

J <http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20100118/343333/ >

Softbank supplies "White Plan" into the Japanese cloud market

Jan. 18 – There have been a lot of entrepreneurs who enter into HaaS (hardware as a service) which offers a server resource as service with virtual technology. A rate level equivalent to the foreign-operations company who precedes, and the sense of security which can carry out data storage in domestic home are made sale. The entry menu which held down prices, such as the Softbank telecom which cut the monthly amount of 50 dollars, is the feature. Japanese communication enterprises enters into Cloud computing market with  watchword "overthrow and Amazon EC2", formally from next spring. What each company supplies is HaaS which only a required part provides with a server’s hard resource via a network using virtual technology. Each company arranges a mouth as having developed to the benchmark EC2 of U.S. Amazon.com which can elastic performance for a short time according to processing load

J <http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/COLUMN/20100108/343008/?ST=network>

Panasonic changes from Microsoft Exchange to IBM LotusLive

Jan.15 – Panasonic will abandon Microsoft Exchange and go to IBM’s cloud-based LotusLive email and collaboration systems across worldwide operations. About 100,000 employees will be included in the initial migration, eventually expanding to more than 300,000 workers, partners, and suppliers. Financial terms were not disclosed. It’s a big news in also Japanese market.
J <http://www.itmedia.co.jp/enterprise/articles/1001/15/news024.html >

Brain Child and NIC will build a cloud test center in Vietnam

Jan.15 – Brain Child and NIC (Nippon Information and Communication) announced to build a cloud test center in Vietnam. It’s a joint business with VIJA Power Source of Vietnam who will provide Tier3 class data center into this project.  BI software Pentaho will be validated as SaaS in this project by the end of 2010, so that the local Japanese companies can use it safety.

J <http://release.nikkei.co.jp/detail.cfm?relID=241003&lindID=1 >

Oita and Miyazaki prefectures employee two of local IT shops

Jan.14 – Both of prefectures employee two of local IT shops to build the experimental government office systems. Those shops established an union named Public Administration Kyushu OLGO Union will use a data center of Asahi Kasei Networks of Nobeoka, Miyazaki. Including Nagasaki, the local government cloud in Kyushu heats up!

J <http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20100114/343211/ >

IBM Japan established a cloud division for the promotion

Jan.14 – The company announced to start their new division for the cloud promotion.  The division drives private, public and hybrid clouds for enterprises based on visualization, standardization and automation. As new products, "Public desktop Cloud", "Public Test Cloud", "Smart Analytics Cloud" and "Private Storage Cloud" have been scheduled.
J <http://japan.zdnet.com/news/ir/story/0,2000056187,20406644,00.htm >

Will Nagasaki provide their government cloud to other prefectures?

Jan.13 – Nagasaki prefecture announced to provide their local government cloud system to other prefectures. The prefecture has started to use their original cloud system since from last month, and, for instance, the system has been used by Omura city in Nagasaki. In this project, other prefectures or any cities will be able to use it as a service hosted by Nagasaki.
J < http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20100113/343177/ >

KDDI Web Communications will shake hands with Google

Jan.13 -  The company announced to integrate Google Apps Premium Edition into their shared server rental services named "Shared Plan Z Series."  It’s a kind of services to small and middle businesses and the customers will be able to use the application of Google Apps Premium Edition in their current domain provided from KDDI.

J <http://www.itmedia.co.jp/enterprise/articles/1001/13/news072.html >

NTT Data Intra Mart and NTT Com will deliver cloud style mail services

Jan.13 – NTT Data Intra Mart announced to deliver cloud style mail services based on the NTT Com’s "Biz Mail." It will be associated with a groupware named "Intranet Start Pack" on their "Intra Mart." The customers will get 10GB of disk space, and will be able to use some of mobile phone including NTT Docomo, Softbank, AU and so on.

J <http://www.sbbit.jp/news/13869/ >

Microsoft will provide an another cloud with IIJ?

Jan.13 – IIJ announced to deliver a cloud server with Windows Server on this May. In this service, Windows Server including Hyper-V will be deployed on IIJ’s GIO, and their customer will be able to configure the elastic cloud with those resources. Microsoft will provide their “Dynamic Datacenter Tool kit” in this service.

J <http://4510plan.jp/360/businessnews/14074/>

 

A standard specification for local government clouds

Jan.13 – Local Authorities Systems Development Center (LASDEC) made a standard specification for the local government cloud development on last November. It’s a part of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) project, and any developers who want to deliver services to local government offices have to implement the spec.

J <http://japan.internet.com/public/technology/20100113/5.html>

NTT Smart Connect shakes hands with Ooyala

Jan.12 – The company announced to make a new business in Japanese market with Ooyala. Both of companies want to deliver the solutions for Japanese businesses who aim to get the profits from movie market with advertising. Ooyala has results coming from over 500 businesses including Warner Brothers, and expects to have new  Japanese businesses with NTT Smart Connect.

J <http://www.sankeibiz.jp/business/news/100112/bsb1001121606002-n1.htm>

What’s the Biz Hosting Global in NTT Com?

Jan.12 -  The company had provided and managed the global data center services in the world, and answered to the interview of ITmedia in the month for those matters. In their global scenario, 19 countries and 29 cities are supported by the premium data center of NTT Com. In addition, the company aims to employee some of cloud technologies that provide more efficient and low cost solutions to their customers. For instance, the company will the virtual hosting services in Hong Kong, US and UK in this year.

J <http://www.itmedia.co.jp/enterprise/articles/1001/12/news001.html >

A subsidiary of Fujitsu has chosen Google Apps

Jan.11 – Fujitsu Learning Media who’s a subsidiary of Fujitsu will introduce Google Apps to their 600 of employees, instead of the traditional IT coming from their parent Fujitsu. The company plans to deliver an educational services around Google Apps to their customers, and has just needed to have the experiences for it. Anyway, It’s a kind of surprising!

J <http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/main/20100110AT1D080AX09012010.html>

 

CTC started "ePromo" as a TransPromo compliant service

Jan.6. – The company started to sell "ePromo", according to the agreement with Pitney Bowes Software on Oct.2009. It’s a kind of TransPromo (Transaction Mail Promotion) compliant service, and aims to take a hundred million dollar of sales by 2013. CTC delivers it as SaaS from their data center, and will add a payment service in this year.

J <http://www.asahi.com/digital/bcnnews/BCN201001060002.html>

NTT Data announced to launch a joint venture in Tianjin China

Jan.4. – The company announced to launch a cloud financial company with Yucheng Technologies in Tianjin of China. Stock share will be at 51% of NTT Data and 49% of  Yucheng Technologies.  Yucheng has already come on NASDAQ, and provided Internet banking solutions across in the China continental. The new company will take this Internet banking services from Yucheng Technologies, and will move it into the cloud. It’s a piece of NTT Data’s China strategy.

J <http://journal.mycom.co.jp/news/2010/01/04/007/>

Keio University supports Otaki village for their sightseeing biz

Jan.4 – Using the cloud computing, the university supports Otaki village in Nagano prefecture. The small village wants to promote their sightseeing business with small budget, and  pays attention to the cloud computing. It’s a kind of pioneer of use case for cloud computing, in the very small local governments.

J <http://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/20100105/a-6.htm> 

Fujitsu will provide “Interstage Business Process Manager V11” in this month

Jan.4 -  The company will deliver the new version of their BPM late in a month. The minimum price will be at $60,000, Fujitsu said. The company with new version, has aimed to proceed the transparent views for business processes so that it ca be useful for also atypical business flows.

J <http://4510plan.jp/360/businessnews/13737/>

RICOH will provide a cloud printing solution

Jan.4 – The company announced to provide a cloud printing solution named “App2Me”. In this solution, their “image MP” device lineup will be use in the cloud, not only for the printing but also scanning. 

J <http://4510plan.jp/360/businessnews/13762/>

A Happy New Year

Thanks to your accesses. I did some of experimentations in 2009, and will drive it more in 2010. There are some English posts in a related site Agile_Cat Azure & Hadoop, so I introduce those at blow. Please enjoy!

Microsoft PDC09 Keynote 1 – Wrapping Up
MapReduce in DryadLINQ
Overview of Hadoop Conference 2009 in Japan – English Edition
Google Chrome OS press conference : Part_1
Google Chrome OS press conference : Part_2

Top 30 on the new year’s eve of 2009

Thank you for your visiting to "Japan Clouds" in this year. It’s kind of trial period for me, and will be more useful one on 2010, I trust. Here’s a list to describe Top-30-posts of access ranking on 2009. Please enjoy! 

 

1: One day sold out – Hadoop Conference in Japan
2: Overview of Hadoop Conference 2009 in Japan
3: NTT Data talked about "Kasumigaseki"
4: Microsoft Japan announced Tech Days 2010
5: Softbank Telecoms announced to launch cloud services named "White Cloud"
6: NEC BIGLOBE will start a cloud device and services business with Android
7: Terilogy announced to make the new businesses with NIHON Unisys
8: Hitachi enhanced "Harmonious Cloud" as a private cloud solution
9: NTT Data announced to launch "BizCloud"
10: A major common paper ASAHI talked about the cloud
11: Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank will employ IBM’s Desktop Cloud Service
12: Linus Torvalds talked in Tokyo
13: Microsoft PDC09 Keynote 1 – Wrapping UP
14: NEC opened "Cloud Plaza" in their head quarter
15: Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) developed a SaaS system with NEC
16: Cyboze announced to collaborate with IIJ
17: NTT Docomo launched PETA mining system
18: David Chappell interview by Masahiko Issiki
19: Intech will launch IT infrastructure services on clouds
20 :Google, Cables and the Future of the Web
21: NEC will deliver middleware "WebOTX"
22: Microsoft’s Future Technology Days in Tokyo
23: Microsoft Japan makes an alliance with IIJ
24: Fujitsu dives into the Asian Market with Singapore Telecoms
25: Google Chrome OS press conference
26: IIJ Group shakes hands with Citrix
27: Nihon Unisys will launch a datacenter in Sapporo
28: Five businesses will try the cloud data
29: NTT Communications will start cloud management portals
30: Nihon Unisys joins to the R&D of Saga prefecture

 

Have a nice new year! — A.C.

Japan Clouds on Dec. 2009

03: RICOH shakes hands with Novell to provide virtual solutions
04: Reed Exhibitions Japan will take place Cloud Computing Expo on May 2010
08: Fujitsu Launches Cloud Services in North America
09: NTT Data announced to launch "BizCloud"
09: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) goes forward with clouds
09: Riverbed will start businesses of RiOS 6.0 and Steelhead Mobile 3.0 in here
11: Google invests 360 million to Asian marine cable
14: Google, Cables and the Future of the Web
14: BitIsle will give a cloud service for digital content providers
15: Salesforce.com announced to collaborate with Japanese OEM partners
15: Nihon Unisys joins to the R&D of Saga Prefecture
15: Force.com gives pressure to Japanese System Integrators
16: Nagasaki Prefecture announced to introduce electronic application procedures as a cloud
16: NEC will provide "WebSAM" to the cloud market
17: Nissho Electronics started to sell a private cloud startup kit
17: NetMatrix launched a new business named "EC-Success"
17: NEC BIGLOBE will start a cloud device and services business with Android
18: NEC will get 77 millions from the market
21: Yano Research expects the future growth of Japanese Cloud Market
21: Intech will launch IT infrastructure services on clouds
23: NTT Communications will start cloud management portals.
24: Fujitsu dives into the Asian Market with Singapore Telecoms
27: Softbank BB announced an e-Learning system on the cloud
28: Saga prefecture chooses NTT Data
28: Softbank BB announced an e-Learning system on the cloud

Softbank BB announced an e-Learning system on the cloud

Dec.28 – The company announced to launch an e-Learning system named “A’OMAI” on the cloud, and will deliver the service on Feb. 2010. It will utilize White Cloud HaaS of Softbank Telecoms, and will provide deliver, progress and history management for LMS(Learning Management Systems). It’s minimum charge will be at 3 dollars/month.

The company aims to get a million customers and five hundred dollars of sales by 2013.

J <http://www.rbbtoday.com/news/20091228/64717.html>

Saga prefecture chooses NTT Data

Dec.28 – The local government office of Saga prefecture chooses NTT Data Kyushu as a contractor of their cloud application development experimentation. There were three candidates in this general competitive bidding, and NTT Data got five millions dollar of budgets. The local government projects has been promoted by MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs), and will be shared by cities and towns in the prefectures.

Other than Saga, Hokkaido, Kyoto, Oita, Miyazaki and Tokushima are going to the experimentation.

J <http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20091228/342741/>