Fujitsu, Novell Come Together For Cloud

Novell and Fujitsu have announced a partnership to deliver cloud solutions to scale IT infrastructure needs based on business demand.

Through the partnership, Fujitsu will run its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) for Server solutions using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell. Additionally, Fujitsu will leverage Intelligent Workload Management (IWM) software from Novell for Fujitsu's Dynamic Infrastructure services. The cloud resources will be available across Continental Europe, Middle East, Africa and India.

Pay-as-you-go is a key criterion in Fujitsu's definition of cloud computing, as outlined in their global cloud strategy announcement earlier this year, and IaaS for Server further strengthens Fujitsu's global offerings in what the company has defined as Mode 1 of cloud computing which is infrastructure consumption.

Fujitsu's IaaS for Server offering is ideal for companies who want to focus on their own core business and let external experts manage their IT. IaaS for Server benefits both small-medium enterprises that have little or no internal IT support and large corporations looking to manage peak demand by outsourcing parts of their IT. Fujitsu's IaaS for Server is also ideal for customers who wish to buy computing power in a very flexible way, allowing for a buffer at peak times.

"Our partnership with Fujitsu gives joint customers and partners a better way to manage their virtual infrastructures," said Markus J. Krauss, VP Service Provider Novell EMEA. "By delivering solutions for the intelligent workload management market, we are providing a deeper and better integrated set of enterprise-class solutions that provide the tools to enable agility in the data center and the world-class infrastructure to run high-performance virtual environments."