Fujitsu and Microsoft have announced a worldwide cloud computing partnership that will see Fujitsu deploy the Windows Azure platform appliance in Fujitsu datacentres.
The new Fujitsu cloud services will deliver system integration, cloud migration and managed services to customers and independent software vendors (ISVs).
In addition, the companies will deliver a Fujitsu-branded Windows Azure platform appliance.
Globally, Fujitsu will train about 5,000 consultants and developers to work with customers and ISVs to consult, develop and integrate new and existing applications on the Windows Azure platform, Fujitsu claimed.
Rod Vawdrey, chief executive officer for Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand, said locally, more than "600 Microsoft specialists will work with our customers, ISVs and Microsoft."
Bob Muglia, president of Server and Tools Business at Microsoft said: "By extending the power of our cloud platform to customer and service provider datacenters like Fujitsu, we are paving the way for more customers to fully realise the business benefits of the cloud."
The first services will be available in Fujitsu's datacentres in Japan, starting at the Fujitsu Tatebayashi System Centre by the end of 2010. Other locations will follow.
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