Fujitsu unveils cloud consulting service

Fujitsu has today launched a Cloud Consulting service.

The firm says the cloud is ‘set to move from theory to practice’ after years of industry hype and mounting expectation. It goes so far to quote Gartner’s contentious prediction that 20 percent of businesses will own no IT assets by next year, and that it expects $150bn in global cloud-related revenues by 2013.

Regardless of the viability of such a cloud rollout, Fujitsu believes the time is right to launch the consultancy service. Jo Millott, head of cloud consulting Fujitsu UK and Ireland comments: “There is some confusion in the market about what cloud is and what choices should be made. Fujitsu’s Cloud Consulting Service will provide advice and guidance on how cloud should be exploited to drive business value as well as providing expert advice on key considerations such as security and legal/data compliance.”

Fujitsu says its commitment to the cloud is underpinned by an investment of more than $1.2bn in developing its Global Cloud capability in 2011. The company also predicts that cloud-related services will account for 30 percent of new business by 2015.

Adds Millott: “Some IT service providers can offer strong consultancy credentials but are lacking in the physical infrastructure to ever deliver on their recommendations. I firmly believe that by combining Fujitsu’s proven infrastructure and technology capabilities with a formalised consulting practice, we have a unique proposition in the IT services market.”