NTT Research and Development 2010 Review of Activities

Overview

NTT is undertaking research and development of cloud computing technologies known as CBoC (Common IT Bases over Cloud computing) to achieve safe, secure and eco-friendly clouds required by e-government and core business systems. One of the advantages of CBoC is the operation and management of virtual resources, which reinforces the benefit of virtualization, such as scale-out and efficient hardware utilization. CBoC can be applied to the development environments of system integrators, infrastructures of SaaS (Software as a Service) providers, and server consolidations in enterprises to reduce operating and facility costs.

Features

• Reduces operational workload by en-bloc control of multiple virtual resources composing the system
• Uses hardware efficiently by on-demand allocation of computing resources
• Reduces the time needed to build a system by using ready-made shared resources such as shared load balancers
• Reduces the time needed to build a system by using templates of frequently used system configurations
• Reduces the workload of, and prevents failure in, the application of software patches, by using templates

Application scenarios

• Development environments of enterprises that develop information and communications technology (ICT) systems or services: efficient use of hardware and avoidance of excessive investment by on-demand allocation of computing resources
• SaaS providers’ infrastructures: cost-effective service provision based on low facility and operating costs by efficient and automatic accommodation of many customers
• Server consolidations in enterprises: reduction in the number of servers, leading to reductions in facility costs, facility space, and power consumption

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