In partnership with Fujitsu, the new on-campus cloud system enables key services on the university’s homepage and other servers even during disasters or blackouts in the Kansai region.
The University’s Institute for Information Management and Communication and the Academic Centre for Computing and Media Studies are operating and administering the new cloud environment.
The new system has allowed over 400 virtual servers to be operated, thus enabling the consolidation of general-purpose servers that have up to now been independently operated throughout the campus. It will help to streamline server operations and management while delivering increased convenience to faculty and researchers.
Kyoto University also planned to use Fujitsu’s datacentre in eastern Japan to further proceed with the construction and operation of its new system for the BCP.
As part of leveraging the new system, the University will also further optimise its ICT investment and cultivate more cutting-edge and supportive environment for nurturing human resources and promoting research and development.
The new system started the operation on December 28, 2012.
The Kyoto University was one of the government universities underwent partial privatisation in 2004 and faced with a new organisational and environmental changes within the new operation. One of which includes a need to communicate research results and educational curriculum to audience both within and outside of the universities. Therefore, in both academic and research setting, it has been very important to facilitate a transaction of wide range and large-capacity content across networks. Therefore, the Kyoto University established the Institute for Information Management and Communication in 2005 in order to facilitate this aim to optimise the IT infrastructure.
Kyoto University is the national university and the second oldest university in Japan. It consists of three campuses: Yoshida, Uji, and Katsura, as well as a number of facilities located across the country. The University is located in Kansai region—on the Southern-centre of the country.
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