Information technology company Fujitsu announced Tuesday that it will offer new end-to-end enterprise cloud computing services designed to allow companies to migrate multi-platform and multi-vendor systems to enterprise clouds.

The new offerings will include cloud solutions for maintenance services, system construction and operations, as well as fully vertical applications. They will be designed to serve enterprises in the finance, retail, manufacturing and health care sectors, as well as other data-intensive industries.

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According to developers, clients switching to cloud-based services will be able to avoid capital-intensive technology spending by using fully-scalable information technology services on a subscription basis.

BPM big boys Oracle and IBM face a growing threat in the business process management market – Fujitsu. The Japanese giant today unveiled version 11 of its BPM product Interstage and commenced a free development program designed to take advantage of the growing trend around BPM cloud computing.

The new program is designed for channel, embedded and system integrator partners as well as enterprise development teams. Participants can test drive web-based Interstage BPM with limited risk and without up-front cost. Members have the option to develop and deploy the product for up to ten users free in Fujitsu’s own cloud. Fujitsu competitors like Oracle and IBM do not currently offer web-based, BPM cloud solutions through their own consolidated data centers. Most tap Amazon for the heavy-lifting and SLAs.

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The new release and corresponding cloud services are focused on expanding its channel through OEM, VARs and systems integrators, company said.

Two of Australia’s largest IT services companies – Fujitsu and Unisys – have outlined their belated plans to make cloud computing relevant to Australia’s largest organisations.

In events held one day apart in Sydney, the two organisations laid out their plans for taking the core applications of large companies and Government agencies to the cloud.

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Sleeping giants wake up to cloud computing potential

Cloud computing is factoring heavily in Fujitsu’s growth plan for 2010.

The first step for the integrator giant is the launch of an infrastructure-as-a-service platform, which it will then be able to use to develop additional cloud computing solutions

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New Infrastructure-as-a-Service offering to be integrator giant’s first steps into cloud computing, as it continues to look to gain broad traction in the market

Ausenco designs mines for some of the largest resources and energy companies in the world, with customers and staff spread across the globe. It counts Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Newcrest Mining and Xstrata as customers.

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Google Gmail and Microsoft Live would be evaluated as part of that process, he said. “I don’t think we need to spend money and resources on just keeping the lights on (in IT).”