Cloud migration service “Cloud Migration Suite” will be available from April

SoftBank Technology Corp. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President ＆ CEO: Shinichi Ata, hereafter referred to as SBT) announced the End of Support (EOS) in July 2019 and January 2020, respectively. 2008/2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 to migrate their existing servers to Microsoft Azure (hereinafter referred to as Azure). ” will be available from April 2019. It will also be added to the new lineup of the clouXion series, which accelerates companies' cloud utilization and supports business growth and transformation.
This service is based on the know-how that SBT has gained through Azure migration support, standardizes the cloud design and construction required during migration, and provides SBT 's best practices that take security into consideration. Customers need minimal work in a short period of time and at low cost. You can now migrate to the cloud.

■ Background
According to IDC Japan's report (Domestic Server Operating System Market Forecast), 90% of companies in Japan responded that they are considering measures such as upgrading their server operating systems in response to EOS. On the other hand, it is also necessary to respond to multiple major events such as changes in the era name and consumption tax, and IT departments are expected to have a shortage of resources in the field. In addition, according to a survey by Microsoft, 443,000 of the 630,000 target servers in operation as of August 2018 have not yet started to respond. At the "Microsoft Server Migration Support Center" established by the company, We recruited many migration support partners, including SBT, In addition, we support the migration to Azure, such as providing free extended support for 3 years when migrating to Azure.

■Service overview
In addition to two migration services: the "Tool Migration Service" that migrates an existing environment to Azure as is, and the "New Deployment Service" that upgrades the server OS and builds a new environment, we also provide licenses and monitoring services for using Azure. are provided in bulk.

*As an optional service, we also provide support for setting up "Express Route", which connects the customer environment and the Azure environment via a closed network.

■Reference price (when migrating 20 server environments)(excluding tax)

■Click here for details on Cloud Migration Suite.
https://www.softbanktech.co.jp/service/list/microsoft-azure/integration/cloud-migration-suite/

SBT will continue to propose optimal cloud utilization to customers and aim to be a business partner that supports digital transformation.

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