VMware's IaaS type cloud "vCloud Air" Domestic data center will be closed on March 31, 2017

This is Ohara from the technical sales department.

It has been announced that vCloud Air, an IaaS public cloud service provided by VMware,

About policy changes for VMware's hybrid cloud business in Japan

 

What is "vCloud Air"?

vCloud Air is a public cloud built on VMware technology.

's selling point is that it is highly compatible with vSphere environments running on-premises, and
can be seamlessly linked and migrated as a hybrid cloud.A
data center was opened in Japan in November 2014. I did.

The future of “vCloud Air”

As for existing customers, SoftBank and 134 domestic partners
appear to be selecting destinations for migrating other companies' cloud platforms.
(New applications for the service have already ended on April 28, 2016.)

Withdrawal of “vCloud Air” and entry of “Oracle Cloud”

Under these circumstances, it seems that Oracle is aiming to gain a share of the Japanese market with "Oracle Cloud"

[Quoted from Toyo Keizai]
http://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/102593

With cost advantages and ease of operation in building IT systems,

Cloud computing technology is bringing major changes to the industry.

It is predicted that by 2020, 30% of IT investments will be cloud-related.

On-premises type (operated based on in-house servers and other equipment)

Oracle boasts a 50% market share in database software,

We are in full swing with cloud service deployment.

How will the trend toward cloud computing affect business models?

In addition, compared to Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce, etc., which are currently ahead of the others,

How will Oracle, a latecomer, take away market share?

summary

"vCloud Air" entered the cloud business with much fanfare, but

it was unable to capture the share of foreign public clouds in Japan such
as AWS, Azure, Softlayer, and GCP the number of users did not increase. But it ended too soon. . .

users seem to be having a hard time as they now have to migrate to another cloud environment . .

By the way, HP also provided a public cloud, but
it has already withdrawn from Japan about two years after the service was announced.
[Quoted from ITpro]
http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/atcl/news/15/102203477/

If you look at it this way,

it shows that
even if you enter the cloud business in Japan, What will happen to “Oracle Cloud” next? I would like to take a look at the trends.