Fujitsu's Efforts for Education and Research System

Over the past several years, smartphones have become widely used and tablet PCs have emerged, and the result is that system environments have been reviewed considering countermeasures against disasters. Therefore, information and communications technology (ICT) environments surrounding us are changing. Such trends also have impacts on educational places. In particular, as ICT environments in universities, it is preferable to have systems that can be used more simply and more flexibly by users including students and teachers. Now, a virtual desktop system, which is less affected by the devices to be used, is attracting people's attention. However, considering that universities' usage environments differ from those of companies, there are some problems to solve such as those related to the system scale and license. The important task is to find a balance between provision of new values and cost reduction. This paper introduces the issues with the education and research system provided by Fujitsu and its efforts to improve them. In addition, the expected future trends are described.