CAC Launches 'Virtual Infrastructure Smart Optimization Service' for Companies Struggling with VMware Environment Reassessment

News Overview CAC (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Hirotomo Sabeto; hereinafter CAC) will launch the 'Virtual Infrastructure Smart Optimization Service' (hereinafter the Service) on May 21, 2026 (Thursday). This service aims to support enterprises that are considering VMware environment reassessment but are stalled due to issues such as insufficient design documentation and knowledge silos.

Background of the Service Since Broadcom's acquisition of VMware, product provision policies have changed significantly, transitioning from perpetual licenses to a subscription format. Under these circumstances, many companies are evaluating how to maintain or update existing VMware environments, yet the following challenges are becoming apparent on the ground:

- Reduction and reassessment of maintenance costs: Companies seek to review VMware licenses due to projected cost increases from the subscription shift. - Uncertainty regarding migration methods: Companies are unsure about migration targets, skills, and know-how required. - Promotion of DX and modernization: Companies aim to transition to the cloud or modernize while maintaining current systems. - Flexible resource utilization: Companies want to move low-usage systems to the cloud to ensure resources on-demand.

In response, CAC has established a system to provide one-stop, end-to-end support, from assessing the current state of VMware environments to judging migration feasibility and managing post-migration operations.

Service Overview This service provides consistent support from initial assessment, facilitating decision-making on whether to migrate, to construction, migration, and operation, even in environments where documentation is not sufficiently maintained.

The service includes the following combined menus: - Migration Diagnosis: Proposing migration targets and decision-making materials based on current status and requirement interviews. - Virtual Infrastructure Construction: Designing and building new virtual infrastructure as a migration target. - System Migration: Formulating migration plans through to production release and hand-over to operational staff. - Operations: Providing services in collaboration with CAC's 'CAC Managed DWS' operational service for the new virtual infrastructure.

Key Features 1. Support for Cost Structure Reassessment: Reviews current licenses to suppress cost increases and proposes optimal configurations based on multifaceted assessments of migration methods, impact scope, cost, and operational load. 2. One-stop Provision by CAC: Provides integrated support from infrastructure construction to operation, achieving efficient and high-quality infrastructure management using CAC Managed DWS. 3. Realization of Flexible Hybrid Cloud Strategy: Enables flexible operation, including coordination with existing clouds such as Azure and AWS, or co-existence with on-premises virtual infrastructure.

Company Profile CAC Representative: Hirotomo Sabeto, President Address: 24-1, Nihonbashi Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo