Introducing thin client cloud service in the APAC region
- Launch of BizXaaS® Office for overseas Japanese firms in July -
Jul. 5, 2012
NTT DATA Corporation
NTT DATA Malaysia
NTT DATA Corporation has started “BizXaaS ®Office,” an office environment cloud service for corporate customers in the APAC region, in July 2012. NTT DATA Malaysia, its overseas affiliate company in Malaysia, will become the sales and marketing hub of the product and will promote “BizXaaS Office” office solutions with desktop functions*.
The service targets Japanese firms in the APAC region, especially in South East Asia and India where economy is rapidly growing and many Japanese firms have established overseas operations. In addition, the service will be extended to local offices of global U.S. and European companies as well as local firms operating in the region. The product range initially starts with a desktop service and will be expanded to provide total support for customers’ IT systems with NTT DATA’s business application suits in the cloud. The three-year target revenue from the service is five billion yen.
- *The product name in Malaysia is “V-Office Powered by BIZXAASTM Office.”
Overview
In recent years, many Japanese firms have been expanding their operations in the APAC region where the economy is booming and investment is expected to increase. Demands for cloud computing services are becoming high for speedy business operations. And from various business points of view such as BCP, DR(Disaster Recovery), cost, and business hub, data centers as corporate cloud infrastructures in the APAC region are attracting attention. Thanks to the low occurrence of natural disaster and stable energy supply, Malaysia enjoys popularity in the world.
NTT DATA will fully utilize its know-how in systems development and an excellent track record on cloud services to provide cloud services in the APAC region. Our cloud services will be delivered from Malaysia Data Center in cooperation with NTT DATA Malaysia. As the first service product, NTT DATA has started “BizXaaS Office” thin client service for offices. This product enables users to implement thin client environment quickly at low costs.
Features of “BizXaaS Office” for the APAC region
“BizXaaS Office” was released in Japan in May 2011. The product is a cloud service for offices and is currently offering a desktop service (DaaS: Desktop as a Service) as well as mail and file server services based on Microsoft products. To meet the needs of the APAC market, which requires access to the Internet from small offices, this product has the following features for enabling customers to use the service at ease without worrying about performance and security.
- We release the DaaS environment first in response to high demands from users in the APAC region. This product enables users to implement thin client environment quickly at low costs as provided in Japan.
- We set the minimum number of users for this product to 20 in consideration of a specific office condition in the region where users are mostly in small offices compared to a general office environment in Japan.
- The product is configured with Internet connectivity as the default network and provides a customer’s own virtual network environment for assuring enough performance and high security in narrow-band.
- A dedicated network with the data center in Japan is available for supporting customers’ BCP such as disaster recovery planning for restoring data after a disaster.
Data center environment for the service
The service provided for the APAC region is built in NTT group’s high-quality data center in Malaysia. Malaysia has a very low occurrence of natural disasters, including earthquakes, and has a stable energy supply. In addition, Malaysia ranks third as an offshore business destination after China and India and is highly regarded as an excellent IT outsourcing location. NTT DATA actively uses its resources in Malaysia for building customers’ overseas data centers and private cloud computing environments as well as NTT DATA’s own cloud environment for systems development.
Future plans
The service range of “BizXaaS Office” for the APAC region will be expanded to incorporate services currently available in Japan such as Exchange mail service. In addition, with the initial desktop service, customers’ perimeter servers will be consolidated to the “BizXaaS office” virtual environment for providing total support for customers’ IT systems. The three-year target revenue from the service is five billion yen. In future, we will expand the service from the APAC region to our other operation hubs in Europe and the U.S.
- *1Quoted from A.T. Kearney’s survey 2011 Global service location index
- *”BizXaaS” is a registered trademark of NTT DATA Corporation in Japan.
- *”BIZXAAS” is a trademark of NTT DATA Corporation in other countries.
- *Other product names, brand names, and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
For more information, please contact:
About report:
Public Relations Department
NTT DATA Corporation
Tanaka
Tel: +81-3-5546-8051
About service and product:
Cloud Computing Business Unit
Business Solutions Sector
NTT DATA Corporation
Umino, Ikeda
Tel: +81-3-5546-8703
Consulting and Marketing Division
NTT DATA Malaysia
Swee Kheng Yap
Ota
Tel: +60 -3- 5636-9100
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