TOKYO, Oct. 27, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ) (Nasdaq:IIJI) (TSE1:3774), one of Japan's leading Internet access and comprehensive network solutions providers, today announced it will use Microsoft's platform product suite -- including the latest virtualization technology, Hyper-V(TM) -- on IIJ's cloud computing platform IIJ GIO (*1) to provide specialized platform services in a Windows Server(R) environment starting in May 2010. With this service, corporate customers will be able to use their Windows Server-compatible applications in a cloud-computing environment without modification.
With the release of this new service, Microsoft Co., Ltd., working with each of its software partners, will test each application to ensure a smooth transition for corporate customers to cloud computing. Joint marketing activities for this service will commence in November 2009. IIJ is targeting 4,000 server sales in the first three years of operation.
This service enables customers to build a flexible cloud-computing environment by selecting only those server resources (CPU, memory, disk space) necessary to meet the needs of each business, and without the extra work of building one's own corporate server. Using the Dynamic Datacenter Tool Kit to build data centers for cloud computing -- with applications such as Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization technology and the System Center administration tool -- in conjunction with the advanced cloud platform of IIJ GIO, IIJ will provide cloud services optimized for a corporate system environment built on Windows Server. With this configuration, each corporate user can easily and quickly build a cloud-based Windows Server environment that is equivalent to their existing system without modifying existing applications.
In the future, IIJ and Microsoft will perform joint technology testing with the aim of providing services that can be run either on the company's own system or on a cloud environment -- whichever is more appropriate -- in order to meet the broad needs of our corporate customers.
*1 IIJ GIO: IIJ GIO is the name of IIJ's new cloud service announced on October 5, 2009. For details, see the following URL. http://www.iij.ad.jp/en/news/pressrelease/2009/1005.html
About IIJ
Founded in 1992, Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ) (Nasdaq:IIJI) (Tokyo Stock Exchange TSE1:3774) is one of Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions providers. IIJ and its group of companies provide total network solutions that mainly cater to high-end corporate customers. The company's services include high-quality systems integration and security services, Internet access, hosting/housing, and content design. Moreover, the company has built one of the largest Internet backbone networks in Japan, and between Japan and the United States. IIJ was listed on NASDAQ in 1999 and on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2006. For more information about IIJ, visit the IIJ Web site at http://www.iij.ad.jp/en/.
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