{"id":24703,"date":"2023-03-28T14:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/?p=24703"},"modified":"2023-04-12T11:40:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T02:40:16","slug":"2023-03-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/en\/information\/press\/2023-03-28\/","title":{"rendered":"BBIX and BBSakura to Provide Direct Connectivity from \u201cOCX Hikari Internet\u201d to Zscaler"},"content":{"rendered":"
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March 28, 2023
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BBIX and BBSakura to Provide Direct Connectivity from \u201cOCX Hikari Internet\u201d to Zscaler<\/h4>\r\n

\u301cOffering will provide more secure and stable Zscaler connectivity for \u201cOCX Hikari Internet\u201d users\u301c<\/p>\r\n
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BBIX, Inc. (\u201cBBIX\u201d), a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. that operates an Internet Exchange (IX) business, and BBSakura Networks, Inc. (\u201cBBSakura\u201d), a network solutions provider and subsidiary of BBIX, will begin offering a direct connection from its enterprise Internet access service, \u201cOCX Hikari Internet,\u201d to the network provided by Zscaler, Inc. (\u201cZscaler\u201d) starting March 28, 2023.<\/p>\r\n
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As the use of services via the cloud grows year by year, security assurance for Cloud and Internet access has become a common challenge facing enterprise customers. Typical Internet connection services are connected to the datacenter through a VPN (Virtual Private Network), then aggregating traffic to reach to the Internet. However, as traffic volumes and access lines increased due to the promotion of remote work, aggregation equipment at data centers had difficulty keeping up with traffic processing. As a result, enterprise customers are facing quality degradations, which in turn leads to decreased business efficiency.<\/p>\r\n
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Zscaler provides variety of security services (Zero-Trust security), and Zscaler Internet Access (\u201cZIA\u201d) is one of those services, which eliminates the need for aggregation equipment by conducting monitoring in the cloud, regardless of device or connection location, to solve the above-mentioned VPN issues.<\/p>\r\n
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In addition, general Internet access services connect to ZIA via hops of multiple ISPs (Internet Service Providers), so even if there is a secure environment, there is still the potential problem of delay in response caused by the quality of each ISP’s network.<\/p>\r\n
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\u201cOCX Hikari Internet,\u201d which has Japan-leading high-bandwidth backbones in Japan, is now providing a direct connection to the Zscaler\u2019s network on which ZIA is provided. This direct connectivity will enable customers who use Zscaler\u2019s security services through \u201cOCX Hikari Internet\u201d to do so with secure and low-stress.<\/p>\r\n
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BBIX and BBSakura will continue to expand their services to help customers accelerate DX (Digital Transformation) and grow their businesses in the multi-cloud era.<\/p>\r\n
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\u25a0Executive comments: <\/h4>\r\n

Kamal Elkhaili, Global Alliances & Channels, Asia of Zscaler, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

We welcome the connection of BBIX’s “OCX Hikari Internet” to Zscaler. This new connection to the network provided by Zscaler will optimize the latency of the enterprise customers who use Zscaler’s services, maximize security under Zero-Trust philosophy and support customers with a variety of workstyles and locations.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
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Keiichi Makizono, Senior Vice President and CIO of SoftBank Corp.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

SoftBank Corp. has introduced a direct connection to Zscaler via BBIX in advance, enabling comfortable use of ZIA. As remote work and cloud services become increasingly popular, promoting flexible use while maintaining a high level of security is an important issue for promoting new work styles. As a solution provider, we are pleased to announce that BBIX is providing comfortable connectivity to Zscaler, one of the global leaders based on the idea of zero-trust. \u201cOCX Hikari Internet” will continue to support customers to solve their cloud connectivity issues and promote DX in the future. <\/p>\r\n
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Michikazu Fukuchi, Executive Vice President and COO of BBIX, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

BBIX is pleased to offer customers connectivity to Zscaler\u2019s service through \u201cOCX Hikari Internet.\u201d\r\nToday, many enterprise customers are increasingly using cloud services for the operations and are doing so remotely rather than from the traditional office. Through the direct connectivity with Zscaler, we will solve the challenges that our customers and our society face at the digital shift activities. \r\n<\/p>\r\n
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Hideyuki Sasaki, President and CEO of BBSakura Networks, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

We are pleased that BBSakura’s software can help provide this service. Since the Covid-19 outbreak, \u201ccloud first\u201d and \u201cremote work\u201d have become common phrases. Zscaler is the leading provider of zero-trust security solutions, and \u201cOCX Hikari Internet\u201d provides a comfortable environment to use Zscaler\u2019s service to offer a new option for customers to upgrade their network security.<\/p>\r\n
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\u25a0 About BBIX<\/strong>
\r\nCompany Name: BBIX, Inc.
\r\nURL: https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/en\/<\/a>
\r\nHeadquarters: 1-9-10 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
\r\nRepresentative: Hidetoshi Ikeda, President & CEO
\r\nDate of establishment: June 13, 2003
\r\nCapital: 100 million yen
\r\nOwnership: 100% owned by SoftBank Corp.
\r\nBusiness: Telecommunications operator under Japan\u2019s Telecommunications Business Act; leasing, maintenance & management of telecommunications equipment; development, sales, maintenance & management of computer hardware\/software<\/p>\r\n
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\u25a0 About BBSakura<\/strong>
\r\nCompany Name: BBSakura Networks, Inc.
\r\nURL: https:\/\/www.bbsakura.net\/en\/<\/a>
\r\nHeadquarters: 7-20-1 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
\r\nRepresentative: Hideyuki Sasaki, President & CEO
\r\nDate of establishment: August 1, 2019
\r\nCapital: 200 million yen
\r\nOwnership: BBIX, Inc. 51%, SAKURA internet Inc. 49%
\r\nBusiness: Telecommunications operator under Japan\u2019s Telecommunications Business Act; leasing, maintenance & management of telecommunications equipment; development, sales, maintenance & management of computer hardware\/software<\/p>\r\n
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\u25cf \u201cOCX Hikari Internet\u201d is a trademark of BBIX, Inc.<\/p>\r\n

\u25cf The company names and service names described in this press release are registered trademarks or trademarks of the respective companies.<\/p>\r\n

\u25cf The content, products, specifications, contact information and other information contained in this press release are as of the date of announcement. This information is subject to change without notice.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 28, 2023 BBIX, Inc. BBSakura Networks, Inc. BBIX and BBSakura to Provide Direct Connectivity from \u201cOCX Hikari Internet\u201d to Zscaler \u301cOffering will provide more secure and stable Zscaler connectivity for \u201cOCX Hikari Internet\u201d users\u301c BBIX, Inc. (\u201cBBIX\u201d), a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. that operates an Internet Exchange (IX) business, and BBSakura Networks, Inc. (\u201cBBSakura\u201d), […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24703"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24705,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24703\/revisions\/24705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}