{"id":27185,"date":"2023-12-20T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T01:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/?p=27185"},"modified":"2023-12-20T08:48:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T23:48:36","slug":"2023-12-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/en\/information\/press\/2023-12-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Connectivity eXchange Supports \u201cIBM Cloud\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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December 20, 2023
\r\nBBIX, Inc.
\r\nBBSakura Networks, Inc.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Open Connectivity eXchange Supports \u201cIBM Cloud\u201d<\/h4>\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 add \u201cIBM Cloud,\u201d provided by IBM, as a new connection for \u201cCloud Connection\u201d in the lineup of Open Connectivity eXchange (\u201cOCX\u201d), a cloud-based network service, on December 20, 2023.<\/p>\r\n
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IBM Cloud is a business-oriented public cloud built on open technologies that provides the reliability necessary to run enterprise workloads and the industry’s highest level of data protection across the platform.<\/p>\r\n
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Cloud Connection is the virtual interface feature for establishing connections to cloud services via OCX. Cloud Connection provides a highly secure, low latency, and on-demand connection to cloud services, including IBM Cloud.<\/p>\r\n
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BBIX and BBSakura will continue to provide more convenient services and functions to build a network cloud infrastructure to help customers accelerate DX (Digital Transformation) and grow their businesses in the multi-cloud era.<\/p>\r\n
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\u25a0Cloud Services Supported by OCX<\/h4>\r\n
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\u30fbIBM Cloud<\/p>\r\n

\u30fbOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)<\/p>\r\n

\u30fbSAKURA Cloud<\/p>\r\n

\u30fbMicrosoft Azure<\/p>\r\n

\u30fbAmazon Web Services (AWS)<\/p>\r\n

\u30fbGoogle Cloud Platform\u2122 (GCP)<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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\u25a0How to connect to IBM Cloud using Cloud Connection<\/h4>\r\n

https:\/\/docs.ocx-cloud.net\/docs\/cloud-connection\/ibm\/create<\/a> <\/p>\r\n
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\u25a0Executive Comments<\/h4>\r\n

Tomohiro Konno, Vice President, Cloud Platform, IBM Japan, Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\u201cIBM welcomes OCX support for IBM Cloud. The launch of the service will provide customers with a private, high-speed connection from their own IT infrastructure to IBM Cloud, enabling new opportunities for customers to create hybrid cloud environments. IBM will continue to work with its partners to deliver products and services that help customers increase their business value by pursuing cloud computing for enterprises.\u201d<\/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 IBM Cloud is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates in the United States and other countries. Company and service names mentioned in this release are registered trademarks or trademarks of the respective companies.<\/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":"December 20, 2023 BBIX, Inc. BBSakura Networks, Inc. Open Connectivity eXchange Supports \u201cIBM Cloud\u201d 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 add \u201cIBM Cloud,\u201d provided by IBM, as a new connection for \u201cCloud […]","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-27185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27185","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=27185"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27187,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27185\/revisions\/27187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}