{"id":45136,"date":"2025-11-27T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/?p=45136"},"modified":"2025-11-27T10:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:00:44","slug":"2025-11-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/en\/information\/press\/2025-11-27\/","title":{"rendered":"BBIX and BBSakura Expand \u201cOpen Connectivity eXchange\u201d with Support for \u201cCato SASE Cloud Platform\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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November 27, 2025
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\r\nBBSakura Networks, Inc.\r\n
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BBIX and BBSakura Expand \u201cOpen Connectivity eXchange\u201d with Support for \u201cCato SASE Cloud Platform\u201d<\/h4>\r\n

Companies delivering secure, optimized, and reliable enterprise connectivity to a new destination connection<\/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, added the \u201cCato SASE Cloud Platform,\u201d provided by Cato Networks, as a new destination connection for \u201cXaaS Connection\u201d of \u201cOpen Connectivity eXchange\u201d (\u201cOCX\u201d), a cloud-based network service on November 27, 2025.<\/p>\r\n
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The \u201cCato SASE Cloud Platform\u201d is an industry-leading SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) platform, converging SD-WAN, a global private backbone, and a comprehensive cloud-native security stack into a unified, globally available cloud service. By converging these capabilities into a single cloud service, Cato securely connects all enterprise locations, users, applications, and clouds.<\/p>\r\n
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Through \u201cXaaS Connection,” customers gain secure, direct connectivity from the OCX network to cloud applications without traversing the public Internet. In addition, this collaboration with Cato Networks delivers consistent, enterprise-grade security, compliance, and optimized communication performance within the high-quality, secure network environment provided by OCX.<\/p>\r\n
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BBIX and BBSakura will continue to expand their services to support customers, accelerate DX (Digital Transformation) and grow their businesses in the multi-cloud era.<\/p>\r\n
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Executive Comment<\/strong>
\r\nGraham Pearson, vice president of sales, APJ at Cato Networks<\/strong>
\r\n\u201cThrough this collaboration with BBIX and BBSakura, enterprises will gain secure, high-performance access to their applications with the \u2018Cato SASE Cloud Platform.\u2019 Together with BBIX and BBSakura, we are enabling enterprises to advance their digital transformation and succeed in the multi-cloud era.\u201d<\/p>\r\n
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About BBIX<\/strong>
\r\nCompany Name: BBIX, Inc.
\r\nURL: https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/en\/<\/a>
\r\nHeadquarters: 1-7-1 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
\r\nRepresentative: Hideyuki Sasaki, 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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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: Hiroyuki Kawabata, 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 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":"November 27, 2025 BBIX, Inc. BBSakura Networks, Inc. BBIX and BBSakura Expand \u201cOpen Connectivity eXchange\u201d with Support for \u201cCato SASE Cloud Platform\u201d Companies delivering secure, optimized, and reliable enterprise connectivity to a new destination connection 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":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45136","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45136"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45138,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45136\/revisions\/45138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}