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2023/11/17
BBIX and Nextware Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement utilizing Open Connectivity eXchange
November 17, 2023
BBIX, Inc.
BBSakura Networks, Inc.
Nextware Ltd.
BBIX and Nextware Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement utilizing Open Connectivity eXchange
～Companies will promote the network cloud to local governments and enterprises to contribute to regional DX～
BBIX, Inc. (“BBIX”), a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. that operates an Internet Exchange (“IX”) business, and Nextware Ltd. (“Nextware”) announced they entered into a strategic partnership agreement to utilize the Open Connectivity eXchange (“OCX”), a cloud-based network service.
OCX is a cloud-based network service provided by BBIX and BBSakura Networks, Inc. (“BBSakura”), a network solutions provider and subsidiary of BBIX. OCX provides on-demand, highly secure, low-latency, scalable connectivity services to a variety of cloud services and data centers used by customers.
Nextware has a strong presence mainly in the Kansai area and has achieved business growth for a variety of companies by using its own IT solutions, such as a consolidated management solutions for recording attendance and monitoring temperatures at construction sites using the facial recognition software “SAFR®”, and a shoplifting prevention solution that helps retailers prevent and minimize damage from theft.
Through this strategic partnership agreement, BBIX’s nationwide, large-bandwidth network and distributed computer nodes, BBSakura Networks’ integrated API-based control, and Nextware’s diverse IT solutions will be combined and promoted for provision to local businesses that are using OCX to solve social issues they are facing. In combination with this activity, both companies will aim to transform digital social infrastructure from a centralized model to a distributed regional model, and promote network clouds to local governments and enterprises to realize regional DX (Digital Transformation).
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■Comments from Companies
Michikazu Fukuchi, Executive Vice President, Board Director and COO, BBIX, Inc.
We are very pleased to be able to offer OCX in almost all areas of Osaka through our partnership with Nextware. We will strive to deliver higher quality communications to corporate and individual customers by utilizing OCX network services. BBIX will continue to contribute to DX promotion and business growth in various regions.
Hideyuki Sasaki, President and CEO, BBSakura Networks, Inc.
Like us, Nextware is a provider that delivers the solutions to customers through software, and through this partnership, we will create various solutions through OCX and accelerate DX promotion. We hope to grow together with Nextware by developing the market together as the OCX solution provider.
Takayoshi Toyoda, President, Nextware Ltd.
By collaborating with BBIX and BBsakura, OCX network service will enable itself to provide information services globally as well as contribute to the promotion of DX (Digital Transformation) and AX (AI Transformation) for customers. In addition, through this partnership, we will contribute to the promotion of DX, and we will create new values and integrate them into society.
■ About BBIX
Company Name: BBIX, Inc.
URL: https://www.bbix.net/en/
Headquarters: 1-9-10 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Hidetoshi Ikeda, President & CEO
Date of establishment: June 13, 2003
Capital: 100 million yen
Ownership: 100% owned by SoftBank Corp.
Business: Telecommunications operator under Japan’s Telecommunications Business Act; leasing, maintenance & management of telecommunications equipment; development, sales, maintenance & management of computer hardware/software
■ About BBSakura
Company Name: BBSakura Networks, Inc.
URL: https://www.bbsakura.net/en/
Headquarters: 7-20-1 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Hideyuki Sasaki, President & CEO
Date of establishment: August 1, 2019
Capital: 200 million yen
Ownership: BBIX, Inc. 51%, SAKURA internet Inc. 49%
Business: Telecommunications operator under Japan’s Telecommunications Business Act; leasing, maintenance & management of telecommunications equipment; development, sales, maintenance & management of computer hardware/software
■ About Nextware
Company Name: Nextware Ltd.URL: https://www.nextware.co.jp/
Headquarters: 4-3-11 Kitakyuhojimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka
Representative: Takayoshi Toyoda, President
Date of establishment: June 1, 1990
Capital: 1,310,965,997yen
Business: Computer system design and software development, computer and peripheral equipment leasing, sales and purchase, import and export, computer system operation & management, computer system operation support, computer system consulting, management consulting, planning and operation of events, property insurance agency services
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