Box Inc. and NTT Communications Corporation, the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group, have announced a plan to jointly launch “Box over VPN powered by NTT Communications” (Box over VPN), a service combining NTT Com’s enterprise network and Box’s cloud collaboration and content management, which will be distributed by NTT Com beginning within this year.
As part of this offering, NTT Com will act as Japan’s sole provider and Asia’s first distributor of Box over VPN, enabling its use on Arcstar Universal One, NTT Com’s NFV-enabled, private network service available in 196 countries/regions.
Box expects to gain increased access to a variety of greater organizations including government agencies and financial institutions through its partnership with NTT Com, which offers VPN services for secure, closed network connections.
Box services via secure closed networks
Enterprise customers that enforce strict policies on the use of public cloud services will be able to use Box over VPN without any data passing through the Internet, enhancing end-user and end-point protection.
End-to-end, centralized maintenance and agile troubleshooting
NTT Com’s continual monitoring of Box over VPN network will enable troubleshooting support to be provided flexibly and as required. Centralized, one-stop maintenance and managed operation will also be available.
Reduced file-management costs
Box over VPN offers unlimited file storage capacity and can be integrated with other systems, including SaaS such as Salesforce, customer-operated on-premises systems and NTT Com cloud services within secure closed networks. Customers will design and operate core systems and big-data systems for IoT purposes without regard for file-storage capacity. Support for the latest browsers and operating systems will free system-management resources for other uses.
Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO of Box, said: “We’re thrilled to partner with NTT Com to help create transformative software for Japanese businesses in every industry. This partnership will help more organizations to benefit from entirely new ways of working by elevating technology to enable secure collaboration and content management across geographical boundaries, while still meeting demands for robust control.”
Hidemune Sugawara, Head of Application & Contents Service, Senior Vice President of NTT Com, said: “By delivering added value based on NTT Com’s expertise in network security, we look forward to providing Box over VPN to a wide range of Japanese businesses. The partnership will enable Box to be combined with ID Federation1 and Salesforce over VPN2, both of which are provided by NTT Com, which will help to expand our file-collaboration businesses targeting large enterprises.”
