IIJ, Biznet launch GIO Cloud JV in Indonesia

Japanese internet and network services provider Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) and Indonesian telecommunications services provider Biznet Networks have launched their Biznet GIO Cloud service in Indonesia. IIJ and Biznet initially announced their joint venture in November 2014 and established it in January this year. Prior to launch, the service had already been implemented on a trial basis at a Japanese insurance company, a retailer and an Indonesian tobacco company among others.

The joint venture will leverage Biznet’s broadband backbone network and IIJ’s cloud operation technologies to provide cloud services to both local and Japanese companies. The Biznet GIO Cloud service was developed based on the operation and system architecture technologies of IIJ. The service uses Biznet’s broadband network infrastructure in Indonesia to minimize access delays.

The Biznet GIO Cloud offers two types of services: GIO Cloud, an auto-self provisioning public cloud service, and GIO Enterprise Cloud, a private cloud service for enterprises. Internet access fees are included as standard in both products, and the products offer connectivity through closed networks as well as over the internet. Additionally, the public cloud service comes standard with a host of security functions (including firewalls and load balancers), offers 24/7 support, and provides a service level agreement (SLA) guaranteeing 99.9 percent server uptime.