南京国際貿易株式会社, 株式会社. アリババグループホールディングリミテッド (NYSE:ババ) (“アリババグループ”), 世界最大のオンラインおよびモバイルコマース企業の1つ, とソフトバンク株式会社. (“ソフトバンク”), ソフトバンクグループ株式会社の日本を拠点とする通信子会社. (東京:9984), 本日、SBクラウド株式会社の設立を共同で発表しました (“SBクラウド”) to launch cloud computing services in Japan that utilize technologies and solutions from Alibaba Cloud, アリババ グループのクラウド コンピューティング部門.
SB Cloud will open a new data center in Japan and provide competitive and enhanced public cloud computing services from Alibaba Cloud to meet the various needs of Japanese customers, ranging from startups to multinational companies. The joint venture will enable Alibaba Cloud to further expand its cloud computing service platform with SoftBank’s extensive business customer base in Japan, which comprises numerous global organizations.
SB Cloud will play a key role in supporting Alibaba Cloud’s business presence in the Japan market where the demand for public cloud computing services is growing rapidly. It will provide Japanese enterprises with Alibaba Cloud’s diverse offerings, including data storage and processing services, enterprise-level middleware as well as cloud security services.
Sicheng Yu, Vice President of Alibaba Cloud, says: “We are proud that Alibaba Cloud can leverage its cloud computing expertise in the joint venture with SoftBank. We look forward to helping more Japanese companies grow their business with our secure, scalable and innovative cloud computing services.”
Eric Gan, Representative Director, CEO of SB Cloud and Executive Vice President of SoftBank, says: “I’ve really enjoyed working with the Alibaba Cloud team on the joint venture over the past few months. During the business planning discussions, I quickly felt that we were all working very much as one team with one goal. I believe the JV team can develop the most advanced cloud platform for Japanese customers, as well as for multinational customers who want to use the resources we have available in Japan.”
SoftBank Group Corp., SoftBank’s parent company, is a major shareholder of Alibaba Group Holding Limited.
About SB Cloud
| Corporate name | SB Cloud Corporation |
| Established | Jan 26, 2016* |
| Corporate headquarters | Minato-ku,Tokyo |
| Representatives | Eric Gan, Representative Director, CEO Ken Miyauchi, Director Jun Shimba, Director Xiaoming Hu (Simon), Director Jingren Zhou, Director |
| Capital structure | SoftBank Corp.: 60% アリババグループホールディングリミテッド: 40% |
| Business description | Planning, development, import and export, and sales of public cloud services |
* Following the acceptance of additional capital on May 10th, 2016, the corporate name was changed to SB Cloud Corporation.
About Alibaba Cloud
アリババクラウド (http://intl.aliyun.com), Alibaba Group’s international cloud computing arm, develops highly scalable platforms for cloud computing and data management. It provides a comprehensive suite of global cloud computing services to support businesses and customers, as well as participants of Alibaba Group’s online and mobile commerce ecosystem. Alibaba Cloud is a business of Alibaba Group.
About SoftBank Corp.
SoftBank Corp., a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. (東京: 9984), provides mobile communication, fixed-line communication and Internet connection services to customers in Japan. Leveraging synergies with other companies in the SoftBank Group, SoftBank Corp. aims to transform lifestyles through ICT and is expanding into other business areas including IoT, robotics and energy.