JAPAN TODAY

TOKYO — SkyKick, a global provider of cloud management software for information technology (IT) solution partners, has expanded operations in the Asia Pacific region to support delivery of a new category of cloud software called cloud management. The company has secured an exclusive distribution agreement with SoftBank C&S in Japan, and is launching its new cloud management products in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and other Asia Pacific markets.

SkyKick now has more than a thousand partners in 15 Pacific Rim nations, and two main offices in the region in Sydney and Tokyo.

“Adoption of cloud services in APAC is growing significantly with spending on these solutions expected to hit $11.5 billion by 2018 in the region,” said SkyKick co-CEO Evan Richman. “That makes it critical for businesses and their IT partners to find an effective way to manage this cloud presence, and that’s SkyKick: one integrated platform for managing the cloud.”

In Japan, SkyKick has an exclusive partnership with SoftBank Commerce & Service (C&S) Corporation to provide SkyKick’s cloud management solutions to the Japanese market. SoftBank C&S is Japan’s largest cloud IT distributor, and SkyKick is the leader in cloud management software. The new partnership means SoftBank C&S will offer SkyKick’s complete portfolio of cloud solutions to help move and then manage over 30 million business users in Japan.

“SkyKick has revolutionized the cloud practices for IT partners worldwide,” said Shinya Honda, Executive Director at SoftBank C&S Corporation. “Its technology provides partners with greater scalability to migrate and manage businesses in the cloud without needing additional system engineers, and reduces risk enabling partners to confidently manage more customers in the cloud. We’re honored to be SkyKick’s exclusive channel to Japanese IT professionals.”