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Information HI GIO Cloud Gen.2 - Next-Gen Cloud Computing Solutions for Vietnamese Businesses

8 Aug
2023

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Vietnam -August 8, 2023 - Today, Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (TSE Prime:3774), one of Japan's leading Internet access and comprehensive network solutions providers, and its Vietnam-based, 100% owned subsidiary IIJ Global Solutions Vietnam Company Limited (IIJ GS Vietnam) -the cloud and security service provider - announced the release of HI GIO Cloud Gen.2 – A new milestone when comprehensively upgrading the cloud computing infrastructure to enhance business productivity and flexibility with turn-key cloud technology.  

HI GIO Cloud Gen.2 was officially launched with many updates, supporting the journey of “up to the cloud” for Vietnamese businesses to become easy and productive. 

HI GIO CLOUD is the very first full-scale public cloud service in Vietnam, and the unique product of a powerful collaboration between two leading technology companies, FPT Telecom and Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ), launched for the first time on April 13, 2017, known as FPT HI GIO Cloud. We create a unique product designed specifically for the Vietnamese market based on advanced Japanese technology combined with FPT's international standard Data Centers system. 

During the 6-year journey and beyond, the IIJ & FPT Telecom team always strives to increase digital transformation support and meet the new needs of Vietnamese businesses through the application of advanced technology & Japanese quality into HI GIO Cloud Gen.2 solution. 

New Features of HI GIO Gen.2

  1. Improved HI GIO Portal's interface: Gen 2 optimizes the interface to increase the user experience, in addition to being able to see the resources used on each VM. Support TOTP MFA and SMS MFA.
  2. Optimize costs with features from VM: The auto-Scale feature helps users simplify deployment, making the most of the system's power as well as data center resources.
  3. Flexible storage with IOPs processing speed on NVMe-based drive: NVMe is an all-flash storage technology that belongs to the next generation of storage devices. It is specifically designed to achieve exceptional performance and low latency. Additionally, customers have the flexibility to customize the virtual disk capacity and IOPS at any time according to their specific needs.
  4. Data synchronization - Disaster recovery: With FPT's Data Centers system located in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, meeting Tier III Facility standards of Uptime Institute in the US, HI GIO helps backup data and systems in both cities according to business needs and disaster recovery backup.
  5. Increase connectivity and security for VPC: Combining VMware's Software Defined Networking technology, it increases high availability topology when using both MPLS and VPN. In addition, the Security Group and Virtual Firewall features that allow users to monitor incoming and outgoing connections and control traffic are still supported when customers need to upgrade.
  6. The network system in the Data Center of HI GIO Cloud using Spine-Leaf Network Architecture Known as a new trend for Network design standards, which creates a fast, predictable communication architecture, scalable, and efficient in a data center environment.

Mr. Okizaki, CTO of IIJ shared, “Moving and applying Cloud Computing is an essential task in the current context of most businesses, to create competitive advantage and increase performance in organizations.” But how to make the application effective and optimal is a challenging question. HI GIO Cloud Gen 2 infrastructure is designed to provide outstanding experiences for customers in management, control, security and cost optimization. 

The comprehensive security, stability, availability and high-speed performance of the HI GIO Cloud system is based on Japan’s advanced technical platform combined with FPT’s international standard Data Center system, will definitely be a reliable companion in the journey “to the cloud” of Vietnamese businesses. 

About FPT Telecom

As one of the leading telecommunications and IT companies in Vietnam, FPT Telecom provides customers with IT services and infrastructure suitable for each business model, contributing to improving competitiveness and success on the path of business development.

About IIJ GS Vietnam

IIJ Global Solutions Vietnam Company Limited, a subsidiary of IIJ Group, was established in 2016 with the mission of enhancing business productivity and flexibility to go one step further, it provides turn-key cloud & security solutions and IT consulting & system integration services in Vietnam.

  • For more information about IIJ Global Solutions Vietnam Company Limited, visit https://vn.iij.com/.

About IIJ

Founded in 1992, IIJ is one of Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions providers. IIJ and its group companies provide total network solutions that mainly cater to high-end corporate customers. IIJ's services include high-quality Internet connectivity services, systems integration, cloud computing services, security services and mobile services. Moreover, IIJ has built one of the largest Internet backbone networks in Japan that is connected to the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia. IIJ was listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2022.

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