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Sep. 13, 2019

Daiwabo Information System concludes a distribution agreement with HYCU
- Begins marketing "HYCU Data Protection for Nutanix," data protection software for Nutanix in Japan -

Daiwabo Information System Co., Ltd.
HYCU, Inc

Daiwabo Information System Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as DIS: Head Office: Kita-ku, Osaka; President: Yoshihiro Nogami), and HYCU, Inc. (hereafter referred to as HYCU: Head Office: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.), a pioneering enterprise software company specializing in data backup, recovery, and monitoring,of enterprise clouds, have concluded a marketing agreement regarding HYCU Data Protection for Nutanix.

Today, many organizations are exploring means of maximizing the utilization of on-premise and cloud computing environments, and the complicated operation and management of these two environments is becoming a major issue. HYCU Data Protection for Nutanix enables simple and efficient data protection, including control and security required by users. At the same time, it allows users to protect and recover application-specific workloads easily and promptly on the same level, as they utilize Nutanix Enterprise Cloud.
Under the agreement DIS has concluded with HYCU, we will offer HYCU data protection software for Nutanix to our customers across the country.

Simon Taylor, CEO of HYCU, Inc., stated, “An increasing number of organizations are adopting multi-cloud IT solutions. With the increase and expansion of multi-cloud IT solutions, we have been growing and expanding, and are now providing our services to more than 1,200 customers, and more than 300 distributors and resellers, in more than 60 countries around the world. As we have been addressing business expansion in Japan as a matter of high priority, it is a great pleasure to welcome DIS as a distribution partner of HYCU products. We place the highest priority on partner business, and provide solutions to major strategic partners and markets. We believe it is important to utilize our expertise and technological know-how in emerging markets such as Japan.”

Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Managing Director of Daiwabo Information System, stated, “Japanese companies are pursuing digital transformation. They need effective enterprise cloud solutions for both on-premise and multi-cloud computing. It is our great pleasure to offer HYCU Data Protection for Nutanix to the growing number of Japanese companies in need of integrated data protection to achieve digital transformation.”

Eisaku Machida, Corporate Vice President & President of Nutanix Japan G.K., stated, “In modern society, where we are more likely to face unpredictable situations, such as the recent incidents occurring in Japan, it is vital for Japanese companies to be resilient. We expect that the agreement between DIS and HYCU will offer a simple solution that provides the Japanese market with more alternatives, system availability, and reassurance.”

George Crump, President and Founder of Storage Switzerland, stated, “HYCU has achieved remarkable growth and synergy with Nutanix innovation, since it began supporting Nutanix Enterprise Cloud roughly two years ago. It will be important for Japanese companies to collaborate with a reliable partner like DIS, and utilize highly integrated data protection solutions, such as HYCU’s, when they introduce Nutanix in their efforts to achieve digital transformation.”

On HYCU, Inc.
HYCU supports the construction of simple multi-cloud computing environments. As a pioneering enterprise software company, it specializes in the backup, recovery, and monitoring of data for hyper converged (HC), Google cloud, and multi-cloud infrastructures. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, it has acquired profound and unparalleled expertise in the industry, based on its highly sophisticated IT experience over the past 25 years, with the insight it has gained with the help of more than one million users, and through collaboration with more than 25,000 customers, more than 10 independent software vendors, and 350 employees. As a result, we have achieved unsurpassed alignment with industry leaders and commanding competitive advantage in the field of multi-cloud computing. HYCU’s two major products, the backup recovery solution for Nutanix and managed backup service for Google Cloud Platform, are highly valued in the industry, thanks to their unrivaled performance and value.
URL︓https://www.hycu.com/
         https://twitter.com/HYCUInc

On Daiwabo Information System Co., Ltd.
As one of Japan’s leading distributors of IT-related products, DIS supplies such products, purchased from around 1,200 makers and suppliers, both at home and abroad, to end users across the country, through our network of around 19,000 dealers in Japan. Operating roughly 90 sales bases throughout the country, we have a well-established and community-based sales system, and can respond to a wide-range of requests from our customers, as a friendly and trustworthy distributor.
URL︓ https://www.pc-daiwabo.co.jp/english/

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Daiwabo Information System Co., Ltd.
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HYCU, Inc.
Don Jennings
TEL : +1 (617) 791-1710
E-mail : don.jennings@hycu.com

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