Notice of Business Alliance with SAKURA internet Inc.

WingArc1st Inc. announces that it has signed a business alliance agreement with SAKURA internet Inc.

Since the establishment of the Digital Agency, the digitalization of the public domain, including the national and local governments, has been promoted in Japan. Various measures for digital transformation (DX), such as the My Number system, government cloud, online administrative procedures, and standardization of local government information systems, have been formulated and implemented. 

WingArc1st concluded a capital and business alliance in the public sector with Smartvalue in February 2023 (*1), a collaboration agreement with Kitakyushu City in July 2023 (*2) to create a regional creation model originating from Kitakyushu and is also working on a digital invoice demonstration experiment (*3). 

SAKURA internet provides cloud computing services. Its IaaS-type cloud, SAKURA's Cloud, was conditionally certified by the Digital Agency in 2023 as a Cloud Service for Government Cloud Development. 

Through this alliance, WingArc1st will provide cloud services for the public sector on the SAKURA's Cloud operated by SAKURA internet. The two companies aim to solve various issues faced by local governments, such as the shortage of engineers and the cost of promoting DX in the public domain, and to provide integrated services for system implementation, operation, and maintenance.

WingArc1st will continue to promote DX through alliances with various companies and contribute to the creation of a better society

 

(*1) Notice Concerning Capital and Business Tie-Up with Smartvalue Co., Ltd.
https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/4432/ir_material2/200972/00.pdf

(*2) Kitakyushu City and WingArc1st Sign Collaboration Agreement
https://corp.wingarc.com/en/public/202307/news2593.html

(*3) Digital Invoice Demonstration Experiment in Kitakyushu City
https://corp.wingarc.com/en/public/202401/news2676.html

About SAKURA internet

Representative	Kunihiro Tanaka, President and Representative Director
Location	1-12-12 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan
Founded	23 December 1996
Established	17 August 1999
URL	https://www.sakura.ad.jp/corporate/en/