Company:Internet Initiative Japan
Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (インターネットイニシアティブ) (TYO: 3774, NASDAQ: IIJI) was founded in 1992 by Koichi Suzuki, IIJ (Internet Initiative Japan) as Japan’s first ISP. The company now offers network services, value-added outsourcing services, cloud computing, WAN services and systems integration services.[1] IIJ's flagship cloud service named IIJ GIO is among Japan’s public cloud computing leaders,[2] previously ranked as the top provider in the Japanese cloud market for 2 consecutive years (Fuji Chimera Research Inst., July 2012 and Aug 2013).
Today, IIJ serve more than 8,500 blue chip clients, and operates in: Japan, US, UK, Germany, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand. They employ more than 3000 staff worldwide, over 70% of which are technical engineers.[citation needed]
From 1999 IIJ were listed on NASDAQ, USA (listed August 1999; ticker symbol IIJI)[3] and as of 2006 were listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (listed December 2006; stock ticker number: 3774).[4]
IIJ also operates IIJmio, a prepaid mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service started in 2001[5] which operates on the NTT DoCoMo network.[6]
References
- ↑ https://www.google.com/finance?cid=663497
- ↑ http://www.iomart.com/iomarts-backup-technology-powers-iij-europes-enterprise-cloud-iij-gio
- ↑ http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/iiji/stock-report
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/3774:JP
- ↑ http://www.iij.ad.jp/en/company/about/point/history/
- ↑ https://t.iijmio.jp/en/