i Cubed (Headquarters: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture; President and CEO: Tsutomu Sasaki; i Cubed ) was honored with the "Open Source on Azure Award" at the "Microsoft Partner of the Year 2016" event hosted by Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. on August 29, 2016.

The Microsoft Partner of the Year award recognizes Microsoft partner companies whose primary business involves building systems using Microsoft products, selecting the companies that delivered the most outstanding solutions in each category that year. (*1)
The following is an overview of the category in which i Cubed Systems was awarded.
○Award Details
Open Source on Azure Award Category: Grand Prize
○Award Category Overview
We recognize partners who deliver outstanding open-source solutions built on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
Reason for Award
We provide "CLOMO," Japan's largest EMM cloud service developed with Ruby on Rails on Microsoft Azure, handling over one million licenses. To deliver security and productivity to customers advocating mobile device utilization, we successfully migrated the cloud service to Microsoft Azure in a short timeframe as the optimal IaaS/PaaS solution meeting business requirements.
Award Ceremony

Regarding the Migration of "CLOMO MDM" to "Microsoft Azure"
Microsoft's global case study details this migration in articles and videos.
※Please see the Japanese version here.
Furthermore, this initiative was also selected as a finalist in the "Open Source on Azure" award category at the 2016 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Awards. (*3)
As a frontrunner in the corporate smart device market, i Cubed will continue to strive to solve the challenges faced by companies, educational institutions, and medical organizations seeking to introduce and utilize smart devices, thereby contributing to their business success.
- *1: For details on the "Microsoft Partner of the Year" awards, please visit https://aka.ms/japan-award-2016 .
- *2: For details on our collaboration with Microsoft Japan, please visit http://www.i3-systems.com/20151002.html.
- *3: For details on the "Microsoft Worldwide Partner Award,"
- Please visit https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/partner/wpcaward/2016.aspx.
【Contact Information for Inquiries Regarding This Matter】
i Cubed
Contact: Masatoshi Hayashi
TEL: 03-6450-1880
MAIL: marketing-info@i3-systems.com
■ About CLOMO http://www.i3-systems.com/clomo
CLOMO continues to evolve as the world's first mobile-first platform service, embodying the vision that "the cloud, apps, and devices are all cloud-based," and providing everything enterprises need to leverage mobile and cloud technologies.
CLOMO provides a comprehensive suite of features essential for Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM). It enables organizations, educational institutions, and healthcare facilities to implement necessary measures for deploying smart devices: preventing information leaks, enforcing usage policies, and monitoring device status—across devices, apps, and content. Its key strengths include an easy-to-use interface and a flexible purchasing model that allows selection of only the required features, ensuring straightforward deployment and operation. Career by over 6,000 diverse companies, primarily large-scale users such as Obayashi Corporation, Saga Prefectural Government, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., Toin Gakuen, Noevir Holdings, and Mediceo, achieving the No. 1 market share in the mobile management (MDM, MAM, MCM) market for five consecutive years.
CLOMO launched as Japan's first MDM service for iOS devices. It quickly became the fastest in Japan to support Apple's Volume Purchase Program and Device Enrollment Program, demonstrating its strength in managing and utilizing iOS devices. For Android devices, it is certified as a Google EMM product supporting Android for Work.For Windows devices, it is the only MDM vendor in Japan collaborating with Microsoft Japan, demonstrating its strength in managing and utilizing multiple operating systems.
■ About i Cubed Co., Ltd. http://www.i3-systems.com/message
i Cubed is a software platform provider that develops and owns technologies to maximize the use of enterprise cloud and smart devices. It develops and provides "CLOMO," a comprehensive environment necessary for the deployment and utilization of corporate smart devices.
We are working to become frontrunners in realizing a next-generation IT environment where cloud, smart devices, and applications are all integrated. These efforts earned us recognition from various quarters in 2012, including the "AWS Partner Award: Enterprise Category" and the "Entrepreneur of the Year Japan 2012 Grand Prize." Moving forward, we will continue supporting businesses and educational institutions in leveraging cutting-edge technologies like cloud, mobile, social, and IoT for their operations.
i Cubed Name: i Cubed
Address: Hanamura Building, 2-1-1 Ohashi, Minami Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Established: September 2001
Capital: ¥282.5 million
Representative: Tsutomu Sasaki, President and CEO
URL: http://www.i3-systems.com/
- ※ CLOMO and i³ Systems are registered trademarks i Cubed, Inc.
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