Bitglass Partners with Hitachi Solutions, Ltd. to Bring Cloud Security to Japan

Next-Gen CASB Continues APAC Expansion with First Distribution Agreement in Japan

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TOKYO, Nov. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CyberTech Conference – Bitglass, theimage desc for 4 Next-Gen CASB company, today announced that it has signed animage desc for 5 agreementimage desc for 6 with Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., its first distribution partner in Japan. The partnership will see Hitachi Solutions add Bitglass’ CASB to its existing portfolio of enterpriseimage desc for 8 cloud security solutions; the company will also provide Bitglass sales, marketing, and technical support to Japanese customers and partners.

“Following an extensive evaluation, we determined Bitglass provided the flexibility of offering and strength of security needed to meet the needs of Japanese customers.” said Kenshiro Usami, General Manager, Security Solution Division, at Hitachi Solutions. “With this partnership, Hitachi Solutions further strengthens our cloud security solutions, enabling enterprises to reliably enforce their security policies according to standards for their industry and their unique security challenges.”

As more enterprises adopt cloud-based tools, Bitglass isimage desc for 16 in the ideal position to offer the data protection that they need without imposing unnecessary hurdles or restricting data access for authorized personnel. Bitglass’ unique,image desc for 9 agentless architecture deploys rapidly and delivers real-time, end-to-end data protection for any application, any device, anywhere. Deployed across hundreds of enterprises,image desc for 10 the Bitglass solutionimage desc for 11 offers comprehensive data & threatimage desc for 12 protection for the widest range of applications, includingimage desc for 13 managed apps like Office 365 and Salesforce, IaaS platforms like AWS and Azure, and unmanaged apps like personal Dropbox and social media.

“Cloudimage desc for 25 and mobile continue to be top-of-mind issues for enterprises as they strive to be more agile and give employees the data access that they need to perform their work from outside ofimage desc for 26 theimage desc for 27 corporate network,” said David Shephard, VP APAC, Bitglass.image desc for 28 “In recent months, we’ve witnessedimage desc for 29 aimage desc for 30 steady increase in the level of interest coming fromimage desc for 31 customers in Japan. As such, we couldn’t be more excited by this partnership withimage desc for 32 Hitachi. It gives us the ability to engage an exciting market from the inside. We’ll be working closely together to develop go-to-market plans capableimage desc for 33 of delivering theimage desc for 34 pace and scale requiredimage desc for 35 to be successful here.”

Bitglass willimage desc for 44 be exhibiting with Hitachi at The Cybertech Tokyo Conference November 29th and 30th, 2018, at Toranomon Hills,image desc for 45 Tokyo. For more information, event details can be found here: https://tokyo.cybertechconference.com

About Bitglass

Founded in the United States in 2013, Bitglass is the Next Generation Cloud Access Security Broker. The company's cloud security solutions deliver zero-day, agentless data and threat protection for any app, any device, anywhere. With investments from venture capital firms such as New Enterprise Associates, Norwest, and Singtel Innov8, it has quickly grown into a leading security company that can protect data wherever it goes.

image desc for 46About Hitachiimage desc for 47 Solutions

Product Contact:
https://www.hitachi-solutions.co.jp/inquiry/image desc for 48
Tel: 0120-571-488

Pressimage desc for 49 Contact:
Hirono,image desc for 50 Ando
Corporate Planning Department, Public Relations Office 

Tel: 03-5479-5013
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