TOKYO, JAPAN - NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), a data, cloud and international communications leader within the NTT (NYSE: NTT) Group, announced today it has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting, Asia/Pacific" report^*1 published by Gartner Inc. in October 2016 for the second consecutive year, based on ability to execute and completeness of vision.

Gartner defines cloud-enabled managed hosting (CEMH) as standardized, productized hosting offerings that combine a cloud-enabled system infrastructure platform, comprising compute, network and storage hardware with cloud management platform software to facilitate self-service and rapid provisioning with managed services. According to Gartner, “Providers require a strong strategy to become a Leader in Asia/Pacific. They need to invest in their products, geographic coverage and delivery capabilities to the extent that they can become strong regional players. To build their market positions, they must have the ability and willingness to invest for the future."

"We're extremely proud to be recognized as a leader in Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting market based on our ability to execute and completeness of vision," said Masaaki Moribayashi, Senior Vice President of Cloud Services at NTT Com. "NTT Com will continue to deliver its innovative cloud solutions to help enterprises meet the complex requirements of digital transformation in Asia Pacific and worldwide.

NTT Com will continue to focus on its seamless ICT Solution, which allows management of complex and hybrid ICT environments of enterprises. These initiatives include flexible and on-demand connection to multiple clouds (SD-Exchange) and further enhancement of Cloud Management Platform (SD-WAN)

The “Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting, Asia/Pacific “report can be viewed here.

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*1 Gartner, " Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting, Asia/Pacific" by To Chee Eng, Kenshi Tazaki, Vincent Fu, Arup Roy 11 October 2016

About NTT Communications Corporation

NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security and cloud services to optimize the information and communications technology (ICT) environments of enterprises. These offerings are backed by the company’s worldwide infrastructure, including the leading global tier-1 IP network, the Arcstar Universal One™ VPN network reaching 196 countries/regions, and òver 140 secure data centers worldwide. NTT Communications’ solutions leverage the global resources of NTT Group companies including Dimension Data, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DATA.
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