January 16, 2013
- GMO Internet, Inc.
Cloud Hosting Solution for Social Games, GMO AppsCloud, Wins Grand Prize in the GameBusiness.jp App Cloud Awards for the Second Consecutive Year in 2013
Tokyo – January 16, 2013 – GMO Internet is proud to announce that GMO AppsCloud today received three awards in the GameBusiness.jp App Cloud Awards 2013, including the Grand Prize and awards in the categories of “Functionality” and “Customer Support”.
GameBusiness.jp App Cloud Awards 2013 are presented by IID, Inc., operator of several game media websites including GameBusiness.jp and iNSIDE. The awards recognize outstanding customer satisfaction in relation to cloud solutions for social games. GMO Internet launched GMO AppsCloud in August 2010 providing a cost efficient, cloud based hosting environment optimized for social games that are distributed via Japan’s major social platforms. GMO AppsCloud hosts over 1,000 game titles. This is the second consecutive year that GMO AppsCloud has taken out the Grand Prize and this year the service was also recognized in the Functionality and Customer Support categories.
Going forward GMO Internet will strive to continuing providing the industry’s highest specs at the lowest prices and further enhance the GMO AppsCloud solution to meet the needs of the growing number of Japanese developers who are looking to distribute apps in North America and other markets as well as developers from outside of Japan.
“We are honored to be the recipient of the GameBusiness.jp award for the second year in a row. The GMO AppsCloud team is committed to continuously improving our service and we aim to be recognized in every category of this important user driven industry survey.” says Koichi Takada, General Manager of the AppsCloud Business Department. “The needs of social game developers are growing increasingly diverse and we have responded by introducing customize functions and working to enhance flexibility. We are very pleased that our commitment to our customers has been recognized today.”
GameBusiness.jp AppsCloud Awards 2013
GameBusiness.jp is an online game magazine operated by IID, Inc. The magazine asked readers as well as panelists from the online research community “Anpara” to rank cloud solutions by level of customer satisfaction via an online survey. The App Cloud Awards 2013 recognize the service operators who received the highest number of votes from participants.
Voting Period | November 15 – December 14, 2012 |
Eligible Participants | GameBusinmess.jp readers, Survey panelists |
Survey Content | Customer satisfaction in regard to the following; General Categories Ease of setup, flexibility, scalability of functions, server performance, service stability, network environment (connectivity), data center location (physical distance from service area, response time etc.) server control panel usability, availability of value-add functions and tools (access analytics etc.), customer support, user manuals, cost performance, brand image (company), brand image (service) International Categories Affinity with local Japanese offering, Japanese language support, data center location (physical distance from service area, response time etc.) |
About GMO AppsCloud
GMO Apps Cloud is a cloud based server environment optimized to host game apps for major Japanese gaming platforms at industry low prices. Launched in 2010, the service combines the web hosting systems architecture and operational expertise of the GMO Internet Group whose services have are used by over 420,000 customers, with the firsthand knowledge and experience of the GMO Social Apps Initiative, a support project for social game developers. For more information please visit: http://cloud.gmo.jp/en/.
About GMO Internet Group
GMO Internet Group is a comprehensive provider of industry-leading Internet solutions including domain name registration, cloud-based and traditional hosting, ecommerce, security, and payment processing services that each hold the top share of their respective markets in Japan. Other key business areas for the Group include online securities/FX trading, Internet advertising, search engine marketing and online research, and smartphone game development and publishing. GMO Internet, Inc. (TSE: 9449) is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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GMO Internet Inc.
Company Name | GMO Internet, Inc. (TSE Section 1: 9449) http://www.gmo.jp/en |
Location | Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
CEO | Masatoshi Kumagai |
Business Description | - Web Infrastructure & Ecommerce - Internet Media - Internet Securities - Social Media and Smartphone Platform |
Capital | JPY3 billion |