salesforce.com and NTT Communications has entered into an agreement to establish a data center in Tokyo to support salesforce.com's cloud computing services. As salesforce.com's newest worldwide data center, the Tokyo facility will help support the company's growing customer base in Japan once it is completed in 2011.
"salesforce.com has seen explosive growth in Japan," said Marc Benioff, Chairman & CEO, salesforce.com. "NTT Com has been a trusted partner for many years, and we look forward to expanding our relationship with them on the new data center to support continued customer success in the region."
"I am delighted that salesforce.com has chosen NTT Com as their data center partner in Japan based on their recognition of our proven data center operations in some 100 locations worldwide, and our ability to provide top-level architecture, equipment and security," said Shinobu Umino, Senior Executive Vice-President, NTT Com. "We have established a trusted relationship through our offering of Salesforce over VPN, and now we look forward to salesforce.com using our top-quality data center services to provide highly reliable cloud services."
