IIJ Group Announces the Latest Cloud Services for IIJ GIO

Providing a Wide Range of Cloud Services, From Public to Private, on IIJ's Own Cloud Platform

TOKYO, Oct. 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Internet Initiative Japan, Inc. (IIJ) (Nasdaq:IIJI) (TSE1:3774), one of Japan's leading Internet access and comprehensive network solutions providers, today announced that it will build a cloud computing platform at data centers connected directly through IIJ's high-volume backbone network, and this will be used to deliver a line of newly developed cloud services under the name IIJ GIO.

Ahead of the emergence of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), which belongs to the cloud computing phenomenon, The IIJ Group has been offering its Integration & Business Platform Service (IBPS) since 2000, which enabled customers to add network resources and system resources on demand as an outsourced service. This newly built cloud platform consists of several thousands of servers, and this will be merged with the dynamic IBPS to provide IIJ GIO as a new cloud service. The first service, to be introduced in November 2009, is GIO Private, a private cloud service that is highly customizable to meet diverse needs. Following that in April 2010 will be GIO Public, a packaged, inexpensive public cloud service.

IIJ GIO highlights

1. Dynamic system structure created on a high-performance, feature-rich cloud platform

   The most salient advantage of this new system is the incredible
   improvement in system structure flexibility made possible
   through the advanced service architecture built on virtualized
   technology. Customers build systems by selecting the server
   resources (CPU core, memory size, and disk size) that best meet
   the customer's necessary requirements. Until now, flexible
   system structure could only be achieved through system
   integration (SI), but now it can be provided as a low-cost
   service.

2. Due to operational efficiencies, prices start as low as JPY 8,000 per month

   Open source software (OSS) is used for the OS and virtualized
   software, and by developing our own provisioning tool for
   controlling assignment of resources, and our own automated
   administrative tools for complex operations and monitoring,
   we achieve greater efficiency in both operations and cost.
   In addition to GIO services, IIJ's other service equipment is
   also being integrated into the cloud platform, and the savings
   on hardware acquisition costs are passed on to the customer
   as reasonable prices. A highly flexible and scalable cloud
   environment is now available for the low price of JPY 8,000
   per month.

3. Two products: low-priced public service and highly-customizable private service

   The customer can choose from the private service (GIO Private)
   and the public service (GIO Public) depending on the customer's
   needs. With GIO Private, customers can select from 3 types of
   fundamental server resources (virtual, dedicated, and stand-
   alone), as well as freely select the IT resources they need from
   a rich menu of options, such as OS, middleware and application
   development environment, to build the ideal cloud environment to
   fit their needs. With GIO Public, customers can select the
   necessary functions from a package menu to easily create a cloud
   environment.

4. Maintaining high quality and strong security

   The IIJ Group has built up operations technology and expertise
   by providing network services to large government institutions
   and corporations using the data center as a platform, and now
   this experience is being leveraged to provide a cloud
   environment that is highly reliable as infrastructure for
   companies and that maintains a high level of security. Rather
   than building their own networks, companies can take full
   advantage of low-cost cloud computing and a system environment
   with a high level of service.

IIJ will also be actively seeking out alliances with cloud partners who can roll out PaaS and SaaS services on the IIJ GIO cloud infrastructure. Several partnerships are already moving forward, and their details will be announced soon.

Service Description

  GIO Private *1

    - Basic server

         - Select from three server types on the service menu
           (virtual, dedicated, and stand-alone)
         - You can select the resource specifications (CPU, memory,
           disk space) to assign to the server that you selected
         - Administrative and operational services-ping monitoring,
           URL monitoring, and port monitoring-come standard

    - Add-on menu (billed separately)
         - Network: Internet connection, DNS, firewall, etc.
         - Storage: SAN, NAS, backup, etc.
         - Application platform: Middleware, application
           development environment and administrative software,
           etc.
         - Operation, monitoring: Log and process monitoring, fault
           notices, reports, etc.

  GIO Public *1

    - Basic package plan
         - You can select from the following package plans to suit
           your needs
           - Basic package
           - Simple Web package
           - Security mail package
           - Business mail and Web package
           - LAMP Web package
           - Performance Web package, etc.
         - You can select the resource specifications (CPU,
           memory, disk space) to assign to the package plan
           that you selected
         - A shared max 100 Mbps network comes standard

    - Add-on menu (billed separately)
         - NAS, load balancing, firewall, mobile conversion, backup,
           secure mail, DNS, SSL certificate, VPN, monitoring, etc.

    *1  These service specifications are provisional and may change
        in the future.

Service fees

GIO Private (Monthly Fees):

     - Virtual server: JPY 8,000 to 39,000

     - Dedicated server: JPY 45,000

 GIO Public (Monthly Fees): Starting at JPY 8,000

 * Add-on menu items are provided for an additional fee. Prices  
   shown do not include tax. 

The IIJ Group will regularly expand the line up of IIJ GIO services and provide our customer's with the highest quality cloud services to support their business infrastructure.

About IIJ

Founded in 1992, Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ) (Nasdaq:IIJI) (Tokyo Stock Exchange TSE1:3774) is one of Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions providers. IIJ and its group of companies provide total network solutions that mainly cater to high-end corporate customers. The company's services include high-quality systems integration and security services, Internet access, hosting/housing, and content design. Moreover, the company has built one of the largest Internet backbone networks in Japan, and between Japan and the United States. IIJ was listed on NASDAQ in 1999 and on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2006. For more information about IIJ, visit the IIJ Web site at http://www.iij.ad.jp/en/.

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The statements within this release contain forward-looking statements about our future plans that involve risk and uncertainty. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents furnished by Internet Initiative Japan Inc. with the SEC, specifically the most recent reports on Forms 20-F and 6-K, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.

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