We are excited to announce the launch of amazee.io's latest cloud region on AWS in Tokyo, Japan. This strategic expansion into the Asia Pacific region underscores our ongoing commitment to providing Japanese customers with our open source Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution, which offers flexible, scalable, and secure application delivery and hosting that meets their needs and regulatory requirements.
Spinning up a publicly available amazee.io cloud cluster on AWS in Tokyo ensures our Japanese customers benefit from reduced latency, enhanced data privacy, and sovereignty by hosting within Japan's borders and improved fault tolerance, availability, and resiliency through the architecture of workloads across multiple Availability Zones and regions.
Martin Schlögl, Head of Sales at amazee.io
- Reduced Latency: By leveraging the new Tokyo cloud region, our global clients will experience significantly lower latency for end users in Japan and neighboring regions, ensuring faster and smoother digital experiences.
- Enhanced Fault Tolerance: The Tokyo cluster allows for the architecture of workloads across multiple Availability Zones (AZs) and regions within Japan. This enhances fault tolerance and ensures your applications remain resilient and operational, even when facing unexpected disruptions.
- Improved Resiliency and Availability: With the ability to deploy workloads across various regions and AZs, clients benefit from increased resiliency and higher availability of their services. This robust setup guarantees that your digital presence is always up and running, providing a seamless experience for your users.
- Guaranteed Uptime: amazee.io’s open source PaaS guarantees up to 99.99% uptime, including enhanced user experience and reduced revenue loss from downtime. Setting up website uptime monitoring according to your specific use case is crucial for optimal performance and reliability. Our system supports a range of scenarios, from high-traffic e-commerce platforms to educational sites. Tailoring monitoring to your unique needs ensures your website remains accessible and efficient, providing the best user experience.
- Improved Security and Privacy Protection: With amazee.io’s managed CDN and advanced WAF services, your website is well-equipped to handle large traffic volumes and defend against unauthorized access and complex cyber-attacks. Additionally, robust security measures such as encryption, access controls, and compliance certifications safeguard your locally stored data.
- Compliance with Local Regulations: Hosting data in Japan ensures compliance with local data privacy laws and regulations, such as the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI), helping businesses avoid legal issues related to cross-border data transfers.
- Enhanced Data Sovereignty: Keeping data within Japan's borders ensures it is subject to Japanese jurisdiction, offering greater control and protection under local laws while avoiding foreign government surveillance or legal processes.
- Efficient Disaster Recovery: Utilizing local resources ensures efficient disaster recovery and business continuity planning within Japan, providing rapid recovery and minimal downtime during local disruptions.
- Flexible Infrastructure Solutions: Use the languages and frameworks that best suit your operations and business needs—and adjust them as necessary. We understand the importance of having the freedom to innovate and create. That’s why amazee.io supports any web technology, language, framework, or hosting infrastructure. Flexibility is at the core of everything we do.
- Greater Performance for Drupal Experiences: Clients using Drupal will particularly benefit from our Tokyo cloud region, as it offers the most reliable, secure, and performant hosting environment. Whether you are hosting several Drupal sites or managing thousands across various applications, our Tokyo cluster is designed to optimize performance and security.
Are you interested in learning more about how amazee.io's Tokyo cloud region on AWS can transform your digital infrastructure? Contact us today to discuss your requirements and discover how we can help you enhance data privacy, security, and operational efficiency while achieving outstanding performance, resiliency, and availability for your digital experiences.