IKK Holdings Co., Ltd. Moves Away from NAS Operations at 20 Nationwide Locations, Adopts Fileforce
IKK Holdings Co., Ltd. has adopted Fileforce, a cloud storage solution from Fileforce Co., Ltd., to address challenges with NAS operations distributed across 20 nationwide locations. Facing issues such as aging NAS devices, heavy workload for fault recovery, and hardware maintenance, the company opted for cloud migration. Fileforce was chosen for its balance of operability, security, connectivity, and cost. This transition has significantly reduced operational burden by eliminating on-premise equipment, standardized operations, and streamlined daily tasks.
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Fileforce Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Aram Sarkisyan) announces that IKK Holdings Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka; Representative Director, Chairman, and CEO: Kazutoshi Kaneko) has adopted “Fileforce.” The company considered cloud migration due to challenges such as the aging of NAS devices installed at 20 nationwide locations, the burden of responding to failures, and hardware maintenance including UPS (uninterruptible power supply). Fileforce was adopted after evaluating its balance of operability, security, connectivity, and cost.
Case study article here ▶ https://www.fileforce.jp/casestudy/ikk/
■Background of Adoption: Limits of NAS Operations Dispersed Across Nationwide Locations
IKK Holdings is a hospitality corporate group that operates primarily in the wedding business at over 20 locations nationwide. Traditionally, NAS devices were installed at each location, and file sharing and management were performed in an on-premise environment, but they faced the following challenges:
・Aging and increasing failures of physical devices such as NAS and UPS (uninterruptible power supply)
・Operational burden where it was difficult to ascertain the situation during failures without on-site confirmation, leading to time-consuming situation assessment
・Complication of management, including backups and security measures
From these challenges, they determined that “it is difficult to maintain on-premise NAS” and considered migrating their company-wide file infrastructure to the cloud.
■Key Factors for Selection: A File Infrastructure that Balances Operability, Security, Connectivity, and Cost
High connectivity with Microsoft Entra ID
Supports group/user linkage and enables permission management by group.
Ransomware protection function (standard)
Behavior detection, automatic generation of infection reports, one-click recovery of damaged files, etc.
Operability equivalent to Explorer
Smooth migration without confusion for on-site users.
Cost optimization through capacity-based billing
Cost design without waste, even in environments with many locations and users.
The “balance of operability, security, connectivity, and cost” was the most suitable for their operational policy and became the deciding factor.
■Effects of Adoption: Realized Security Enhancement and Operational Standardization
Significant reduction in failure response and maintenance tasks by eliminating on-premise equipment.
Standardization of operations and prevention of reliance on specific individuals by unifying operation and management methods.
Efficiency improvement in daily operations by utilizing log and management functions.
We will continue to strive to enable IKK Holdings Co., Ltd. and other “Fileforce” adopting companies to utilize files with even greater peace of mind.
■Contact us for inquiries about Fileforce here: https://www.fileforce.jp/inquiry/
■About Cloud Storage Fileforce
Fileforce, with the mission of “empowering every organization through the evolution of 'work,'” is a pure domestic cloud file server with over 25,000 users* across various industries, sectors, and organization sizes. By allowing operations equivalent to Explorer, which has been used for many years in on-premise file servers, it prevents user confusion and operational errors, significantly reducing the risk of information leakage. Furthermore, it can be operated without changing folder-level access permission settings or user permission designs, thereby reliably maintaining the principle of least privilege and providing a high level of data security. *Includes OEM services.
■Company Profile
Trade Name: Fileforce Co., Ltd.
Representative Director and CEO: Aram Sarkisyan
Location: New Tokyo Building 4F, 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
Business Activities: Planning, development, sales, and support of Fileforce, a cloud storage for corporations.
Service Start: April 2014
Capital: 100,000,000 yen
URL: https://www.fileforce.jp/
■Contact for this matter
Fileforce Co., Ltd. Marketing
Email: marketing@fileforce.jp
Case study article here ▶ https://www.fileforce.jp/casestudy/ikk/
■Background of Adoption: Limits of NAS Operations Dispersed Across Nationwide Locations
IKK Holdings is a hospitality corporate group that operates primarily in the wedding business at over 20 locations nationwide. Traditionally, NAS devices were installed at each location, and file sharing and management were performed in an on-premise environment, but they faced the following challenges:
・Aging and increasing failures of physical devices such as NAS and UPS (uninterruptible power supply)
・Operational burden where it was difficult to ascertain the situation during failures without on-site confirmation, leading to time-consuming situation assessment
・Complication of management, including backups and security measures
From these challenges, they determined that “it is difficult to maintain on-premise NAS” and considered migrating their company-wide file infrastructure to the cloud.
■Key Factors for Selection: A File Infrastructure that Balances Operability, Security, Connectivity, and Cost
High connectivity with Microsoft Entra ID
Supports group/user linkage and enables permission management by group.
Ransomware protection function (standard)
Behavior detection, automatic generation of infection reports, one-click recovery of damaged files, etc.
Operability equivalent to Explorer
Smooth migration without confusion for on-site users.
Cost optimization through capacity-based billing
Cost design without waste, even in environments with many locations and users.
The “balance of operability, security, connectivity, and cost” was the most suitable for their operational policy and became the deciding factor.
■Effects of Adoption: Realized Security Enhancement and Operational Standardization
Significant reduction in failure response and maintenance tasks by eliminating on-premise equipment.
Standardization of operations and prevention of reliance on specific individuals by unifying operation and management methods.
Efficiency improvement in daily operations by utilizing log and management functions.
We will continue to strive to enable IKK Holdings Co., Ltd. and other “Fileforce” adopting companies to utilize files with even greater peace of mind.
■Contact us for inquiries about Fileforce here: https://www.fileforce.jp/inquiry/
■About Cloud Storage Fileforce
Fileforce, with the mission of “empowering every organization through the evolution of 'work,'” is a pure domestic cloud file server with over 25,000 users* across various industries, sectors, and organization sizes. By allowing operations equivalent to Explorer, which has been used for many years in on-premise file servers, it prevents user confusion and operational errors, significantly reducing the risk of information leakage. Furthermore, it can be operated without changing folder-level access permission settings or user permission designs, thereby reliably maintaining the principle of least privilege and providing a high level of data security. *Includes OEM services.
■Company Profile
Trade Name: Fileforce Co., Ltd.
Representative Director and CEO: Aram Sarkisyan
Location: New Tokyo Building 4F, 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
Business Activities: Planning, development, sales, and support of Fileforce, a cloud storage for corporations.
Service Start: April 2014
Capital: 100,000,000 yen
URL: https://www.fileforce.jp/
■Contact for this matter
Fileforce Co., Ltd. Marketing
Email: marketing@fileforce.jp
FAQ
Why did IKK Holdings adopt Fileforce?
They adopted it to solve challenges such as aging NAS devices distributed across 20 nationwide locations, the burden of responding to failures, and hardware maintenance.
What are the main effects of adopting Fileforce?
It has significantly reduced operational burden by eliminating on-premise equipment, standardized operations, and streamlined daily tasks.