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IIJ Develops SMF-LAN, Network Management System for Closed Networks; Providing Centralized Administration of Communications Equipment to Carriers Using IPv6

Posted on: Wednesday, 23 March 2005, 00:00 CST

Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI), one of Japan's leading Internet access and comprehensive network solutions providers, today announced the release of SMF-LAN (*1), a new network service platform that enables centralized control of initialization, reconfiguration, and other operations involving communications equipment on closed networks such as wide-area Ethernet services.

(*1) Patent Pending (Application 2004-322198)

Since June 2003, IIJ has been operating the SMF network management system, which provides centralized remote administration of routers over the Internet. Customers rave about this system's ability to cut operation and administration costs, its high security, and its user-friendly interface. It is currently used in over 3,000 locations by communications carriers providing Internet-based VPN services and companies building multi-node, nation-wide networks using VPNs.

SMF-LAN gets its foundation from SMF technology and uses that technology to create a network management system that can provide the same functionality on wide-area Ethernet services and other closed networks. Communications carriers providing wide-area Ethernet services can use SMF-LAN as their service platform and greatly reduce the cost of maintaining routers on customer premises and reduce the network administration costs for end users building a WAN using wide-area Ethernet.

Communications between the devices on the SMF-LAN system use IPv6, which enables centralized management of communications equipment without impacting the customer's existing IPv4 network.

KVH Co., Ltd. will incorporate the SMF-LAN system into their managed Ethernet service, "Ether-MAN" in order to simplify the service installation process.

IIJ will continue to provide SMF to communications carriers and companies with nation-wide locations, and hopes to reach 12,000 locations during the 2005 fiscal year.

SMF-LAN Features

- Automated configuration

When connected to the LAN, IIJ's proprietary SEIL Series router automatically reads the configuration file and completes its own configuration. No need for users to directly configure the router.

- Configuration and feature update (push technology)

Settings and features can be distributed from the LAN-administration server to specific equipment (such as routers) at administrator-defined times.

- Proxy monitor and notification feature

This feature acts as a proxy for the monitoring system and notifies a specified monitoring server of its results.

About KVH's Ether-MAN (Wide-area Ethernet) services

KVH's Ether-MAN (Wide-area Ethernet) services create a metropolitan area network (MAN) with Ethernet technology originally developed for LANs (local area networks), and link multiple offices of corporate customers located throughout the metropolitan area as if they were on a LAN within one building.

About KVH

KVH was established in 1999 in Tokyo by the Fidelity Group, the world's largest independent financial services company. Through its facility-based optical fiber networks, KVH offers integrated communications and IT management solutions that include broadband data, Internet access, voice, and data center-based managed services to business customers. KVH has changed its company name from KVH Telecom Co., Ltd. to KVH Co., Ltd. as of January 1, 2005.

More information on KVH can be found at www.kvh.co.jp

About IIJ

Founded in 1992, Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI) is one of Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions providers. The company has built one of the largest Internet backbone networks in Japan, and between Japan and the United States. 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.

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.

Source: Business Wire

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