Independent software support provider Rimini Street has reported strong growth of 155 per cent in its SAP and Oracle customer base in Japan over the last year.
Japan is one of the fastest growing markets for Rimini Street, with revenue up by 63 per cent over the year to end September 2016. Among its customers in this market are Pioneer Corporation, Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd., CAC Corporation, Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd., Chugoku Mokuzai Co., Ltd. and CMK Corporation.
With such strong growth, Rimini Street has also invested in significant hires in the region to meet this demand, with Nobutake Gohdo appointed as vice president of client engagement and service delivery, Nihon Rimini Street.
A veteran of Citrix, Oracle, and SAP, where he was vice president, active global support Japan, Gohdo will be responsible for the region’s service delivery engineers and enterprise account managers.
“As many IT leaders are looking for ways to cut costs from their IT landscape, reducing their ERP maintenance spend by moving to Rimini Street’s independent software support is an attractive option for them,” said Yorio Wakisaka, country manager, Nihon Rimini Street.
“Rimini Street offers an enormous benefit to Oracle and SAP software licensees in this challenging environment and allows CIOs to reinvest the significant cost savings they achieve back into their business for innovative initiatives that help differentiate their company against the competition and support growth initiatives.”
