Sumo Logic Accelerates Expansion Across Japan to Help Meet Demand for Security, Observability
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 12, 2021 – Sumo Logic (Nasdaq: SUMO), a leader in continuous intelligence, today announced its Cloud SIEM solution is now available in Tokyo to help organizations modernize their security operations center (SOC) by fusing analytics and automation to cut through the noise of alert fatigue and provide analysts with automated insights to see the real, priority threats that require immediate attention. The company also announced the appointment of Hiroaki Kawamura, as the new country manager for Sumo Logic Japan K.K. to help further scale growth and leadership in the region.
Sumo Logic provides a comprehensive approach to quickly uncover activities that can indicate an early stage attack by identifying spikes and anomalies based on the organization’s baseline of historical data. Unrestricted by the processing power of on-premises hardware, Sumo Logic’s Cloud SIEM solution addresses the challenges facing today’s modern SOC by automating the manual work for security analysts, saving them time and enabling them to be more effective by focusing on higher-value security functions.
Accelerating Adoption for Cloud-Native Security Solutions in Japan
Mr. Kawamura joins Sumo Logic with deep expertise in the cybersecurity market and has successfully led technology enterprise sales organizations in Japan including DropBox, Symantec, Sun Microsystems, Oracle and EMC and most recently he led the sales organization for SolarWinds Japan. Mr. Kawamura will help Sumo Logic to further accelerate the demand for cloud-native security solutions across the region.
“The availability of the Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM solution in Japan means users can now experience low latency when ingesting data into the Sumo Logic platform and help enterprises address their data privacy concerns and data residency requirements,” said Hiroaki Kawamura, country manager for Sumo Logic Japan K.K.. “I’m excited to join Sumo Logic as I believe there is a tremendous opportunity in Japan and look forward to leading a seasoned enterprise sales organization to continue to build on the strength of our customer and partner community.”
Customer and Partner Growth Across Japan
Sumo Logic Japan has seen momentum and growth across customers who are aligned to help solve modern security challenges for the digital era.
“Security operations is no longer a human scale problem. While the shift to the cloud has been great for businesses, the massive increase in data and security alerts now requires modern tools and technologies to help SOC teams process, investigate and respond to threats at machine speed,” said Greg Martin VP and GM of the Security Business Unit for Sumo Logic. “We’re excited to welcome Hiroaki to Sumo Logic empowers SOC teams to modernize security operations with a cloud-native solution that provides holistic visibility into an organization’s security posture, delivering the insights analysts need to secure their cloud journey, match the changing attack surface, and bring innovation to the SOC.”
About Sumo Logic
Sumo Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: SUMO) is a leader in continuous intelligence, a new category of software, which enables organizations of all sizes to address the data challenges and opportunities presented by digital transformation, modern applications, and cloud computing. The Sumo Logic Continuous Intelligence Platform™ automates the collection, ingestion, and analysis of application, infrastructure, security, and IoT data to derive actionable insights within seconds. More than 2,100 customers around the world rely on Sumo Logic to build, run, and secure their modern applications and cloud infrastructures. Only Sumo Logic delivers its platform as a true, multi-tenant SaaS architecture, across multiple use-cases, enabling businesses to thrive in the Intelligence Economy. For more information, visit www.sumologic.com.
Source: Sumo Logic
