WHY SORACOM
Soracom cellular connectivity provided Kokubu with a speedy installation and implementation into their affiliate stores management and operations. With each store requiring different amounts of data, Soracom’s pay-as-you-use pricing provided their affiliates with the cost flexibility they needed.
Like many retail companies, Kokubu Corp and its affiliate stores hosted consumer information that needed to be protected at all times. For this reason, they implemented SORACOM Canal, which provided a private connection to their Amazon Web Services Virtual Private Cloud.
SORACOM Canal allowed Kokubu Corp’s stores to connect IoT devices to resources within their own AWS Virtual Private Cloud. Servers inside AWS Virtual Private Clouds can make connections without using the Internet, further protecting Kokubu’s affiliate stores from external threats.
In addition, SORACOM Canal secures user access to each Virtual Private Cloud, enabling the select SORACOM AIR SIM cards that are authorized. This can allow management to provide only select individuals with access to the Virtual Private Cloud, providing additional operational flexibility.