OREANDA-NEWS. NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT Solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group, announced that it was named the 2014 Frost & Sullivan Data Center Service Provider of the Year. The results were announced at the 2014 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards in Singapore on June 25. NTT Com was highly evaluated for maintaining its strong market share in the Japanese data center market while simultaneously furthering its Asia-Pacific expansion. NTT Com's successful data center launches in Hong Kong and Bangalore were also noted.

Mayank Kapoor, Industry Principal, Data Center and Cloud Computing, ICT practice, Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific, said, "NTT Communications is continually leading data center innovation matched by energy-efficient practices which enables it to integrate supporting infrastructure with its data center network. With a strong presence in Asia-Pacific, it offers strong competition to other third-party regional and global data center service providers. Over the last year, NTT Communications has maintained its leadership position in Asia through measures such as increasing its market penetration outside Japan and enhancing its portfolio of data center services."

The Asia Pacific Data Center Service Provider of the Year award is presented to the year's top performer as measured by an evaluation index covering items such as earnings growth, market share and innovative solutions. The eleventh-annual Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards were presented to firms that demonstrated best practices in their industries, commending the diligence, commitment and innovative business strategies required to advance in the global marketplace as determined by Frost & Sullivan, a research and consulting company with 1,800 analysts covering more than 300 industries.

NTT Com, based on its Global Cloud Vision, continues to develop Seamless ICT Solutions that combine global services for networks, VOIP applications and security.

Also during the 2014 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards, Arkadin, an NTT Communications company, was named Asia Pacific Collaboration Service Provider of the Year in recognition of its outstanding collaboration services.