Macnica and Expolis enter into business partnership and agency agreement to realize smart cities - Joint development and provision of data sharing platform to accelerate regional digital implementation -

Macnica (Headquarters: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President: Kazumasa Hara, hereinafter referred to as Macnica), a total Services & Solutions provider in semiconductors, networks, cybersecurity, and AI/IoT, and data utilization to solve regional issues. Expolis, LLC. (located in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Kanae Matsui, hereinafter referred to as EXpolis), which operates the distribution platform "Expolis Cloud Platform," announced that it has entered into a business partnership and agency agreement to realize smart cities. We will make an announcement. Through this collaboration, we will accelerate regional digital implementation and contribute to solving regional issues through the joint development and provision of a data distribution platform.

Background and purpose of collaboration
Recently, under the "Digital Garden City Nation Concept," we are promoting digital implementation from rural areas, solving regional issues, and realizing a rich life where everyone can enjoy the benefits of digitalization, thereby sustaining the region. Efforts are underway to achieve sustainable development. However, in implementing Digital Den-en-toshi, there are high technical hurdles in the implementation of regional digital implementation and the introduction of a data linkage platform, and furthermore, distribution data remains static after implementation, resulting in the advancement of data utilization. It is the current situation that it has not been realized.

Therefore, Expolis and Macnica jointly developed the data distribution platform "Expolis Cloud Platform" that supports the acquisition of real-time city data and the distribution of static and dynamic data across fields, as well as the services created from this data. By combining this with EXPOLIS' services, we will provide a more seamless one-stop solution for local governments. This will accelerate digital implementation tailored to the actual circumstances of each region and contribute to solving regional issues.

Overview of Joint Development
・Development of a data linkage platform that supports the sustainable development of the region
Macnica acquires real-time regional information from various forms of mobility in the city through the Macnica Mobility Data Platform (hereinafter referred to as Macnica Mobility Data Platform). In this joint development, dynamic data from Macnica Mobility Data Platform will be distributed to the "Expolis Cloud Platform" to develop and provide a platform for real-time data utilization in each region to stakeholders such as local residents, industry, and government.

・Solving social issues through data utilization
By combining the cross-sectoral data circulating on the Expolis Cloud Platform with Macnica 's data analysis technology, the company will utilize this data and provide feedback to the town to create and provide a variety of services that will solve local issues.

■Features of “Expolis Cloud Platform”
The Expolis Cloud Platform is a platform that allows you to start small with the "data distribution" that advanced technology requires. When local governments consider local population visions and measures, solutions and corporate information that are sufficient in urban areas are not distributed to local governments for reasons such as economic rationality, and there is no shared environment among local governments. There is a problem that it is not possible to grasp the best practices of other local governments. By utilizing the Expolis Cloud Platform, it is possible to reduce the time and human costs from the formulation of measures for regional issues to their introduction, so that local governments can start DX at low cost without having to bear the high introduction costs, and achieve sustainable development. We aim to contribute to the realization of local communities and solve local issues.
[Recruitment record]
Opened in 2021 Adopted for data utilization promotion support and data platform construction support work in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
Adopted for data linkage in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture and Yokoze Town, Saitama Prefecture in the 2021 "Smart City Related Business".
For more information, please visit our web page (https://www.expolis.net/expolis-cloud-platform).

*Expolis Cloud Platform (formerly Anastasia)
From June 2022, the service name will be changed from "Anastasia" to "Expolis Cloud Platform".
For more information, please visit our web page (https://www.expolis.net/news).

■Features of "Macnica Mobility Data Platform "
Macnica Mobility Data Platform is a platform that can collect, transmit, and store data while ensuring real-time and reliability. In order to obtain regional information that changes in real time, a platform for collecting large-capacity and high-definition time-series data is required. By distributing dynamic data from Macnica Mobility Data Platform to the "Expolis Cloud Platform", we will promote digital implementation that is tailored to the actual situation of each region.
For details, please see the web page (https://www.macnica.co.jp/business/maas/services/135657).

*The company names and product names mentioned in this text are trademarks or registered trademarks of Expolis, LLC. and Macnica
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