--- title: NTT TechnoCross becomes Canonical Certified Support Partner in Japan description: NTT TechnoCross Corporation has signed a partnership agreement with Canonical to provide strengthened OSS support to its customers in Japan including OpenStack deployments. NTT TechnoCross will provide Japanese support for domestic customers and will be the first contact for customer enquiries and fault isolation and resolution phase. NTT […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/ntt-technocross-becomes-canonical-certified-support-partner-in-japan?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 30 January 2018 # NTT TechnoCross becomes Canonical Certified Support Partner in Japan [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/canonical) [cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/cloud) [Enterprise](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/enterprise) [OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack) [Partner](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/partner) [Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu) [Ubuntu Advantage](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu-advantage) [Ubuntu Advantage for infrastructure](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu-advantage-for-infrastructure) --- Share the article NTT TechnoCross Corporation has signed a partnership agreement with Canonical to provide strengthened OSS support to its customers in Japan including OpenStack deployments. NTT TechnoCross will provide Japanese support for domestic customers and will be the first contact for customer enquiries and fault isolation and resolution phase. NTT TechnoCross has extensive experience with OSS including OpenStack and provides a wide range of support options to customers from OS to middleware. Working with Canonical, NTT TechnoCross will increase its presence in cloud platform with a combination of technical support on OSS and OpenStack and expand its presence in IoT/Edge Computing. “In partnership with NTT TechnoCross, Canonical greatly expands its front line support services in Japan, extending our capacity for 24/7 support and fault resolution as part of our OpenStack and Ubuntu Advantage services” said Dustin Kirkland, VP of Product and Development, Canonical. “NTT TechnoCross Corporation is one of the main NTT Group companies participating in the OpenStack community and working closely with the NTT Software Innovation Center. By partnering with Canonical and providing support for Ubuntu, which has a high market share in OSS operating system, we will provide high quality support to customers in Japan,” said Hikaru Suzuki, General Manager, Cloud and Security Business Department, NTT TechnoCross. ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### A decade of Ubuntu on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE](https://canonical.com/blog/a-decade-of-ubuntu-on-ibm-z-and-ibm-linuxone) This year we celebrate a decade of Ubuntu Server support on the s390x architecture: marking a long-standing collaboration between Canonical and IBM that began at LinuxCon 2015.... [Pedro Lazzarotto](https://canonical.com/blog/author/pedro-lazzarotto) 12 June 2026 [### Run agentic workloads on Arm and Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/run-agentic-workloads-on-arm-and-ubuntu) In the lead-up to Ubuntu Summit 26.04, Canonical and Arm are collaborating to certify the new Arm AGI CPU on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon). Learn what this means for... [Youssef Eltoukhy](https://canonical.com/blog/author/usf197) 26 May 2026 [### Arduino® VENTUNO™ Q is available for pre-order with Ubuntu pre-installed](https://canonical.com/blog/arduino-ventuno-q-is-available-for-pre-order-with-ubuntu-pre-installed) London, UK – August 25, 2026 – Following our initial collaboration announcement in March 2026, Canonical and Arduino (a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.) are excited... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 25 August 2026 [### Canonical becomes Gold Sponsor of Trifecta Tech Foundation](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-becomes-gold-sponsor-of-trifecta-tech-foundation) Canonical is pleased to announce it is now a Gold Sponsor of the Trifecta Tech Foundation, a non-profit that creates open source building blocks for critical infrastructure... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 30 June 2026