Azpocket Inc. will begin offering its proprietary SSL certificates, utilizing the world's No. 1 certificate authority COMODO, on its cloud-based rental server "MixHost" (https://mixhost.jp/), available from ¥968 per month, starting today, July 21, 2016.

Based on the concept of "cloud services easily accessible to individuals and small businesses," we are launching our proprietary SSL service on MixHost, a cloud-based rental server that combines the ease of use of traditional rental servers with the scalability benefits of the cloud. This service utilizes COMODO, the world's No. 1 certificate authority, as its certification authority.

In recent years, the proliferation of public Wi-Fi and smartphones has made it possible to access the internet anytime, anywhere. As a result, encrypting communications has become essential for safe internet use.
Furthermore, with the widespread adoption of CMS platforms like WordPress for managing websites and blogs, opportunities to input information—such as through contact forms—have increased, making enhanced security increasingly desirable.

Consequently, major search engine companies are promoting SSL implementation and incorporating SSL compatibility into their search ranking criteria, driving the internet industry toward rapid adoption of always-on SSL.
On the other hand, the implementation of SSL presented significant barriers due to the complexity of procedures and cost considerations, making it difficult for small-scale websites to adopt.

Our new domain-validated SSL service, powered by world-leading certificate authority COMODO, requires absolutely no complicated setup. Simply change your website URL to start with "https://" to get started.
This enables free, unlimited SSL encryption for all custom domains, subdomains, and default domains used with MixHost.

【1】Unbeatably low prices starting at just ¥968 per month
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We offer five plans starting from just ¥968 per month—an exceptionally low price for a cloud service.

【2】The Pursuit of Ultimate Speed
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For example, research shows that a mere 2-second increase in website loading time can lead to a 501% increase in bounce rate.
Therefore, we are the first in Japan to adopt LiteSpeed Enterprise—which offers tens to hundreds of times faster performance than Apache, the standard web server, while maintaining full compatibility. By combining this with our latest high-spec servers featuring pure SSD configurations and Japan's largest backbone at 732Gbps, we deliver overwhelming high performance.

【3】Optimized for WordPress
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By providing LiteSpeed's proprietary caching feature, "LiteSpeed Cache," as standard—capable of handling overwhelming traffic spikes of thousands of requests per second—we deliver performance that rivals even dedicated WordPress clouds.

【4】Highly Advanced Features
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All plans include unlimited multi-domain support, databases, and email addresses, allowing you to manage multiple websites under a single contract.
We support the latest PHP 7, of course, along with numerous other features such as MySQL, SSH, and Cron. We also provide easy installation for hundreds of popular applications, including WordPress.

【5】The Best of Both Worlds: Cloud and Rental Servers
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While maintaining the ease of use of a shared server, we independently control server resources for each contract. This minimizes the impact of other users and enables us to provide a stable service.
Furthermore, resource scaling can be performed instantly with zero downtime, ensuring peace of mind even during sudden spikes in traffic.

【6】Peace of Mind Security
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We provide free SSL certificates from COMODO, the world's No. 1 SSL provider, which encrypts your website and effectively enhances security and SEO. Additionally, we offer WAF to defend against unauthorized intrusions through web applications, virus scanning for both email and web, and spam email filtering as standard features, ensuring you can use our services with peace of mind.

【7】Peace of Mind Backup
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All customer data is automatically backed up once a day to a remote backup server.
Additionally, since we retain data for a certain period, it is possible to recover data even if it is accidentally deleted.

【8】Industry-leading 30-day free trial
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We offer an industry-leading 30-day free trial period, allowing you to thoroughly test our product until you're fully satisfied and experience its comfort and ease of use.

【Service Name and Price】
■ Service Name
"MixHost"
Service Site URL: https://mixhost.jp/

■ Price
Initial cost: Free
Monthly fee: From ¥968 (with a 3-year contract)

■ Service Features
・Adopted LiteSpeed, Japan's first Apache-compatible high-speed web server
・Providing WordPress-optimized caching
・Resources are independently controlled per contract, minimizing impact from other users
・Instantly and freely scale resources up or down based on operational conditions
・Unlimited multi-domains, email addresses, databases, and FTP accounts
・Comes standard with a wide range of security features such as WAF, virus scanning, and spam email filtering
・Easily install hundreds of applications
・Providing MariaDB, one of Japan's few next-generation standard databases
・Free SSL certificates from COMODO, the world's No. 1 provider
・30-day money-back guarantee