Case Study: Supporting Education at Scale - How TOKYO SHOSEKI Scaled EdTech Services with Beyond’s CloudOps Expertise
- 友貴 竹内
- 5 days ago
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Updated: 4 hours ago
Who We Are — Beyond Co., Ltd. and Beyond GTA Inc.
This article is part of a customer case study series by Beyond Co., Ltd., a leading managed service provider (MSP) based in Japan, highlighting real-world success stories enabled by our multi-cloud infrastructure and operations expertise. At the heart of our approach is a service philosophy we call “Beyond-ism” — a commitment to precision, care, and long-term partnership.
Founded in 2007, Beyond Co., Ltd. helps clients achieve business success by strengthening IT security, optimizing cloud infrastructure, and ensuring 24/7 stability and performance. We specialize in:
Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructure design, deployment, operations, and migration
Security hardening and compliance-aware operation
Always-on monitoring and incident response
Deep expertise in AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, and more
Bilingual (Japanese-English) technical and project support
Our Impact
350+ customers served
3,500+ servers managed
5,000+ monthly issues resolved
Cloud partner of AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, and others
Our customers span industries including SaaS, gaming, education, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, e-commerce, web services, finance, media, and advertising/marketing. We support organizations of all sizes — from small startups to global enterprises.
In 2019, we established Beyond GTA Inc., our North American subsidiary based in Toronto, Canada.
Through this office, we now bring our same Japanese-quality infrastructure operations to North American businesses, offering truly global, follow-the-sun coverage — and a hands-on, customer-first experience rooted in Japanese values.
About the Customer: TOKYO SHOSEKI Co., Ltd.
TOKYO SHOSEKI CO., LTD.. is Japan’s largest and most trusted textbook publisher, with a history spanning more than a century. Founded in 1909, the company publishes official, government-approved textbooks for elementary through high school education across the country.
With approximately 500 employees and approximately JPY 30 billion (USD 200 million) in annual revenue, TOKYO SHOSEKI plays a central role in Japan’s education ecosystem. In recent years, the company has evolved from a traditional publishing house into a major player in digital education and EdTech services.
Through platforms supporting online learning, digital assessments, classroom management, and teacher development, TOKYO SHOSEKI is helping shape the future of education in Japan — reaching millions of students under the country’s GIGA School Initiative.
The Digital Shift: From Textbooks to Scalable Cloud-Based Learning
To meet the needs of modern classrooms, TOKYO SHOSEKI has launched several high-impact EdTech services built on cloud-native architecture. These include:
● Total ID: A unified account management system for single sign-on across internal and external education services
● Tabudori Live!: A digital drill optimized for school-issued GIGA devices.
● NIMOT!: A creative learning portal designed to help students explore and express personal interest
As the company expanded its digital offerings, a critical challenge emerged: different teams had developed separate tools, each with its own authentication and infrastructure. This fragmentation increased complexity — both for internal development and for end users (students and teachers alike).
The rapid nationwide rollout of learning devices through Japan’s GIGA School Initiative further underscored the need for scalable, integrated infrastructure that could support millions of concurrent users — securely, reliably, and without interruption.
Why TOKYO SHOSEKI Chose Beyond
TOKYO SHOSEKI needed a partner capable of delivering:
● High-performance cloud infrastructure at national scale
● Integrated development and operations support
● Strong concurrency handling during peak usage periods
● Agile communication and bilingual collaboration between business and engineering teams
Beyond Co., Ltd. stood out for its proven track record with high-load, real-time platforms — including gaming infrastructure — and its ability to consolidate engineering, DevOps, and infrastructure into a unified team.
Our work began with Total ID, where we designed and deployed a scalable authentication and access system that could serve millions. From there, our support expanded to other platforms like Tabudori Live! and NIMOT!, enabling secure delivery, consistent availability, and responsive issue handling.
Performance, Reliability, and Team Integration
Today, TOKYO SHOSEKI’s digital education systems serve over 2 million users with high uptime and responsive support — even during periods of peak school-year activity and mass rollouts.
Key results include:
● Rapid incident resolution with direct access to engineers
● Tight collaboration between application and infrastructure teams
● Shared operational documentation and handover readiness across teams
● 24/7 proactive monitoring and issue detection before user impact
Our engineers weren’t treated as outside contractors — but as trusted members of TOKYO SHOSEKI’s extended team.
“When we consult Beyond, they don’t just solve the problem — they take the time to explain it clearly, even to non-engineers. That makes our internal communication easier and helps us grow, too.” — Koji Miyashita, TOKYO SHOSEKI (NIMOT! Team)
Bringing “Beyond-ism” to North America
While Beyond Co., Ltd. continues to support high-scale infrastructure across Japan, Beyond GTA Inc. brings that same standard of care and reliability to North American clients.
We offer:
● 24/7 cloud monitoring and incident response
● Secure, scalable multi-cloud and hybrid cloud operations
● Bilingual (English-Japanese) engineering and project coordination
● Fully integrated teams across time zones, with follow-the-sun support
Whether you're a growing SaaS provider or an enterprise running mission-critical systems, we’re here to be your CloudOps extension — seamlessly embedded into your operations, and committed to your long-term success.
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