Quick Guard

What Quick Guard does

Quick Guard (株式会社クイックガード) is a Japanese Managed Service Provider (MSP) founded on March 30, 2016, that delivers server and network infrastructure design, construction, 24/7/365 monitoring, operations, and security services to enterprise and mid-market customers across cloud (AWS, GCP, IDCF Cloud, GMO Cloud) and on-premises environments. The company was established through a business transfer of the QuickGuard business from 3M Corporation (スリーエム株式会社) effective May 1, 2016, inheriting all equipment and employees of the original operation, and is headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, having relocated from Kawasaki in January 2024.

The company's portfolio is built around three interconnected offerings: (1) the core Server & Network MSP service covering infrastructure design through ongoing operations; (2) Hitori-Infra (ひとりインフラ), a service that acts as a substitute in-house infrastructure staff member for companies lacking dedicated IT personnel; and (3) QuickGuardSeminar, a practical IT-infrastructure training service delivered to private companies, government agencies, and educational institutions. Quick Guard also operates QuickGuard Return, an industry-first refund-type managed service that rebates 50% of monthly fees if no human-engineer intervention is required during the contract period. The underlying technology stack is anchored on mainstream monitoring platforms — Mackerel, Nagios, Sensu, ZABBIX — supplemented by Terraform, Docker, and Grafana expertise documented through the company's tech blog.

The business model is built on custom-priced managed-service contracts billed annually, with no fixed service plans or published pricing; customer acquisition relies on direct expert consultation, custom proposals, referral through existing clients, case-study publishing, and thought leadership via the tech blog. Named enterprise customers include DeNA (Pococha/SHOWROOM live-streaming cloud migration), Shueisha (AWS infrastructure operations and security), Tokai Kisen (server infrastructure redesign after a major outage), SHOWROOM (cloud migration reducing costs to roughly one-third of the previous overseas provider), and Double Standard (DX service AWS build-out). The company has been profitable since its first fiscal year under Representative Director and President Kunihiko Kurihara, and operations are concentrated in Japan's Kanto region.

Name

Quick Guard

Legal name

株式会社クイックガード

Website

https://quickguard.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Quick Guard is a Japanese MSP providing 24/7 server and network infrastructure design, monitoring, and operations to enterprise and mid-market clients across AWS, GCP, and on-premises environments, supported by custom pricing and a team of infrastructure engineers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Managed IT Infrastructure Services

NAICS

Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Security Operations Center (SOC) as a Service (BPAEADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Managed Security Services (MSSP) & 24/7 SOC Operations (BPAKAHAA)

Keywords

• Managed IT services
• Server infrastructure
• Network monitoring
• Cloud infrastructure
• MSP services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Server and Network Infrastructure Services: MSP services covering server construction, design, monitoring, operations, security measures, and IT business-related consulting. Services are customized per client; no fixed service plans or pricing exist. Revenue is recurring based on contracted monitoring and management services.
2. Training Services (QuickGuardSeminar): Practical IT infrastructure training services provided to private companies, government agencies, and educational institutions.
3. QuickGuard Return: Industry-first refund-type managed service where 50% of monthly fees are returned to customers if no human-engineer intervention is required during the contract period.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Quick Guard operates as a Managed Service Provider (MSP) delivering server and network infrastructure services spanning design, construction, 24/7 monitoring, operations, security measures, and IT business consulting for AWS, GCP, IDCF Cloud, GMO Cloud, and on-premises environments. It complements managed services with ひとりインフラ (a substitute in-house infrastructure engineer service) and QuickGuardSeminar for practical IT infrastructure training, all backed by a team of expert support and infrastructure engineers with no fixed plans or pricing.

Product overview

Quick Guard operates as an MSP (Managed Service Provider) offering a portfolio of IT infrastructure services centered on server and network management. Its core offerings are three interconnected services: (1) サーバー・ネットワーク (Server & Network), a comprehensive MSP service covering infrastructure design, construction, monitoring, operations, and security; (2) ひとりインフラ (Hitori-Infra), a substitute infrastructure staffing service for companies lacking dedicated in-house IT personnel; and (3) QuickGuardSeminar, a practical training program for IT infrastructure skills delivered by working professionals. All services are supported by 24/7/365 monitoring and a team of support engineers and infrastructure specialists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• QuickGuardSeminar: ITインフラに関する実践的な研修サービスを、民間企業・官公庁・教育機関に提供する教育研修サービス。
• ひとりインフラ
• QuickGuard Return

Products and services

• Server & Network (サーバー・ネットワーク) One-stop MSP service providing IT system infrastructure environment design, construction, monitoring, operations, security measures, and IT business-related consulting. Offered to IT/web teams and web production agencies that lack sufficient in-house infrastructure expertise, with 24/7/365 support.
• ひとりインフラ (Hitori-Infra) Service that substitutes for an in-house infrastructure staff member, handling server and network operations, monitoring, and maintenance on behalf of clients that do not have dedicated IT infrastructure personnel.
• QuickGuardSeminar Practical IT infrastructure training services delivered by on-site working professionals, offered to private companies, government agencies, and educational institutions to upskill their IT/web staff.
• QuickGuard Return Industry-first refund-style managed service in which 50% of the monthly fee is returned to the customer if no human-engineer intervention is required during the contract period.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cost reduction to approximately 1/3 compared to previous overseas cloud provider (SHOWROOM case)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NetAssist (株式会社ネットアシスト)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness partnership signed June 24, 2016. NetAssist provides MSP services (server/network operations, monitoring, maintenance) while QuickGuard leads infrastructure construction, design, and consulting. Together they target domestic system management operators and internet service providers for service improvement.
• Mackerel (株式会社はてな)coreTechnology or IntegrationSales partner agreement signed January 20, 2026 for Mackerel, a SaaS-based server monitoring service provided by Hatena. QuickGuard has used Mackerel since before founding and relies on its intuitive UI and easy integration for monitoring various systems. QuickGuard will promote cost reduction in operations monitoring and solve customer monitoring challenges through the partner program.
• HULFT (HULFT販売パートナー)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegistered as a HULFT sales partner under the Standard tier on May 18, 2024, enabling QuickGuard to offer HULFT file transfer solutions to its client base.
• kozutumi (kozutumi販売代理店)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSales agent agreement signed April 26, 2023 for kozutumi products, expanding QuickGuard's product offering to its customer base.
• Fixpoint (株式会社フィックスポイント)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness partnership signed September 8, 2015 for operations automation services. Fixpoint's VirtualOperator provides automation of IT operator tasks, combined with QuickGuard's monitoring and management services for comprehensive cloud and on-premises operations support.
• 3M Corporation (スリーエム株式会社)minorOthersOriginal operator of the QuickGuard service (established February 4, 2011). On April 26, 2016, announced transfer of QuickGuard business to newly established 株式会社クイックガード effective May 1, 2016. All equipment and employees transferred to the new entity.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sakura Internet (さくらインターネット): Broad incumbent — Sakura Internet is a leading Japanese hosting, cloud, and data-center operator serving SMB through enterprise customers. It overlaps with QuickGuard's cloud-infrastructure and managed-services offerings, particularly for domestic Japanese customers seeking managed hosting and cloud operations.
• NTT Communications: Broad incumbent — NTT Communications operates large-scale cloud (Cloudn, Enterprise Cloud), data-center, and managed-services portfolios in Japan. It is a tier-1 competitor for enterprise infrastructure outsourcing contracts and represents the kind of large incumbent that could compress mid-tier MSP economics over time.
• Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ): Broad incumbent — IIJ is one of Japan's largest network and cloud-infrastructure providers with a comprehensive managed-services portfolio. It competes with QuickGuard for enterprise infrastructure outsourcing and represents the scaled, publicly-listed incumbent that QuickGuard would benchmark against in capability and customer reach.
• GMO Cloud (GMOグローバルサイン・HD): Broad incumbent — GMO Cloud is a major Japanese cloud/hosting provider and is mentioned as a supported platform by QuickGuard. As a much larger group with IaaS, hosting, and managed services, it competes for the same Japanese enterprise cloud-infrastructure wallet that QuickGuard targets.
• KDDI: Broad incumbent — KDDI offers cloud, data-center, and managed-network services to Japanese enterprises and increasingly bundles managed infrastructure with its telecom services. It competes with QuickGuard for enterprise outsourcing spend and benefits from integrated carrier-scale capabilities.
• AWS Managed Services (Amazon Web Services): Broad incumbent — AWS Managed Services is the hyperscaler's native managed-infrastructure offering, providing 24/7 monitoring, incident management, and operational support for AWS workloads. It is increasingly competing for the same enterprise outsourcing budget that QuickGuard captures, particularly as AWS adoption accelerates in Japan.

Emerging players

• Hatena (株式会社はてな) — Mackerel: Emerging player and partner — Hatena's Mackerel is a SaaS server-monitoring service that QuickGuard has used since pre-founding and now resells as a sales partner (January 2026). As a focused monitoring SaaS provider, it represents an emerging productized competitor to QuickGuard's monitoring-services layer, while also being a distribution partner.

Direct peers

• NetAssist (株式会社ネットアシスト): Direct peer and strategic partner — NetAssist signed a business partnership with QuickGuard in June 2016 to jointly target MSP services for domestic system operators and ISPs. Both firms offer server/network operations, monitoring, and maintenance, and their cooperation agreement explicitly positions them as complements in the Japanese managed-infrastructure market.
• Fixpoint (株式会社フィックスポイント): Direct peer and operations-automation partner — Fixpoint signed a partnership with QuickGuard in September 2015 to combine its VirtualOperator automation platform with QuickGuard's monitoring/management services. Both target cloud and on-premises infrastructure operations in Japan, and the partnership makes them directly comparable in IT-operations automation.
• IDC Frontier (株式会社IDCフロンティア): Direct peer and cloud-infrastructure partner — IDC Frontier is a Yahoo Japan group cloud/data-center provider that has partnered with QuickGuard since 2016 on joint proposals (e.g., the SHOWROOM cloud project). Both offer managed cloud infrastructure services to Japanese enterprises, with overlapping customer profiles in streaming, web services, and mid-market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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