Please note that JavaScript and style sheet are used in this website,
Due to unadaptability of the style sheet with the browser used in your computer, pages may not look as original.
Even in such a case, however, the contents can be used safely.
At present, Japanese law requires that financial institutions take rigid steps to prevent information leaks and strengthen the security of their IT systems, as well as establish a base for business continuity in times of disaster.
Daiwa Securities is a major financial company that manages around 290 million accounts through a network of 117 branch offices all over Japan.
When Daiwa Securities moved to new headquarters, the company took the opportunity to deploy NEC’s virtual thin client system "Virtual PC Center" for1,200 computer terminals.
Koichi Suzuki Managing Director Operations & System Planning Daiwa Securities Co.Ltd;
We were looking into how 6 to 7,000 users could best utilize PC functions and the ideal means to achieve this.
The thin client system centralizes the OS, applications and data on the server, leaving client terminals empty. Heralding the dawn of a new generation network, the client environment is managed entirely by the data center bringing about a reduction in total cost of ownership. This solution has attracted considerable attention from corporations demanding a highly mobile work style.
Daiwa Securities pioneered this trend and currently runs the largest thin client system in the Japanese financial industry.
This NEC’s thin client system is quite revolutionary.
The server operates each and every user PC environment efficiently by automatically assigning resources, such as CPU, to match user load.
With NEC’s thin client system you can view your own desktop environment during a meeting from a terminal set up in the meeting room.
You can call up your data anytime, anywhere.
The virtual PC server deployed by Daiwa Securities is NEC’s blade system SIGMABLADE, equipped with a Quad-Core CPU.
By connecting one blade to more than 30 virtual PCs, the number of machines installed in the data center is minimized.
No data is actually installed on tiny US100 thin client terminals, thereby delivering a number of benefits. It prevents information leaks, saves space, reduces noise and energy consumption and does not add to the ambient temperature of the office environment.
Yoshinari Yamada Senior Deputy General Manager Head of Planning Section System Planning Department Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.;
By administrating all virtual PCs at the server, we can tell at a glance the status of PC operations from our position at the center.
In practice I think we have seen a reduction in total cost of ownership.
Should disaster strike and the office becomes unusable, you can resume work by accessing your own virtual PC from a temporary office.
Koichi Suzuki Managing Director Operations & System Planning Daiwa Securities Co.Ltd;
This system does not mean replacing PCs with the thin client system.
Rather than a new form of hardware, we see it as a new concept, a new service.
NEC is aiming to realize a safe and secure society through innovation in work styles. The thin client system is NEC’s key technology in the area of "client integrated solutions".
In Japan as in countries around the world, corporate accounting and legal reforms have led to a sea change in the way company do business. Daiwa Securities is one such company, and when it relocated its headquarters in 2007, it called on NEC to develop a state-of-the-art thin-client system to help it administer some 2.9 million customer accounts at 117 branches nationwide. The system consisting of 1200 computer terminals called "Virtual PC Center" is the largest to be implemented by any Japanese financial institution to date, and brings enhanced security, reliability, and privacy to Daiwa Securities' transaction processing.
Koichi Suzuki, Managing Director, Operations & System Planning of Daiwa Securities Co.Ltd. describes the company's needs this way: “We wanted to give some 6000-7000 employees full PC functionality, but we also wanted to streamline internal control and administration tasks and facilitate future sustainable growth.”
Thin-client systems offer an ideal solution because they allow all critical data and applications to reside on centrally administered servers. This not only increases data security, it also reduces total cost of ownership by lowering the performance requirements of individual client PCs, and by simplifying system administration. For many firms, a third and equally important advantage of such client systems is their excellent support for efficient and highly mobile work styles.
NEC’s “Virtual PC Center” is a virtual PC-class system that automatically allocates server CPU resources in response to client PC demand, enabling users to access all the applications and processing power they need to get their job done efficiently.
Productivity is also enhanced because users can work in their own desktop environment even at a kiosk PC in a conference room or some other off-site location. Thin client systems can also be quickly and easily restored at a temporary location in the event of fire or other localized disaster, and help cut costs by reducing maintenance manpower needs. As Yoshiya Yamada, Senior Deputy Manager, Head of Planning Section, System Planning Department of Daiwa Securities puts it, “Just looking at day-to-day operations, I think that thin client systems have reduced our total cost of ownership."
“Virtual PC Center” at Daiwa Securities comprises PC servers based on VMware’s virtual infrastructure software, and system management servers equipped with NEC's Sigma System Center integrated operation management software. Compared to a previous system that could only serve 15-20 virtual clients from each server, the new system, NEC’s SIGMABLADE servers equipped with quad-core CPU, can serve up to 30 virtual clients at a time, and thereby both initial investments and operating costs can be reduced.
NEC’s US100 thin client terminal offers outstanding mobility, and because it has no onboard hard disk, data is more secure, and energy requirements are lower. It is also exceptionally quiet and generates less heat.
Koichi Suzuki of Daiwa Securities has this to say about the system: “It is not just a matter of replacing hardware and software. It marks the beginning of an entirely new concept and service.” In fact, the company is currently considering the addition of 10,000 client terminals nationwide.
With “Virtual PC Center”, NEC continues to lead the way in providing integrated new business solutions.
