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To meet the drastically changing business environment, today, companies are responding to calls for simple, fast, and global, revolutionary changes.
In addition, new innovation that help realize a sustainable society.
"Towards the realization of an information society that is friendly to humans and the earth."
NEC will contribute to make this a reality by creating innovation for tomorrow that address the business challenges that are being faced today, and will be the building block for tomorrow's society.
A new option that realize our customers' innovation for tomorrow.
That is NEC's Cloud Computing.
Cloud Service is the use of IT and applications as a service over a network.
Its benefits include, Reduced Total Cost of Ownership, Faster installation, and speedy adaptability.
But that's not all there is to NEC's Cloud Service.
The use of the Cloud extends to a company's core business systems so as to address multiple challenges of management...
But can a company really build its core business systems on the cloud?
With, NEC it can.
Here's what's different about NEC's Cloud Service.
The first point is that it supports a reform of the overall work process.
Yasujiro Ryuno, Associate Senior Vice President, explains that NEC provides core business systems that include sales, purchasing, and accounting as a service.
In order to do so, we offer our customers total support, from consulting to operations of the information systems that support our customers’ business process reengineering.
Such services can only be made possible by NEC's accumulated expertise and resources, gained through its experience in actual deployment of such management system reforms.
At NEC, a thorough review of business processes aimed at standardization and simplification has led to removal of overlap and waste.
For example, in the field of sales, we have successfully simplified more than 100 business processes into 22 core processes and their combinations.
As a result of our business process reforms, we expect to reduce group-wide indirect divisional costs by 20%.
NEC not only implemented business process reforms.
It is also implementing IT system reforms at the same time.
The standardization of business processes will enable a standardized use of the IT system, and is expected to reduce TCO by 20%.
Plus, 60% reduction of CO2 emissions are expected from the backend system to office computers.
Not only is NEC working toward a better real-time understanding of the business trends of its group companies worldwide, but we are also laying the groundwork for compliance with international accounting standards,
strengthening internal controls, and speeding up decision-making capabilities.
Here's what's different about NEC's Cloud Service.
The second point is that it can provide optimized service to various kinds of companies.
NEC's Cloud Service supports not only core business systems, but also specialized demand for vertical industries, new business start-ups, groupware and more.
We have a variety of applications and service models to support the needs of businesses of all sizes, from small firms to large enterprises.
With NEC's Cloud Service, we offer service platforms for Product management using RFID.
Digital signage content distribution and management, e-Commerce and more. A multiple combination of such SaaS applications can be used.
For example, shops can launch high-quality services that provide information linked to that of an E-commerce site, at low cost, with reliable management, and in a short time.
Here's what's different about NEC's Cloud Service.
The third point is a highly reliable business infrastructure achieved through a robust data center.
To enable a core system that is never down, extremely high levels of security and reliability are required. That's why NEC has announced the next generation platform "Real IT Platform Generation 2" suited for NEC's Cloud Service.
The data center uses products that excel in environmental measures, cost efficiency, robustness, and scalability, and will enable globally centralized operation through an integrated operation monitoring center.
NEC's Cloud Service offers total optimization of IT and Networks.
It enables the worker to change their work-style and unleash their potential through liberating them from operational tasks by the sharing and centralizing of IT system. This also helps reduce carbon emissions, now a global concern.
Working to realize a healthy and safe society that is in harmony with the Earth.
This enables innovation that create new values.
Senior Executive Vice President Botaro Hirosaki,
ICT throughout its history has improved convenience by quickly and efficiently processing large amounts of data. However, from hereon it must work toward effective use of finite renewable energies and resources, and become an infrastructure for supporting qualitative changes in society.
NEC is focusing its efforts on solving energy problems, one of the most critical challenges.
One of the ways we are doing this is through "visualization".
The observation sensor called TANSO, which is installed in the greenhouse gas monitoring satellite IBUKI, measures even the most slightest changes in density of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, in 56,000 locations around the world. This provides data that can verify the reduction of CO2 and other gas emissions, and work toward achieving "visualization" of global climate change trends.
And through means that include visualization of the power consumption of each employee in the office, we are working to reduce energy by use of IT in a variety of fields.
We are also at the forefront of lithium ion batteries, which is one of the main devices for energy-saving in multiple fields.
NEC is working with Nissan Motors to mass-produce high-performance lithium ion batteries that are half the size of previous batteries and offer vastly improved output.
Through IT, network and battery technologies, we aim to support eco-friendly lifestyles that are friendly to humans and the earth.
And in the field of ITS and other transportation systems, NEC is developing technologies that automatically exchange information among cars, or between cars and the road.
These technologies can issue warnings when danger is imminent, and can help improve fuel efficiency by eliminating traffic jams.
NEC is further expanding its EFFORTS to help achieve a safer and more secure society.
To help provide better health care in local areas, which is one of the most pressing issues in this aging society, we are conducting trials in Okutama region so as to realize remote medical services that would be welcomed by its many residents.
We also encourage effective medical partnerships within local areas, such as the sharing of electronic medical records that utilize the cloud service while protecting personal information. We are making efforts to enable everyone to receive the care they need anywhere they go, through support of better and kinder healthcare tailored to each individual patient.
NEC will continue to advance the IT and network infrastructure through C&C technologies,
so as to contribute to making the whole social infrastructure more intelligent and enable collaboration.
"Toward realizing an information society friendly to humans and the earth."
This means making a society in which every person can live independently and vibrantly, and fulfill their potential both at work and in private.
NEC will work together with our customers to contribute through innovations that only NEC is capable of providing.
"Toward realizing an information society friendly to humans and the earth.",
Innovation for tomorrow.
We have permission to use the video on the telemedicine system experiment at Tama area from the YOMIURI SHIMBUN. YOMIURI ONLINE Dec.5,2008 copyright
