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Research Information Infrastructure - RII
Total Integration Delivers Optimal EnvironmentsWhy Research Information Infrastructure Matters
In recent years, the trend toward open science — sharing research data across society — has accelerated, and research institutions around the world face growing demands for managing, storing, and utilizing research data.
From the perspective of further enhancing international research competitiveness and ensuring transparency of research results, there is an increasing need for proper data management, storage obligations, and stronger governance. However, many research institutions are still in the early stages of addressing these challenges and require systems that enable efficient and reliable operations.
The diagram below illustrates the full scope of challenges research institutions face across the research data lifecycle — from planning and generation through to publication and utilization. NEC's RII is designed to address these challenges comprehensively.
Our Approach
NEC's Research Information Infrastructure (RII) is a suite of integrated solutions designed to support the full lifecycle of research data — from generation, analysis, and aggregation, through to management, publication, and utilization.
Rather than addressing individual pain points in isolation, RII takes a total integration approach, seamlessly connecting data generation, HPC computation, high-speed transfer, storage management, and data sharing into a coherent environment that strengthens research competitiveness and ensures transparency.
The following diagram provides an overview of NEC's RII solution across the full research data lifecycle, from data generation to utilization.
Why NEC
Proven Expertise
NEC has accumulated practical know-how through joint verification with customers across various geographies. This real-world experience enables us to deliver fast and reliable transformation, contributing directly to improved ROI for our customers.
Co-creation
Leveraging a strong track record and deep domain expertise, NEC works as a true partner — from identifying latent challenges to creating new value. We walk alongside our customers every step of the way toward their success.
Technology Leadership
NEC combines in-house research, development, and validation of cutting-edge technologies with standardized delivery frameworks — proven patterns of integration and deployment that accelerate time-to-value and reduce implementation risk — delivering systems that achieve both innovation and reliability.
Solutions
RII brings together complementary solutions across the research data lifecycle. Each can be deployed independently or as part of a fully integrated environment.
| High-Speed Data Transfer | UDTS — NEC Ultra-High-Speed Data Transfer System Maximizes network bandwidth utilization for disk-to-disk transfer of large-scale research data across sites and facilities. Supports TB- to PB-scale transfers within practical timeframes, with built-in security, automation, and workflow integration. Learn more → |
| Provenance Management | DPS4HPC — NEC Data Provenance System for HPC Automatically captures and visualizes the full data lineage of HPC simulations — without any changes to researcher workflows. Supports reproducibility, open science, and FAIR data principles. Learn more → |
| High-Performance Computing | NEC HPC Solutions — SX & LX Series The SX-Aurora TSUBASA provides outstanding computational efficiency and consequently high sustained performance. HPC Solutions SX Series page → The NEC LX Series covers x86 based computer platforms, and accompanying network, software and infrastructure based on cutting edge technology. Visit HPC Solutions LX Series page → |
| Storage | NEC HPC Storage Parallel filesystems in combination with enabling technologies are the best choice for HPC, AI and Machine Learning workflows. NEC provides wide variety of field approved storage solutions Visit HPC Storage page → |
Expanding Coverage
NEC is continuously expanding RII to address the full breadth of challenges across the research data lifecycle. As illustrated in the RII Solution Overview diagram, additional capabilities are under active development — including solutions for research data management, data processing and publication. If you have specific infrastructure needs that are not yet covered, we welcome the conversation. Our team works closely with research institutions to understand emerging requirements and align our roadmap accordingly.
Contact Us
To learn more about NEC's Research Information Infrastructure solutions, please get in touch with our team.