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In the “Cloud Service” business, NEC is creating new
businesses that utilize cloud computing as its customers’
partner in innovation.
These efforts have already seen NEC provide an asset
management system to Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
as a cloud service, in partnership with Sumitomo Life
Information Systems Co., Ltd. Efforts are also under way to
provide the same service to various financial institutions.
These efforts will be expanded going forward. Together
with customers, NEC plans to create cloud systems for
specific industries, as well as clouds that link different
business sectors, by leveraging its signature strengths in
ubiquitous technology, integrated IT/network technologies
and other areas.
In the core systems area, NEC has transformed the
large-scale core IT systems underpinning the entire NEC
Group into cloud-based systems. NEC is now applying this
experience horizontally, with the view to help customers
reduce their own IT-related operating costs. NEC is already
producing results in this area. It has transformed the core
operating system for the construction industry into a cloud
service together with four construction companies (Tokyu
Construction Co., Ltd., Takenaka Civil Engineering &
Construction Co., Ltd., JDC Corporation and Tsuchiya
Corporation). NEC now intends to accelerate these
initiatives with the aim of driving future business expansion.
In the global business, NEC is working to create locally
born solutions closely linked to the needs of each region
around the world.
In collaboration with SomaLogic, Inc. of the U.S., NEC is
harnessing its bioinformatics technology to develop a next-
generation blood testing service for pharmaceutical
companies and research institutes. In the future, NEC is
looking to expand this initiative into the personal healthcare
services market.
Furthermore, NEC possesses world-class fingerprint
identification, facial recognition and other biometrics
technologies in the public safety business. Based on
these technologies, NEC aims to expand business into
the social infrastructure area mainly by providing national
ID systems and immigration control systems primarily to
emerging countries.
In other areas, NEC is seeing the first signs of growth
from new businesses that will drive future global expansion.
Examples include an RFID solution project in greater China,
and a payment service for financial institutions in the Asia-
Pacific region. Looking ahead, NEC will utilize its cloud-
oriented data centers in five global regions to convert such
locally born solutions into global services.
NEC will continue working to drive business expansion
in these key areas, while continuously promoting SI
innovation activities in order to enhance profitability in the
SI business.
NEC Cloud Plaza
NEC digital signage systems at the International
Terminal Building of the Tokyo International
Airport (Haneda)
NEC is creating new businesses that utilize cloud
computing as its customers’ partner in innovation
Promote localization of businesses and solutions,
in addition to Japan-led initiatives
New businesses emerging from clouds
Creating new business models together
NEC Customers
•฀
Cloud-related technologies
•฀฀Ubiquitous฀IT/network฀
technologies
•฀฀Multifaceted฀business฀
expertise
•฀฀Business฀expertise/
operations expertise,
applications
•฀Sales฀channels
Japan-led expansion model
(point-by-point expansion)
Locally born solution expansion
model (linear and horizontal expansion)
Global solution
Local solution
Command center
for global
cooperation
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