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Based on its three long-term research visions, NEC is promoting R&D
activities that contribute to realizing an “information society friendly to
humans and the earth,” while closely tying these activities to its intellectual
assets and standardization strategies.
R&D STRATEGY
In order to create “an information society friendly to humans
and the earth,” which is asserted in the NEC Group Vision
2017, it is important to increase both human creativity and
vitality, while developing a sustainable society. To this end,
NEC has established three themes as the foundation of its
long-term R&D efforts. These are: “Harmony between
people and society, people and IT, and all people
(Symbiosis),” “Creating a safe and secure society
(Dependable),” and “Mutual prosperity and harmony with the
earth (Ecology).” Based on this long-term R&D policy, NEC
will focus on producing research achievements that
contribute to the “C&C Cloud Strategy” related business and
Smart Energy business.
In April 2012, NEC reorganized the R&D framework to
speed up the contribution of R&D activities to business
operations. The research organization was reorganized into
the Cloud Research Group and the Green Innovation
Research Group, in an effort to bolster the R&D framework
R&D AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY
in the “C&C Cloud Strategy” and Smart Energy domains. In
addition, NEC established the C&C Innovation Initiative with
the aim of strengthening marketing functions led by NEC
Central Research Laboratories. The C&C Innovation Initiative
will work to explore potential needs through dialog with
customers and markets worldwide and create new
businesses. In other areas, NEC will accelerate “Global Open
Innovation” through stronger partnerships with overseas
universities and companies and by promoting R&D activities
closely tied to local markets mainly in emerging countries.
The goal is to contribute to global business expansion.
MAIN R&D ACHIEVEMENTS IN FISCAL 2012
In fiscal 2012, in the “C&C Cloud Strategy” domain, NEC
developed data processing platforms designed to support
the era of big data. For example, NEC developed high-
speed and real-time stream processing technologies for big
data enabling a processing speed of approximately 2.5
million events per second. NEC is also implementing R&D
BASIC POLICY ON OUR R&D
Enhance R&D Activities Based on Three Long-term Research
Visions (SYMBIOSIS, DEPENDABLE, ECOLOGY) to Realize the NEC Group Vision 2017
2017
2017
NEC GROUP VISION 2017
Advances toward a sustainable society
Social infrastructure
that never shut down
Control of eco-systems
on a global scale
Support for
global knowledge
“An information
society friendly to
humans and
the earth”
A society
brought about
through C&C
Failure prediction
and avoidance
Energy harvesting
and storage
Scalability and
quality control
Enhanced
information
gathering
Autonomic management
of systems
IT enhancements
for energy
Autonomic
distribution of energy
Better
comprehension
and expression
Co-creativity
support
Increase in human creativity
and vitality
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