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Based on its three long-term research visions to achieve the NEC Group
Vision 2017, NEC is promoting R&D activities that contribute to the Mid-Term
Growth Plan “V2012—Beyond boundaries, Toward our Vision,” a milestone
in this process, while closely tying these activities to its intellectual assets and
standardization strategies.
R&D POLICY
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 long-term
research visions as the foundation of its long-term R&D
efforts, with the aim of realizing this vision. These are: 1)
“Symbiosis,” defined as harmony between people and
society, people and IT, and all people; 2) “Ecology,” which
R&D AND INTELLECTUAL ASSETS STRATEGY
is mutual prosperity and harmony with the earth; and 3)
“Dependable,” which refers to creating a safe and secure
society. ( Additional explanation and chart below.)
Over the mid-term, NEC will closely follow this R&D
policy, as it establishes key research areas to expand and
enhance “C&C Cloud Strategy” related businesses, the
Smart Energy and Green business, and other operations.
At the same time, we will focus on generating research
achievements that support the realization of the goals laid
out in “V2012.”
ENHANCE R&D ACTIVITIES BASED ON THREE LONG-TERM RESEARCH
VISIONS FOR REALIZING THE NEC GROUP VISION 2017
SYMBIOSIS
—Realizing a harmonious coexistence between
people and the information society, supporting
the use of global knowledge—
This refers to technology that will help people to gather
the necessary information from the overwhelming
amount of information in the world and assist them in
understanding that information. In other words, we will
develop technology that will serve as a bridge between
people and the information society, and help both to
develop and grow. In the future, we aim to develop
technology that will support mutual understanding
among people, and support co-creation utilizing
knowledge from around the world.
ECOLOGY
—Controlling ecosystems on a global scale—
In addition to energy-saving technologies, we will
develop technologies to create new energy, store
energy, reuse and redistribute energy to ensure its
effective use. By applying information technology to
energy, we make it possible to ascertain, manage and
control its use. We will aim to establish autonomous
and diversified technologies for energy that can be
applied to the global ecosystem.
DEPENDABLE
—Creating social infrastructure systems that
do not shut down—
We are developing technologies that will predict and
prevent the failure of social infrastructure systems that
require a high degree of reliability, such as energy
networks, traffic networks, and distribution networks,
as well as make these systems more efficient through
coordination among systems. Ultimately, we aim to
develop autonomous systems that recover on their
own without stopping even if a malfunction occurs.
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“C&C Cloud”
Advances toward a sustainable society
Increase in human creativity
and vitality
Smart Energy
and Green Business
“An information
society friendly to
humans and the
earth”
A society
brought about
through C&C
2010
Failure prediction
and recovery
Energy harvesting
and storage
Scalability and
quality control
Support for
global knowledge
Social infrastructure
that never shuts down
Control of eco-systems
on a global scale
Enhanced informa-
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agement systems
IT enhance-
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energy
Autonomic distribu-
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Better
comprehension
and expression
Co-creativity
support
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