NEC 2011 Annual Report Download - page 26

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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 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
is mutual prosperity and harmony with the earth; and 3)
R&D AND INTELLECTUAL ASSETS STRATEGY
“Dependable,” which refers to creating a safe and secure
society. These three visions define the directions in which
we will deepen our technologies through R&D activities
over the long term.
Over the medium term, NEC will closely follow this
long-term 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
producing 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
2012
2012
2017
2017
“C&C Cloud”
Advances toward a sustainable society
Smart Energy
and Green
Business
Social infrastructure
that never shuts 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
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.
Failure prediction
and recovery
Energy harvesting
and storage
Scalability and
quality control
Enhanced
information
gathering
Autonomic
management 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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