April 30, 2007

 

FEATURE   Unlocking the Chinese Market   The IT divisions that are struggling over there   It’s not just Japan’s manufacturing industry that is getting into China, but Japanese companies from a wide variety of sectors including retailing, restaurants, and services. What kind of systems are needed to open the Chinese market further and how should these be built and operated? We investigated on-site.   Guangzhou Honda moves away from "Global Standard"   Family Mart: Getting rid of the latest functions   Nippon Express: More than 90% success in keeping delivery deadlines   CRM & EDI will be the mainstays of 2007   These are the points in which Chinese IT is different   Undersea cables becoming an Achilles’ Heel   Japanese vendors that are backing market development     Decisive Factors in Product Selection   ITIL used more and more in integrated operation management tools   The use of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), a procedures best practice library, is growing as companies’ integrated operation management tools.   The aim of using ITIL is to reduce operational misses and omissions in procedures. From that point of view, points to consider when choosing products will include simplicity of operation process management, and whether various types of data can be managed centrally.     SPECIAL REPORT   The First Changes to Distribution EDI in 27 Years 18 retailers go beyond competition and agree to band together

 

REPORT

 

Hot News

 

Softbank Telecom enters SaaS (Software as a Service)

 

News & Trends

 

The real truth behind TSE’s troubles comes out at trial

 

Fujitsu finally ships server jointly developed with Sun Microsystems

 

NEC provides inter-company cooperative platform from an NGN perspective

 

The IT industry reforms directed by the government enter implementation phase

 

Cyber University opens its gates - 70% of first term students are working people

 

Standards for companies to exchange IC tag data appear

 

Actual Practices of Internal Control

 

GRC (Governance - Risk - Compliance) products for unified management in dealing with multiple laws

 

The Practical Side of Introducing a BCP

 

Matsushita Electric Industrial formulates a BCP covering 330,000 employees worldwide

 

The Leading Edge of RFID

 

Sekisui House extends waste product management nationwide using IC tags

 

News Flash by Industry

 

Finance:

Japan Post renews its risk management system

 

Distribution:

Tobu Department Store eliminates mainframes as part of backbone system renewal

 

Manufacturing:

Nippon Milk Community starts operation of integrated management system

 

2 Weeks from IT Pro

 

BEA Systems in Japan to ship new version of WebLogic in May

 

NTT Data makes informal decision on Senior Executive Vice President Toru Yamashita as its next president

 

 

PEOPLE

 

Interviews

 

Hiromi Wasai, President & CEO, NTT Communications

 

A corporate rebirth against the background of the shift to IP

 

Kevin Turner, Chief Operating Officer, Microsoft Corporation

 

Reforming Microsoft from the customer’s perspective

 

Real Feelings Expressed by Top Executives

 

Hiroaki Okuno, Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Trust & Banking

 

Turning Points for Systems Division Heads

 

Satoshi Hayakawa, Senior Executive Officer, Supply Chain Management, Computer Systems, House Foods

 

 

CASE STUDIES

 

Projects: The Trajectory to Completion

 

Sony Marketing - Reception system that makes next-morning repairs possible

 

Strategic Studies - IT Business Innovation

 

NTT DoCoMo - The next step after “Real Time Management” is strengthening customer systems

 

A Computer That Does Not Work

 

IP Mobile - Two delays to start of mobile telephone services

 

 

MANAGEMENT/TECHNOLOGY

 

Lecture - Using EA on Site - Part 2

 

Reviewing EA documents and investigation process

 

Basic Knowledge for the IT Manager - The Art of Communication from A to Z

 

Interpersonal Skills - Avoiding “translation losses” in conversation by using non-verbal skills properly

 

Risk Management for Successful Projects - Part 24

 

The strengthening of security measures starts with redefining confidential information

 

A Practical Course on the Latest in Network Security - Part 2

 

The current state of unauthorized access

 

Salient Points on IT Investment and Outsourcing - Part 17

 

Overcoming ongoing high cost levels by reviewing expenditure structures

 

CIO Initiatives - Part 2

 

The CEO collapses