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Nikkei Computer

August 6, 2007

FEATURE

Real-time SCM starts to move

Moving beyond demand estimate

More and more companies seek an optimum supply chain that is built based on the real-time data for production, stocks, and sales planning gathered across the company serves. In order to survive in the competitive global environment, companies such as Fujifilm, Nippon Chemi-con, and Onward Kashiyama have started to take up the challenge of “real-time SCM.” There are also companies such as Komatsu that are improving their SCM using IC tags.

It's the whole world you're dealing with, and speed is what gives you strength

Aiming for real-time with sustained effort

Total traceability with IC tags through integrated information on goods

The Forks in Leading Companies’ IT Strategy

kabu.com Securities versus Matsui Securities

Competing for customer convenience with PTS

PTS (proprietary trading system) enables trading in securities without going through a stock exchange. kabu.com Securities uses PTS to provide full-service night-time trading on a par with the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Matsui Securities provides an on-the-spot settlement system that is unique in the world by completing settlements in-house.

FEATURE 2

Windows Server 2008 Investigated

Focus on improving quality in thoughtful new version

REPORT

Hot News

Softbank introduces a search system for a PCs’ activity log

News & Trends

The lessons from three years ago which came alive in the Niigataken Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake

Uniform accounting for wireless LANs and RFID? MIC’s real feelings become clear

Rakuten and Tokyo Tomin Bank build unique types of system

Products providing support for the shift to XBRL for financial reporting

NGNs starting to show concrete images to corporations

IBM of the United States introduces “participatory” new product development

The Leading Edge of RFID

FANCL reforms its distribution with overall use of IC tags

News Flash by Industry

Finance:

Nomura Securities generates information in Second Life

Internet:

Kakaku.com enables comparison of product specifications at multiple malls on its website

2 Weeks from ITpro

NTT DoCoMo and RIM to market Japanese-language enabled BlackBerry terminals and servers

More than 40 corporations get together in a new organization for using “Ruby” for business

PEOPLE

Interview

Barney Pell, Founder and CEO of Powerset of the USA

“Aiming for searching that will outperform Google”

Real Feelings Expressed by Top Executives

Shigeru Ishii, President, Sony Bank

Turning Points for System Division Heads

Toshiaki Suehiro, IT Planning Division Manager, Sompo Japan Insurance

CASE STUDIES

Projects: The Trajectory to Completion

Tokyu Community

Moving to open up 2.5 million lines of COBOL

A revolution for the IT division while getting rid of the host

Strategic Studies - Strengthening Networks

Mediceo Paltac Holdings

Moving to the same PCs both inside and outside the company in order to strengthen sales, and spending 70 million yen to prevent unauthorized use

A Computer That Does Not Work

Japan Corporate Housing Service

Lawsuit over difficulties in developing a company housing management system

MANAGEMENT/TECHNOLOGY

Lecture - SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) Part 1

The essence of SOA and its business value

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

Presentation: The person you are dealing with will show more interest if you can make him/her feel that the matter is relevant to him/her

Taizo’s “Phrase a Day” - Part 5

Control bloating when fixing specifications in line with the conditions in the estimate by verifying and proposing

A Practical Course on the Latest in Network Security - Part 9

The evolution of botnets

Salient Points in IT Investments and Outsourcing - Part 24

Improving the efficiency of system resources by proper usage and inventory

CIO Initiatives - Part 9

The launch of a new IT subsidiary