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Nikkei Computer

January 15, 2008

FEATURE 1

Show Yourselves! Next-Generation IT Leaders!

Polishing up empathy, insight and creativity

Right now, as the role and responsibilities of information systems divisions expand, there is ever greater demand for “IT leaders” who are capable of heading a work site and developing a project. But there is a lack of such leaders, and the strain on them has reached almost an unbearable level. If things continue as they are, not only will site operations be affected but the next generation of leaders will not be trained. Driven by this sense of crisis, corporations have undertaken training and development to secure the next generation of IT leaders. We look at the actual situation with IT leaders and at training and development sites.

IT leaders throw down the gauntlet

Training and development methods for next-generation IT leaders as practiced by early-adopter companies

Decisive Factors in Product Selection

ERP packages for mid-sized companies

Support in putting in place internal controls is essential

Installation support and development expansion are key

There are about 30 different products in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) packages for mid-sized companies. Even if they are all bundled together as “ERP,” they are completely different in user functions and the languages that can be used. We looked into deciding factors for the 2008 editions in terms of internal control, installation support, and post-installation development.

FEATURE 2

Keyword based searches are old hat

A flood of sites looking to grab hidden demands

Close-Up

“Unified communications” are changing business

Report

Hot News

Sharp will complete R/3 installation at all its domestic and overseas sites in May

News & Trends

Auto upgrades of IE7 are finally under way, but effects remain unknown

The price collapse in SAN (Storage Area Networks) for mid-sized companies has started, with iSCSI acting as the trigger

The floor space of data centers in Tokyo and Osaka areas alone has increased by 100,000 square meters

METI revises guidelines to increase the responsibility of companies that handle personal information

Major vendors get serious about NGN application infrastructure

Three F renews its core business systems completely

The Practical Side of Introducing a BCP

Yachiyo Bank conducts recovery training using real-time back-up

Actual Practices of Internal Control

Succession of study groups set up for lightening the burden of J-SOX compliance

2 Weeks from ITpro

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ experiences partial printing misses in bankbook updates using ATMs

2007 Access Rankings (Nikkei Computer)

People

Interview

Ikujiro Nonaka, Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University, President, JAIMS (Japan-America Institute of Management Science)

“Leaders must polish up their ability to read interconnections”

Real Feelings Expressed by Top Executives

Noboru Yamazaki, President of Yamazaki Bun-eidou

Turning Points for System Division Heads

Satomi Kiuchi, Manager of Information Planning Division, President's Office, Taisei Corporation

CASE STUDIES

Projects: The Trajectory to Completion

Mizuho Bank

Reducing 104 backbone servers to 20

Consolidating the backbone onto Linux over a 2-year period

A Computer That Does Not Work

WOWOW

Difficulties with renewal of customer administration system

MANAGEMENT/TECHNOLOGY

Lecture: BPM (Business Process Management) - Part 1

US OMG standards that combine both earning power and J-SOX compliance

The IT Planning Trigger Points for Building a System That Contributes to Management (New Feature!)

What executives need is information for plan assessment.

Taizo’s “Phrase a Day” - Part 16

Testing also has multiple perspectives. Make use of appropriate bug information.

Mobile Phone Basics for Business Users (New Feature!)

Don’t take your mobile phone lightly! It has different possibilities from your PC.

New Kinds of EXCEL Usage to Improve Your Business Capabilities (New Feature!)

In order to “strengthen each single person’s skill,” the IT division’s measures are the key.