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February 1, 2008
Report Hot News NEC reduces development costs to one quarter by introducing software engineering News & Trends The adoption of Ruby programming language for backbones gets under way. The emphasis now is on training engineers Microsoft launches its operation to disseminate virtualization software The price wars on blade servers are heading towards selling below cost to attract users Succession of migration support services in the wake of stoppage of VB6 support Applying COBOL resources to J-SOX compliance, Hitachi makes revision work 10 times more efficient IIJ and others go into high-speed mobile communications as MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators). Rates are 20% cheaper. University of Tokyo opens up Japan’s fastest super computer to the private sector at low rates The Leading Edge of SaaS Prizewinners decided for the ASPIC SaaS Awards Actual Practices of Internal Control Topics for IT general controls cut to one twentieth News Flash by Industry Finance: Sompo Japan Insurance starts operation of its 4.0 billion yen SOA infrastructure Distribution & Services: Mitsui Real Estate Sales starts real-time management of parking space information 2 Weeks from IT Pro Sun Microsystems of the US acquires MySQL, developer of open source products, for 1.0 billion dollars Sales for IBM of the US totaled 98.8 billion dollars for 2007. The gap with No.1 HP is growing. People Interview Shinichi Yokoyama, Principal, McKinsey & Company Determine your IT strategy in parallel with your business strategy Mitsuo Kitagawa, Representative Director & President, NS Solutions The introduction of SaaS is a natural progression Real Feelings Expressed by Top Executives Takashi Tanaka, Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Resona Trust & Banking Turning Points for System Division Heads Mark Hennessy, Vice President and CIO, IBM CASE STUDIES Projects: The Trajectory to Completion Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Insurance Renewing a system with the aim of eliminating unpaids IT division leads the way for a company-wide project Strategic Studies - Reorganizing IT Business Columbia Music Entertainment Building a new profit model using the Internet and music database A Computer That Does Not Work eBay and others International auctions down for 6 whole days MANAGEMENT/TECHNOLOGY Lecture: BPM (Business Process Management) - Part 2 The Business Process Definition Metamodel (BPDM) forms the basis of everything The IT Planning Trigger Points for Building a System That Contributes to Management - Part 2 Demonstrating factually the logic that causes innovation Taizo’s “Phrase a Day” - Part 17 Be meticulous as you look to start operations. It will be worth your while in long-term stability Mobile Phone Basics for Business Users - Part 2 The trigger points for mobile contents are different from the ones for PCs New Kinds of EXCEL Usage to Improve Your Business Capabilities - Part 2 Visualization of data - changing information to knowledge |
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