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December 12, 2005 Issue <<Contents>>

FEATURE 1 Severely Jolted Telecom Industry Impact of the new competitive landscape on the industry - A series of restructuring and reform steps have been taken in the telecommunications industry, such as the merger between KDDI and POWEREDCOM, NTT’s organizational changes, and the opening up of the Japanese cell-phone market to new entrants for the first time in 12 years.  As a result, the number of telecommunications carriers has declined in the corporate-use market, and the degree of oligopoly by leading companies is increasing.  How has the competitive landscape of the industry changed and what are the goals of the leading companies?  This article tries to find out answers to these questions from the perspective of corporate users. - NTT grows more dominant in the market for corporate customers - KDDI competes head-on with NTT, a giant Japanese telecom operator FEATURE 2 Search Software for Corporate Use Becomes a Key Element in Providing Services that Promote the Effective Use of Information

REPORT

[Inside]

- Toyota Motor installs 6,000 units of Dell servers in its sales offices

- The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UFJ Bank have postponed the completion of their system integration project for six months

- Other stories


[News & Trends]

- One out of two IT professionals wants to change jobs

- Efforts are made to keep the IT investment tax credit by merely changing its “packaging”

- A survey of 105 small and medium-size companies reveals that IT investments made without Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) efforts can achieve only limited success

- The effects of the Project Management Office become visible in the interim financial results of IT vendors

- Three Japanese companies and Sun Microsystems have formed an alliance for developing Thin Client-based systems

- Japanese software vendors are concerned about Microsoft’s decision to launch business application software in the Japanese market

- Through a concerted effort, three industries in Japan have initiated the standardized use of IC tags

- EC-One plans to spend two years enhancing the competitiveness of its software component business

- Two companies offer new UML tools for Model Driven Architecture

- Why are the computer viruses that target Winny so rampant?

- ERP vendors have started to enhance their products for facility maintenance operations in response to the looming “2007 Problem”


[From InformationWeek]

- U.S. corporate users have difficulty in introducing Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)


[From BusinessWeek]

- Cisco Systems looms as a new rival to Microsoft


[News Flash for Each Industry]

- Finance: The Bank of Yokohama and two other banks jointly develop their accounting system

- Manufacturing: Ozaki Shoji uses IC tags to manage clothing fabric

- Distribution: Seven & I Holdings launches originally developed electronic money- e-Japan: Tokyo Institute of Technology has announced its plan for developing a supercomputer

PEOPLE

Interview
Sigeki Suzuki: Director, Telecommunications Policy Division, Telecommunications Business Department, Telecommunications Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications
- There is no problem with NTT’s organizational changes, which are scheduled to be implemented next year


Real Feelings Expressed by Top Executives
Gen Kamiura: Operating officer, Nissan Financial Services Co., Ltd.
- Both planning and operation are important

CASE STUDIES

Investigation of a Noteworthy Project
Mitsui Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
- The company takes on the challenge of improving the efficiency of clerical operations by 50%


Absolute Solutions for Enhancing IT Strategy
Risk Monster Co., Ltd.
- The company improves its system by using ISMS and BS15000


A Computer That Does Not Work
NIFTY Corporation
- The company’s security service infected individual users’ PCs with a computer virus

MANAGEMENT/TECHNOLOGY

Key Points in System Design for Increasing Business Value
- Selection of technologies and quality terms directly influence the costs and length of a project

A Practical Project-Management Course for Users
- The quality of leadership is a vital factor in becoming a project manager

Techniques for Management Reforms that Can Be Used Immediately — Business Integration in M&A
- You can visualize the degree to which an M&A activity contributes to business management by using “IT governance”

Useful Legal Advice for When You Are in Trouble
- When a staff member in charge of IT suddenly decides to resign, it is important to take measures to prevent information leaks by concluding an agreement with that person


IT Keywords You Should Have Known a Long Time Ago

Framework


Analysis
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- Efforts are focused on the software’s availability, and it becomes possible for users to switch servers in several seconds