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Nikkei Computer

December 26, 2005 Issue <<Contents>>

FEATURE 1 In-depth Survey of Some 2,300 IT Professionals on Their Salary and Employment Conditions Average annual salary: ¥5.69 million Average monthly overtime: More than 48 hours - Have those IT professionals who are directly involved in system development or operations benefited from the recent economic recovery in Japan?  To find out the answer, Nikkei Computer conducted a large-scale survey of 2,296 IT professionals in November of this year.  This article reports the results of the survey, focusing on the salary, overtime hours, satisfaction with the company’s personnel assessment system, and intention to change jobs. - Half of the respondents expressed dissatisfaction with their salary and assessment system - The working conditions of average IT professionals were highlighted - 55.8% of system engineers wanted to change jobs- Candid opinions of the respondents were shown in their free-form comments FEATURE 2 Changing Client Environments due to the Introduction of AJAX Techniques More tools are utilizing existing PC environments to develop client environments

REPORT

[Inside]

- The Tokyo Stock Exchange has started overhauling all of its systems

- SAP Japan has established an organization for the purpose of preventing the users of its R/3 4.6C from replacing them with other companies’ ERP packages

- Other stories


[News & Trends]

- The trading error in J-COM shares made by Mizuho Securities has cast doubt upon the reliability of the fail-safe operation and supervision of stock trading systems

- Hitachi has announced that Kazuo Furukawa, current executive vice president and executive officer, will assume the position of president and chief operating officer as of April 1, 2006

- NEC and Fujitsu expand and improve their SOA-related products

- Outlook for the IT Industry in 2006

- Major IT vendors enter the market for consulting services pertaining to the Japanese version of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) laws

- Sun Microsystems is looking to turn its business around by launching new processors

- Why did Lawson Tickets shut down its website for selling tickets?

- The Japanese government has developed a uniform standard for evaluating IT security


[From BusinessWeek]

- General Motors takes on the challenge of renewing its outsourcing contracts with IT vendors, which are worth a total of some $15 billion


[News Flash for Each Industry]

- Distribution: Aoyama Trading will conduct demonstration experiments on IC tags for the purpose of improving the efficiency of quality management

- e-Japan: Nishinomiya City plans to provide other local governments with the source program of its assistance system for victims of natural disasters free of charge

- Manufacturing: Omron has entered into a business transformation outsourcing (BTO) agreement with IBM that encompasses the management of accounts receivable

- Service: A failure in K-Opticom’s FTTH services affected 146,000 IP phone lines

- Finance: The Hyakujushi Bank intends to abandon all their fax machines and start using scanners and PCs to prevent errors in transmission

PEOPLE

Interview
Shigeyuki Jo: Human Resources Consultant and Author of Uchigawa kara mita Fujitsu (An Inside Look at Fujitsu)
- The trend toward achievement-oriented personnel assessment cannot be stopped


Real Feelings Expressed by Top Executives
Yasuhiro Kobe: Managing Executive Officer, FamilyMart Co., Ltd.
- The power of young employees is the driving force behind work restructuring

CASE STUDIES

Investigation of a Noteworthy Project
Kenko.com. Inc.
- The company completed the renovation of its inventory management system in six months, an effort that was aimed at enabling the system to be used with Web services


Absolute Solutions for Enhancing IT Strategy
Mitsubishi Materials Corp.
- The company has reformed the way it develops IT systems in order to eliminate the incidents in which a newly developed system needs to be repaired even before it is put into operation


A Computer That Does Not Work
Renesas Technology Corp.
- The company has encountered difficulties in integrating its production management systems

MANAGEMENT/TECHNOLOGY

Key Points in System Design for Increasing Business Value
- The design of a new system and the selection of application packages should be done at the same time

A Practical Project-Management Course for Users
- Organization management is vital to achieving goals

Useful Legal Advice for When You Are in Trouble
- Could recruitment from a competitor put the hiring company at risk of criminal penalty by acts of trade-secret misappropriation?

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

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