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February 20, 2006 Issue <<Contents>>

FEATURE 1 The Law Designed to Protect Customers Has Backfired Merits and demerits of the Personal Information Protection Law - Since the act concerning protection of personal information went into full effect on April 1, 2005, measures taken under the law have caused a variety of problems. In some cases, imposition of strict checks when exchanging paper documents containing personal information has significantly impaired performance of many routine operations while, in others, prohibition of information sharing among departments has degraded the quality of customer services. This article examines the circumstances faced by companies shaken by the new law. - The confession of a car dealer - The pursuit of perfection makes it impossible to keep business operations running smoothly - There are some fundamental causes that lead to problems - “Overreaction was anticipated” Interview with Masao Horibe (Professor, School of Law, Chuo University) FEATURE 2 It Is Suddenly Apparent That Open Source Software Has Become Widely Adopted It is also becoming more widely used for applications FEATURE 3 Report from Lotusphere 2006 The future of Notes is coming into view

REPORT

A Thorough Investigation: Trouble at the Tokyo Stock Exchange

- The real reasons why misplaced orders could not be cancelled

- The former CIO of TSE has broken his silence, “At least I want to say this”

- A lesson learned from the New York Stock Exchange: Systems tend to shut down anyway

- A new policy is announced by Taizo Nishimuro (TSE’s CEO) and Yoshinori Suzuki (TSE’s CIO)


[Inside]

- Japan Post has postponed a plan to enhance the functions of its banking system

- Other stories


[News & Trends]

- Three leading companies (IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle) have launched free-of-charge databases in order to compete against the ones that are developed on open source software

- An increasing number of Internet banking services adopt one-time password systems

- A technical fellow at Microsoft talks about SOA

- Intel and ADM compete against each other over virtualization technology

- Aomori City’s project to renovate its system for recording addresses turns out to be more expensive than expected


[News Flash for Each Industry]

- Manufacturing: Triumph has renovated its inventory management system

- Finance: The Shinkumi Federation Bank renews its system that is shared by credit cooperatives

PEOPLE

Interview
Masakazu Toyota: Director-General, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

- Measures to promote IT that put top priority on users will be implemented


Real Feelings Expressed by Top Executives
Atsushi Murai: President, Sohgo Security Services Co., Ltd.

- We should make efforts to increase our sensitivity to information

CASE STUDIES

Investigation of a Noteworthy Project
Japan Meteorological Agency

- The agency quickly developed a new mission-critical system for weather forecasts


Absolute Solutions for Enhancing IT Strategy
Calbee Foods Co., Ltd.

- The company constantly conducts quantitative assessments of the vendors to which it has entrusted application maintenance


A Computer That Does Not Work
SECOM General Insurance Co., Ltd.

- The company’s project to renovate its mission-critical system suffered a setback, and Fujitsu, to which the project has been entrusted, has filed a complaint against the company


[Novel / Cyber Lawless Area]

First Chapter: Head Hunting (3)

MANAGEMENT/TECHNOLOGY

Key Points in System Design for Increasing Business Value
- It is important to secure human resources suitable for the contents that are to be realized


A Practical Project-Management Course for Users
- Information should be managed from the viewpoint of internal control


Techniques for Management Reforms That Can Be Used Immediately — Internal Control
- The process of system development can be improved by the combined use of COBIT and CMMI


Useful Legal Advice for When You Are in Trouble
- When considering off-shore development in China, you should pay careful attention to the country’s patent registration system and trade-related regulations


IT Keywords You Should Have Known Long Ago

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