We would like to introduce an example of the specific service creation efforts being made with regards to NTT Group's Medium-Term Management Strategy.

NTT Group's Cloud Services Meet Diverse Business Needs

Why are cloud services becoming common now? The answer lies in higher communications speeds, lower communications costs, advances in the computer field, and advances in server technology that enables the use of multiple servers, with the proper server being chosen according to the use. In a rapidly changing business environment, cloud services are ideal ICT tools that can meet customer demands for fast, inexpensive, and simple services. NTT Group is deploying a wide range of cloud services supported by safe and secure network infrastructure. Below, we introduce two companies that offer cloud services to corporate clients, an area that is expected to undergo particularly rapid market growth.

NTT Communications' Cloud Services

NTT Communications, as a telecommunications carrier, will leverage its domestic and overseas network infrastructure and provide high-quality cloud services worldwide.

NTT Communications' BizCITY offers safe and high-quality cloud computing services to various data centers distributed over a wide area, while maintaining confidential information, by leveraging NTT Communications' own network capabilities as a telecommunications carrier. BizCITY provides an extensive service lineup using the cloud computing service platform, including BizHosting, a service that offers virtual server functions over a network, and BizMail, an e-mail function. The services will be provided to meet customer needs not only in Japan, but at overseas business sites as well.

NTT DATA's Cloud Services

NTT DATA uses its many years of experience as a systems integrator to provide cloud computing services that meet all of the customers' needs in one stop.

BizXaaS is a comprehensive cloud computing service provided by NTT DATA to corporate customers that makes use of the company's extensive system construction and operations experience and consulting capabilities to provide complete services ranging from public clouds to private clouds. BizXaaS Provisioning and Operation Service, which is used to construct individual cloud environments, is available to customers who want specialized cloud services tailored to their specific business environment. In addition, BizXaaS Platform Service offers a lineup of general-purpose business options for customers who want to use fast and inexpensive cloud services.