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In order to realize the smart home, smart office and smart city concepts that are accelerating due to IoT development, there is an immediate need to build an IoT platform.

IoT stands for Internet of Things and refers to the connection of various objects to the Internet, which has been spreading rapidly in recent years. (*1) Various things around the world, such as home appliances, automobiles, buildings and factories will be connected to the network. The Japanese government has also presented the concept of Connected Industries as an ideal industry for Japan to pursue and is making progress toward the realization of Society 5.0, which aims to create a human-centered society with high quality of life and other initiatives to utilize IoT.

Based on the development of IoT and the efforts of the Japanese government, major telecom companies are also accelerating the realization of smart home, smart office and smart city concepts. There is also urgent need to build IoT platforms, which is common infrastructure for realizing these concepts and services that use these platforms.

issue

It is necessary to develop IoT platform that facilitates the linkage of various devices and services, create services using this platform, and aim to become the standard in the industry.

IoT market size is expected to expand significantly, and domestic and foreign operators are actively building IoT platforms. Therefore, major telecom companies are also aiming to become the industry standard in order to gain a competitive edge among IoT platform providers.

To achieve this, it is necessary to create an IoT platform that facilitates the linkage of various devices and services and serves as a standard for IoT development. In addition, because there is urgent need to launch services more quickly, it is necessary to build higher layer infrastructures with advanced functions rather than simple IaaS.

activity

Provide strategic planning, architecting and project management for the construction of IoT platforms and services.

Provide the following support as a PM/PMO for the construction of IoT platforms and services.

• 1. Strategic support, including development and promotion projects strategy concepts
• 2. IT architectural support for platform and service development, including requirement definition and basic/detailed design
• 3. PJ management of each development project, including vendor control and meeting management

consequence

By building an IoT platform that will become the standard in the industry, we will realize smart home, smart office and smart city concepts and promote the use of IoT in Japan.

By building IoT platforms and services, it will be possible to realize smart home, smart office, and smart city concepts. By becoming an industry standard, it will be possible to gain a competitive advantage in the growing IoT industry, which will lead to significant benefits.
 
In addition, by unifying industry, it will promote the use of the IoT in Japan and contribute to Society 5.0, which aims to create a human　centered society with a high quality of life.