Expansion of Business Opportunities in Database-Related Services Driven by Advances in Cloud, IoT and AI

「Just as Arab countries have oil, Japan has outstanding content and creators who produce that content, and these may become one of the foundations supporting the country's future. The company will conduct its business in a way that enables this foundation to continue growing in Japan and overseas.」

「② As the experiential value of music and video experiences using the Internet has matured over roughly the past 10 years, the company will develop the Next Experience (next-generation entertainment experiences) for the next 10 years through partnerships.」

「The data services-related market will continue to grow against the backdrop of the further implementation of generative AI and various other forms of AI in society, major improvements in information-processing capabilities through quantum computing, faster Internet connections, advances in cloud services, and the vast volumes of behavioral data accumulated every day.」

「The application of sensibility AI technology is expanding beyond entertainment into areas related to daily life, including beauty, healthcare, fashion, food, beverages, travel, housing and finance, with its use in article and content recommendations and advertising on internet media progressing further.」

「Generative AI is advancing particularly rapidly, and its use across industries is progressing further. It is expected to bring about major changes in social structures on a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution.」

「Generative AI, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, is advancing rapidly, and is expected to bring about major changes in social structures on a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution, amid the tension between regulation and technological progress.」

「Amid these changes, emotional ties between companies and customers have again become an important factor, and the applications and methods of using the company's proprietary sensibility metadata to connect companies with customers have expanded.」

「In this context, the applications and methods of using the company's proprietary sensibility metadata to connect companies with customers are expanding.」

「In the entertainment technology field, which is an existing core business using the company's proprietary sensibility metadata, business has remained firm in response to expanding demand for Internet distribution of music and video. At the same time, the company's business opportunities are expanding into areas related to daily life, including beauty, health, fashion, food, beverages, travel and housing. Specifically, the company is advancing the development and provision of new Internet advertising services that do not use cookies, as well as sensibility metadata generation services to help all types of companies strengthen their first-party data.」

「Specifically, restrictions on the use of conventional third-party data will require companies in all industries and business sectors to strengthen the data they hold themselves, or first-party data. To increase the value added of this first-party data, the importance will grow of more granular related data and qualitative data close to perceptions and impressions, rather than only basic and statistical data that companies cannot fully hold or develop themselves.」

「On the other hand, the medium-term business environment will see the spread in Japan of next-generation high-speed 5G communications networks, the advance of digital transformation (DX) as various social infrastructure increasingly adopts Internet-related technologies, and the universal spread of artificial intelligence (AI). In this process, the use of vast amounts of data online, including behavioral data, real-time environmental data, biometric data and all other types of sensor data, will expand further to a scale incomparable with the past.」

「On the other hand, the medium-term business environment will see the spread in Japan of next-generation high-speed 5G communications networks, the advance of digital transformation (DX) as various social infrastructure increasingly adopts Internet-related technologies, and the universal spread of artificial intelligence (AI). In this process, the use of vast amounts of data online, including behavioral data, real-time environmental data, biometric data and all other types of sensor data, will expand further to a scale incomparable with the past.」

「On the other hand, the basic and medium-term business environment presents significant opportunities. The introduction of next-generation high-speed 5G communications networks, further advances in means of communication between people and machines, including the spread of artificial intelligence (AI) throughout society, and further changes and diversification in lifestyles and the relationship between daily life and Internet use, represented by the global spread of remote work and digital transformation (DX), are expected. In this process, the storage and distribution online of vast amounts of information and content, including behavioral histories (logs), environmental data, biometric data and all other types of sensor data, will expand to a scale incomparable with the past.」

「As the Internet of Things (IoT), in which Internet-connected devices extend to household appliances, televisions, automobiles and other products closely connected with daily life, and artificial intelligence (AI), which autonomously learns from vast amounts of data, become more widespread, and data analysis and predictive technologies advance, database-related service opportunities that create new value through these technologies are expected to increase.」

「As the Internet of Things (IoT), in which Internet-connected devices extend to household appliances, televisions, automobiles and other products closely connected with daily life, and artificial intelligence (AI), which autonomously learns from vast amounts of data, become more widespread, and data analysis and predictive technologies advance, database-related service opportunities that create new value through these technologies are expected to increase. In communication between people and machines and between people and technology, interactive Internet services are also expected to advance in which people and machines converse more naturally and exchange not only information but also invisible information such as emotions, enabling people and machines to share feelings.」

「As the Internet of Things (IoT), in which Internet-connected devices extend to household appliances, televisions, automobiles and other products closely connected with daily life, and artificial intelligence (AI), which autonomously learns from vast amounts of data, become more widespread, and data analysis and predictive technologies advance, database-related service opportunities that create new value through these technologies are expected to increase. In communication between people and machines and between people and technology, interactive Internet services are also expected to advance in which people and machines converse more naturally and exchange not only information through screens and text using conventional smartphones and computers, but also invisible information such as emotions.」

「As the Internet of Things (IoT), in which Internet-connected devices extend to household appliances, televisions, automobiles and other products closely connected with daily life, and artificial intelligence (AI), which autonomously learns from vast amounts of data, become more widespread, and data analysis and predictive technologies advance, database-related service opportunities that create new value through these technologies are expected to increase. In communication between people and machines and between people and technology, interactive Internet services are also expected to advance in which people and machines converse more naturally and exchange not only information through screens and text using conventional smartphones and computers, but also invisible information such as emotions.」

「As the Internet of Things (IoT), in which Internet-connected devices extend to household appliances, televisions, automobiles and other products closely connected with daily life, and artificial intelligence (AI), which autonomously learns from vast amounts of data, become more widespread, and data analysis and predictive technologies advance, database-related service opportunities that create new value through these technologies are expected to increase. In an era when the many smart devices that follow the smartphone era become commonplace, interactive Internet services involving communication without screens are also expected to advance, with people and machines conversing more naturally and exchanging not only information but also emotions.」

「As the Internet of Things (IoT), in which Internet-connected devices extend to household appliances, televisions, automobiles and other products closely connected with daily life, and artificial intelligence (AI), which autonomously learns from vast amounts of data, become more widespread, and data analysis and predictive technologies advance, database-related service opportunities that create new value through these technologies are expected to increase. In the post-smartphone and smart-device era, interactive Internet services involving communication without screens are also expected to advance, with people and machines conversing more naturally and exchanging not only information but also emotions.」

「As the Internet of Things (IoT), in which Internet-connected devices extend to household appliances, televisions, automobiles and other products closely connected with daily life, and artificial intelligence (AI), which autonomously learns from vast amounts of data, become more widespread, and data analysis and predictive technologies advance, database-related service opportunities that create new value through these technologies are expected to increase.」

「As the Internet of Things (IoT), in which Internet-connected devices extend to household appliances, televisions, automobiles and other products closely connected with daily life, and artificial intelligence (AI), which autonomously learns from vast amounts of data, become more widespread, and data analysis and predictive technologies advance, database-related service opportunities that create new value through these technologies are expected to increase.」

「As the Internet of Things (IoT), in which Internet-connected devices extend to household appliances, televisions, automobiles and other products closely connected with daily life, and artificial intelligence (AI), which autonomously learns from vast amounts of data, become more widespread, the volume of data is increasing dramatically. Database-related business opportunities are therefore expected to increase across a broad range of industries, products and services through data analysis and predictive technologies that create new value.」

「As the Internet of Things (IoT), in which Internet-connected devices extend to household appliances, televisions, automobiles and other products closely connected with daily life, and artificial intelligence (AI), which autonomously learns from vast amounts of data, become more widespread, the volume of data is increasing dramatically. Database-related business opportunities are therefore expected to increase across a broad range of industries, products and services through data analysis and predictive technologies that create new value.」

「Amid these economic conditions, Internet services are expected to benefit from further increases in communication speeds, including the development of next-generation 5G communications networks with commercial deployment targeted for 2020, as well as from the growing number of devices connected to Internet services and advances in sensor technology. As cloud environments develop, vast amounts of data, including behavioral histories (logs), text, images and audio, are stored and distributed online, and big data accumulates through the high-speed processing of these data, creating both challenges and opportunities for effective use. At the same time, the spread of flat-rate distribution services on devices such as smartphones by telecommunications companies and Over The Top (hereinafter, "OTT") operators is increasing opportunities to distribute works such as music and video, as well as information. In addition to developing content and information distribution systems, demand is expected to increase for personalization and recommendation services tailored to the preferences of specific users from among vast volumes of content and information. In addition, as the Internet of Things (IoT), in which Internet-connected devices extend to household appliances, televisions, automobiles and other products closely connected with daily life, and artificial intelligence (AI), which autonomously learns from vast amounts of data, become more widespread, the volume of data is increasing dramatically. Database-related business opportunities are therefore expected to increase across a broad range of industries, products and services through data analysis and predictive technologies that create new value. In the post-smartphone era, communication without screens, such as that provided by so-called AI speakers, is also expected to advance, with people and machines conversing more naturally and interactive Internet services using voice assistant functions to search for and exchange information becoming more widespread.」

「The volume of data is increasing dramatically as the Internet of Things (IoT), in which Internet-connected devices extend to household appliances, televisions, automobiles and other products closely connected with daily life, and artificial intelligence (AI), which autonomously learns from vast amounts of data, become more widespread. As a result, database-related business opportunities are expected to increase across a broad range of industries, products and services.」