Researching and mastering new technologies and incorporating them into products and services

「Total research and development expenses for the consolidated fiscal year were ¥3.596 million, relating to trial development of an application for local governments as part of software development.」

「There have been no material changes during the interim consolidated accounting period in the recognition of research and development expenses or the status of research and development activities.」

「New development of the “Crawling Assistant” uptime monitoring service New development of the “Multi-Access Service” for Saitama iDC Planning of the “Protect Backup Service” for Saitama iDC New development of the “AI-Zanmai (AI Zanmai)” generative AI service for companies and organizations」

「New development of the “Supplier Management Cloud” service for investigating subcontractors Enhancement of the “targeted attack email training service” using generative AI Planning of the “pipitLINQ electronic seizure service” for local governments in Saitama Prefecture」

「During the cumulative consolidated second quarter under review, there were no material changes in the recognition of research and development expenses or the status of research and development activities.」

「During the cumulative consolidated first quarter under review, there were no material changes in the recognition of research and development expenses or the status of research and development activities.」

「During the cumulative consolidated third quarter under review, there were no material changes in the recognition of research and development expenses or the status of research and development activities.」

「During the cumulative consolidated second quarter under review, there were no material changes in the recognition of research and development expenses or the status of research and development activities.」

「During the cumulative consolidated first quarter under review, there were no material changes in the recognition of research and development expenses or the status of research and development activities.」

「The Systems Management Division manages and oversees equipment such as large general-purpose computers shared by each headquarters, infrastructure such as networks connecting to external systems, the IDC center, and internal systems and networks, while continually researching new technologies.」

「During the cumulative consolidated third quarter under review, there were no material changes in the recognition of research and development expenses or the status of research and development activities.」

「During the cumulative consolidated first quarter under review, there were no material changes in the recognition of research and development expenses or the status of research and development activities.」

「The costs related to the research and development described above are accounted for as selling, general and administrative expenses or cost of sales. Total research and development expenses for the current consolidated fiscal year were ¥552 thousand, relating to the development of presentation applications and exhibition applications in the other information services segment.」

「During the cumulative consolidated third quarter under review, there were no material changes in the recognition of research and development expenses or the status of research and development activities.」

「The Company worked to strengthen its SI business, including by promoting sales of AI-OCR implementation and utilization support services and RPA consulting services.」

「The company pursued various initiatives, including launching sales of “AppGuard,” a next-generation security product that protects PCs from infection by unknown viruses, and fully rolling out “Private Cloud Quick III,” a third-generation IaaS platform.」

「The Systems Management Division manages and oversees equipment such as large general-purpose computers shared by each headquarters, infrastructure such as networks connecting to external systems, the IDC center, and internal systems and networks, while continually researching new technologies.」

「Launch of sales of the security solution service “WebARGUS (SaaS-based website tampering detection and recovery solution)”」

「The company pursued various initiatives, including providing an “electronic contract service” that enables electronic storage of contracts and a “cyber incident response simulation exercise service.”」

「Launch of sales of “Bromium,” a next-generation security product using CPU virtualization technology」

「We have promoted the planning and development of new services, including launching a SaaS-based targeted attack email training service.」

「We pursued various initiatives, including providing an “RPA Implementation Support Service,” which is effective for automating routine operations, and introducing the new development standard “INDESTA” to further improve quality and productivity in system development.」

「Launch of in-house demonstration testing of biometric authentication functions with a view to providing them as a service」

「The company will accelerate its initiatives involving next-generation IT technologies such as “AI,” “IoT” and “big data,” and seek to transform itself into a company that provides high-value-added systems using each of these technologies.」

「Toward future commercialization, we have promoted efforts to provide new services, including prototyping and beginning trial operations of a customer-service support system using IBM Watson and Pepper.」

「The company viewed advances in IT technologies such as “big data,” “AI (artificial intelligence)” and “FinTech” as an unparalleled opportunity to expand its earnings base, and promoted initiatives to provide new services, including by strengthening collaboration with alliance partners.」

「To continue providing products and services that best meet customer needs, it is necessary to collect information on new technologies and products, investigate and study their characteristics, and differentiate the company's own products and services.」