Expansion of Services into Processes Adjacent to Debugging

「We worked to establish a QA model suited to the AI era and build new revenue models not dependent on the number of engineers, including the launch of our proprietary test tool “TFACT,” equipped as standard with AI functions, and a domestically developed SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) management tool expected to see growing demand.」

「The company aims to evolve into an AI testing company for the AI era that supports the quality of enterprise systems with advanced technologies. To this end, it is working to strengthen solutions unique to a company specializing in testing by providing high-value-added services, including Shift Left services that support quality from the upstream stages of development, and actively using AI and automation tools to improve testing accuracy and efficiency.」

「During the six months ended September 30, the company continued to focus on recruiting and developing highly skilled engineers, centered on AGEST. It also pursued business expansion in the Shift Left and Shift Right areas, which it positions as AGEST's value-added domains, and worked to expand technology-focused solutions, including by moving into full-scale use of AI in the testing process. Through these efforts, it sought to build its brand as a technology company and differentiate itself from competitors.」

「Rather than only conducting testing at the final stage of development, the company worked to expand services such as code analysis and code risk assessment in order to establish the high-value-added solution QA for Development, which supports quality from the upstream stages of development in line with Shift Left.」

「In addition to mutation testing, the company newly launched code analysis and worked to establish the high-value-added solution QA for Development, which supports quality from the upstream stages of development in line with Shift Left, rather than only conducting testing at the final stage of development.」

「In addition to conducting testing at the final stage of development, the company established an educational institution and an industry-academic advanced technology research institute to train next-generation QA engineers with expertise in both software development and advanced testing, with the aim of establishing a high-value-added Shift Left QA Solution that supports quality from the upstream stages of development. It also worked to expand services leveraging the expertise of a company specializing in testing, including mutation testing.」

「The company also worked to create new value-added services, including by beginning to provide mutation testing and other services that leverage the expertise of a company specializing in testing.」

「Centered on its core software testing services, the group aims to contribute to improving the quality and safety of growing digital services by providing a wide range of services, including contracted development, maintenance and operations, and security.」

「Global services in particular benefited from the increasingly active global expansion of content by overseas game developers, including those in China. In collaboration with DIGITAL HEARTS CROSS, which became a subsidiary in March 2021, the company worked to win new projects by strengthening its one-stop service offering, from translation and LQA through marketing support.」

「During the six months ended September 30, the company achieved double-digit revenue growth in all of its contracted system development, maintenance and operations, and security services. Security services in particular achieved growth of approximately 2 times year on year, due in part to increased demand for security inspection and monitoring against a backdrop including the expansion of remote work and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.」

「During the three months ended June 30, the company achieved higher revenue in all of its contracted system development, maintenance and operations, and security services. Security services in particular achieved growth of more than 2 times year on year, due in part to increased demand for security inspection and monitoring against a backdrop including the expansion of remote work and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.」

「The company actively pursued group-wide collaboration and alliances with companies providing test automation tools, and obtained SAP service partner certification, among other initiatives. It worked to establish a structure capable of providing diversified services, including support for quality improvement across the entire development process and test automation. In addition, it worked to enhance the group's technological capabilities and workforce, centered on the newly established CTO Office.」

「The company also began initiatives centered on its newly hired Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to enhance the technological capabilities and workforce of the group and establish a structure for solving customers' software development challenges through engineering.」

「During the six months ended September 30, the effects of investment in human resources, including engineers, which had been a focus since the start of the company's second founding phase, gradually began to emerge. In addition to testing Web services and business applications, areas in which the company had traditionally excelled, it made steady progress in winning projects requiring greater expertise, including testing for business systems and cloud migrations. The company also achieved a significant improvement in the profitability of each project through efficient operations.」

「The company also worked to expand its services for markets where demand is expected to grow rapidly, including by using alliances to begin providing implementation support services for SAP's integrated enterprise resource planning system.」

「The company also worked with 株式会社パソナテック and prepared to launch implementation support services for SAP S/4HANA®, an integrated enterprise resource planning system, thereby expanding services in areas where demand is expected to increase.」

「During the nine months ended December 31, contracted system development services remained strong, while in security services the company made progress in winning new projects, centered on Synack's crowdsourced penetration testing services, which use some of the world's leading white-hat hackers. In addition, through a joint venture established in November 2019 with 株式会社ラック, a leading domestic security company, the company worked to strengthen its sales structure for the crowdsourced penetration testing services. As a result, revenue from IT services and security services for the nine months ended December 31 remained strong at ¥1,738.624 million, up 23.6% year on year.」

「At a meeting of its board of directors held on 11 November 2019, the company resolved to establish a joint venture with 株式会社ラック.」

「During the three months ended June 30, contracted system development services remained strong, while in security services the company made progress in winning new projects for penetration testing services provided jointly with its US-based partner Synack. As a result, revenue from IT services and security services for the three months ended June 30 remained strong at ¥523.930 million, up 33.4% year on year.」

「In addition, the company made a full-scale entry into the security business, which is closely aligned with system testing, and began providing security inspection and monitoring services using cutting-edge technologies. It also established its own security monitoring team staffed by specialists, among other initiatives aimed at future business expansion.」

「During the nine months ended December 31, the company actively leveraged alliances with other companies and worked to strengthen its ability to provide comprehensive support, from building internal systems through maintenance and operations. In addition, it made a full-scale entry into the security business, which is closely aligned with system testing, and pursued initiatives aimed at future business expansion, including expanding new services using technologies such as artificial intelligence and establishing a security monitoring team staffed by specialists.」

「In addition, we provide development support and operations and maintenance for upstream software development processes such as planning, design and programming, as well as related services closely aligned with the testing process, including security services.」

「In addition, we provide development support and operations and maintenance for upstream software development processes such as planning, design and programming, as well as related services closely aligned with the testing process, including security services.」

「We worked to maximize revenue opportunities by strengthening our service delivery structure for the operations phase, including newly launching a customer support business that leverages the extensive game information and abundant personnel familiar with games accumulated through providing debugging services.」

「As the importance of customer support directly linked to user satisfaction has grown during the operations phase, our group, having accumulated extensive game information on game characteristics and bugs through its debugging services, newly launched a highly compatible customer support service and established a structure capable of delivering high-quality services promptly.」

「For EVO Japan, the Japanese event of the Evolution Championship Series, one of the world's largest fighting game tournaments, scheduled for January 2018, we held a test event in May 2017 and advanced preparations for the event, including selecting competition titles and conducting promotional activities.」

「For EVO Japan, the Japanese event of the Evolution Championship Series, one of the world's largest fighting game tournaments, scheduled for January 2018, we held a test event in May 2017, accumulated operational know-how and advanced various initiatives to make the tournament more appealing, steadily progressing preparations for the event.」

「Using the competitive advantages and diversity cultivated primarily through the debugging business as a driving force, our group will bring together know-how from across the group, transcending business and geographic boundaries, to provide customers with comprehensive services tailored to their needs across a broad range of processes from development through promotion, while actively developing new services and working to provide high-value-added services.」

「Accordingly, we worked to strengthen competitiveness by actively pursuing initiatives to enhance the value of our services, including developing new services specializing in VR (virtual reality) content and conducting research toward practical implementation of AI-powered debugging services, drawing on the knowledge and expertise of our testers.」

「We worked to expand revenue opportunities by providing comprehensive services tailored to customer needs, including content production, system development and media operations, which are adjacent businesses to the debugging business.」

「In addition to debugging services, we will comprehensively support customers' development and other activities by providing services in processes such as promotion and development, while actively developing new services that leverage our distinctive strengths.」