Securing Engineers and Retaining Technical Talent for Growth
First written in FY2016. 19 of 30 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-07-28.
108 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- 2026-07-28AdvancedEarnings presentation
「Up 36 people from the end of the previous fiscal year」
Consolidated employees increased by 36 from 1,135 at the end of March 2026 to 1,171 at the end of June 2026, indicating continued staff expansion to support growth areas. - FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The number of employees increased by 138 from the end of the previous fiscal year. The primary reason was strengthened hiring of engineers and sales and marketing personnel to support discontinuous growth in the company and its businesses.」
The consolidated employee count increased from 997 to 1,135, up 138, reflecting the results of strengthened hiring of engineers and sales and marketing personnel. - 2026-04-27AdvancedEarnings presentation
「We hired 145 people, mainly engineers, sales personnel, and marketing staff, including people who had accepted offers, bringing consolidated employees to 1,135 as of the end of March 2026」
Hiring to support the growth strategy was reflected in the full-year results, with consolidated employees reaching 1,135. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「During the interim consolidated accounting period, the employee count increased by 119 from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year as the company strengthened hiring of engineers, planners, and sales personnel to support company and business growth.」
The employee count increased by 119 from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year as hiring of engineers, planners, and sales personnel was strengthened. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「The number of employees increased by 158 from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year. The primary reason was strengthened hiring of engineers and sales and marketing personnel to support discontinuous growth in the company and its businesses.」
The consolidated employee count increased from 839 to 997, up 158. In line with the approximately 200-person hiring and organizational-strengthening policy announced for FY2024, the company’s hiring of engineers and sales and marketing personnel was reflected in its actual results. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「During the interim consolidated accounting period, the employee count increased by 88 from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year as the company strengthened hiring of engineers, planners, and sales personnel to support company and business growth.」
The employee count increased by 88 from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year as hiring of engineers, planners, and sales personnel was strengthened. - FY2024RaisedAnnual report
「The number of employees increased by 84 from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year. The primary reason was an increase in mid-year hiring associated with the recruitment of engineers for future growth. The company also planned to hire approximately 200 people and strengthen its organizational structure to reinforce the common platform supporting its priority businesses and services.」
The consolidated employee count increased from 755 to 839, up 84. In addition, the hiring plan was expanded from approximately 100 people, as stated in the previous fiscal year, to approximately 200 people. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Through more aggressively accelerating the enhancement of cloud service functionality and actively hiring personnel and strengthening marketing to promote sales,」
Investment associated with enhancing functionality development, hiring personnel, and strengthening marketing continued to be disclosed, but no new hiring figure or achieved employee-count target was provided. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Operating income was ¥249.492 million, down 42.8% year on year. Although revenue increased, costs rose because of higher expenses for personnel investment and strengthened marketing aimed at medium- to long-term growth, higher electricity costs due to surging crude oil prices, and higher domain acquisition costs due to the weaker yen.」
Investment in personnel for medium- to long-term growth continued and was cited as a factor behind the decline in operating income through higher expenses. No new figures for hiring or the employee count were disclosed. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit was ¥104.411 million, down 57.4% year on year. Although revenue increased, costs rose due to investment in human resources for medium- to long-term growth, increased spending on marketing initiatives, higher electricity costs resulting from the surge in crude oil prices, and higher domain acquisition costs due to the weaker yen.」
Investment in personnel for medium- to long-term growth continued and appeared as a performance factor through higher expenses. No new figures for hiring or the employee count were disclosed. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The employee count was 755 at the end of the consolidated fiscal year. The company planned to hire approximately 100 people during the current fiscal year and intended to strengthen its cloud services with a view to securing government cloud adoption, recruit engineers for new service development, and expand its sales and marketing workforce to strengthen its capacity to handle increasing DX support and co-creation projects.」
The consolidated employee count increased from 710 at the end of the previous fiscal year to 755. In addition, plans were set to hire approximately 100 people during the current fiscal year and expand the engineering, sales and marketing workforces. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Employees (people) 710」
The consolidated employee count reached 710, an increase of 4 from 706 at the end of the previous fiscal year. No specific breakdown of technical talent secured was disclosed. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Operating income was ¥601.287 million, up 47.5% year on year. Although personnel expenses from increasing the engineering workforce and expenses associated with additional equipment for sale and service increased, revenue growth, lower costs following the shift to a remote-work-based operating model, and the recognition of a write-down on IoT modules in the previous year supported operating income.」
Higher personnel expenses associated with increasing the engineering workforce continued to be cited as a performance factor, but no specific new progress, such as the number of hires, was disclosed. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Operating income was ¥269.451 million, down 13.7% year on year. Although revenue increased and costs declined in part because of changes in working practices stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, personnel expenses from increasing the engineering workforce and expenses associated with additional equipment for sale and service increased.」
Higher personnel expenses associated with increasing the engineering workforce continued to be cited as a performance factor. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Operating income was ¥619.743 million, up 41.4% year on year. Although personnel expenses from increasing the engineering workforce, expenses associated with additional service equipment, and write-downs to reflect the impact up to the resumption of sales following defects in IoT module components and other factors increased costs, revenue growth and other factors supported operating income.」
Higher personnel expenses associated with increasing the engineering workforce continued to be cited as a performance factor. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Operating income was ¥407.643 million, up 43.7% year on year. Although personnel expenses from increasing the engineering workforce, expenses associated with additional service equipment, and write-downs to reflect the impact up to the resumption of sales following defects in IoT module components and other factors increased costs, revenue growth and other factors supported operating income.」
Higher personnel expenses associated with increasing the engineering workforce continued to be cited as a performance factor. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Operating income was ¥312.285 million, up 177.9% year on year. Although personnel expenses from increasing the engineering workforce and expenses associated with additional service equipment increased, revenue growth and other factors drove an increase in operating income.」
Upfront costs associated with increasing the engineering workforce and adding service equipment continued to be incurred, but no new specific figure for the number of hires was disclosed. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「Employees (people) 652」
The consolidated employee count increased from 563 at the end of the previous fiscal year to 652, an increase of 89. - FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「During the third quarter consolidated cumulative period, the Group’s employee count increased by 71 as a result of mid-year hiring associated with business expansion and other factors.」
The employee count increased by 71 through mid-year hiring associated with business expansion and other factors. Workforce expansion supporting technical capabilities and business growth was quantified. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「During the second quarter consolidated cumulative period, the Group’s employee count increased by 55 as a result of mid-year hiring associated with business expansion and other factors.」
The employee count increased by 55 through mid-year hiring associated with business expansion and other factors. Workforce expansion supporting technical capabilities and business growth was quantified. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Operating income was ¥112.383 million, down 2.1% year on year. Although revenue increased and rent expenses declined as a result of data center optimization, costs increased due to upfront investment in personnel and equipment for growth, including higher personnel expenses from increasing the engineering workforce and higher expenses associated with the addition of service equipment.」
Upfront investment associated with increasing the engineering workforce and adding service equipment continued to be cited as a performance factor. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「The number of employees increased by 68 from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year. The primary reason was the addition of ビットスター株式会社 as a consolidated subsidiary.」
The consolidated employee count reached 563 at the end of March 2018, an increase of 68 from the end of the previous fiscal year. The primary reason cited was ビットスター becoming a consolidated subsidiary. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「During the third quarter consolidated cumulative period, the Group’s employee count increased by 43 as a result of ビットスター株式会社 becoming a consolidated subsidiary and by 26 as a result of mid-year hiring associated with business expansion and other factors.」
The filing reports an increase of 43 employees from ビットスター becoming a consolidated subsidiary and 26 from mid-year hiring associated with business expansion and other factors, for a total increase of 69 employees. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「During the second quarter consolidated cumulative period, the Group’s employee count increased by 44 as a result of ビットスター株式会社 becoming a consolidated subsidiary and by 14 as a result of mid-year hiring associated with business expansion and other factors.」
The employee count increased by 44 as a result of ビットスター becoming a consolidated subsidiary and by 14 through mid-year hiring associated with business expansion and other factors. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Upfront investment in facilities and personnel for growth, including higher personnel costs due to an increase in engineers, higher expenses associated with data center expansion and additional service equipment, and higher expenses resulting from the relocation of the head office」
The company increased its engineering workforce, and the resulting increase in personnel expenses appeared as a performance factor. The number of hires itself was not disclosed. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「The number of employees increased by 156 from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year. The primary reasons were the addition of ゲヒルン株式会社 and エヌシーアイ株式会社 as consolidated subsidiaries and an increase in mid-year hiring associated with the recruitment of engineers for future growth.」
The consolidated employee count reached 495, an increase of 156 from the end of the previous fiscal year due to the addition of subsidiaries and engineer hiring. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「During the third quarter consolidated cumulative period, the Group’s employee count increased by 9 as a result of ゲヒルン株式会社 becoming a consolidated subsidiary and by 49 as a result of mid-year hiring associated with business expansion and other factors.」
The filing reports an increase of 9 employees from ゲヒルン becoming a consolidated subsidiary and 49 from hiring associated with business expansion and other factors, for a total increase of 58 employees in the cumulative third-quarter period. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「During the second quarter consolidated cumulative period, the Group’s employee count increased by 10 as a result of ゲヒルン株式会社 becoming a consolidated subsidiary and by 31 as a result of mid-year hiring associated with business expansion and other factors.」
The Group’s employee count increased by 10 from ゲヒルン becoming a consolidated subsidiary and by 31 from hiring associated with business expansion and other factors. Workforce expansion progressed further from the previous quarter. - FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「During the first quarter consolidated cumulative period, the Group’s employee count increased by 8 as a result of ゲヒルン株式会社 becoming a consolidated subsidiary and by 14 as a result of mid-year hiring associated with business expansion and other factors.」
The filing reports an increase of 8 employees from ゲヒルン becoming a consolidated subsidiary and 14 from hiring associated with business expansion and other factors, for a total increase of 22 employees. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The number of employees increased by 64 from the end of the previous fiscal year. The primary reason was an increase in mid-year hiring associated with the recruitment of engineers for future growth.」
The company explicitly identifies the acquisition of talent to support technical capabilities and business expansion as a growth initiative.