Delayed transition from packaged software to cloud services
First written in FY2018. 3 of 6 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2020. Latest entry: FY2024.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 4 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company provides its existing business product OBPM Neo and new business product TOPSIC as cloud services, and is expanding its cloud services business in addition to developing and selling software products.」
While transitioning from package sales to a service model, the Company continues to provide OBPM Neo and TOPSIC as cloud services and is expanding its cloud services business. - FY2022-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Since March 2019, we have provided “GRANDIT SaaS,” an industry-specific ERP service, under a subscription model, thereby expanding the target market to include small and medium-sized businesses.」
The company is responding to the transition from packaged sales to cloud and subscription models by expanding the target market, including small and medium-sized businesses, through GRANDIT SaaS. - FY2021MitigatedAnnual report
「Amid these changes, we are expanding our cloud-services business in addition to developing and selling software products. Our new business “TOPSIC” and existing business “SI Object Browser PM” (renamed “OBPM Neo” from March 2021) also use a cloud-service business model.」
In response to the risk of delays in the transition from packaged sales to a service model, the company is expanding its cloud-services business and offering TOPSIC and OBPM Neo in a cloud-based format. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The fully web-based version, for which sales began in June 2019, uses a subscription model for cloud services,」
Regarding the transition from packaged sales to a cloud-services model, the company continues to describe the fully web-based version as being offered on a subscription basis. - FY2020MitigatedAnnual report
「Amid these changes, we are expanding not only the development and sale of software products but also service businesses such as cloud-based operation and maintenance. Our new AI products and TOPSIC also use this cloud-service business model.」
While describing the risk of stagnating growth if the transition from packaged sales to cloud services is insufficient, the company is expanding cloud-based operation and maintenance and responding by offering its AI products and TOPSIC in a cloud-based format. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「The model of creating and selling packaged software is a typical revenue model of the software era, but it is gradually losing ground to models that generate revenue from cloud services. If the transition to these new business models is insufficient, there is a risk that the company will fail to grow because it cannot adapt to the needs of the times.」
The company has, for the first time, explicitly identified the risk of stagnating growth if the transition from a packaged-sales revenue model to a cloud-services model is insufficient.