Reliance on the Aladdin Office Series and Intensifying Competition
First written in FY2016. 5 of 9 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
I'Ll Inc moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 1 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「In recent years, as companies have promoted digital transformation (DX), demand for enterprise package software and cloud-based services has expanded and market competition has intensified further. Our group is working to enhance added value through continuous functional enhancements and the active adoption of AI technology. However, in addition to functional enhancements by competitors' conventional and cloud-based software, if competing products equipped with advanced AI technologies, such as generative AI, emerge and spread rapidly, this may affect our group's performance and business development through intensified price competition and a decline in market share.」
The company specifies as risks the performance enhancements of competing conventional package and cloud-based software, the emergence of competing products equipped with generative AI and other technologies, intensified price competition, and declining market share. - 2026-09-07WorsenedEarnings
「If competing products equipped with advanced AI technologies, including generative AI, emerge and spread rapidly in addition to competitors’ conventional and cloud-based software becoming more functional, intensified price competition and a decline in market share could affect our group’s business performance and business development.」
Specifies the emergence and spread of competing products equipped with generative AI and other technologies, in addition to conventional and cloud-based software, as a competitive risk. - FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「Our group intends to continue enhancing performance, but if competing package software, lower-priced commercial package software, or cloud-based software improve their performance, this may affect our group's performance and business development.」
The company continues to identify the structure centered on the Aladdin Office series as its core product and the competitive risks arising from performance enhancements in competing package software, lower-priced products, and cloud-based software. - FY2024Adds cloud-based software to the competitive risks.Annual report
「Our group intends to continue enhancing performance, but if competing package software, lower-priced commercial package software, or cloud-based software improve their performance, this may affect our group's performance and business development.」
In addition to conventional competing package software and lower-priced products, the company clearly identifies performance enhancements in cloud-based software as a competitive risk. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「Our group intends to continue enhancing performance, but if competing package software and lower-priced commercial package software improve their performance, this may affect our group's performance and business development.」
The company continues to identify as risks the structure centered on the Aladdin Office series as its core product and intensifying competition resulting from performance enhancements by competing products. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「Our group intends to continue enhancing performance, but if competing package software and lower-priced commercial package software improve their performance, this may affect our group's performance and business development.」
The company continues to identify as risks the structure centered on the Aladdin Office series as its core product and intensifying competition resulting from performance enhancements by competing and lower-priced products. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「Our group intends to continue enhancing performance, but if competing package software and lower-priced commercial package software improve their performance, this may affect our group's performance and business development.」
The company continues to identify as risks the structure centered on the Aladdin Office series as its core product and intensifying competition resulting from performance enhancements by competing and lower-priced products. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「The group's core product in its system solutions business is the Aladdin Office series, its proprietary enterprise business package software. However, as demand for package software in the IT industry increases, performance enhancements are accelerating and competition is intensifying.」
The company continues to identify dependence on the Aladdin Office series and intensifying competition resulting from performance enhancements by competing and lower-priced products. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The group's core product in its system solutions business is the Aladdin Office series, its proprietary enterprise business package software. However, as demand for package software in the IT industry increases, performance enhancements are accelerating and competition is intensifying.」
The company identifies, for the first time, dependence on its core product and intensifying competition resulting from performance enhancements by competitors and lower-priced commercial package software as risks.