Addressing the Advanced Information Society through Big Data and IoT

「Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of ICT has increased further as social infrastructure not only for improving productivity and creating new value, but also for ensuring resilience to infectious diseases and natural disasters.」

「In Japan, the Digital Principles for Structural Reform, which serve as common guidelines for all reforms (digital, regulatory and administrative reform), were formulated by the Digital Administrative Research Council, among other developments toward the realisation of a digital society.」

「In Japan, the Digital Agency was established, and progress was seen toward the digitalisation of public and private-sector services to realise a digital society.」

「Across all industries, initiatives are under way to improve productivity and strengthen competitiveness through the use of digital technologies such as IoT, AI (artificial intelligence) and cloud services, namely digital transformation (DX), and the importance of ICT has increased further.」

「Because upfront investment is required to respond to rapidly evolving ICT technologies and strengthen the data center business,」

「Against a backdrop of the growing adoption of IoT, AI (artificial intelligence) and cloud services, ICT technologies are becoming increasingly important as social infrastructure, including the promotion of data-driven urban development (smart cities), the growing adoption of MaaS (Mobility as a Service) originating in autonomous driving, and innovations in manufacturing technology (smart factories).」

「In the information services industry, ICT technologies are being used in various fields, including the acceleration of autonomous driving technology development and the promotion of e-government (digital government), against a backdrop of rapid advances in IoT, AI (deep learning) and cloud services. At the same time, threats such as cyberattacks are becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated, and further advances in security technology continue to be required.」

「Social infrastructure based on ICT technologies continues to evolve, driven by the expanding range of products and services using AI (artificial intelligence), the advancement of IoT following the launch of fifth-generation mobile communications systems (5G), and the growing adoption of cloud services, improving convenience while also」

「In manufacturing, business discussions remained firm, including proposals for ICT technologies addressing the rapidly changing business environment, such as smart factories through the use of IoT to solve issues and create value, and demand for advanced systems responding to the liberalisation of energy retailing, including electricity and city gas.」

「In manufacturing, the smartening of production plants through the use of IoT to resolve issues and create value,」

「As cloud-based usage enabled by the growing adoption of SaaS expands, demand is rising for ICT-related security solutions such as network security and data-leakage prevention, while new services incorporating technologies such as AI are expanding as IoT and big data utilization evolve rapidly.」

「As cloud-based usage enabled by the growing adoption of SaaS expands, the business environment remains steady, supported by rising demand for ICT-related security solutions such as network security and data-leakage prevention, the expansion of new services incorporating technologies such as AI driven by the rapid evolution of IoT and big data utilization, and increased activity in energy-related projects following the deregulation of energy markets such as electricity and city gas.」

「Technologies supporting the advanced information society, including the use of big data and IoT, are expected to evolve rapidly, and the networked society is expected to continue expanding.」