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Press Release -- November 8th, 2016
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NTT Communications, NTT DATA, Pivotal and Intel Collaborate To Deliver Cloud-Native Solutions

TOKYO, JAPAN — NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT (NYSE:NTT, news, filings) Group, NTT DATA Corporation and Pivotal announced today that three companies will collaborate with Intel Corporation, effective immediately, in the delivery of cloud-native solutions to accelerate digital transformation for large enterprise companies. The initiative will include the development, joint testing and delivery of collaboration platforms and the building of open ecosystems that support the digital transformations of enterprises. Also, the companies will jointly establish a training center where enterprises can learn about cloud-native solutions, including agile development and devops, collaboration between software developers and other IT personnel.

Each company will make specific contributions to the collaboration, as follows:

  • NTT Com — cloud-native platform

    NTT Com will expand the functionality of its Enterprise Cloud service combining its hosted private cloud service delivered in 11 countries and its multi-tenant cloud service based on OpenStack and Cloud Foundry. NTT Com will also provide cloud-native collaboration framework that enables customers to seamlessly deploy third-party applications and services. Additionally, the company plans to adopt “Pivotal Cloud Foundry,” which has a significant global track record as cloud-native platform.

  • NTT DATA — cloud-native integration services

    NTT DATA will deliver cloud-native integration services for IoT and digital marketing by leveraging its cloud-native platform and each micro services and API, including AI and big data. NTT DATA will also contribute its knowledge and experience with agile development to help enterprises create new business.

  • Pivotal – Helping Japanese enterprises level the playing through cutting-edge software development methodologies and a modern cloud platform

    Pivotal accelerates digital transformation for the world’s largest companies using Pivotal Cloud Foundry®, one of the world’s most powerful modern cloud platforms, and cutting-edge agile software development methodologies pioneered by Pivotal. NTT developers will be exposed to Pivotal’s software development methodologies, as well as utilize Pivotal Cloud Foundry to increase developer productivity, reduce IT costs, and operate at startup seeds.

  • Intel —advanced performance and security

    With the Intel® Cloud for All initiative, Intel has committed to make enterprise cloud-scale technology simple to deploy and manage across a variety of workloads and industries, in order to accelerate the delivery and cost-effectiveness of tens of thousands of new on-premise and hybrid clouds. As part of that effort, NTT’s cloud infrastructure will be based on Intel® Xeon® processors and utilize software tools such as Intel’s Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK), which greatly boosts packet processing performance and throughput, and other optimizations via the Openstack framework to take full advantage of Intel® Architecture capabilities. For example, Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT) and Intel® Advanced Encryption Standard-New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) provide advanced performance and hardware-enhanced data security.

Advancements in digital technology are enabling people and business processes to align in completely new ways and helping enterprises create competitive advantages through the rapid creation of new business models. Enterprises are turning to digital technology to quickly shift to more customer-oriented business strategies. To drive these changes, companies need to embrace cloud-native platforms and applications. Innovations such as agile development and continuous integration are no longer restricted to large enterprises with advanced IT environments but are now accessible by more traditional medium- and large-scale companies.

Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

About NTT Communications Corporation

NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security and cloud services to optimize the information and communications technology (ICT) environments of enterprises. These offerings are backed by the company’s worldwide infrastructure, including the leading global tier-1 IP network, the Arcstar Universal One™ VPN network reaching 196 countries/regions, and over 140 secure data centers worldwide. NTT Communications’ solutions leverage the global resources of NTT Group companies including Dimension Data, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DATA.
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About NTT DATA Corporation

NTT DATA partners with clients to navigate and simplify the modern complexities of business and technology, delivering the insights, solutions and outcomes that matter most. We deliver tangible business results by combining deep industry expertise with applied innovations in digital, cloud and automation across a comprehensive portfolio of consulting, applications, infrastructure and business process services.

NTT DATA is a top 10 global business and IT services provider with 100,000+ professionals in more than 50 countries, and is part of NTT Group, a partner to 85 percent of the Fortune 100.

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Mr. Yasumasa Morita, Mr. Masayuki Hayashi, Ms. Yuko Tomita
Cloud Services
NTT Communications Corporation
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