My struggle at the frontline of Japanese enterprise IT, Part I.
How Japan's enterprise IT has failed to learn from its most
comp
Whether you are an expatriate who needs to interact extensively
with local IT departments, or a foreign consultant who works intimately
on IT projects for Japanese firms, you may well find a few . . .
The Year of the Data Center.
A few years ago, the economic outlook in Japan was still grim and
many large companies providing 'Managed Services' remained
hesitant to invest in a colossal Data Center (DC). At the end of . . .
The power brokers in and behind your Data Center: organizations
are constantly reviewing and updating their contingency plans.
Here at PTS Consulting Japan KK 'Integrated Solutions'
takes its true meaning when applied to Data Centers and Project
Management. As we started to build our reputation in the Japanese market
in . . .
New Knowledge clusters: new technology is more than noise and
bright lights.
Background
In 1950 the world's biggest companies were all industrial
manufacturers and raw materials suppliers. It was an era when Ford and
General Motors were 'kings of the castle' and in Japan, . . .
Simple technology tools that make a big business difference: want
to improve your productivity?
Innovation in the IT sector continues with companies around the
world working to improve the way we work. A host of new products and
services designed for business people are available. Some . . .
Letters to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
Dear Editor,
Re: Tips for Finding an International School (Winter 2006): some
new legislation FYI
I refer to some comments made in your online Japan Inc magazine
regarding new legislation for . . .
Message from the publisher.
On February 26, 2007, the Nikkei 225 Stock Average hit an 81-month
high of 18,215.35 points, the highest close since May 2, 2000. While it
could be that this is just another temporary year-end . . .
Business directory.(Directory)
Business Concierge Service
Japan Concierge Service
www.japanconcierge.com/index.html
Consulting
LINC Media, Inc.
Odakyu Minami-Aoyama Building, 10F
7-8-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo . . .
The Tyler Foundation: cricket stars gather for leukemia
fundraiser.
Once there was the sweetest, smiley-est of toddlers-Tyler Ferris.
There was just one problem. Tyler had a very aggressive and
difficult-to-cure form of leukemia. In spite of nearly two years . . .
The ghost is in the details: the problem of ghostwritten MBA
applications in Japan.
In March, 2002, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of
Business expelled a student due to graduate in the spring. The
unidentified student was purportedly removed because of . . .
Japan Third Party--the value of being bilingual and bicultural:
how a niche player has worked its way into the Japanese back off
When most people think of outsourcing, their thoughts quickly turn
to Ross Perot and the massive outsourcing business he formed as the EDS
Corporation out of Plano, Texas. Indeed, in terms of size . . .
Japan's consumer renaissance: how Japan's Otaku are
changing the way we do business.
You've seen them shuffling around Akihabara, shopping bags
held closely to chest containing prized comics or lined up outside
computer stores waiting for the latest release of limited edition . . .
Performance creates value--ValueCommerce's Brian Nelson
tells how it is done.
Foreigners starting up and running Japanese companies in Japan are
still somewhat of an anomaly and therefore don't receive much press
in this country. Thus, it was with some surprise that we were . . .
How to incorporate in Japan, Part 2: specifics of setting up a
company.
In Part 1 of this article, published in the Autumn 2006 issue, we
took an overall glance at the new rules of incorporating in Japan. In
part 2, we take a specific look at what it takes under these . . .
Investment--putting a portfolio together.
If you had put all your money into Nasdaq stocks in March 2000, you
would have had 21.6% of it by October 2002. You would have 46.3% of it
now.
The moral is simple and obvious: don't put all your . . .
The hay fever man: photocatalysts do more than clean windows and
toilets.
Like this writer's own 9-year old daughter, many kids in Japan
suffer from hay fever or related allergies such as asthma. Every spring
and sometimes in the fall as well, their eyes go red and . . .
Going native? Think again: review of The Blue-Eyed Salaryman by
Niall Murtagh.
Niall Murtagh spent the first decade of his adult life back-packing
across the world. He traveled from his home country, Ireland, to
Istanbul, through Patagonia to the Caribbean islands and, in . . .
Brian Tannura, pioneer of the vending machine nation.
Japan has the world's highest vending machine density, with
one machine for every 23 people, according to the Vending Machine
Manufacturers Association. If ever there was an example of a . . .
Tips for finding an international school: experience is the best
teacher.
Sitting down in the park one day, I got chatting to a Japanese
mother of two about her son's schooling. "When my son does
drawing at school, the teacher tells him, 'you have to hurry
up!' They tell . . .
The 2007 problem: Tokyo's hotel market near
saturation.
The Tokyo hotel industry is facing a crisis dubbed by the
blogosphere the "2007 Problem," in short, the entry into the
market of a slew of luxury hotels by the end of 2007.
In 2003 Tokyo saw the . . .
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