History

1967
  • DATA Communications Bureau established in NTT Public Corporation.
1969
  • Optical communication research started.
  • Video communication service experiment started.
1981
  • Mainframe computer DIPS-11 model 45 developed.
1985
  • Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) incorporated as a private company.
  • DATA Communications Bureau reorganized to DATA Communications Division.
  • NTT System Technologies Inc.
1986
  • NTT DATA System Service Corporation established.
1988
  • NTT DATA Corporation started operation.
  • Registered as a special type 2 communications carrier.
  • Sales of S-type IC cards launched.
1990
  • Authorized as a system integrator.
  • Hokkaido, Tohoku, Tokai, Kansai, and Kyushu Tech Sys Inc. established.
  • Tokai, Kansai, Chugoku, and Kyushu DATA Communications Systems Corporation established.
  • NTT DATA Technology Corporation established.
  • NTT DATA Creation Corporation established.
1991
  • Nagano, Hokuriku, Chugoku, and Shikoku Tech Sys Inc. established.
  • Fukushima and Tokyo NTT DATA Communications Systems Corporation established.
  • NTT DATA Institute of Management Consulting, Inc. established.
1992
  • 6 million IC cards procured.
  • The headquarters relocated to Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo.
  • First DATA Systems Inc. established.
1993
  • Received the Deming Application Prize in 1993.
  • Received the Nikkei New Office Promotion Award.
  • Painting Software "SUISAI (Water Painting)" received the Software Product of the Year 1993 in the education category.
  • Long-term corporate strategy plan "VISION-2001" formulated.
  • HALEX Corporation established.
  • Nagano NTT DATA Communications Systems Corporation established.
1995
  • Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  • "Virtual Mall creation consortium" established.
  • Received a second order for the postal savings system (secondary) in China
  • Introduced the first IC card system in Beijing
  • NTT DATA Tokyo SMS Corporation established.
1996
  • Designated to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  • Introduced the venture system.
  • Made a capital investment in Shanghai Venus Software Co. Ltd., a Japan-China joint venture software company based in Shanghai.
  • Received an order for China national automated payment system.
1997
  • Received an order for an intelligent building system of Shanghai Metal Exchange
  • NTT DATA Kansai SMS Corporation established.
  • Nippon Outsourcing Corporation jointly established with Pasona Inc. and Nissho Iwai Corporation.
1998
  • Changed the company name to NTT DATA Corporation on August 1.
  • NTT DATA Customer Service Corporation started operation.
  • NTT DATA Office Mart Corporation jointly established with Orix Corporation and Softbank Corporation.
  • Beijing NTT DATA System Integration Co., Ltd. established.
  • NTT DATA (China) Co., Ltd. established.
1999
  • Received an order with a local company for joint design and development of an electronic procurement system for the Malaysian government
  • NTT DATA Kansai Customer Service Corporation established.
  • Formed an alliance with NTT DoCoMo, Inc. for Internet business and reached an agreement with Softbank Corporation to acquire its stake in Mediabank Corporation.
  • Obtained ISO 14001 certification.
  • NTT DATA Intellink Corporation established
  • Acquired management rights of EPR specialist Pioneer System Science Corporation.
  • NTT DATA Security Corporation established.
2000
  • NTT DATA Intra-Mart Corporation established.
  • US branch locally incorporated, and NTT DATA INTERNATIONAL L.L.C., a US holding company, established.
  • Famima.com Co., Ltd. established.
  • Comprehensive business alliance for B-to-B Marketplace Project formed with Oracle Japan
  • CEC Co., Ltd. (construction-ec.com), a joint company, established
  • NTT-iF Corporation, an online insurance distribution platform business company, established
  • Logistics Planner Inc, a 3PL business joint venture with Nichirei Corporation and C. Itoh & Co., Ltd., established.
  • NTT DATA Force Corporation established.
  • Ad Platform Inc., a joint venture with Hakuhodo Inc., established.
  • AND Private Fund Investment Limited Partnership, a venture fund with Asahi Bank Group, established.
2001
  • Nihon Card Processing Co., Ltd., a credit business outsourcing joint venture with FDC, DCS, and DC card, established.
  • Bestcom Solutions Inc. jointly established with NEC.
  • Formed a business alliance with The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd.
  • NTT DATA Community Produce Corporation established.
  • Business to share web systems in the leasing industry started, and Net Leasing Corporation established.
  • NTT DATA AgileNet L.L.C. established.
  • NTT DATA University Corporation established.
  • Received BS7799 certification, an international information security standard, for the first time in Japan.
2002
  • Made investment to Recruit Co., Ltd.
  • Operation of A.S.I.A. transferred, and investment made to Asian Partners Co., Ltd.
  • Formed an alliance with Sun Microsystems, Inc. to establish a two-way authentication platform.
  • NTT DATA Wave Corporation established.
  • Acquired the accreditation for Information Security Management System (ISMS) conformity assessment scheme.
  • Formed a capital tie-up with Sanyo Electric Software Co., Ltd.
  • DATA Science Model Systems Corporation established.
  • Large-scale "cell computing" experiment started.
  • Transferred stocks of DreamNet to NTT Communications Corporation.
2003
  • NTT DATA Sanyo System Corporation established.
  • "3D Consortium" jointly established with C. Itoh & Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sharp Corporation, and Sony Corporation.
  • Business group system discontinued and business unit system strengthened.
  • NTT DATA Contents Planning Corporation established.
  • PCN Co., Ltd. jointly established with CMIC Co., Ltd.
  • Operation/maintenance business promotion system integrated into NTT DATA Customer Service Corporation.
  • NTT DATA Hokkaido, Tohoku, Shinetsu, Tokai, Hokuriku, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu Corporation established.
  • NTT DATA Business Brains Corporation established.
  • Participated in a demonstration experiment of the e-AIRPORT project.
  • Built an IP telephone network for Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.
  • NTT DATA Itec Corporation established.
2004
  • Started outsourcing related to system development and operation business started with Resona Holdings, Inc.
  • NTT DATA PMO Corporation established.
  • NTT DATA Sophia Corporation established.
  • NTT DATA EX Techno Corporation established.
  • NTT DATA System Design Corporation established.
  • NTT DATA Quick Corporation established.
  • Reached an agreement on operation of Inagi library PFI
  • Formed a capital tie-up with Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
2005
  • Acquisition of majority stake in The Revere Group Limited
  • NTT DATA Sekisui Systems Corporation established.
  • Webproduce Corporation established.
  • Acquired part of the business of Info Technologies, Inc., a US IT vendor, through M.I.S.I Co., Ltd., a group company in the U.S.
  • NTT DATA JINKYU Corporation established.
  • Reached an agreement with UFIDA Group, China's largest software vendor, on establishment of a joint venture to offer IT services to Japanese companies in China.
  • Acquired the management rights of SMIS Co., Ltd., an information service subsidiary of The Seiyu, Ltd.
  • NTT DATA Bell SCM Solutions Corporation established.
  • NTT DATA GC Corporation established.
  • Formed an alliance with Cap Gemini S.A. in the global arena and acquired shares in Capgemini Japan K.K., renaming it to Zacatii Consulting, Inc.
  • Expanded the alliance with Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. through the acquisition of shares in ISAC, Inc.
2006
  • Acquired the management rights of Hitachi Zosen Corp.'s information service subsidiary, Hitachi Zosen Information Systems Co., Ltd., which was renamed to NTT DATA Engineering Systems Corporation.
  • NTT DATA Sekisui Systems Corporation launched the new organization.
  • Start of joint studies aimed at promoting client-friendly methods for writing specification and reaching agreements, with Fujitsu Limited, NEC Corp., Hitachi, Ltd., Kozo Keikaku Engineering, Inc. and Toshiba Solutions Corp.
  • Acquired the management rights of NTT Business Solution Co., Ltd., an information service subsidiary of NTT Leasing Co., Ltd, renaming it to NTT DATA Finance Solution Corporation.
  • NTT DATA System Design Corporation was renamed to NTT DATA Business Consulting Corporation.
  • Acquired the management rights of an information systems subsidiary of Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd.
  • Brought together in the Toyosu Center Building Annex approx. 20 offices that were scattered across the greater Tokyo area.
  • NTT DATA TERANOS Corporation established.
  • NTT DATA NCB Corporation launched.
2007
  • Established a New Fellowship System.
  • Formed a capital tie-up with Cyber Communications Inc. and NTT Advertising, Inc. through the acquisition of shares in Criteria Communications, Inc.
  • NTT DATA Intra-Mart Corporation listed on the Mothers Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  • NTT DATA Getronics Corporation launched.
  • NTT DATA Asia Company Limited established in Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Shenzhen NTT DATA East Net Co., Ltd. established.
  • Started releasing Customer View Guidelines (screen edition).
  • Formed a capital tie-up with Mitsubishi Rayon and Mitsubishi Research Institute by acquiring shares of MRC Information Systems.
  • Launched OpenCube Data Limited Liability Partnership with NEWSON Co., Ltd. and Microsoft Co., Ltd.
  • Hinemos awarded "Software Product of the Year 2007" Prize.
  • NTT DATA Malaysia and NTT DATA Vietnam established.
  • Acquired stock of Indian company Vertex Software.
  • Assumed managerial control of information system subsidiary of Nippon Mining Holdings.
2008
  • Acquisition of majority stake in itelligence AG
  • Acquisition of majority stake in Cirquent GmbH
  • Full-scale systematization of teleworking realized.
  • Commenced online publication of Outsourcer's View Guidelines (System Behavior edition and Data Model edition).
  • Entered into basic agreement with Kanagawa Bank, Ltd., Tajima Bank, Ltd., Tokyo Tomin Bank, Ltd., Tohoku Bank, Ltd., Toyama Bank, Ltd., and Nagano Bank, Ltd. regarding study for a new shared data center.
  • NTT DATA CCS Corporation established.
  • Non-functional Requirement Grade Study Panel established.
  • NTT DATA Daichi Corporation established.
  • Reached basic agreement on business alliance with Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.