NEW DELHI: The $7 billion Japanese systems integrator NTT DATA has engaged
NIIT, the global eBusiness solutions corp, to create a business-to-consumer
communication portal. The details of this $2 million order were finalized by the
two companies in Tokyo recently. The portal will enable individuals to log on to
this site using mobile phones or computers to post and retrieve information or
avail other services. This value-added system will be one of the largest
business-to-consumer portals in Japan and will enable communications between
individuals and companies.
Speaking about this prestigious offshore development order, NIIT Japan
president Kyoji Murakami said, "NTT DATA is a key technology solutions
customer for NIIT and we are proud to be deploying our world-class processes and
creating cutting edge software for building this mission critical, high
performance job search portal for them."
NTT DATA Industrial Systems Sector general manager Dr. Tatsuo Suzuki said,
"NTT DATA is glad to have NIIT as a partner for creating this eCommerce
site. NTT DATA is immensely pleased to be dealing with a technology company like
NIIT that has the capability of creating state-of-the-art eBusiness solutions.
This tie-up will give NTT DATA access to expertise in successfully deploying
large projects for global clients in a time-bound manner."
NIIT has been involved in this project right from the architectural
definition phase and will continue through the implementation stage. As a part
of this project, NIIT will also create the iMode interface, a technology used by
NTT DATA, in this site to enable its accessibility from mobile phones in Japan.
iMode, which is a technology developed by NTT DoCoMo, is used for
telecom-Internet connectivity. The portal will be created deploying technologies
like Java, J2EE, EJB, JSP, WebLogic and Oracle8i on Solaris servers.