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NEC Unveils New IoT Solutions and Plans to Increase Workforce in IoT by 5x by 2020

NEC Unveils New IoT Solutions and Plans to Increase Workforce in IoT by 5x by 2020 Image Credit: NEC

NEC Corporation has unveiled five new the Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions and the company announced that it will increase the number of core personnel engaged in IoT-related systems development from the current level of around 100 to nearly 500 by 2020. The Japanese telecoms vendor will also be focusing in areas such as image processing, sensors and big data analysis.

NEC aims to leverage IoT technology for social infrastructure projects, including water demand forecast and traffic monitoring, security management for communities and for key facilities and energy management, in addition to the corporate use of IoT by manufacturers, distributors, transport operators and others. In addition to NEC's Industrial IoT for the manufacturing sector, NEC will be working to broaden its lineup of solutions tailored to a broad array of industries and business types.

Takaaki Shimizu, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of NEC
In the coming IoT era, the extra value of data found in the digital world will be incorporated swiftly into real society, industry and life. This will create opportunities for new social value, encourage reforms of the industrial structure and promote changes in the knowledge creation process. NEC will capitalize on its extensive track record and its leading technologies in the software-defined networking (SDN), big data, cloud and security areas in order to construct flexible and robust IoT systems.

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