Providing migration support and quality assurance services Corporate release | Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Electronic version

(2018/10/4)

Category: Goods and services

Release issuing company: SHIFT Inc.

-Free from the anxiety and risk prevailing in the small and medium-sized migration market- SHIFT Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masaru Tange, TSE Mothers: 3697, hereafter SHIFT) is a Bell Data stock. Entered into a business alliance with the company (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President: Seiichi Suzuki, hereinafter Bell Data), and both companies migrated the aging system of small and medium-sized enterprises (hereinafter referred to as SMEs) (hereinafter referred to as migration). We are pleased to inform you that we will start the service for solving the problems in). Background of migration service development In these days, market changes continue to accelerate due to the rapid development of IT technology, and the corresponding system environment is also constantly changing. It is said that. Correspondence to the aging in-house core system is one of the typical ones, and while it is an important matter that affects the growth of the company, it is said that it is a field that has many problems in its promotion. increase. In particular, many small and medium-sized enterprises are under pressure to migrate due to the withdrawal of major office computer (* 1) manufacturers (* 2) one after another. There are many companies that feel that they have not yet taken steps to implement it. [Issues associated with migration implementation] 1. Difficult to guarantee migration quality ⇒ Issues related to completeness of migration verification due to lack of specialized know-how 2. Costs are enormous ⇒ Costs increase due to restructuring due to lack of maintenance such as lack of specifications ⇒ Releases with quality problems often cause rework after the start of operation and incur additional costs. Lack of resources such as response know-how and human resources ⇒ Migration work often depends on each user company due to lack of work and system information, and increasing work in addition to normal work entails a heavy burden and risk for user companies. In response to this situation, SHIFT will utilize the know-how that has been involved in quality assurance of many software to help solve problems caused by "quality", "cost" and "resources" that are prevalent at the current migration site. We will realize efficient and effective business execution in line with the evolution of the industry. In addition, by forming a partnership with Bell Data, which boasts a wealth of migration records centered on office computers, we have realized seamless migration service delivery that leverages the strengths of both parties, ensuring that there are many user companies in Japan. We will contribute to the succession of various IT assets. * 1 Officecomputer: A small computer created by each Japanese vendor. Widely used mainly by small and medium-sized enterprises from the 1960s to the 1990s * 2 Status of major office computer manufacturers ... Hitachi: withdrew in 1993, Toshiba: final model in 1996, NEC: maintenance support stopped in 2023, Fujitsu: 2030 Maintaining the office computer development system until 2014 Specific initiatives In this alliance, SHIFT will provide quality assurance know-how for application to test and migration verification work, and Bell Data will be the platform "IBM i" with high technology migration. Based on our abundant introduction record, we provide high quality migration work using efficient asset / business inventory know-how and tools boasting high conversion rate. Specifically, we will provide support by applying the following four models. SHIFT will apply the know-how that realizes a significant reduction in lead time while ensuring quality to software quality assurance as a core competence by subdividing and visualizing business processes and building appropriate business processes. I did. Based on these know-how, we will develop a comprehensive business pattern development method for the core system that supports the foundation of the company in an environment where the specifications that can be said to be the characteristics of the system development site in Japanese companies are old and the business information is incomplete. We will establish it and proceed with the optimization of migration operations. We believe that this service will help both companies to reduce the burden of office computer migration for small and medium-sized enterprises and guarantee high quality, thereby contributing to the elimination of management risks caused by system aging. In addition to the migration of office computers, we intend to expand to other technology-based migration projects. [About the new service] In response to the current situation where the necessary information and human resources do not already exist in the company for the migration required due to the aging of the core system, small and medium-sized enterprises that have gone through from the current survey to the comprehensive test. Migration support service for enterprises. Two companies with abundant knowledge in the industry realize high-quality services with high cost merit. Bell Data Co., Ltd./SHIFT Inc. October 1, 2018 [About Bell Data Co., Ltd.] Name: Bell Data Co., Ltd. Representative: Seiichi Suzuki, President and CEO Address: Tokyo 2-1-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Shinjuku Mitsui Building 49F Business: Infrastructure integrator business, system integrator business, cloud outsourcing business, information provision service URL: https://www.belldata.com/ [SHIFT Inc. About] Name: SHIFT Inc. Representative: Masaru Tange Address: 2-4-5 Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo Masonic 39MT Building Business: Software testing and quality assurance URL: (Corporate site) http: // www. shiftinc.jp/, (service site) http://softwaretest.jp/ To the details of the corporate press release To the PRTIMES top

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