Foundation: 1988
Headquarters: Koto Ward, Tokyo
President: Yo Honma
Executive Summary: NTT Data is a Japanese information technology company that offers various categories of service, including consulting, industry solutions, business process services, IT modernization, and managed services. In 1988, the company was spun off from Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) and was named NTT Data Communications Systems Corporation. Between 1988 and 2004, NTT Data became the largest information and communication service company in Japan. The first foreign expansion for NTT Data occurred in 1990 when the company established a branch in the United States, and just one year later established another branch in the United Kingdom. NTT Data greatly assisted in the proliferation of smart cards and virtual malls to Japan. In 1992, it obtained over 6 million smart cards and, two years later, launched Japan’s first virtual mall. In 1993, NTT Data achieved a first for the information services industry when it received the Deming Application Prize, awarded to companies that display outstanding total quality management. By 1995, the company began selling a wide-area disaster information system and EMIS (Emergency Medical Information System), which allowed for communication between various parties in different locations during emergencies. In 1998, NTT Data Communications Systems Corporation changed its name to NTT Data Corporation and established NTT Data (China) Co., Ltd, which operated primarily in Beijing. In 2001, it became the first Japanese company to obtain the BS 779 Certification, an international security standard. The 2000s marked an era of increased collaboration between NTT Data and various major companies and institutes. In 2007, the company allied itself with US Software-as-a-Service company DATATRAK to develop clinical trials regarding the development of new medication via improved data collection methods. In 2012, NTT Data signed an agreement with Twitter to provide data to other corporations in an effort to improve Twitter’s research and marketing. In 2009, the company was elected to become one of the “Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World.” As of 2021, the company employed almost 140,000 people and operated across fifty countries. Its annual income is in the range of US$20 billion.