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Financial System
Major contributions to the improvement of operating effectiveness and to the reduction of environmental impact
Katsuya Kasa
General Manager
Financial Solution Division,
Financial Systems Group
Financial systems demand a high level of quality as something that never makes mistakes, and is one of the social infrastructure supporting business fields at HitachiSoft. One of the characteristics of financial systems is the large amount of information. Financial organizations in Japan have an obligation to retain 10 years of records concerning monetary transactions. The high level of technology that was developed to accurately manage this enormous amount of data is also being applied to other areas. Another characteristic is the high operation rate. Normal systems only demand an operating rate of 99.9%, but financial systems demand a rate of 99.999%, and to ensure this high amount of reliability, numerous tests are performed to raise the level of quality.
The construction of one computer system for a large financial organization took over 100,000 man-months to develop, and at its peak 6,000 engineers, including 300 people from our company, participated in what was the largest project in recent memory. Rehearsals were performed many times, and in order to offer a reliable financial service, the process was repeated to polish the quality of the system to the extreme. The project was completed in December 2008 after three years of work, and since we take our work seriously in terms of our technology, human resources and the “Quest for Truth” from years in the financial field, we were able to receive a letter of appreciation from this customer. Around 1,000 technicians at HitachiSoft working in the financial field continue to challenge themselves to create even more reliable systems that will answer the expectations of customers now and in the future.
Recently, new payment systems such as electronic money and point systems have demanded even speedier development, and what was once custom-made has changed to a method where we have to be looking to the future to prepare packaged products. Electronic money has started to come into use in the form of payment services for taxis and the payment service “Edy*,” and we are developing and offering packaged products for the point systems. Based on our past track record of developing a wealth of systems in the financial field, we have been developing controls for operations, authentication and security, among other control products that are the foundation of computer systems, not only in that field, but also for a variety of industries. Additionally, we have been taking an active role to have our services used not just domestically but also on a global scale by countries including China. In this way we see ourselves contributing to society by providing high quality IT solutions in the financial field that support social economics.
When an ATM system is replaced, commercials are run on TV and articles are featured in newspapers reporting the change. Because the whole social economy will come to a halt if the system stops, we feel responsibility for the major contribution we make to the world of finance, and at the same time we consider it a field that offers a sense of satisfaction.
*“Edy” is a registered trademark of Fujitsu, and Sony Financial International.
A letter of appreciation receivedfrom a customer
