NTT Data has performed a 12-day field study with the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences to test the capability of big data-based simulation platforms to regulate traffic signals and mitigate traffic congestion in the city of Guiyang in China. NTT Data said Monday it conducted the study with ISCAS from Sept. 19 through Sept. […] More

NTT Data will provide security and risk assessment services to agencies and higher education institutions across Texas under an agreement with the Texas Department of Information Resources. NTT Data said Monday it will work with its affiliate NTT Security (US) to analyze information technology security gaps, evaluate results and offer recommendations to address identified risks. Tim Morton, senior […] More

NTT Data has secured a potential seven-year, $533.7 million to operate the automated fare collection system in Australia’s state of Victoria. The company said Monday it helped Public Transport Victoria build and implement the myki smart card ticketing system across the state’s regional and metropolitan centers in December 2008. Myki is designed to manage as many as 400 million passenger trips via trains, […] More

NTT Data has expanded the company’s North America service delivery center located in Louisville, Kentucky as part of an effort to grow its financial services business in the U.S. Customers will have access to on-shore delivery support through the center and the company will hire more than 300 positions in Louisville for financial services jobs, NTT […] More

The government technology and professional services market received a new layer to its mergers-and-acquisition landscape Monday upon the news that the system integration subsidiary of Tokyo-based Nippon Telegraph and Telephone will purchase Dell’s services business for $3.05 billion. Through the deal, Dell’s federal government services business will combine with the similar unit inside NTT Data in a move executives at both […] More

Tim Conway, president of public sector at NTT Data, has highlighted several practices for information technology that he believes will help refresh the way government operates. Conway wrote in an opinion piece for Nextgov published Monday that chief information officers consider legacy modernization as among their upgrade priorities. He said technologies such as business analytics, […] More

NTT Communications has launched a new data center in Osaka, Japan as an addition to its Nexcenter data center service. The Osaka 5 Data Center located in Japan’s Kansai region consists of 11 floors and has systems designed to reduce the impact of earthquake and other natural disasters, such as seismic-isolation device and seismic damper, NTT Communications said Monday. […] More

SAP and NTT Group have extended their alliance to provide enterprise cloud services to customers. The partnership is intended to offer the joint NTT and Dimension Data cloud platform and NTT‘s information technology infrastructure services to customers in South Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, NTT said Thursday. “NTT Group provides SAP with a critical component of enterprise-grade cloud services […] More

NTT Communications has introduced a fresh cloud access offering in an effort to help address challenges in cloud adoption. Multi-Cloud Connect is designed to provide access to third-party public cloud services such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services through NTT’s multiprotocol label switching network, NTT said Wednesday. A feature on NTT’s Arcstar Universal One service, […] More

NTT Com Security US and security intelligence firm LogRhythm will co-host a one-hour webinar on cyber attacks in the financial services and insurance industries. The “Hackers Go Where The Money Is; Financial Services Top Target For Attacks, Again” webinar will be held on July 28 at 2 p.m. Eastern time, the companies said Monday. Dale […] More

Fortinet and NTT Com Security have forged a partnership to combine their platforms in an effort to help enterprises protect their data centers and other information technology infrastructures from network threats. Both companies will work to provide consulting services for commercial firms on various areas, such as risk reduction, incident management and IT implementation, Fortinet said Monday. Fortinet […] More

Kevin Durkin serves as senior vice president for the civilian sector business of NTT Data Federal, leading strategic direction, operations and financial management activities within the sector. He previously served as VP of account management for Hewlett-Packard‘s Navy Marine Corps Intranet account and worked to negotiate and execute a $5.6 billion continuity of services contract between […] More