Cloud Watch

CTC launched an AI Smart Factory Solution for manufacturing that analyzes plant data and uses AI agents to support operations and link OT systems with core business systems.

• •It collects and analyzes data from factory equipment, connecting OT systems with headquarters' core business systems.
• •The service includes operational support powered by AI agents.
• •It aims to create an environment where on-site data can be utilized for production planning and management decisions.

Ricoh Japan launched a hosting and operation service for Dify Essential/Standard users on AWS environments.

• •Ricoh Japan announced the launch of a Dify hosting environment operation service on the 18th.
• •The service targets companies using Dify Essential/Standard licenses for mid-sized and small businesses.
• •It provides comprehensive support from AWS environment setup to operation and technical assistance.

Getworks and Cagoya Japan have announced plans to sign a partnership agreement in October to expand their data center business utilizing container-type data centers and GPU server infrastructure.

• •The companies aim to expand their data center business using container-type data centers and GPU server infrastructure.
• •They announced that they plan to sign a partnership agreement in October.
• •The announcement was made on the 13th.

Fujitsu has formulated a new cyber defense strategy named SPIRAVOLVE Cyber Defense for the AI era, aiming for approximately 200 billion yen in domestic security service revenue by fiscal 2030.

• •Fujitsu aims to realize the corporate cyber defense lifecycle in the AI era and continuously evolve defense capabilities.
• •The company has announced a goal of approximately 200 billion yen in revenue from domestic security services by fiscal 2030.
• •The new cyber security strategy will be deployed under the name Fujitsu SPIRAVOLVE Cyber Defense.

CTC and Quollio signed a sales partnership agreement to launch the domestic AI context platform QDIC.

• •Itochu Techno-Solutions (CTC) and Quollio Technologies signed a sales partnership agreement on the 8th.
• •CTC began offering the domestic AI context platform 'Quollio Data Intelligence Cloud' (QDIC).
• •It also started offering the 'Quollio INTEGRAL' service for deployment, construction, and operational support.

Tokyo System House launched a service using AI and static analysis to parse job-level assets and automatically create test data and specifications.

• •Tokyo System House announced the launch of its "Test Support Service" on the 8th.
• •The service uses AI and static analysis tools to parse assets at the job (JCL) level.
• •It provides functionality to automatically create test data and test specifications.

An analysis examining whether the Personal Agent Protocol, led by Meta and Sierra, could become the leading standard among the many existing AI agent standards.

AirTrunk secured a $1 billion green loan and introduced Japan's first liquid-cooling-capable capacity at Data Center TOK1.

• •AirTrunk announced the procurement of a $1 billion (approx. 155 billion yen) green loan at a media briefing held on the 7th.
• •Using the secured funds, the company introduced Japan's first liquid-cooling-capable capacity.
• •This initiative aims to advance cooling technology at the "TOK1" data center.

Hitachi Social Information Services added an AI agent-based operations support function to its OpeLight System operations management platform.

• •Functions were added to the OpeLight System, the operations management platform comprising the OpeLight Service for information system operations support.
• •An operations support function utilizing AI agents was introduced.
• •This addition was announced on the 7th.

Personnel Business Process Design has launched a help desk service supporting AI agents built with Copilot Studio from adoption to advanced operations.

• •Supports AI agents built with Copilot Studio from adoption to advanced operations.
• •The service is named the Copilot Studio Adoption Support Companion Help Desk Service.
• •Personnel Business Process Design Co., Ltd. announced the launch.