NTT DATA Releases Technology Foresight Report 2026: 6 Trends Defining the Age of Mass Intelligence

• NTT DATA Foresight Report 2026 Reveals Six Trends Shaping the Future of Technology Innovation

NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today announces the release of the NTT DATA Technology Foresight Report 2026. The annual Technology Foresight report examines how businesses are growing by making the most of digital, AI, and other advanced technologies and identifies trends for the future.

As we enter the age of mass intelligence, businesses are prioritizing tools that are focused on learning, adaptation and autonomous behaviour. In this rapidly changing world of artificial intelligence, it is critical that businesses formulate medium- and long-term strategies to establish a presence in the global market.

For the report, NTT DATA examined six trends that indicate the direction of change centred on technology, while taking into account the relationship between technology, business, and society.

Trends and Overview for 2026

• Human-orchestrated autonomy: Autonomy enters a new phase where intelligent systems can operate and act at scale and speed yet remain guided by human intent to ensure that decisions are purposeful, transparent, and aligned with broader enterprise and societal goals.
• Embodied agency and emotions: Emotionally responsive systems are emerging as social infrastructure. Synthetic emotion fosters trust, engagement and ethical interaction, humanizing data and enabling co-evolution between human and artificial empathy which drives well-being, productivity and affective transformation across society.
• Intelligence we trust: Cybersecurity evolves into a trusted layer of adaptive intelligence, learning and adapting to complex threats while maintaining confidence across increasingly interconnected ecosystems. As AI systems gain autonomy, security extends to protecting their integrity, transparency and ethical behaviour.
• Informed infrastructure: Infrastructure becomes an active foundation for innovation, using continuous intelligence to optimize performance, anticipate demand and balance agility, cost, control and sustainability in real time. It seamlessly spans the hybrid continuum of devices, edge and cloud, orchestrating diverse workloads wherever they deliver the greatest value and efficiency.
• Sovereign Silicon Ecosystems: Semiconductor innovation is vital for national resilience and technological autonomy. Nations are building end-to-end chip ecosystems to secure supply chains, protect IP, and maintain computing leadership. Control over silicon drives digital transformation, emphasizing collaboration, sustainability, and global innovation.
• From illusory efficiency to sufficiency: The next frontier of growth moves beyond the pursuit of narrow efficiency toward sufficiency, where technology enables businesses to thrive responsibly within planetary boundaries while strengthening resilience and long-term credibility.

"The rise of mass intelligence shifts our focus from acceleration to significance," said Oliver Koeth, Managing Director Technology & Innovation DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), NTT DATA. "When emotionally aware systems, sovereign compute and trusted infrastructure come together, technology evolves into a purposeful ally - amplifying resilience and reinforcing the values that will define our shared future."

For more information, please visit NTT DATA Technology Foresight website.

NTT DATA uses the NTT DATA Technology Foresight report to create visions for the future together with customers around the world and develops the technologies and services necessary to realize those visions, including the following use cases:

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The Technology Foresight Report plays a key role in NTT DATA's innovation strategy, with the Company using it to guide the creation of new businesses and drive social change.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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NTT DATA Signs Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS to Accelerate Enterprise Cloud and Agentic AI Adoption

NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today announced a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises modernize legacy systems, adopt agentic AI responsibly and scale innovation across industries.

Combining NTT DATA’s expertise in cloud transformation, cloud-native modernization and Agentic AI with the scale and innovation velocity of AWS services, the collaboration will deliver tailored enterprise solutions that modernize mission-critical workloads, build secure cloud foundations and drive measurable business outcomes across regulated and high-growth industries.

Under the agreement, NTT DATA and AWS will accelerate enterprise transformation in four priority areas:

• AI-driven large-scale cloud transformation: Accelerating the migration and modernization of on-premises workloads on AWS, leveraging generative and agentic AI, automation and data platforms to unlock new business models and drive intelligent operations.
• Industry cloud solutions on AWS: Delivering modern industry-specific, repeatable offerings across financial services, healthcare, life sciences, public sector, manufacturing, retail and energy, leveraging NTT DATA’s Industry Cloud with 500+ extensible business components and AI agents.
• AI and data innovation for modern managed services and client experiences: Operating secure, compliant cloud environments at scale, including a recent collaboration agreement to modernize contact center solutions on Amazon Connect to accelerate the adoption of AI-driven customer experience (CX) solutions worldwide.
• Digital sovereignty and regulated cloud solutions on AWS European Sovereign Cloud: Enabling European governments and enterprises to meet stringent data residency and operational autonomy requirements. As a launch partner for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, NTT DATA will deliver sovereign-by-design cloud solutions and managed services that combine regulatory compliance with the same security, availability and performance clients expect from AWS.

AWS will support NTT DATA in running co-innovation programs, certifications and client events, to help enterprises adopt AI driven cloud solutions faster and with greater confidence.

To advance delivery, NTT DATA has formed a dedicated AWS Business Group, aligned with the AWS sales and delivery structure. This group includes close to 11,000 AWS-certified experts, with the objective of certifying nearly 10,000 more experts over the next three years.

"Cloud and AI are central to enterprise transformation," said Abhijit Dubey, President and CEO, NTT DATA, Inc. “Through our Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS, we are helping clients move beyond experimentation to scale AI impactfully and responsibly. This collaboration underscores our commitment to deliver secure, industry-specific solutions that create tangible business value for our clients worldwide."

“This collaboration will help more enterprise organizations unlock the potential of the cloud and AI to modernize their operations and accelerate innovation,” said Greg Pearson, VP AWS Global Sales. “Through industry-aligned architecture platforms, AI-driven customer experiences, and support in meeting evolving regulatory requirements through the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, we’re enhancing the ability to transform legacy workloads and build modern digital experiences on AWS.”

Proven success with Honda Trading Asia

Honda Trading Asia successfully migrated to the AWS Cloud with the expert support of NTT DATA.

"Migrating to the AWS Cloud with the expert support of NTT DATA has been an essential step in modernizing our systems and infrastructure and provides us with a powerful foundation for AI innovation. NTT DATA were always available to address our technical questions and worked closely with us to stay within our timeline and budget. Their expertise and support ensured a smooth transition, unlocking exciting growth possibilities through AWS,” said Somya Mayuraskoon, Director, Honda Trading Asia Co., Ltd.

Driving AI innovation across industries

NTT DATA will develop dozens of new industry-specific, AI driven cloud solutions on AWS through its Industry Cloud platform to accelerate digital transformation across regulated and high-growth sectors.

• Financial services: The collaboration will modernize core banking and compliance workloads to reduce risk and ensure regulatory requirements.
• Healthcare and life sciences: With support from AWS, NTT DATA will develop secure, AI-enabled data platforms to deliver intelligent insights from business applications, improving outcomes and accelerating research.
• Public sector: NTT DATA will work with AWS to deliver private cloud solutions that meet compliance requirements and enable secure digital services for citizens.
• Manufacturing and automotive: The collaboration will modernize business and IT operations using generative AI and agentic capabilities, driving improved financial and operational efficiency.

Innovation environments on AWS, including sandboxes and dedicated innovation labs will enable NTT DATA and AWS teams to develop, test and refine these solutions before scaling them for enterprise deployment.

NTT DATA will support these innovations with a full-stack suite of services, from advisory and cloud transformation to implementation and managed services, ensuring clients can adopt AWS technologies with speed, security and confidence. This initiative also expands NTT DATA’s Smart AI AgentTM Ecosystem, helping enterprises deploy and manage responsible, business-driven AI at scale.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centres as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

From Pilots to Profit: NTT Data’s 2026 Global AI Report Shows How Top Performers Turn AI Vision Into Value

NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and IT services, today released the 2026 Global AI Report: A playbook for AI leaders. The playbook is based on the company’s new benchmark research and reveals how “AI leaders” are separating from competitors through strategy and execution.

The analysis is based on a survey of 2,567 senior executives across 35 countries and 15 industries. Only 15% of participating organizations qualified as “AI leaders,” defined by clear AI strategies, mature operating models and focused execution. These leaders report significantly higher revenue growth and profit margins than other organizations.

AI accountability now belongs in the boardroom and demands an enterprise-wide agenda, said Yutaka Sasaki, President and CEO, NTT DATA Group. Our research shows that a small group of AI leaders already are using AI to differentiate, grow and reinvent how humans and machines create value together.

Strategy

Leaders treat AI as a core growth engine and rewire their strategy accordingly.

• Strategic alignment and speed: AI leaders win by tightly aligning AI with business strategy and turning strategic focus and speed into outsized financial returns.
• Focused end-to-end approach: Top performers focus on high-value domains that unlock disproportionate economic value and redesign workflows end to end.
• Flywheel effect: These front-runners create a cycle where initial investments fuel early success that drives reinvestment for further growth.
• Core reinvention: Growth leaders rebuild core applications with embedded AI rather than limiting themselves to surface-level add-ons.

Execution

AI leaders differentiate through resilient foundations, empowered humans, hardwired adoption and governance, and expert partners.

• Secure at scale: AI leaders build scalable and secure stacks, localize or relocate AI infrastructure for private/sovereign AI, and invest to eliminate infrastructure bottlenecks.
• Expert-first AI: These front-runners use AI to amplify the impact of experienced, highly skilled employees rather than replace them.
• Change that sticks: Top performers treat adoption as a company-wide change program and adopt constructive change management to reduce resistance.
• Governed for scale: Leading organizations centralize AI governance, formalize enterprise-wide oversight, and empower dedicated Chief AI Officers (CAIOs) to own risk and align innovation.
• Partner-powered growth: Best-in-class players lean on strategic external collaborators and are open to outcome-based gain-sharing models that accelerate AI value.

Once AI and business strategies are aligned, the single most effective move is to pick one or two domains that deliver disproportionate value and redesign them end-to-end with AI,” said Abhijit Dubey, CEO and CAIO, NTT DATA, Inc. Supporting this focused, end-to-end approach with strong governance, modern infrastructure and trusted partners is how today’s AI leaders are turning pilots into profits and pulling ahead of the market.

About the Research

The survey was conducted between September and October 2025. Respondents include C-suite, senior executives and other senior staff from enterprises spanning technology, manufacturing, banking, financial services, healthcare, consumer and other sectors.

Visit NTT DATA’s website to download the complete 2026 Global AI Report: A playbook for AI leaders.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.
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NTT DATA Unveils 6 New Autonomous Cyber Defense Centers Worldwide Including Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Noida & Mumbai

• Four next-generation autonomous Cyber Defense Centers are now operational in India, with two additional centers planned in the UK in 2025 and the USA in 2026
• Built with Agentic AI for SecOps, GenAI-driven threat orchestration and advanced automation that delivers up to 60% faster investigations and 90% fewer alerts
• Adds capacity for 800+ security analysts to protect global clients 24x7 through unified, AI-driven detection and response

NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today announced the launch of four next-generation autonomous Cyber Defense Centers powered by AI technologies in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Noida and Mumbai, with two additional centers set to open in Birmingham (UK) in Dec 2025 and Dallas (USA) by Jan 2026.

These purpose-built Cyber Defense Centers reinforce NTT DATA’s strategic focus on modernizing cybersecurity for the AI era. They represent a shift from traditional centralized security operations to a distributed, AI-driven, hyper-automated model that learns from past incidents and human expertise to automate, triage and prioritize alerts, accelerate investigations and incident response, contain threats faster and support regional data privacy and cybersecurity regulations.

According to Omdia, autonomous Security Operations Centers (SOCs) will become the industry standard within two years, positioning NTT DATA as a leading example of how the industry is evolving toward autonomous cyber resilience.

Next-generation technology meets global and local expertise

The next-generation Cyber Defense Centers combine human security experts and AI agents to defend against evolving cyber threats. AI agents autonomously triage, analyze and hunt potential incidents, reducing investigation time by up to 60%, enabling teams to contain threats earlier in the kill chain. By automating high-volume, repetitive tasks, these capabilities free security analysts to focus on higher-value work such as digital forensics, containment and recovery.

Each center is purpose-built with cutting-edge technology. Key features include:

• Autonomous agent-based cyberdefense and AI-driven threat orchestration to accelerate detection and response cycles.
• Real-time global threat intelligence and localized threat hunting tailored to each region’s unique threat landscape.
• A comprehensive portfolio of offerings, including Managed Detection & Response (MDR), Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, Compliance & Regulatory Advisory and Cloud & OT Security Services.
• Proactive identification of new and emerging threats, along with a clear view of cyber risks and recommendations for reducing them.
• Significant risk reduction & operational efficiency improvements, including up to 90% alert reduction and 60% faster mean time to detect and respond
• Powered by industry-leading technology platforms that leverage NTT DATA’s strategic partnerships.

“Our clients’ innovation and growth are driven by rapid adoption of cloud and AI technologies that must be secured at speed and scale,” said Charlie Li, Head of Cloud and Security Services, NTT DATA, Inc. “Our expanding footprint of next-generation Cyber Defense Centers enables us to meet the rising demand for AI-powered cybersecurity services, defend against AI-enabled threats and help our clients advance their edge-to-cloud digital transformation journeys.”

Global network with local expertise

The four Cyber Defense Centers in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Noida and Mumbai, expand NTT DATA’s global cybersecurity footprint across five continents, supported by more than 40 delivery centers and SOCs in over 50 countries.

Together, these centers enhance coverage for more than 1,200 global clients by combining regional expertise with agentic AI, advanced automation and next-generation technologies.

The centers provide 24x7 unified threat monitoring, detection, response and incident management and are fully integrated with NTT DATA’s SecOps global network, delivering AI-driven insights and threat intelligence through a single dashboard for identification, detection, protection and recovery.

Additional Cyber Defense Centers will launch in Birmingham (UK, Dec 2025) and Dallas (USA, Jan 2026) further strengthening regional capabilities across NTT DATA’s global network.

These “glocal” Cyber Defense Centers operate in collaboration with regional Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), National Cyber Security Centres (NCSCs) and government agencies to help clients meet local data privacy and AI-regulation requirements.

Sheetal Mehta, Head of Cybersecurity, NTT DATA, Inc

“Today’s threat environment demands intelligent, adaptive defenses that combine global insight with local expertise to help organizations continuously reduce risks and build resilience,” said Sheetal Mehta, Head of Cybersecurity, NTT DATA, Inc. “With the addition of these AI-powered Cyber Defense Centers, we are advancing our vision of a globally interconnected cyberdefense network that combines cutting-edge technology, strategic partnerships and world-class talent.”

Benefits for clients

Next-generation AI-powered cyberdefense: As adversaries adopt AI and autonomous tactics, AI-enabled platforms help clients confidently address threats, navigate change confidently and build long-term digital trust.
Enhanced regional coverage with global intelligence: Global enterprises receive world-class unified detection and response services with local and global capabilities, bringing global threat intelligence closer to business operations and ensuring compliance with regional data privacy and regulatory requirements.
Expanded talent pool: Increased capacity of global and local cybersecurity professionals delivered through these new centers allows NTT DATA to scale human expertise alongside intelligent automation.
Secure digital transformation and growth: Clients can accelerate edge-to-cloud transformation while continuously protecting their expanding digital ecosystems.

More information can be found here Agentic AI for SecOps | NTT DATA.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D. Visit us at nttdata.com

NTT DATA Acquires EXAH to Expand Salesforce and AI Capabilities Across MEA

NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and technology services, today announced its acquisition of EXAH, a leading Salesforce Consulting Partner and AI implementation specialist. This strategic move is set to deliver an end-to-end Salesforce and AI delivery experience to customers across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, enhancing NTT DATA's local expertise with EXAH's deep technical skills and proven record of customer-focused Salesforce delivery.

Salesforce plays a key role in NTT DATA’s growth strategy, providing a unified view of customer data that enables personalized experiences and efficient service delivery. AI-powered insights further enhance operations by automating workflows, predicting customer behavior, and supporting smarter decision-making. The acquisition of EXAH strengthens NTT DATA’s commitment to expanding its cloud-based customer engagement capabilities within the Salesforce ecosystem across the MEA region.

With over 20 years of partnership and more than 3,500 Salesforce projects worldwide, NTT DATA’s expertise is recognized through four consecutive Salesforce Partner Innovation Awards. This acquisition marks a strategic step toward delivering locally relevant solutions and reinforcing market leadership.

Alan Turnley-Jones, CEO of NTT DATA in Middle East and Africa, said, "EXAH’s team of experts and their strong reputation within the Salesforce partner ecosystem make them an ideal addition to NTT DATA. This acquisition allows us to provide greater value to our clients by combining EXAH’s expertise with NTT DATA’s global capabilities and strategic partnerships. Together, we are committed to meeting our clients’ needs with innovative solutions that enhance customer engagement and drive business growth.”

"Delivering exceptional customer value through innovation is our founding principle, and we’re proud to join NTT DATA’s global team to drive ever-growing value for our clients and partners across the African market and beyond," said Tiaan le Roux, Managing Director of EXAH.

Turnley-Jones continued, "Integration is everything in today’s technology landscape. In 2023, our acquisition of Apisero, a global MuleSoft consulting firm, aimed to strengthen our ability to connect clients' technology across voice, digital, and CRM channels, including Amazon Connect. With EXAH, we deepen our Salesforce expertise across all stages - from integration to post-implementation support - ensuring local expertise is always on hand for our clients."

Adding EXAH to the NTT DATA family also creates new opportunities for career growth and skill diversification within NTT DATA, especially in Salesforce and related technologies. This acquisition aligns with NTT DATA's strategic focus on customer engagement, identifying market needs, and fostering local skills development. As part of this commitment, NTT DATA has recently launched a young talent program to build grassroots Salesforce skills and mentor the next generation of experts.

With EXAH, NTT DATA is poised to bring even more robust solutions to its clients across the MEA region, combining global experience with in-country expertise for unparalleled customer service and engagement.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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NTT DATA and Cisco Partner to Power Networking for the AI Era

NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and technology services, and Cisco today unveiled a new co-sponsored IDC InfoBrief, Wired for Intelligence: A CIO Guide to Enterprise Networking for AI. The study shares strategic guidance for organizations seeking to accelerate transformation by modernizing their network infrastructure.

As organizations integrate AI into more applications, from manufacturing and healthcare to financial services, the demand for high-speed, low-latency, and secure networks is surging. Legacy infrastructure is no longer sufficient to support the scale and complexity of AI workloads. NTT DATA and Cisco are responding to this shift by helping clients evolve from outdated architectures to intelligent, adaptive infrastructure that can power AI-driven innovation.

“As two market leaders, NTT DATA and Cisco are well positioned to help clients modernize their digital infrastructure foundations for the AI era. The network exists as a catalyst for growth and organizations can unlock powerful new capabilities and achieve AI-driven business transformation at scale,” said Dilip Kumar, Global Head, Technology Solutions, NTT DATA, Inc.

The Critical Foundation Empowering AI-Driven Growth

The study highlights that network modernization is at the heart of AI success. More than 78% of companies say that networking capabilities are either important or very important when selecting providers for GenAI infrastructure — underscoring the need for networks that can handle and secure ever-scaling AI workloads while running complex AI training, inference, and storage clusters with ease. At the same time, modernization also infuses AI into network operations through AI-driven configuration, anomaly detection, self-healing, and intelligent monitoring to accelerate issue resolution and elevate user experience. Already, industries like manufacturing, healthcare, and financial services are leveraging AI in networking to improve operational efficiency, ensure secure connectivity and reduce costs.

“Network modernization is about more than replacing old hardware—it’s about allowing enterprises to lead in an AI-driven world,” said Brink Sanders, Senior Vice President of Global Networking Sales, Cisco. “Our partnership with NTT DATA equips clients with the technology and expertise needed to build secure and connected networks.”

“Your network will make or break your AI transformation. Overcoming the challenges of legacy networking technologies is essential. This IDC InfoBrief gives organizations the steps to transform enterprise networking from a bottleneck into a business advantage,” said Chris Barnard, Vice President, European Telecoms and Infrastructure, IDC.

NTT DATA is Enabling Network Modernization Through Intelligent Services

NTT DATA’s comprehensive suite of intelligent services helps clients modernize their digital infrastructure and build secure networks. These services span the full lifecycle from advisory to sourcing, professional services, support and managed services to enable organizations to modernize and unlock the full potential of AI.

With many companies undergoing hardware refresh cycles due to the emergence of AI, NTT DATA’s services are designed to meet this critical moment:

• Advisory: Strategic guidance to align network modernization with AI goals.
• Strategic Technology Sourcing: Recommending and procuring the right technology to transform network to be AI-ready.
• Professional Services: Architecting and deploying scalable, secure and high-performance networks.
• Software-Defined Infrastructure Services: Driving business outcomes through adoption of automation and AI agents into infrastructure operations and license optimization.
• Adoption Services: Maximizing value from infrastructure investments through greater adoption of software, continuous improvement and change management.
• Managed Network Services: End-to-end network management to ensure seamless data flow from edge to cloud, minimizing latency and enhancing application responsiveness.

NTT DATA recently launched AI-powered Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) services for Cisco products to deliver intelligent automation and real-time insights to optimize infrastructure, reduce costs, and drive business outcomes.

IDC InfoBrief:, sponsored by NTT DATA and Cisco, Wired for Intelligence: A CIO Guide to Enterprise Networking for AI, doc #EUR253592825, July 2025.

NTT DATA Unveils Smart AI Agent™ Ecosystem, Revolutionizing Industry Solutions with Intelligent Automation and Strategic Alliances

NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and technology services, today announced a comprehensive enterprise-grade Smart AI AgentTM Ecosystem with industry-specific solutions to help clients transform their business. The company also announced a patented plug-in solution that turns legacy bots into autonomous intelligent agents, and an expanded key alliance network for providing best-fit solutions.

"The rapid evolution of AI presents both immense opportunities and challenges for businesses," said Yutaka Sasaki, President and Chief Executive Officer, NTT DATA Group. "At NTT DATA, we have developed the comprehensive capabilities needed to guide our clients through these transformative times and empower them to shape their future with the power of AI."

Assured outcome solutions with embedded Smart AI Agent

NTT DATA has deployed hundreds of Smart AI Agent instances in support of sophisticated processes and decision-making at clients. The company’s roadmap encompasses a continuous stream of new agents to support more complex use cases from a range of industries as well as shared functions. For example:

• Healthcare: Current agents are autonomously classifying, prioritizing and summarizing insurance appeals and making decisions about medical necessity among other responsibilities. The near-term roadmap includes agents that specialize in early interventions, medication compliance, payer validation, and preventing fraud, waste and abuse.
• Automotive manufacturing: Agents already are analyzing regulatory warning letters and citations. The company is now developing agents that specialize in root-cause analysis of defects; initiate corrective actions, recalls or fixes; and launch compliance reviews as needed.
• Finance: Agentic AI solutions are assisting banks, partners and consumers in the continuous pursuit of client and engagement validation requirements, including Know Your Customer and other fraud detection and anti-crime capabilities, minimizing transaction and payment vulnerability.
• Supply chain and logistics: Agents are helping clients select and securely do business with AI startup partners, while also building AI agent prototypes to help businesses deploy and integrate pilots with purchasing workflows and processes, and monitoring adoption, performance and return on investment. Next up are domain-specific steps including agents that intelligently manage procurement services.
• Marketing: In one of many examples, a multi-agent system integrates with a hyperscaler platform to autonomously analyze and categorize user profiles and build psychographic profiles for hyper-personalized ad recommendations. This system continuously learns and adapts, delivering boosted sales and revenue to clients in many industries.

Based on the company’s comprehensive approach to agentic AI, NTT DATA can offer assured outcomes that help clients heighten performance, improve security and cyber resilience, and ignite innovation for profitable growth and superior stakeholder experiences.

“Agentic AI is the next transformative wave that will impact every sector, far more than what we have seen with Generative AI so far,” said Abhijit Dubey, CEO of NTT DATA, Inc. “It’s not just about boosting creativity or productivity. It’s about unlocking new capabilities that can take initiative, make decisions and collaborate with humans in entirely new ways. With our deep expertise in responsible innovation, trailblazing alliances, and visionary clients, we’re excited to lead this future — building the foundation for a reimagined human-machine hybrid workplace and a bold new business landscape.”

Comprehensive Smart AI Agent Ecosystem guides clients through AI adoption

NTT DATA’s Smart AI Agent Ecosystem builds on previous developments to scale the breadth and agility of composable agentic AI solutioning. Key components include:

• Managed agentic services that help clients build, adopt, manage and scale transformative solutions.
• Solutions with embedded Smart AI Agents that offer assured outcomes for clients, including solutions for specific industries and horizontal functions.
• Additional Smart AI Agents targeting industry and horizontal needs.
• Smart AI Agent platform that incorporates integrated tools, utilities, accelerators and best practices; and access to a marketplace with additional agents, large language models (LLMs) and small language models (SLMs).
• AI-ready infrastructure backed by services that leverage public cloud, private cloud, network and cybersecurity.
• Alliances with world-leading technology providers and world-class startups.
• Responsible by design including security, governance and compliance.

The expanded ecosystem empowers clients to envision new ways of operating with smarter automation, resolve global skills shortages and maximize return on investments. Clients also benefit from the assurance of working with a trusted, full-service provider with global scale, scope and expertise.

The Smart AI Agent Ecosystem is complemented by an array of proven NTT DATA services including structured readiness and risk assessments, managed services tailored to hyperscaler AI offerings, and multi-agent management services in hybrid vendor environments. Every aspect of the ecosystem is grounded in the company’s commitment to responsible AI – ensuring it is trustworthy, ethical and secure by design.

“We’ve been leveraging NTT DATA’s end-to-end Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies to explore both pro-code and low-code agentic AI experiences,” said Pankaj Shah, VP, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. “With their step-by-step advisory approach and outcome-focused strategy, we’re now exploring powerful multi-agent models and identifying new use cases to align with our business objectives and to reimagine how we operate.”

Industry-leading alliances and partnerships offer deep choice

NTT DATA recently announced a strategic collaboration agreement with OpenAI to drive innovation in generative AI. As part of this agreement, NTT DATA will establish an OpenAI CoE (Center of Excellence) to accelerate the development and deployment of new generative AI services powered by the OpenAI APIs. These services will be tailored to specific industries and business functions, and will be introduced globally to deliver enhanced value to clients.

In addition to formal collaborations with world-leading technology providers, NTT DATA also has established alliances with world-class innovative startups including, for example:

• Rafay Systems: Rafay’s platform supports NTT DATA’s delivery of a scalable, secure and developer-friendly Platform-as-a-Service experience on top of AI infrastructure (GPU PaaS), enabling enterprises to streamline GenAI adoption, reduce operational complexity and accelerate the deployment of production-grade AI workloads.
• Kore.ai: The enterprise-grade Kore.ai Agent Platform integrates LLMs to enhance NTT DATA’s Digital Workplace Services. This GenAI-powered automation enables NTT DATA to enhance Service Desk operations, reduce costs and deliver personalized context-aware support to various clients.

Agentic AI services portfolio meets clients where they are with end-to-end ecosystem

The company’s previously announced Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies offers a comprehensive suite of cloud-managed services to help organizations harness the full potential of agentic AI by leveraging hyperscaler AI technologies.

NTT DATA is rapidly scaling their Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies to deliver greater value as organizations increasingly mature on agentic AI and adopt multi-AI agent models. For example, leveraging Azure AI Agent Service on Azure AI Foundry, NTT DATA can build, manage and orchestrate multi-agent workflows across multiple platforms. This approach simplifies complex multi-agent deployments.

Additionally, NTT DATA is helping clients work across the agentic AI spectrum by making its tooling available across clients’ cloud platforms. This means that any agent NTT DATA builds can easily be transferred to a clients’ cloud environment across Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform.

Patented solution transforms bots into autonomous intelligent agents

NTT DATA also announced a patented solution that transforms legacy bots into intelligent agent assets. This plug-in capability is especially important to companies that want to adopt AI but are constrained by technological debt. Millions of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) bots have been deployed by businesses worldwide for rules-based automation. Similar to a plug-in module that turns a basic television into a smart TV, NTT DATA’s new solution can transform bots into intelligent agents that operate autonomously while complying with governance and policies for security and privacy.

“AI is causing a massive shift similar to the early days of the internet — reshaping how we work, solve problems and create value,” Dubey said. “We’re not just watching this future unfold — we’re driving it. At NTT DATA, we’re delivering clients real, measurable impact from AI solutions already, and this patented, transformative plug-in is just one more proof point of what’s possible when innovation meets execution.”

NTT DATA Accelerates India’s Digital Future with Multi Billion AI and Infrastructure Investments

• Expansion of AI innovation center and deployment of Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) to fast-track India’s technological leadership
• MIST submarine cable system to directly connect India, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand
• Launch of NTT DATA’s largest data center campus in India to power digital transformation

NTT DATA, a global digital business and technology services leader, today announced a series of strategic initiatives reinforcing its continued commitment to the Indian market. Among these, the company announced the commissioning of its Malaysia, India, Singapore Transit (MIST) submarine cable system by June 2025. MIST is an 8,100-kilometer cable that can carry over 200 terabits per second (Tbps). It is one of the largest cables in Asia, and will connect Malaysia, India, Singapore and Thailand.

It marks a milestone as NTT DATA’s first cable system to establish direct connectivity to and from India, enhancing global connectivity and adding critical infrastructure for the country’s rapidly growing digital economy. MIST was connected to NTT DATA’s Mumbai landing station in February 2023 and its Chennai landing station in May 2023.

NTT has been growing and investing in India for over a decade. Adding to that, NTT DATA has now opened its biggest data center campus in India, a facility that can hold over 500 MW of power, when fully operational. The company operates almost two-thirds of its data centers in India on renewable energy. It is committed to using 100% renewable energy by 2030 in all its data centers and operations. Featuring advanced infrastructure, including an underground tunnel for seamless connectivity and cooling technologies, the campus highlights safety, innovation and sustainability.

As the third-largest data center provider globally, and the largest in India, NTT DATA is scaling its global capacity from over 1,500 MW to exceed 2,000 MW. With significant growth in India, where it holds leading market share, it aims to add 400 MW more in the coming years. NTT DATA is the only data center service provider with over 200 MW of AI load already deployed worldwide. While the world is talking about being AI-ready, NTT DATA is AI-experienced.

NTT DATA also announced that it is upgrading and expanding its Innovation Centre in Bengaluru, India. The center will focus on AI, digital twin and quantum computing projects. With this, the company has 11 global innovation centers across 11 countries that will boost hiring of specialized talent to manage projects for global companies, driving AI-led technology solutions, particularly with agentic AI.

Dedicated to boosting connectivity, NTT’s Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN), a next-generation All-Photonics Network (APN) technology has been used to interconnect data centers in the Mumbai region, facilitating higher performance data transmission at lower costs. IOWN’s first information and communication processing infrastructure in India is in its early implementation stages. It aims to provide fast, high-capacity network access using photonics-based technologies. NTT is working hard to make this technology available to organizations globally by 2030, with an aim to support the growing AI driven global data volume which is likely to reach a capacity of 175 zettabytes by 2025 - nearly triple from 2020 to 2025, as per IDC’s ‘Data Age 2025’ paper. It elaborates - if we were to store 175 zettabytes on DVDs, the stack of DVDs would be long enough to circle Earth 222 times.

“India is key in our global strategy, fuelled by its rapid economic and digital expansion. We’re proud to say that NTT DATA has powered the IT infrastructure in India and globally, notably in data center capacity. Currently, India is one of our top 10 revenue-generating markets,” said Akira Shimada, President and CEO, NTT. “We are investing 8 trillion Yen (US$59 billion*) globally over 5 years from FY2023 to FY2027 into growth areas, including data centers and AI. We are committed to delivering our integrated full-stack proposition to our clients across Data Centers, Network, Applications, BPaaS, Managed Services, Cloud, Security, and AI solutions.”

"We are proud to accelerate India's digital future with the commissioning of MIST—the latest milestone in strengthening global digital highways that connect new markets and power AI innovation. Our MIST cable landing at the Gateway of India, Mumbai truly serves as India's gateway to the world," said Abhijit Dubey, CEO, NTT DATA, Inc. “Our USD 3 billion investment in India's digital infrastructure over the last decade reflects our confidence in the region's exceptional talent and robust tech ecosystem. We remain committed to expanding our presence and strategic investments in the country that will elevate India to one of our top five markets within the next three years."

“The Indian economy is currently in a growth phase both as a top market and a hub of innovation, talent and opportunity,” said Avinash Joshi, CEO, India, NTT DATA. “Over the years we have grown through acquisitions and currently have 3000 clients in India. We will continue to build on this momentum to drive transformation across key industries such as banking, manufacturing and automotive. We are witnessing an era of evolutionary tech and are confident in our ability to robustly meet the demand in the areas of technology solutions, data centers, infrastructure management, and applications.”

*At the exchange rate of 1 USD = 135.2 JPY as of May 10, 2023, according to NTT's financial announcement date.

NTT DATA to Acquire Udupi, Karnataka-based Niveus Solutions

NTT DATA Announced its Intent to Acquire Niveus Solutions to Bolster Its Google Cloud Capabilities

Japanese multinational IT giant, NTT DATA, has announced its intent to acquire Karnataka, India based Niveus Solutions, a cloud engineering company specializing in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. The acquisition deal is expected to close within the next 30-60 days.

Based in Brahmagiri, Udupi, Karnataka, Niveus Solutions specializes in application modernization, data management, cloud consulting, security, and managed services. The company help enterprises harness the power of cloud services to build resilient infrastructures that scale.

This acquisition will bolster NTT DATA's capabilities in Google Cloud and add 1,000 GCP engineering professionals to their team.

Niveus Solutions has a strong track record of delivering transformative, game-changing solutions using Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

This acquisition move will solidify NTT DATA's position as a global system integrator for Google Cloud and help them capitalize on the growing demand for cloud solutions.

Niveus Solutions was founded in 2013 by Suyog Shetty, Rashmi George, Roshan Bava, and Mohsin Khan. The company has since grown significantly and is now a leading provider of cloud engineering services, specializing in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) solutions.

Suyog Shetty, CEO and Co-founder of Niveus Solutions, said, "Niveus Solutions is excited to join forces with NTT DATA. Our team’s dedication to advancing digital transformation on Google Cloud, combined with NTT DATA’s extensive reach and capabilities, strongly positions us to bring modern cloud solutions to new markets to expand the boundaries of cloud innovation."

Charlie Li, Head of Cloud and Security Services, NTT DATA Inc., said, "The acquisition of Niveus Solutions will firmly position us as a leading Google Cloud powerhouse, propelling NTT DATA as one of the world’s largest system integrator partners for Google Cloud. With Niveus Solutions, we are set to redefine possibilities in the AI-driven cloud era, enabling clients to accelerate digital transformations and achieve meaningful business outcomes across industries and geographies."

John Lombard, CEO, NTT DATA, APAC, said, "The Niveus Solutions acquisition significantly advances our Google Cloud partnership and expands our ability to meet the growing demand for AI-powered solutions that drive business growth."

This acquisition comes within a month of NTT DATA's previous acquisition. NTT DATA acquired Aoop, a leading ServiceNow implementation company in Brazil. This acquisition strengthens NTT DATA's position in the Latin American ServiceNow solutions market and complements a recent acquisition in the UK focused on ServiceNow solutions in Europe and the United States. 

NTT Data and IBM Launch SimpliZcloud for India's Financial Services Sector

NTT DATA and IBM have recently expanded their partnership in India to launch SimpliZCloud, a fully managed cloud service built on IBM LinuxONE. This service is designed to support critical workloads in financial services, including core banking applications, lending, and risk management.

SimpliZCloud is a fully managed cloud service specifically designed to support critical workloads in the financial services sector. It offers a secure, scalable, and integrated architecture that delivers dedicated compute and storage resources, powered by Software Defined Networking (SDN).

It aims to optimize infrastructure investments and ongoing costs by consolidating resources and reducing enterprise software license costs. This service is particularly beneficial for financial institutions looking to leverage AI and hybrid cloud technologies to manage their evolving applications and workloads.

SimpliZCloud is designed to scale according to the needs of financial institutions, allowing them to handle increasing workloads without compromising performance.

By consolidating resources and reducing enterprise software license costs, SimpliZCloud helps financial institutions optimize their infrastructure investments and ongoing costs.

The service leverages AI and hybrid cloud technologies to manage evolving applications and workloads, enhancing the digital transformation journey of financial institutions.

This partnership represents a significant step towards enhancing the digital transformation journey of financial institutions in India.

“With SimpliZCloud, enterprises, especially financial institutions now have the power to make a generational shift in their cloud transformation journey. Critical business applications, especially those infused with AI and ML will now have the infrastructure to support performance far ahead of the traditional x86 architectures all in a fully managed, as-a-service model. This launch represents our continued commitment to supporting our clients’ ambitions for innovation and digital transformation,” said Avinash Joshi, Chief Executive Officer, India, NTT DATA, Inc. “I’m proud of the work our teams at NTT DATA and IBM have done in bringing this service to our clients and look forward to the transformative outcomes of this collaboration.”

“Over the years, with the IBM LinuxONE platform, IBM has delivered much-needed security, scalability, reliability and performance to help India’s leading financial institutions manage their mission-critical workloads safely and sustainably. By bringing SimpliZCloud to modern enterprises, we are continuing our commitment to help them adopt a hybrid-by-design approach. With SimpliZCloud, financial institutions can leverage a highly secure, high-performance platform and robust infrastructure to harness the benefits of AI and hybrid cloud to manage their evolving applications and workloads,” said Viswanath Ramaswamy, Vice President, Technology, IBM India & South Asia.

NTT DATA and IBM have a history of collaborating on various innovative projects. In January 2024, NTT DATA Business Solutions and IBM established a Center of Excellence (CoE) for the IBM watsonx generative AI platform. This CoE focuses on developing embedded generative AI solutions using IBM’s watsonx AI and data platform.

NTT Launches Tsuzumi LLM through Microsoft Azure AI MaaS Offering

NTT DATA, a global digital business and IT services leader, recently launched Tsuzumi through the Microsoft Azure AI Models-as-a-Service (MaaS) offering. This development represents a significant milestone in their 25-year collaboration, dedicated to pioneering technological solutions that drive sustainability and innovation.

Tsuzumi is a Large Language Model (LLM) with robust capabilities in both Japanese and English. It's designed to address environmental and financial challenges typically associated with LLMs. By adjusting model size without compromising performance, Tsuzumi makes advanced AI technologies, including Generative AI, accessible to a wider range of users and applications. One of its key features is operational adaptability, allowing it to quickly adjust to specific use-case requirements and reduce service provisioning costs. Initially available in Japan on the Azure MaaS platform, plans are underway to expand Tsuzumi's availability to other regions.

Initially available in Japan on the Azure MaaS platform, plans are underway to expand Tsuzumi availability to other regions. Advancements also are planned in multimodality, which will further enhance Tsuzumi's sophisticated capabilities and ensure it meets the evolving needs of businesses across the globe.

Tsuzumi is available in two versions: an ultra-lightweight version with a parameter size of 600 million (0.6B) and a lightweight version with a parameter size of 7 billion (7B), which are 1/300 and 1/25th the size of Open AI's GPT-3's 175 billion (175B), respectively. The lightweight version is designed to perform high-speed inference on a single GPU, while the ultra-lightweight version can do so on a CPU. This design significantly reduces the costs required for training, inference, and tuning.

The word Tsuzumi is a Japanese hand drum with an hourglass-shaped body and two drum heads. The heads are taut and have cords that can be tightened or loosened to adjust the tension. The tsuzumi is used in Japanese traditional music, including Noh, Nagauta, geza, and folk music. Some types of tsuzumi include the ko-tsuzumi and the san-no-tsuzumi, which is played with a wooden stick.

"tsuzumi" is currently in the process of trademark application. Focusing on the processing performance of the Japanese language, it represents the expectation for language model technology that drives industrial development, similar to how the tsuzumi drum initiates the start of a Gagaku (ancient Japanese court music and dance) ensemble.

NTT DATA remains committed to continuous innovation, ensuring that Tsuzumi stays at the forefront of AI technology. Advancements are also planned in multimodality, further enhancing Tsuzumi's capabilities to meet evolving business needs globally.

The launch of Tsuzumi comes at time when Indian IT giant Tech Mahindra has also announced the launch of Indian languages focused LLM 'Project Indic' , starting with Hindi language and its dialects.

NTT DATA Acquires Hyderabad-based ProvenTech

NTT DATA Business Solutions AG, a company of NTT DATA, has acquired a majority stake in India's 4-years-old IT services company —ProvenTech Pvt Ltd. This strategic move is aimed at accelerating growth in India, particularly in the Pharma/Life Science sector. ProvenTech, based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, specializes in Generative AI-driven Quality Management and Manufacturing solutions for the Pharma, Healthcare, and Food Industries.

The acquisition will enhance NTT DATA's offerings by integrating ProvenTech's innovative products and services, which include SaaS solutions, automation, integration, and advisory services tailored to the pharmaceutical industry's needs. ProvenTech's expertise in SAP© S/4HANA and other enterprise software will complement NTT DATA's global presence and expand their market reach and innovation in the Life Sciences sector.

Post acquisition, ProvenTech will become a subsidiary of NTT DATA Business Solutions Private Limited in India and will operate as an independent company after the acquisition, using the brand name "ProvenTech, an NTT DATA Company".

This move is in line with NTT DATA's strategy to expand in the Pharma/Life Science focus industry and is expected to optimize the cross-selling of SAP ERP with enhanced pharmaceutical solutions in India and the APAC region. The acquisition is seen as a significant step towards transforming shopfloor processes with advanced technologies and improving operational efficiency and compliance in the pharmaceutical industry.

Founded in 2020, by Ravi Sangisetti and P. Raju Venkata, ProvenTech Pvt Ltd is focused on providing cutting-edge GenAI-driven Quality Management and Manufacturing solutions to the Pharma, Healthcare, and Food industry. The company's leadership and vision have been instrumental in ProvenTech's growth and success, culminating in the acquisition by NTT DATA Business Solutions AG.

The acquisition of ProvenTech by NTT DATA is expected to have a positive impact on ProvenTech's existing clients. ProvenTech's clients will likely benefit from the integration of advanced GenAl-driven Quality Management and Manufacturing solutions, which can improve operational efficiency and compliance in the Pharma, Healthcare, and Food industries

With NTT DATA's global presence, Proven Tech's clients may gain access to a broader range of services and support, potentially opening up new opportunities for innovation and growth.

NTT Data to Acquire Majority Stake in Malaysian Payment Firm GHLSystems to Further Expand among ASEAN Countries

NTT DATA, a global IT services provider, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in GHL Systems Berhad, a leading Malaysian payment service provider. The acquisition involves a 58.73% share and is valued at RM724 million. This move is part of NTT DATA's strategy to expand its payment business across the ASEAN countries.

The agreement includes an unconditional share purchase from vendors Actis Stark (Mauritius) Ltd, APIS Growth 14 Ltd, Loh Wee Hian, and Tobikiri Capital Ltd, who collectively own the majority stake . Following the acquisition, NTT DATA will also extend a mandatory take-over offer to acquire all the remaining shares not already held by the company at RM1.08 per share.

This strategic acquisition is expected to strengthen NTT DATA's position in the Southeast Asian market by leveraging GHL Systems' established payment service network. The completion of the acquisition is anticipated within two market days from the date of the notice.

This acquisition positions NTT DATA to expand its influence in the ASEAN region. GHL Systems has an extensive network of over 480,000 payment terminals and comprehensive payment services in Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Australia. With this acquisition, NTT DATA gains access to a broader customer base and market presence.

NTT DATA does not intend to maintain GHL's listing status. If NTT DATA manages to acquire more than 90% of the shares, it will withdraw the company's listing. This could impact GHL's visibility and regulatory requirements.

The acquisition may have financial implications for GHL, as following the completion of the acquisition, NTT DATA's direct shareholding in GHL will increase from nil to 670,440,235 shares, representing 58.73% 3. The financial resources available to NTT DATA will likely influence GHL's growth trajectory.

GHL Systems has a presence in India through GHL India Asset, which is described as a diverse fintech alternate investment platform. It aims to generate recession-proof income for investors and supports India's promising business ideas in top-growing markets.

GHL operations in India include a focus on the IT sector, with an emphasis on cloud services and digital transformation. The company's investment in India's IT sector is expected to hit US$ 5 billion annually by 2025.

With NTT DATA's recent acquisition of a 58.73% stake in GHL Systems, there is potential for further expansion and synergies in the Indian market. NTT DATA's expertise in IT services and consulting could enhance GHL's operations and offerings in India.

NTT DATA operates payment businesses through group companies in Asia, such as VietUnion Online Services (Payoo) in Vietnam, iPay88 in Malaysia and NTT DATA Payment Services India to contribute to the local societies of each country which, NTT Data claims, have been growing continuously.

At this time, NTT DATA has agreed to acquire a majority share of GHL Systemsfrom its major shareholders aiming to expand assets including services and know-how in the payment business and strengthen business foundations in the ASEAN region. NTT DATA also plans to propose a tender offer to its other shareholders following the rules at BURSA MALAYSIA, a stock exchange market in Malaysia.

NTT DATA Payment Services India (Formerly Atom Technologies) Raises $12 Mn from Its Parent

Mr. Dewang Neralla - CEO, NTT DATA Payment Services India Ltd

• Funds to spur business expansion plans
• To support foray into newer segments such as Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit
• To explore potential Merger & Acquisition (M&A) opportunities

NTT DATA Payment Services India (erstwhile Atom Technologies Ltd.), a leading end-to-end payment service provider, today announced that it has raised INR 900 million ($ 12 million) from its parent company NTT DATA Corporation in a major push to its ambitious plan for the next phase of growth, amidst expanding digital payments landscape in India.

Dewang Neralla, Chief Executive Officer, NTT Data Payment Services India Ltd, said, “With India being one of the core markets for NTT Data, this capital infusion will further strengthen our payments’ business and is in tandem with our long-term growth strategy. As there is a huge untapped market, we will explore both organic as well as inorganic opportunities. The funds will only give us further impetus to our growth momentum. Further fund infusion will be decided based on the future opportunities.”

Shinichiro Nishikawa, Head of Global Payments & Services Division at NTT Data Corporation, said, “The capital infusion reinforces our firm’s commitment to the growth of digital payments in India. The conducive environment in the Indian market and seeing the quick adoption of digital payments channels, our confidence has grown manifold and gives us a fresh impetus for further investment as the need arises. Our vision for NTT DATA Payment Services India is to emerge as one of the top three Payment Service Providers in the country in the times to come through better services and superior products.”

NTT DATA Payment Services India is part of NTT DATA Corporation, one of the globally top 10 IT service providers, headquartered in Japan. With the new funds, the company is looking to foray into newer segments such as Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit, apart from exploring the potential Merger & Acquisition (M&A) opportunities. Leveraging the parent company’s capabilities, NTT DATA Payment Services India is also initiating cross border commerce, thereby connecting India and global customers.

India has been one of the fastest growing markets for adoption of digital payments with more than 20 million merchants currently using some or the other forms of digital payments. This is slated to grow further to onboard additional 30-40 million merchants.

NTT DATA Payment Services India aids merchants to provide a seamless digital payment experience to customers, via both online and offline channels. The company caters to more than 6 million merchants in sectors such as education, government, retail, BFSI, healthcare, among others.

The company, which has recently been rebranded, grew by more than 100% in revenues in FY 2021-22. In the same fiscal, the transaction volume surged more than double as compared to the same period in the previous fiscal.

About NTT DATA Payment Services India Ltd.

NTT DATA Payment Services India Ltd., formerly known as Atom Technologies Ltd., is an end-to-end payment service provider offering a myriad range of payment solutions through online and offline platforms via point of sale, payment gateway, Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and mobile applications. The company offers a host of digital payment solutions tailor-made to cater to the needs of its merchants such as point of sale, online payment gateway, mobile applications, wallets, BNPL, IVR, QR codes and white-labelled solutions. Being a veteran in the payments industry, the company services more than 6 million+ merchants, and has processed more than 100 million transactions, worth INR 800+ billion, annually. Visit us at www.nttdatapay.com

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA – a part of NTT Group – is a trusted global innovator of IT and business services headquartered in Tokyo. We help clients transform through consulting, industry solutions, business process services, IT modernization and managed services. NTT DATA enables clients, as well as society, to move confidently into the digital future. We are committed to our clients' long-term success and combine global reach with local client attention to serve them in over 50 countries. Visit us at nttdata.com

NTT DATA Launches Hackathon for AI Innovations in Healthcare

Registration is open for the global event that invites technology enthusiasts to bring innovative ideas to improve healthcare outcomes

NTT DATA, a digital business and IT services leader, today announced the launch of NTT DATA AI Hackathon as part of TechGig Code Gladiators 2022.  NTT DATA is hackathon partner of the event which will focus on using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve outcomes of detection and management of diseases.

The hackathon will bring developers and tech enthusiasts from across the world together to create innovative healthcare solutions. Despite recent advances, there is still immense potential for AI technologies in the areas of healthcare access, early disease detection and patient support for disease management.

"We are excited to partner with TechGig to launch the NTT DATA AI Hackathon. As artificial intelligence is intertwined with everything around us, the hackathon offers an opportunity for bright young minds to develop meaningful ideas and solutions to solve healthcare issues. This platform will also help us attract top talent into our company," said Ankur Dasgupta, Vice President of Marketing, Communications and CSR, NTT DATA Services.

Registrations for the three-round hackathon are currently open. In the first round, participants will have to clear multiple choice questions. Once they advance to the next round, they will receive a real-life healthcare problem statement and be asked to submit a presentation with a solution. In the final round, they will need to submit a working model of their solution. The hackathon will close on August 2, 2022. Prizes will be awarded to the winner and two runners-up. Developers who submit promising solutions may be interviewed for roles at NTT DATA.

Register here: https://www.techgig.com/codegladiators/NTTDATA

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA – a part of NTT Group – is a trusted global innovator of IT and business services headquartered in Tokyo. We help clients transform through consulting, industry solutions, business process services, digital & IT modernization and managed services. NTT DATA enables them, as well as society, to move confidently into the digital future. We are committed to our clients’ long-term success and combine global reach with local client attention to serve them in over 50 countries around the globe. Visit us at nttdata.com.

NTT to Invest Estimated $1.5 Billion in Data Centres in India

Japanese tech major NTT on Wednesday said a significant part of its USD 7 billion global commitment for data centres business would be spent in India over the next four years.

The company also feels that there will be margin compression issues for the data centres business in India as capacity supply goes up along with an increase in competition, NTT's country chief executive for global data centres and cloud infrastructure, Sharad Sanghi, told PTI.

In the last few months, a string of corporates, including the Adani Group, Hiranandanis and Reliance Industries have announced investments in data centres, on the back of regulatory moves like data sovereignity which makes it incumbent upon financial institutions to house their data locally.

"India is the fastest growing region for NTT and a substantial amount of the USD 7 billion commitment will be invested here," Sanghi said.

When asked how the USD 7 billion investment would be made, Sharad Sanghi said "the overall investments would be spread across four regions that the company operates in". This would mean that more than USD 1.5 billion or nearly Rs 11,000 crore would come into India.

The company, whose revenues have been growing at 30 per cent every year, is targeting to more than double its capacity in the next three years through the investments, Sanghi said.

Its overall capacity, which stands at 1.2 million sq ft at present spread across Mumbai, Noida, Chennai and Bengaluru, will go up by 1.5 million sq ft, he said.

The company is looking at going to newer locations as well and also adding to its land bank to house the facilities, he said.

Demand is coming from global hyperscalers like the cloud service providers, data localisation requirements and as a greater number of enterprises move to the cloud, Sanghi said.

The Adanis have committed Rs 70,000 crore for data centres in Andhra Pradesh, Hiranandanis have committed Rs 14,000 crore and RIL has announced a partnership with Microsoft for the same.

Sanghi said the high quantum of investments in the business will change the characteristic of the market, which has so far been dictated by suppliers, from 2021 onward once the capacities come on board.

While the revenues will keep growing because of the market opportunity, the supply increase can cause a short term blip in profitability by narrowing operating margins, he said, stressing that this will not last for long time.

NTT is confident of guarding its business and growing in the face of competition, he asserted, adding data centres is its core business and clients, who sign long-term contracts, partner with companies which are not into different businesses like power and realty.

There will be a consolidation in the industry due to the dynamics and the smaller entities may find it difficult to survive, Sanghi said, making it clear that NTT does not look at mergers and acquisition as a strategy but may move in opportunistically for the buys.

He also made it clear that aggressive pricing may not work for companies, pointing out to two incidents of companies who tried getting business using this strategy going bust.

Sanghi pitched for an improvement in power supply in Noida, Chennai and Bengaluru, saying two hours of power down time per week is a worry.

NTT on Wednesday announced the launch of an integrated division to look over the global data centre opportunity.

Japan's NTT Data Invests in Pune-based App Modernization Startup CloudHedge

Japan's NTT Data, a Fortune 500 company and fourth largest telecom firm in the world in terms of revenue, has invested an undisclosed amount of funds in Pune-based CloudHedge Technologies for a capital stake in the later. CloudHedge is a young startup that helps businesses to transform its business, operating and technology models to be cloud-ready through innovative suite of tools that the startup has developed.

The investment in CloudHedge by Tokyo-hardhearted NTT Data was announced in a press release published on June 21. CloudHedge's services will be integrated with NTT Data’s digitalization technologies, focusing on legacy digital integration utilizing existing IT assets to accelerate the digital transformation of customers of NTT Data, which has its business operations in over 50 countries.

Abhijit Joshi, Co-Founder, and CEO of CloudHedge, said in a statement, "The partnership with NTT DATA as well as the funding enables the evolution of the CloudHedge platform. This partnership will also allow expansion of offerings in multiple geographies with NTT DATA to support increased client and product demands. CloudHedge accelerates the growth of many customers to take advantage of cloud-native technologies like containers and Kubernetes in their modernization initiatives."

CloudHedge, that develops and sells technologies and know-how for the containerization of applications and DevOps processes, has suites of tools and one of them called 'Discover' uses Machine Learning algorithm to make recommendation if the applications are appropriate for re-hosting or refactoring.

CloudHedge's another flagship product 'Transform'​ enables refactoring of applications sitting in a Data Center or Cloud. It automates containerization of application based on workloads. The other flagship tool 'Transform'​, which has AI-based predictive monitoring, enables refactoring of applications sitting in a Data Center or Cloud by automating containerization of application based on workloads.

Founded in 2017, by Abhijit Joshi and Asawari Joshi, who are both alumni of New Jersey Institute of Technology, CloudHedge is headquartered in India and has a global presence in Singapore, Netherlands, and U.S. The startup has deep partnerships with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, RedHat and IBM Cloud.

NTT Data Asia Pacific, an NTT Data company, and CloudHedge have jointly engaged in container and DevOps business since 2018. Following this stock acquisition, NTT Data plans to strengthen this partnership with CloudHedge to expand its business in the containerization and DevOps markets of Japan, Europe and North America.

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