Microsoft, NTT Plan SaaS over NGN
Microsoft and Japan’s telecom group Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.
(NTT) have planned to create services that integrate networks with
applications. Implementation of software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based
businesses on NTT’s Next-Generation Network (NGN) and SaaS platform is
among the planned initiatives.
The two
companies aim to develop services by working together on the integration
of Microsoft applications with NTT's information and communication
technology (ICT).
As one
aspect of this collaboration, NTT and Microsoft will jointly consider
the implementation SaaS-based businesses on the NTT Group's SaaS
platform, in which Microsoft would participate as an application
partner.
The NTT
Group is expanding its Next-Generation Network (NGN) and mobile
communications-based ICT infrastructure. Its Road to Service Creation
Business Group is for the creation of new broadband and ubiquitous
services. It is also driving the implementation of SaaS over NGN – the
provision of convenient SaaS using a SaaS platform – for all kinds of
users, from individuals to businesses and government organizations.
Microsoft aims to create user experiences that combine software with
Internet services across an array of devices. With its
software-plus-services model, Microsoft is helping enhance customer
benefits by combining the functionality of conventional software with
the utility of SaaS and cloud-based services.
The two
companies have put together a team composed of personnel from the NTT
Group and Microsoft to jointly consider the development of SaaS-based
businesses with a view to global implementation.
