NTT DATA Strengthens Blockchain, Digital Twin and Quantum Computing B2B Consulting Service｜NTT DATA

19 May 2023

NTT DATA Corporation

• A Global Lab has been created to strengthen NTT DATA’s capabilities to support companies in the digitization process from technology identification to system implementation
• The aim is to increase the number of employees to 500 on the project by 2025

TOKYO, May 19, 2023 – NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and IT services, has established a global laboratory to strengthen its operations in the areas of Blockchain, Digital Twin and Quantum Computing. The goal of the lab is to support the entire company in providing consulting services to customers and introducing them to these technologies.

The laboratory currently consists of 150 people worldwide, and it will employ 500 people by 2025. Depending on the type of project, a team will be selected within NTT DATA, including advanced engineers, consultants, technicians and designers.

The new laboratory is a central part of NTT DATA to offer a full range of services from the technology proposal needed to achieve the goal, to the specific application method, up to the implementation of the system. The study and choice of technologies is aimed at identifying the customers’ challenges and the best solutions to achieve the company’s goals.

The presentation of business challenges and analysis of the applicability of each technology are the initial goals of the lab. After this first phase, the best combination of solutions for the challenges the company requires will be selected to develop prototypes that emulate the application scenario. Based on each application case, an assessment will be carried out to better understand the use and characteristics and continue with the implementation in a real company.

Throughout the process, the lab will conduct a series of workshops covering a wide range of topics, with the goal of understanding the characteristics of each technology and more precisely training the engineers needed for implementation.

More specifically, examples of applications in the Blockchain space involve the issuance of NFTs for internal products. As for the Digital Twin area, the Lab aims to ensure operational efficiency through remote maintenance operations. In the Quantum Computing technology area, however, the benefits of Lab will focus on shift optimization in workforce planning, financial transaction portfolio and route optimization in logistics.