Hitachi Sunway Information Systems Poised for Aggresive Expansion in Southeast Asia

New Joint Venture Company Aims to Bolster IT Service Business by Utilizing Business Platforms and State-of-the-Art Technologies

TOKYO, PETALING JAYA, APRIL 17, 2013 – Hitachi Systems, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), and Malaysian IT solutions provider Sunway Technology Sdn Bhd today announced that their joint venture Hitachi Sunway Information Systems Sdn. Bhd. has commenced its operation in Malaysia since April, which will bring next generation global IT services and solutions to Southeast Asia markets.

As part of the new operations, several subsidiary companies have been set up across the region: Hitachi Sunway Information Systems (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore; Hitachi Sunway Information Systems (Thailand), Ltd. in Thailand; Hitachi Sunway Information Systems (Philippines), Inc. in the Philippines; and PT. Hitachi Sunway Information Systems (Indonesia)*1 in Indonesia. All entities have commenced operations since this April. A new subsidiary in Vietnam is also in the pipeline for later this year.

Strategic Partnership - Cheah Kok Hoong, Group CEO & Director of Hitachi Sunway Information Systems Sdn Bhd (left) and Masato Saito, Chairman & Director of Hitachi Sunway Information Systems Sdn Bhd (right).

In line with continued economic growth in Southeast Asia, a host of international firms, Japanese companies among them, are advancing into the region. Consequently, demand for IT services is soaring, including among local companies. Hitachi Systems has been strengthening its operations in Southeast Asia and Hitachi Sunway Information Systems is this company's first joint venture in the region.

Hitachi Systems has more than a half century of expertise as well as advanced technologies in Japan's IT services field. For its part, Sunway Technology has extensive experience and a service network in Southeast Asia providing services to more than 800 customers in a wide range of business domains. The Hitachi Sunway Information Systems Group will marry both companies' strengths to answer customers' rapidly increasing needs for IT services in Southeast Asia.

Specifically, the Hitachi Sunway Information Systems Group will provide optimum IT services to Japanese companies advancing into Southeast Asia, as well as local companies in Southeast Asian nations. It will do so by drawing on Hitachi Systems' strengths in IT infrastructure and network integration, operation and monitoring, data center operation, virtualization and cloud-based services, and security and other technologies. And it will wed these with Sunway Technology's strengths in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) sales and virtualization solutions and other areas.

Furthermore, Hitachi Systems, together with the IT Management Group, which was established last year within Hitachi Asia Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd.'s regional headquarters for Asia, will make use of the Hitachi Sunway Information Systems Group's business bases to strengthen the provision of the GNEXT*2 global IT service in support of Japanese companies developing business overseas. Looking ahead, through the Hitachi Sunway Information Systems Group, Hitachi Systems plans to bolster its ability to support customers in Southeast Asian countries by providing various products and services. These may include HULFT*3, intra- or inter-company data collaboration middleware; the cloud-based service “Caliver,“ which is provided in association with Thailand-based Hitachi Asia (Thailand) Co., Ltd.; SAP®Business One OnDemand*4, an ERP cloud-based service for small and medium-sized companies; Microsoft Dynamics® AX, an ERP product of Microsoft Corporation targeted at medium-sized companies; micro data centers that can use data center functions with minimal space and lower electricity consumption.

Hitachi Sunway Information Systems will reinforce systems for Group sales and services with the view to becoming one of the top IT services companies in Southeast Asia. Hitachi Sunway Information Systems also aims to generate revenues of ¥4.0 billion in fiscal 2015 in collaboration with Hitachi Asia and other Hitachi Group companies operating in Southeast Asia, and together with Sunway Technology.

*1 PT. Hitachi Sunway Information Systems (Indonesia) is subject to approval from the relevant authorities.
*2 GNEXT is the generic name and service brand for the global IT service provided by Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
For details: http://www.hitachi-systems.com/global_en/index.html
*3 HULFT is a Saison Information Systems Co., Ltd. product.
*4 SAP®Business One OnDemand is a SAP AG product.