Tokai Information Systems Co., Ltd.

Tokai Information Systems Co., Ltd. (株式会社東海情報システム) is a Japanese information-technology services company headquartered in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. According to its corporate information page, it was established in November 1973 and is capitalized at 10 million yen. Its representative director is Akira Ishioka. The company describes itself as supporting customers' operations with IT and creating new value for a new era. The firm's business lines are IT consulting, system development, system operation and equipment sales. On its homepage it presents a one-stop offering that spans planning, consulting, development and operation, and it markets support for digital transformation (DX), including the use of AI and IoT, as well as development-resource support for clients that need extra engineering capacity. Its stated customer industries include manufacturing, logistics, finance, sales, medical and health, trading companies, government and public offices, and schools and education. Named major clients include government and public offices, Yamaha, Yamaha Motor, Yazaki, Izumo, Fukuda Denshi and Sports Science. The company has been based in Hamamatsu throughout its history. It was founded in Hamamatsu's Tokiwa-cho in 1973, and its current registered location is in the Chuo 1-chome district of Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu, in the East Stage Hamamatsu office building. It is a member of several local and industry organizations, including the Hamamatsu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Hamamatsu Corporate Association, the Hamamatsu Software Industry Association, the Software Industry Promotion Research Committee and the Information Service Industry Association of Japan. It holds ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification for information security management (ISCT ISMS/0393, obtained January 27, 2016, under the JISSA group certification scheme). Over five decades the company has moved with the technology cycle: from data processing in the 1970s, to client/server development in the 1990s, to web systems in the 2000s, to application development and cloud use in the 2010s, and to internal cloud migration and telework in 2020. It marked its 50th anniversary in 2023. It remains a privately held, locally rooted IT services provider rather than a listed group, and it emphasizes a management philosophy of challenge, agility over scale, and evaluation by ability and character.

Tokai Information Systems was founded in November 1973 in Tokiwa-cho, Hamamatsu, according to the company's official history page. The following year, in 1974, its Data Department began operations, and in 1978 the Systems Department started business, establishing the two core service lines of data processing and systems work. Through the 1980s the company continued as a regional IT services provider in Hamamatsu. In 1992 it began developing client/server (C/S) systems, reflecting the shift in enterprise computing away from mainframe-centric architectures. In 2002 it started developing web systems, moving with the spread of internet-based business applications. In 2005 the Data Department ended its in-house operations, with the work continuing through partner outsourcing thereafter. In 2010 the company started its application development business and began using cloud services. In 2011 it launched its Solutions business. In 2015 data-entry operations ended, completing the transition away from the original data-processing business. In 2018 the company began migrating its internal systems to the cloud, and in 2020 it started telework arrangements for development and general affairs staff, a change accelerated by the broader shift to remote work. The company marked its 50th anniversary in 2023, having grown from a data-processing shop into a provider of consulting, system development, system operation and equipment sales. By the mid-2020s the company presented itself as a one-stop partner for clients' IT needs, from planning and consulting through development and operation, with a focus on digital transformation using AI and IoT and on supplying development resources to clients. Its official site lists case studies in areas such as food-service DX, sports science and the funeral business, and it continues to recruit new graduates and mid-career staff. It remains headquartered in Hamamatsu, now in the Chuo 1-chome district, and holds ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification for information security management.

• 2023

  Marked 50th anniversary since founding

• 2020

  Telework for development and general affairs staff began

• 2018

  Internal cloud migration began

• 2016

  Obtained ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification (ISCT ISMS/0393, January 27, 2016)

• 2015

  Data entry operations ended

• 2011

  Started Solutions business

• 2010

  Started application development business and began using cloud services

• 2005

  Data Department ended in-house operations; work continued via partner outsourcing

• 2002

  Started development of web systems

• 1992

  Started development of client/server (C/S) systems

• 1978

  Systems Department began operations

• 1974

  Data Department began operations

• 1973

  Founded in Tokiwa-cho, Hamamatsu

A locally rooted, privately held Japanese IT services firm offering one-stop consulting, development and operation, with a stated emphasis on agility over scale and on supporting clients' digital transformation.

• IT consulting

  Consulting services covering IT planning and digital transformation.

• System development

  Custom development of business systems, including web and client/server systems.

• System operation

  Operation and maintenance services for customer systems.

• Equipment sales

  Sales of IT equipment.

• DX support

  Support for digital transformation using AI and IoT technologies.

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