Parent Company

Hitachi Software Engineering Co. Ltd. was established in Japan in 1970. Hitachi Software was the first software company to be incorporated into the Hitachi Group, and was also the first in the industry to obtain ISO 9001 certification, the international gold standard of quality assurance. Hitachi Software is listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Hitachi Software is built on its three business domains: System Integration, Outsourcing Services, and Network Business.

With 418 patents as of March 2001, the company has also established international leadership in Multimedia Technology, Geographical Information Systems, Bio-informatics Products, and High Level Security Software. The company employs approximately 8000 people in Japan, the US, and Europe and has the greatest number of employee engineer certifications.

About Hitachi

Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company, with approximately 326,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2003 (ended March 31, 2004) consolidated sales totaled 8632 billion yen ($81.4 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors, including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's Web site at www.hitachi.com.

 

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