Message from the Chairman of the Executive Committee

The Great East Japan Earthquake, showed that by the Internet, everyone on earth is connected. Is realized in the activities of the recovery from the earthquake and after the earthquake, "the Internet is connecting the people-to-people" thing, people all over the world and we have received a warm message of support to Japan. This time, I was aware of the need to "Internet connects people and objects and things, and things", it further. And I will not be now, IT Strategy Headquarters is restarted, a full-scale reconstruction activities aimed at using IT has to be started and carried out. On the other hand, the situation in Japan, regardless of the world, has developed a vigorous economic activity. Activity represented by the play on the West Coast of the United States listed company SNS, to continue rapid growth in emerging countries, while there certainly broke the world map of the Internet. In Japan, the rapid spread of tablets and smartphones, the rapid growth of the market for cloud services data center, further, such as support for energy issues has progressed, to the way of building systems from style Internet use people's You will say at a major turning point. With the depletion of IPv4 addresses, the world are accelerating the introduction of IPv6 rapidly. Since 06 June 2012, such as FaceBook and hyper giant Google celebrates the stage at Al Dura stack IPv4 and IPv6, content of services provided permanent. Counterparts in Japan, a global perspective, with a specific network environment has attracted a great deal of attention to the global industry to unity, I must deal with an issue. Since 1994, the dawn of the Internet was called, Interop Tokyo has been held as an event is always state-of-the-art information and communication related professional."Interoperability" as the origin of the name of the Interop on the theme (interoperability), how the latest equipment, technology and services through to bring together, in production is not only visible, they are and how real user widely to experts from ordinary users as an event you know how you can work together, there is a long history that has been loved, have come together with the development of the Internet in Japan. The Interoperability in information and communication systems so-called, but might appear to have established at first glance, it is not so, never appeared such as smartphones cloud, or a foundation big data, network infrastructure new, cause problems Interoperability new You had to. In addition, in recent years, so far, to the Internet will not "objects" are not connected new has to be interconnected. On the Internet that will lead, "things" but the Internet should exist for the people. I will not be to the Internet to support the activities of the people, to support the new challenge is possible, the Internet, if you do not evolve. The speculatively in the world of the Internet has changed significantly, and I would like you to new discoveries about the role of the Internet in the business scene and life in the future with you, "three days to assess the variation of the Discover IT-ICT" this year will be held under the slogan. If in addition to that to show off the answer to the challenge of "now" battlefield of Interop Tokyo show "new Internet" "to" new markets, so that it is a place where you can experience, opening up new doors for all participants I am looking forward to be in play.