The IT services industry with which Hitachi Information Systems Group is associated has rapidly expanded into an integral part of global society and is expected to grow tremendously in coming years. Furthermore, as exemplified by the Web 2.0 concept, the marketplace is defined by new trends and the rapid evolution of existing service technologies, simultaneously making it a place of constant potential change.
Our company, founded in the dawn of the IT services industry in 1959, will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary in June of 2009. During this period, we have remained at the forefront of Japan's IT services marketplace by offering a wide variety of services in keeping with the rapid growth and expansion of the information society.
In keeping with this, our group remains dedicated to our mission and role as leaders of the information society, and by expanding globally, we aim to ensure our basic corporate policies as follows;
1. Satisfying our customers
2. Satisfying our stockholders and investors
3. Ensuring the welfare of our employees
4. Maintaining the high level of trust and reliability we have earned from society
Additionally, in keeping with our fundamental belief that people are our company's most important asset, we are stressing the importance of aggressive expansion of our business while ensuring speedy and responsive management.