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Mazda and NEC to Test Grid-Based Core System
TOKYO, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Mazda Motor Corporation and NEC Corporation
today announced that Mazda will test grid computing technology, which will be
incorporated into its core system, in order to efficiently utilizes the IT
resources of many servers in various locations and provide countermeasures in
case of disasters. NEC will assist Mazda in the construction and evaluation of
the trial system.
This trial is a part of the business grid computing project promoted by
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). It is one of the first attempts
to use the grid technology in a corporate core system.
Grid technology that links many various types of computers creates a virtual
high-performance computer and efficiently utilizes IT resources such as the
processing power of each computer as needed even though connected computers are
broadly dispersed. If the grid technology is used in a corporate core system,
there are technical issues such as the smooth takeover of functions from a
server that handles various tasks online to other servers and the guarantee of
response time at the event of the takeover. Although grid technology has
hitherto been mainly used in the science and technology computation area, the
development of business grid that can be applied to entire corporate activities
including core systems is expected.
As part of "Focus 21," an economic stimulus project of METI, the ministry
started "Business Grid Computing Project". NEC is a member of this project,
which lasts from fiscal year 2003 to 2005, promoting joint development of
business grid middleware, global standardization of development results and the
commercialization of business grid through trials linking users. For the
planned trial, Mazda will participate in it as the user while NEC will support
the system construction by applying the results of business grid middleware
joint development. The system will be built and evaluated jointly by Mazda and
NEC.
Specifically, by using the business grid technology, the system will
consolidate the operation of Mazda's IT resources that are so far constructed
bound to the job, and prove the allocation of jobs to available IT resources in
remote locations when the volume of jobs exceeds system capacity; the
continuous operation and seamless transfer of jobs at certain locations to IT
resources of other areas as a disaster recovery system; and efficient
management of many servers located multiple sites. As the result, we aim to
achieve IT cost reduction and the improvement in ROI.
In this fiscal year, requirements of application systems will be defined and
job operation procedures will be designed. Building, operation and evaluation
of the system will be done in the fiscal year 2005. The contents of the
definition of operation requirements will be reflected on the joint development
of the business grid middleware, which will then be used in the construction of
an actual system.
Mazda has been proactively utilizing IT to improve competitiveness. In the
marketing area, for example, the company is engaged in the development of "Web
Tune Factory" that enables customers to order their own customized cars through
the Internet. The company is also considering on the reduction of IT-related
costs including the operation and management of several hundreds of servers and
investment in backup systems for countermeasures in case of disaster. Mazda
thought the grid technology would help further these issues and decided to
participate in the METI's Business Grid Computing Project. If the effectiveness
of the trial is confirmed, Mazda will consider applying the business grid to
company-wide IT infrastructure.
NEC has accumulated know-how and strengthened its grid technology through
advanced R&D at its Central Research Laboratories and supplying grid systems to
universities and research institutions. By applying the results of these
activities and expertise to the construction of the grid system for Mazda, NEC
aims to build a business grid system that can be used for regular office work,
contributing to the advancement of "Business Grid Computing Project" as a
whole.
The result of this project will be incorporated into NEC's software product
line and through building systems for users and participating in activities of
various organizations for standardization, NEC plans to globally promote
business grid.
DATASOURCE: NEC Corporation
CONTACT: Yasuhito Jochi of NEC Corporation, ,
+81-3-3798-6511; or Kosuke Yamauchi of NEC USA, Inc., ,
+1-212-326-2504
Web site: http://www.nec.com/