Navigating the future: NTT Ltd.'s post-pandemic journey and growth strategies

As part of NTT DATA, a US$30 billion IT services provider, NTT Ltd. is a leading IT infrastructure and services company that serves 65% of the Fortune Global 500 and over 75% of the Fortune Global 100.

The company lays the foundation for organizations’ edge-to-cloud networking ecosystem, simplifies the complexity of their workloads across multi-cloud environments, and innovates at the edge of their IT environments where networks, cloud, and applications converge. It also offers tailored infrastructure and ensures consistent best practices in design and operations across all of our secure, scalable, and customizable data centers.

As a returning guest to #biztechasia, John Lombard, CEO of NTT Ltd. Asia Pacific, discussed NTT’s progress in the past 1.5 years. He emphasized the company’s transition post-pandemic, business transformation, and emerging growth areas in the Asia Pacific region, such as cloud, cybersecurity, and private 5G networks. Additionally, he highlighted three critical factors for businesses to prioritize in 2023/2024, exemplifying cybersecurity, ChatGPT, network modernization, and digital transformation.

John also discussed several other key points:

NTT’s Private 5G: He highlighted the industries that would benefit the most from NTT’s Private 5G and the expected outcomes for companies adopting this technology.
Case studies: John presented examples of companies that have successfully leveraged NTT’s Private 5G and showcased their achievements.
Partnership with SES: He discussed NTT’s recent multi-year partnership with SES, explaining how the use of satellites would enable NTT to deliver Edge-as-a-Service to enterprise customers and the benefits this collaboration brings to customers.
Increased investment in data centers: John mentioned NTT’s increased investments in Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, and India, outlining the opportunities that lie ahead for NTT in 2023 and 2024.
Future plans for NTT in the region: He touched upon what’s next for NTT in the Asia Pacific region, hinting at the company’s upcoming initiatives and strategies.