All about Authentication vs Authorization in software development
Nowadays, software development is becoming increasingly complex and there are many information security threats. Keeping up with that trend,...
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Top 10 Leading Digital Twin Technology Companies in the Industry in 2025
Digital Twin – real-time digital simulation technology – is becoming a vital piece in enterprises’ digital transformation journey. This...
What is SAP S/4HANA? Benefits of SAP exploit before 2027
Data analysis is an important process in today’s business management process and SAP S/4HANA is one of the supporting systems for this process. The solutions from SAP ERP are being used popularly in a lot of countries around the world, although lots of people...
AI Governance – The Key for Enterprises to Harness AI Safely and Effectively in 2025
AI Governance — or the governance of AI — is essentially the “rulebook” that enables enterprises to leverage AI safely, transparently, and effectively. I. Context & Challenges: Why AI Governance Becomes Mandatory in 2025 In 2025, AI is no longer an experimental technology. It...
What is ChatGPT? Find out about new technology trends
ChatGPT is an advanced Generative AI model developed by OpenAI, capable of understanding and generating human-like text. Built upon the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) architecture, ChatGPT is revolutionizing how people interact with computers—supporting everything from office productivity and content creation to customer service and...
Mixed Reality (MR): The Future Technology Connecting the Real and Virtual Worlds
1. What is Mixed Reality (MR)? Mixed Reality is the next wave of computing, following the arrival of mainframes, personal computers (PCs), and smartphones. Mixed Reality is becoming more and more popular with both consumers and businesses. It frees us from screen-based experiences, providing...
Using Salesforce in enterprise’s human resource management system
In recent times, when technology has become more and more popular and applied in many different fields, Salesforce is also a name that has become familiar to many people. However, Salesforce and its application in enterprise human resource management are not well understood by...
Building multipleplayer mobile games are easy?
Multiplayer mobile games are games on smartphones that allow multiple players to join at the same time (real-time) or in turns (turn-based) over a network. These games enable players to interact, collaborate, or compete with each other, instead of playing alone. To operate smoothly,...
What is MVC model? The basic knowledge for developers.
When it comes to programming websites, you cannot skip the MVC model. Why is it important? And how it helps you? The below article will explain more about MVC model, and you can have sustainable knowledge in the future. 1. What is MVC model?...
What is SAP? Why should you use SAP services at BAP Software?
SAP is one of the management software widely applied in large enterprises. Among the factors that contribute to an enterprise’s success is SAP. So, what is SAP? Why should businesses use SAP services at BAP Software? Get the details right through the following article...
Overview of the NFT Play to Earn Game for Beginners
The video game industry has been growing steadily in recent years. Millions of gamers are participating in NFT games and the Play to earn mechanism has attracted them to stick with the game more. If you are a newbie and want to learn about...
UI Testing: The Secret to Optimizing Customer Experience
In today’s digital world, optimizing user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design is not just essential for attracting customers but also determines the success or failure of a product or service. “UI Testing” is a crucial process that ensures interface designs are not...
Offshore
Software Quality Issues – BAP Software
Software quality is one of the most important issues in offshore development. We’d like to consider the difference in...
What is an Offshore Development Center? Summary of basic knowledge for businesses
In today’s digital age, Offshore Development Center is becoming a more and more popular choice for software development solutions...
Offshore development in Da Nang
Da Nang has emerged as an ideal offshore destination with low costs, a stable workforce, and over 45,000 IT...
Top benefits of outsourcing bring to your business
Did you know that your business can get the great benefits of outsourcing if you start outsourcing now? Today,...
The difference between Offshoring and Outsourcing that businesses need to know
Offshoring and Outsourcing are two tools of modern business today. Thousands of businesses around the globe are engaged in...
Things to consider first in smartphone application development
With the increasing number of smartphone users, the use of smartphone apps has become important in marketing strategies to...
Smartfashion
Challenges: The modern people nowadays are always busy, they don’t even have time to go shopping for their necessities. On the other hand, fashion retailers are facing abandoning baskets when it comes to online shopping and huge amounts of returned items to the stores...
AI-Driven Energy Optimisation: Reducing Heavy Power Consumption for a Sustainable Future
In today’s manufacturing landscape, energy costs are a growing burden—especially for large-scale factories. With rising industrial electricity tariffs directly impacting profitability and mounting environmental responsibilities, our advanced AI solution offers a game-changing opportunity. It enables your business to significantly reduce energy expenditure while contributing...
AI in Finance: Boosting Invoice-to-Cash Efficiency with Intelligent AI Agents
1. Overview Our client — a mid-sized commercial bank in Asia — was seeking to improve compliance efficiency within its Invoice-to-Cash (I2C) process. With thousands of invoices and documents to process weekly, they needed a solution that could automate compliance checks with high accuracy,...
Fill Me Color
Fill Me Color! is an exciting painting puzzle game that is available on Appstore, we are publishing on Google Play soon. This is a 3D art style game that is developed with Unity engine with amazing features so that players can experience interestedly and...
Financial Compliance Reinvented with AI: 60% Faster Audits
🎯 Goal: Automate compliance checks in invoice and contract processing to ensure legal standards and reduce internal audit workload 📦 Solution: Document Parsing + LLM Review + Rule-based Decision Engine ⚙️ Technology Stack: Azure Form Recognizer, LangChain, GPT-4 Private, Python Ruleset 📈 Result: Reduced...
Consultant Application
Challenge: The information and data on the internet are huge and it seems to be easy to find the correct answer for any question but in reality, it’s not. People can feel lost or confused because there is too much information and it’s uncertain...
One-to-One Lesson Management System
Challenge: A music school is a platform where teachers and students can offer one-on-one online lessons. In order to solve current problems at the school, we would like to implement the following proposals: Provide an educational platform that meets the needs of students, where...
Solana Blockchain Game Solution with NFT & Livestreaming
Overview The client from Japan requested the development of a mobile game on the Solana blockchain platform, where in-game characters and assets would be created as NFTs. These assets can be traded on Solana-supported marketplaces. The game is not only for entertainment but also...
Screw Factory
Screw Factory is a 3D game built on Unity engine with an impressive interface. We offer huge art assets with different objects in different styles for players to experience interestedly. The game is inspired by the real objects around us, it simulates the actions...
AI-Based Compliance Monitoring for Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices
Automatically detect legal risks in your content – stay compliant, reduce exposure The Challenge In highly regulated industries like pharmaceuticals and medical devices, businesses must ensure that marketing, product descriptions, and website content fully comply with national legislation. Violations – even unintentional – can...
Kick The Man
Kick The Man is the very first game that was published by BAP on Google Play and App Store. The game is about the fierce battles between a young man against the dark force for the truth about his father. Will love win over...
Maintenance AI Assistant – Reduce Equipment Incident Reporting Time by 70%
🎯 Goal: Assist workers in quickly reporting equipment failures via voice or image; the system analyzes and suggests appropriate actions. 📦 Solution: Voice-to-Text + Vision AI + LLM ⚙️ Technologies: Whisper, OpenAI Vision, FastAPI, GPT 📈 Result: 70% reduction in incident reporting time ⏱️...
Legacy System Migration: Order & Inventory Management
Overview Many enterprises are still operating on legacy systems such as COBOL, NEC A-VX, and AS/400, which are costly to maintain, difficult to scale, and lack integration capabilities with modern technologies. BAP’s Migration Service helps businesses transform outdated systems into modern platforms, ensuring stability,...
Image processing in automation and robotics
Problem: RUBIK’S CUBE SOLVING Solving a Rubik’s cube is a challenge for people. It is required a lot of patient and practice to learn how to solve a Rubik’s cube. The question is, can we solve this problem using robot? – INPUT: The picture...
Speaker recognition and speaker verification
Problem: Speaker recognition: is the process of automatically recognizing who is speaking by using the speaker-specific information included in speech waves to verify identities being claimed by people accessing systems; that is, it enables access control of various services by voice. Speaker verification (also...
Forecast Time Series on AWS
Overview – Predict power consumption of various sites based on past data and weather data. – Serverless system running on AWS – Collect data from IOT Advantages – Cost savings – Environmental protection – Avoid wasting energy Problem – Real-time processing – Build on...
MonsterX
It is an adventure game where you advance a story while making friends with monsters you met. As you proceed, you will see a new monster appearing in the battle. From character to audio material, all development is handled within BAP. Development Form Lab...
Scrape Art 3D
SCRAPE ART 3D is a new free color game that helps you find creative inspiration with tons of impressive pictures. When compared to kinds of new free paint games, Scrape Art 3D does not require you to have a good skill of color matching....
Exchange Market App
Challenges: Developing an E-commerce platform is the current trend of businesses, but to get a successful platform is different. Because businesses must make users feel that they are using the best platform for their trades. BAP’s experience can help in this situation, when we...
MMP – Multi Matching Platform
1. Overview In the ever-changing business world, expanding your network is more appealing than ever. Creating your platform is time-consuming, involves research, and building a team. Yet, it may lack flexibility for changing business needs. Professional MMP integration services empower you to own your platform...
SAP maintenance and operations
Role: Implement reporting functions for MM and HCM modules Implement common functions to analyze and fulfill requirements Implemented the ability to upload QM/supplier list data Period 2016 – 2018 Team size 15 Environment SAP ECC6.0 Technology ABAP 7.3...
AI-EDU – Automated Classroom Question Creation
In today’s world, automation has spread to a wide range of industries, including education and training. As EdTech revolutionizes traditional methods of training in these domains, businesses are increasingly investing in modern training tools. It reflects a reconsideration of older training methods in response...
Cannon Blast
At the same time when we released Little Furry, Cannon Blast was also published on our App Store with the design of shooting music games. It is a battle between the guard with a strong army of pirates. With Cannon Blast, it is not...
Dynamic AI Production Planning: Adapting to Market Volatility with Agility
In today’s fast-moving manufacturing environment, order fluctuations and market shifts are constant challenges—causing disruptions to production schedules, delivery delays, and resource inefficiencies. Our dynamic AI-powered production planning solution enables your business not only to respond swiftly but to thrive amid volatility, supporting your transition...
Modernizing the Legal Industry with AI-Powered Legal Document Assistants
Challenge Legal professionals often have to deal with a large volume of repetitive documents, especially when personalizing legal templates for individual clients. This work requires high accuracy and legal expertise, but it is time-consuming – reducing efficiency for more strategic consulting tasks. Our client...
Seamless Mobile Interaction with Security Door Lock Systems
In the realm of modern entry systems, a layered security approach is prevalent, allowing precise control over access to specific areas at specific times. In addition to enhancing overall security measures, access management ensures the protection of valuable assets, secures sensitive information, and creates...
Metal Heroes
Metal Heroes is a mobile game that is developed on the Unity engine. It illustrates the playstation control with fierce battles and different types of guns, endless combats, and ferocious bosses. Bright colors themes and impressive character graphics make it become a featured game...
Learning Ranking for Horse Racing Prediction
1st Problem: Data Table and Processing The pre-processing in data table including Missing data Categorical data Numerical data => How can we solve it when data is missed? Solution for 1st Problem: There are a huge number of encoding method. However, what is the...
VR Training App
Challenge: Almost all business have training program for new employees, but they have the following issues; High cost: Transportation and accommodation costs are required for new employees to gather. High turnover rate: There is a large difference between what new employees think before being...
Game Smart Rock-Scissor-Paper
Smart-contract-based on Rock-Paper-Scissor game which runs on Ethereum Blockchain...
Technology
ブロック【block】- ブロックチェーン開発 ・オフショア開発なら株式会社BAP
Sorry, this entry is only available in 日本語. ブロックチェーンシステムにおいて、一定量のトランザクションデータをまとめて永続的に記録するファイルを ブロック と呼びます。 ブロックチェーン開発 においてはブロックの設計によってトランザクションスピードに影響がでるため、重要な項目です。 時間とともに新たに生成されたトランザクションデータは、 1.トランザクションプールと呼ばれるデータ貯蔵庫に一時的に保管され、 2. マイニング作業によって新たなブロックとしてまとめあげられ、 3. 正当性が承認されると古いブロックに繋がれてチェーンを形成します。...
Top Big Data technologies you need to know
Continuing the knowledge on “What is Big Data?“, this article will reveal some of the top technologies for big...
Future development trend of Secure Payment Gateway
Online payment is becoming an indispensable part of daily life, a basic feature that programmers need to focus on...
VPN – 仮想プライベートネットワーク
Sorry, this entry is only available in 日本語. VPN【 Virtual Private Network】 仮想プライベートネットワーク VPN とは、通信事業者の公衆回線を経由して構築された仮想的な組織内ネットワークまたはそのようなネットワークを構築できる通信サービスを指します。 古くは電話回線で用いられていたいたもので、全国に拠点を持つ大企業の内線電話などを公衆網を中継して接続するサービスでした。 その後、VPNは一般的に企業内ネットワークの拠点間接続などに使われ、自社ネットワーク内部の通信と区別がつかないレベルで遠隔地の拠点との通信が行えるようになってきました。 VPNを用いることで、安全な通信ルートを確保した上で重要な情報をやり取りでき、悪意ある外部アクセス者から情報を守ることができるようになります。 活用例としては、空港や駅、商業施設などで使われている無料Wi-Fiサービス上での通信をVPNを用いて暗号化することで通信内容を盗み見られるリスクを避けることができます。...
What are smart contracts on the blockchain? How does it work?
Over the past decade, blockchain technology has become the subject of much research because of its decentralized, consensus, distributed,...
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): When AI reaches human-level thinking.
While Narrow AI has become common in everyday life, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) represents the pinnacle that the tech...
What is the Waterfall software model? The development sequence of the Waterfall model?
The Waterfall software model was first introduced in 1970 by Winston Royce. The Waterfall model consists of simple and separate stages, so Waterfall used to be very popular. In spite of the fact that this model has been replaced by others, it still follows...
Metaverse – World innovation trend
Referring to new technology trends, we cannot ignore the phrase “Metaverse”. It is dubbed the next evolution of the Internet, and can bring users great experiences.. So what is the Metaverse? Do you understand it all? If you still wonder what we can experience...
IT Operations Checklist 2026: A Practical Guide for CTOs & IT Managers
IT Operations is not limited to simply “keeping systems running”; it is a critical factor in ensuring security, performance, and scalability. For CTOs and IT Managers, a clear IT operations checklist serves as a practical tool to control risks, optimize resources, and maintain system...
Top 5 System Operations & Maintenance Trends in 2026
In 2026, AIOps and advanced operational technologies are reshaping how enterprises manage their IT systems. From cloud operations and zero-downtime maintenance to the convergence of DevOps and O&M, everything is moving toward one shared goal: optimize efficiency – reduce costs – enhance security. Let’s...
Top 5 Saleforce development companies In Japan
Salesforce is known as a software that helps businesses to solve the sales, marketing, and customers’ management. This platform brings various benefits to improve the businesses’ performance, and satisfy customers. In addition, Salesforce is installed with ease, and businesses can customize from various functions....
Cyber Security – A concern in the 4.0 era and great job opportunities!
The ubiquity of the Internet and associated services creates several possibilities for companies and people. However, it does raise worries about cyber security dangers. The particular material below will give a wealth of important information, allowing readers to get a more in-depth view. 1....
What is proprietary software? Outstanding characteristics and differences compared to open source software
Proprietary software (PS) that is controlled by a single organization and licensed to third parties for usage is known as proprietary software, also referred to as closed source. This indicates that the user cannot access the source code of this kind of program. It differs...
Businesses should choose to develop Web apps or mobile applications
When it comes to software development, there are two biggest areas: Web application development and mobile application development. To choose the right type of App for you, businesses need to clearly understand the advantages and disadvantages of each type and understand the differences between...
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): When AI reaches human-level thinking.
While Narrow AI has become common in everyday life, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) represents the pinnacle that the tech world is striving to achieve. AGI refers to machines that not only perform programmed tasks but also possess the ability to think, learn, and adapt...
マークル木【Markle Tree】
Sorry, this entry is only available in 日本語. マークル木 とは、ファイルのような大きなデータを要約した結果を格納するツリー構造の一種です。 主に入出金記録などの大きなデータの要約と検証を行う際に使用されます。 データ要約および検証時の計算にハッシュ関数を用いているので、ハッシュ木とも呼ばれます。 マークル木は、公開鍵暗号方式の開発者ラルフ・マークルが1979年に発明しています。 原著論文はこちら マークル木 の構造 マークル木では、2つのデータを1つにまとめて1単位のデータとして取り扱います。 上の図では、トランザクション0（Tx0）のハッシュ、トランザクション1（Tx1）のハッシュをそれぞれ計算しています。 このAのハッシュ、Bのハッシュそれぞれを合わせた値のハッシュが頂点のハッシュ値となります。 データが蓄積されるにつれ、複数段のツリー構造が構成されてゆき、2段、3段と2個ずつハッシュ値がまとめられてゆきます。 最終的に得られた頂点のハッシュ値はマークルルート（トップハッシュやマスターハッシュとも）と呼ばれています。 マークル木には、どんなデータを入力しても一定長の値を返すハッシュ関数が使用されています。 そのため、どんなに多くの大きなデータを入力しても最終的に得られる値は一定のデータ長になります。 つまり、2個のデータを要約しても、175386個のデータを要約しても、最終的には同じデータ長にまとめることができるのです。 また、計算が単純なため、マークルルートの値を得るのに負荷が少なくて済みます。 ビットコインなどの仮想通貨では、この特性を応用することで要約元のデータの検証に用いています。 すなわち、予め保存しておいたマークルルート値とブロックのデータがあれば、 新たなブロックのデータから算出したマークルルートの値と、予め保存されたマークルルートの値を比較検証することが可能になっています。...
Introducing BAP Office and Software Development in Ho Chi Minh City
1/ Overview of the software development in Ho Chi Minh City When mentioning Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), people often immediately think of the key economic center of the country, a place of constant innovation and development. In that overall picture, the software development...
What is Multisig? The beneficial information of it for you to know
Multisig brings various benefits of security for transactions in the virtual currency market, but many people don’t know much about this platform. So, in this article, we will introduce and explain for you about Multisig’s information, pros and cons, its mechanism, and some exchanges...
AI Agent Development Services – The Future of Intelligent Business Operations
AI Agents are emerging as a new technological pillar in digital transformation, enabling enterprises to automate processes, make data-driven decisions, and enhance customer experience. However, to build effective AI Agents, businesses need professional AI Agent development services. This article will help you understand what...
What are IoT Devices? Applications and Trends of IoT Devices in 2025
IoT devices (Internet of Things) are reshaping how humans interact with the physical world. This article will help you understand what IoT Devices are, their practical applications, and the development trends of IoT devices in 2025 – along with the outstanding role of BAP...
What is SaaS? Cloud-Based Software as a Service Solution for Businesses
I. What is “SaaS”? “SaaS” stands for Software as a Service. It refers to the use of applications in the form of cloud services. Based on cloud technology, SaaS is a service that provides software to end-users via the Internet. Traditionally, in order to...
What is the NFT Marketplace? Summary of the most popular types of NFT Marketplaces
If you want to join the NFT trend, the NFT Marketplace is our gateway to buying and selling these digital assets. There are many active NFT markets today. Operating the marketplace can be a great business opportunity in the current crypto world. To learn...
What is desktop wallet? what you need to understand it
When you understand some wallet concepts in Cryptocurrencies like web wallets, Hot wallets, and Cold Wallets, we will continue to introduce you to Desktop wallets with its benefits, disadvantages, and some famous desktop wallets on the market now. 1. What is desktop wallet? Desktop...
What is the crypto market? Things to keep in mind when participating in the crypto market
The cryptocurrency market has been bustling in recent years. With a rapid development speed, the cryptocurrency sector creates many opportunities as well as many challenges for investors. So what is the crypto market? What to keep in mind when entering the market? All will...
ブロックチェーンの不正を防ぐ3つの暗号技術
Sorry, this entry is only available in 日本語. 前回の記事で ブロックチェーン はネットワークにいる全員で台帳を共有していると言いましたね。 参考：中学生でもわかる！ブロックチェーンの仕組み それでは「悪い人が誰かの台帳にアクセスして書き換えることができるのでは？」と疑問に思う方もいるでしょう。もちろん ブロックチェーン にはデータの不正利用を防ぐ仕組みがあります。今回は不正を防ぐための３つの暗号技術について初心者にも分かりやすく説明します。 １．特定の人にしか見られないようにする暗号技術：公開鍵暗号化方式 ブロックチェーン に用いられる１つ目の暗号技術は公開鍵暗号化方式です。この技術によって、データを盗み見られたり、書き換えられたりすることを防いでいます。鍵による暗号化は共通鍵と公開鍵があります。 ブロックチェーン に用いられている公開鍵暗号化方式をより理解するために、まずは従来の方式である共通鍵暗号化について説明します。 共通鍵暗号化方式は二人が共通の鍵を持っていて、データを暗号化、復号化する方法です。これは、データを送りたい相手に事前に共通鍵を渡しておく必要があるのですが、どうやって共通鍵を渡すかが難しい点です。 情報が漏洩しやすいインターネット上で共通鍵を渡すことは危険であるため、厳重に管理されたルートで相手に渡す必要があります。また、第三者に共通鍵が流出した場合、簡単にデータを開封されてしまいます。このような鍵配送問題を解決したのが公開鍵暗号化方式です。 公開鍵暗号化方式の最大の特徴は暗号化するための鍵と復号化するための鍵が異なるということです。受信者はあらかじめ暗号化用の鍵を送信者に渡しておきます（相手に渡すため公開鍵と言われています）。 そして、暗号化された情報を復号化するための鍵は自分だけが持っておきます（自分だけが持っておくので秘密鍵と言われています）。 そして、送信者は事前に渡された公開鍵でデータを暗号化しておくります。この場合、もしデータが盗まれたとしても秘密鍵がなければ第三者は暗号文を読みとくことができません。 このデータを読むことが出来るのは秘密鍵を持っている受信者のみです。公開鍵暗号化方式は共通鍵暗号化方式の鍵配送問題を解決した暗号方式であり、情報漏洩を防ぐことができます。 しかし、注意すべき点は秘密鍵の管理です。秘密鍵が流出すると情報を盗まれる可能性があるため、秘密鍵の管理は慎重に行う必要があります。 ２．本人を証明するためのしくみ：電子署名 ブロックチェーンに用いられる２つ目の暗号技術は電子署名です。これは紙の文書におけるサインの役割を果たすもので、ネット上のなりすまし対策のために作られました。 電子署名は上記で説明した秘密鍵と公開鍵を利用していますが、注意すべき点は、電子署名と公開鍵暗号方式では鍵の役割が違うことです。 ＜公開鍵暗号方式＞ 秘密鍵：暗号文を復号化する。開鍵：平文を暗号化する ＜電子署名＞ 秘密鍵：平文に署名をする 公開鍵：署名が正しいか検証する では、電子署名は具体的にどのようにして行われるのでしょうか？メールを例にして説明します。 まず、一郎さんはまい子さんにメールを送るとき、通常のメッセージ（平文）と同時に、秘密鍵によって暗号化したメッセージ（暗号文）も同時に送ります。この過程で、送信するデータを秘密鍵を用いて暗号化することを電子署名といいます。 暗号化されたメッセージを受け取ったまい子さんは、誰の公開鍵で読めるか試してみます。すると、太郎さんの公開鍵で暗号文を読むことができました。さらに、解いた暗号文と平文を比べると一致していました。 こうして、確かに一郎さん本人からのメールだということが分かりました。このように、電子署名を用いると本人が送ったことを証明することができます。 ３．データを瞬時に照合できるしくみ：ハッシュ関数 ブロックチェーンに用いられる３つ目の暗号技術はハッシュ関数です。ハッシュ関数とは、どんな値を入力しても２５６ビットの長さの文字列が出てくる関数のことです。 どんなに長いまたは短い文字列を入力しても、一定の長さのハッシュ値が出てきます。また、入力値が一文字違うだけで、全く異なる文字列がでてきます。 ハッシュ関数の重要な特徴は一方向性です。データをハッシュ化するのは簡単ですが、ハッシュ化された結果から元のデータを推測することは不可能となっています。では、ハッシュ関数はどのように活用されているのでしょうか？ 例えば、オンラインで音楽ファイルなどのデータをダウンロードするときにハッシュ関数が役に立ちます。ダウンロード中にデータが破損する可能性がありますが、ダウンロード後に膨大なデータを隅々までチェックして破損しているかどうか調べるのは大変な作業です。 その際、ダウンロードしたデータのハッシュ値と、ダウンロード元のサイトに載っているハッシュ値を比較します。比較した結果、２つのハッシュ値が一致していれば、正常にダウンロードされたことが確認できます。...
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ダナンのIT産業が急成長した理由と今後の課題
Sorry, this entry is only available in 日本語. １． ダナンのIT産業が急成長した理由 ますます発展するベトナムのIT業界の中で、ダナンは特に注目を集めています。ひと昔前、日本企業によるダナンへの投資は、製造・加工業が中心でした。 しかし、10年程前からソフト開発や設計などのIT分野への投資が目立つようになり、2018年には投資件数の25％がIT分野という状況になりました。 このようにダナンのIT産業が注目を浴びるようになった理由は何でしょうか？理由は３つあります。 １-１．人件費が安い ダナンのIT産業が急成長した大きな理由は人件費の安さです。ベトナムはASEAN諸国の中でも人件費が安い国です。ダナンはホーチミン、ハノイに次ぐ第3の都市ですが、その人件費は20％以上も安いと言われています。 賃金（月額） ハノイ ホーチミン ダナン 法定最低賃金 156 156 138 ワーカー（一般工職） 181 193 158 エンジニア（中堅技術者） 346 349 226 単位USD/月（JETRO 2016） さらに、ダナンのIT業界の離職率はわずか8％であり、ハノイやホーチミンが20％であるのに比べて非常に低くなっています。 このように、人件費が安く離職率が低いダナンのIT産業はオフショア開発先として注目を集め、多くの日本企業がダナンへ進出しました。 １-２．国による優遇政策 2010年、ダナンはベトナム政府からIT特区に認定されました。海外のIT企業に対する優遇政策として、法人税免除、土地リース料免除などが適用されました。 このように、国をあげて企業誘致に力を入れたことにより、多くの日本IT企業がダナンへ進出しました。 １-３．若く優秀な人材 若く優秀な人材が多いことも、ダナンのIT産業の成長に貢献しているでしょう。ダナン市には大学と短大が25校あります。その中で、工科大学、IT教育大学、IT短大などITを専攻とする学部・学科があります。 また、IT分野だけではなく、オフショア開発に重要な日本語教育も充実しています。さらに、ベトナムではほとんどの大学でインターンシップが必須となっています。 インターン先でIT企業を志望する学生も多いため、企業にとっては一緒に働いた経験のある学生を雇うことができるというメリットがあります。このように、ダナンはITと言語の両方で、若く優秀な人材が多いと言えるでしょう。 2． ダナンのIT産業...
How does an offshore company help you in coronavirus time?
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オフショアを始める前にやっておきたいこと
Sorry, this entry is only available in 日本語. 1. オフショアに関する意識調査結果から 少し古くなりますが、IPAの調査データに次のようなものがあります。IPA (Information technology Promotion Agency) がオフショアに関してIT企業に出したアンケートの結果です。調査Aでは、70％以上が「現在より拡大したい」と言っており、調査Bでは、「70％以上が予定なし」と答えています。 まったく相反するような結果が出ていますが、実はこれ、調査Aは既にオフショアを実施している企業からの回答であり、調査Bは過去に一度もオフショアを実施したことがない企業からの回答なのです。 一概には言えませんが、オフショアで開発を経験した企業はそのメリットを享受し、さらに利益を求めて拡大へと向かい、経験したことがない企業は、実感としてメリットを捉えることができないためにさらにオフショア実施に対して消極的になってしまっているという構図がうかがえます。 2. オフショアを始める前に何をする必要があるか？ このように経験したことがない企業が、オフショアを検討し始める際には当然のごとく不安が付きまとうことになります。また、何も考えずにオフショアを始めたのでは、過去の失敗事例同様の結末になりかねません。オフショアでの開発は、少なからずリスクが存在します。ここでは、リスクに対する不安を少しでも和らげるために、何をすれば良いかについて紹介します。オフショアを始める前には、最低でも次のことはやっておきましょう。 目的を明確にする 概要を理解する オフショアの事例を研究する オフショア先（国）候補を決める 2.1 目的を明確にする まず、オフショアの目的を明確にしておきましょう。目的により、オフショアの進め方、オフショア先が違ってきます。目的としては次のようなものが考えられます。 コスト削減 人件費の低い国での労働力を活用し、開発予算を抑えます 人材不足解消 日本国内での人材不足解消の手段を海外に求めます スキル導入 自社に技術スキルがなく、即時にそのスキルを導入したい場合に活用します 2.2 概要を理解する 次に、オフショアの契約形態とそのフォーメーションについて理解しておきましょう。大きく分けると受託開発型とラボ型の二つに分類することができます。 受託開発型 オフショア側に納品責任が有る、日本で一般的に採用されているものと同様の契約モデルです。事前に決められた仕様、期間、金額通りにシステムを納品することでプロジェクトが完了します。現地とブリッジSEを窓口にして開発を進めます。 ラボ型開発 同ーのオフショアチームを一定期間、一定予算で抱え込んで開発を進めるやり方です。お客様は、ブリッジSEを通して、或いは直接オフショア側のチームに指示を与えます。 3. オフショアの事例を研究する 目的がはっきりして、オフショアの概要を理解したら、次に他部門・他社のいろいろな事例について研究するとよいでしょう。先達が残してくれた事例は、失敗しないための貴重な財産になります。事例については、インターネットを検索しても、すぐにたくさんの成功事例、失敗事例を見つけることができます。その事例から、注意点やリスクを自分で読み取ることはとても役に立つでしょう。...
