London - NEC Europe Ltd, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation (NEC), announced that, as of today, it fully owns NEC Philips Unified Solutions. The business unit will change its name to NEC Unified Solutions. NEC formerly had a majority shareholder stake alongside Royal Philips Electronics.
“NEC Unified Solutions is a leader in communications solutions such as IP Telephony systems, SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) servers and Unified Communications applications for the SMB and enterprise markets,” said Paul Kievit, President of NEC Unified Solutions. “NEC is pursuing its global cloud computing strategy and this move will enhance our software-centric and cloud-computing-based solutions for telecom operators, governments and public sectors across Europe.”
“Our focus on cloud computing requires the integration of IT and communication network resources, skill sets and expertise,” said Nobuyuki Yanaginuma, Associate Senior Vice President of NEC Corporation and President of NEC Europe. “The new structure will enable us to offer our cloud solutions to a broad customer base, from carriers to enterprises.”
NEC Europe has also announced that it has consolidated its IT platform business from NEC Computers S.A.S. NEC’s IT platform business includes a comprehensive portfolio of IT solutions including servers, storage, virtualization and integrated services.
“NEC’s cloud services strategy is supported by its expertise and knowledge of IT platform and customer-focused services,” said Shigeru Matsuura, General Manager of IT Platform Solutions, NEC Europe Ltd.
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