What does it take for a 125-year-old technology company to reinvent itself for the AI era? NEC is already taking that step, moving from continuous transformation to AI at scale.
Founded in 1899, NEC Corporation is one of Japan’s leading technology companies, operating globally across IT services, telecommunications, and digital infrastructure. Over the decades, the company has continuously adapted to new waves of technological change, but today’s shift is different. Artificial intelligence is not just another innovation cycle; it is redefining how organizations operate at their core.
For NEC, this means rethinking not only technology, but also how work gets done, how decisions are made, and how value is created.
In a recent conversation with Thomas Pfiester, head of Customer Engagement & Adoption and member of the Extended Board of SAP SE, NEC CIO Toshihiko Nakata shared how the company is approaching this challenge and why becoming an AI-native enterprise requires more than technology.
