NEC Awarded as Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Services Company of the Year

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Leading Provider of Artificial Intelligence Services

NEC has been awarded the Frost and Sullivan Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence (AI) Services Company of the Year, for the strong overall performance in the past year.

Recognizing the best-in-class companies that have demonstrated excellence in their respective industries, Frost and Sullivan’s selects recipients through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research.

NEC provides an extensive suite of end-to-end service capabilities that empower customers to build and deploy proprietary AI solutions quickly and at scale. The ability to co-create AI solutions that are customer-centric, innovative, and collaborative, with major technology vendors, offers a compelling value proposition for its clients. With a proven track record in delivering large and complex AI and analytics projects for public and private sector clients in Asia-Pacific, NEC will continue to reinforce its position as a leading service provider in the region’s highly competitive AI space.

Evaluated Points

NEC's outstanding achievement was evaluated based on the following categories.

Extensive RnD Capabilities

NEC is the leading player for almost five decades, in artificial intelligence technologies for visualization, and analysis and control. Utilizing ground-breaking AI technologies, such as image and video recognition, speech recognition, and machine learning, the company excels in industries such as public safety, energy, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. Today, NEC advances its AI services technology, improving its position in the market and bringing versatile AI services to customers.

With close to a thousand AI-focused specialists based at 10 laboratories across the globe, NEC is focused on research for Biometrics, Data Science, Video/Acoustics Analytics, Edge AI, Cybersecurity, Medical AI, and many other research areas.
Industry-leading AI-Based Platform

Companies across different economic segments seek AI-based tools and services to adapt to versatile business and societal needs. NEC leads the way, providing AI-based services that ensure improved safety and efficiency unmatched by the competition.

At the center of its performance is NEC the WISE, NEC’s AI platform that offers several competitive advantages. The platform’s architecture flexibility allows users to customize its functionality in line with their business requirements. Additionally, NEC the WISE provides “reliable AI” that respects human rights and privacy. Namely, it provides users with AI tools that explain how they behave, produce predictions, and what variables impact prediction results.
User-centric Services

NEC aids companies across different industries with their strategy at an early stage of AI adoption via its AI Discovery Program, an AI-focused consulting service. Specifically, NEC’s AI consulting comprises services such as the design of AI concept, business vision, and practical steps to drive smooth AI adoption. Such services are especially beneficial for companies at the early stage of incorporating AI tools in their activities, as NEC’s qualified personnel have hands-on experience and insight into AI adoption across various business domains like healthcare and manufacturing.

Analyst Quote

Leveraging industry-leading AI-enabled point solutions, NEC Corporation provides an extensive suite of end-to-end service capabilities that empower customers to build and deploy proprietary AI solutions quickly and at scale. Its ability to co-create AI solutions attuned to specialized customer requirements, innovative service delivery models, and strategic partnerships with major technology vendors enable NEC Corporation to offer a compelling value proposition for its clients.

With a proven track record in delivering large and complex AI and analytics projects for public and private sector clients in Asia-Pacific, NEC Corporation continues to reinforce its position as a leading service provider in the region’s highly competitive AI space.

Deepu Nair
Principal Analyst
Frost & Sullivan