IWFST2005 Presentation IT in Japan and Osaka

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IWFST2005 PresentationIT in Japan and Osaka

• Graduate School for Creative Cities
• and Media Center
• Osaka City University
• Hideo Nakano

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What is IT

• IT, ICT
• Information Technology
• Information and Communication Technology
• Internet Technology
• Domain, Purpose - Internet Technology
• Internet
• The Internet(Worldwide Network between domains
  through ISP)
• Internet Technology

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Internet in Japan

• 1984 Junet(UUCP telephone line)
• 1987 I have jointed Junet
• 1988-9 TCP/IP connection(WIDE)
• 1993
• Regional Network
• ISP(Internet Service Provider)
• 1995 Local Government use Internet

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Internet 2005 in Japan

• 2005(This Year)
• National Project
• Regional Project
• Local Government Project
• Company domain
• University Domain
• NPO, NGO Domain
• Home(SOHO Small Office-Home Office)

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IT in Japan - Japan Government

• e-japan Project Electronic Government
• National Distributed CA(Certificate Authority)
  Center LGWAN From 2003
• IT One of Big Project in Japan
• Scientific High-Speed Network
• JGN Japan Giga Network- Up to 10 Gbps
• Backbone Network
• Road(by Tax) vs ISP(by service charge)

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IT in Japan Local Government

• Prefecture wide Optical Fiber Project
• Okayama, Kochi
• Regional IX(Internet eXchange) Project
• Most Traffic concentrates to Tokyo
• Regional Scientific Network
• Regional Academic/Public Center
• Univ.-High/Junior/Elementary School
• Many many IT project

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IT in Osaka City

• Osaka City
• 24 regions
• Population 2.6 Million(Night), 4 M(Day)
• Clerk 48,000
• Osaka Revitalization IT Adviser
• e-mail account for clerk
• PC for each clerk
• Role of IT is infrastructure.