• DocumentCode
    1399161
  • Title

    An Inconspicuous Giant: NTT´s Role in the Development of Software Engineering in Japan

  • Author

    Sato, Yasushi

  • Author_Institution
    Japan Sci. & Technol. Agency, Suita, Japan
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    37
  • Abstract
    Although the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry´s investments in computer technology development are well known, the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (NTT) also played an important role. A study of the development of NTT´s information system called DIPS reveals NTT´s influence on the Japanese computer industry and its early effort to promote software engineering in the 1960s.
  • Keywords
    DP industry; information systems; software engineering; DIPS information system; Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry; Japanese computer industry; Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation; computer technology development; software engineering development; Computer industry; Electronics packaging; History; Information systems; International trade; Japan; Software engineering; DIPS; ECL; Fujitsu; History of computing; Hitachi; Japan; NEC; NTT; software engineering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2010.5
  • Filename
    5401148