News of a mega integration of NTT Group companies has been in the air for the past two years though nothing was officially announced until July 2019. DIGITAL CREED was aware of this unification unofficially dubbed ‘NTT One’; that term is not used today. In the past 24 months, we met and interviewed global leaders from NTT Communications, Netmagic Solutions, and Dimension Data. So, we were not too surprised when the announcement was made on October 1, 2019. NTT Ltd. announced that 28 companies from over 70 countries will now come together to form a US$ 11 billion company. Among the companies that are coming together under the NTT Ltd. brand are Dimension Data, NTT Communications, Netmagic Solutions, NTT Security and Arkadin.
With this integration, NTT Ltd. becomes the 11th largest ICT provider in the world with a comprehensive portfolio of offerings. In India, it caters to over 2,500 prestigious clients and employs over 6,500 people across the country.
NTT Ltd. business in India will be led by Kiran Bhagwanani, CEO, India for NTT Ltd. Bhagwanani was earlier the CEO of Dimension Data’s businesses in South Asia, Japan and New Zealand. He will be responsible for making sure the country meets the ambitious objectives of NTT Ltd. and its clients. And he reports to John Lombard, Asia Pacific CEO, NTT Ltd. Lombard is the former Asia Pacific CEO of Dimension Data.
Read our exclusive interview with John Lombard here.
Kiran Bhagwanani, CEO, India for NTT Ltd.
Kiran Bhagwanani, CEO, India for NTT Ltd. said, “It’s an honour to be leading NTT Ltd. India into this exciting new era. Over the years, we have had the privilege of building multi-year technology partnerships and providing managed IT services to marquee clients in India. In our own way, we have contributed to building a Digital India through large scale deployment and management of IT assets for some of the largest banks and financial institutions, manufacturing conglomerates, telecom service providers and the services sector.”
He added, “The journey has been rewarding and enriching. Over the past 8 years, our India business has grown at a fast rate of 18% CAGR while meeting its profit goals for 28 consecutive quarters, making it one of the fastest growing and most profitable businesses of the Dimension Data brand. With this integration, our goals and capabilities increase multi-fold. We have created a global technology powerhouse that delivers full breadth of industry-leading products, solutions and world-class managed services to empower our clients in their digital transformation journey; and gives them access to multiple technologies and capabilities under brand NTT. Our clients will also gain tremendously with NTT Group’s research and innovation capabilities for which the annual average investment for the next five years is USD 3.6 billion.”
With the integration, Netmagic Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications will become a part of the Global Data Center Services business owned by NTT Ltd. and will be led by Sharad Sanghi as the CEO in India. He reports to Senior Executive Vice President, ICT Infrastructure Services – Masaaki Moribayashi.
Sharad Sanghi, MD and CEO, Netmagic Solutions said, “The creation of Global Data Center and Cloud Services division will strengthen our growth plans in the Indian sub-continent. With the growing demand of our high-density and hyperscale data centers in the industry, Netmagic aims to expand its footprint to more than double its current capacity over the next few years. We run our own managed cloud hosting service in India and have now expanded to offer a multi-cloud hybrid platform. We are one of the fastest growing ICT companies over the past 5 years.”
“For NTT’s global clients and partners in India, this means an acceleration of their ambitions through digital transformation with a seamless combined set of expertise and leadership position of Netmagic in the managed IT hosting and cloud services. Clients can also leverage the significant investments that NTT is making in innovation,” added Sanghi.
Brand Synergies
The brands that will be combined over a phased period to form NTT Ltd. include Arkadin, CAPSiDE, Communications Lifecycle Management (CLM), DPA, DTSI Group, Emerio, e-shelter, Euricom, e2y, Global IP Network (GIN), Gyron, Netmagic Solutions, NTT Communications Cloud Infrastructure Services (NTT Com CIS), NTT Communications Managed Services, NTT Global Networks, NTT Indonesia Nexcenter (NTTI Nexcenter), Oakton, RagingWire, Secure-24, SQL Services, Symmetry, Training Partners, Transatel, Viiew and WhiteHat Security.
By bringing together these companies, NTT Ltd. is offering:
- Client access to a more comprehensive range and greater depth of skills across multiple technologies and capabilities.
- Global technology and managed services that are world leading in scale and depth.
- Improved ability to deliver more in-depth industry solutions for our clients.
- World-class managed services platforms with the ability to deliver local customizations to meet clients’ needs in each market.
- Increased investment in innovation and R&D.
Commenting on the integration, Chris Barnard, Vice President for Enterprise Infrastructure and Communications at IDC, said “Organisations worldwide are increasingly looking to technology companies that can adapt and support them across a range of fast-moving challenges. Societies, agriculture and manufacturing need fully-integrated solutions that will help them harness the power of IoT, edge analytics and collaboration platforms. In coming together as one company, NTT is acknowledging this, giving them one single view across their organisation for better insights that will help them transform and benefit from change”.
About NTT Ltd.
NTT Ltd. is a leading global technology services company. We partner with organizations around the world to shape and achieve outcomes through intelligent technology solutions. For us, intelligent means data-driven, connected, digital, and secure. As a global ICT provider, we employ about 40,000 people in a diverse and dynamic workplace that spans 57 countries, trading in 73 countries and delivering services in over 200 countries.