Case Study 1: Nomura Group's Global Communication

Introduction

Nomura Group is one of the largest financial service organisations in Japan. It comprises a group of companies that includes Nomura Securities Co. Ltd, Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd, and Joinvest Securities Co. Ltd. It also has overseas subsidiaries in the U.S, Europe and Asia.

Issue

Earlier, Nomura group used laptops as a main tool for communication. As the laptops were not easy to carry and they also required complicated configuration, Nomura was looking for a secure and convenient mobile solution that would free them from these stresses.

Nomura group required a global communication environment which allowed employees to access their enterprise network from anywhere in the world and work as if they were in office.

Reasons for selecting BlackBerry Solution

The convenience and high security of the solution made Nomura group to opt for BlackBerry smartphones. The overseas subsidiaries of the Nomura Group had already benefited by the usage of BlackBerry smartphones. The introduction of BlackBerry solution facilitated the daily communication in the business.

The BlackBerry solution is widely used in the financial world and the Nomura group appreciated the convenience and high security of the BlackBerry solution.
The key functions of BlackBerry that appealed to Nomura were message encryption and uniform device management . The BlackBerry Enterprise Server default functions allowed Nomura to adhere to the existing security policy.

Results


Nomura group enhanced their internal device management systems for introducing BlackBerry 8707h smartphone. It set up a user support desk and a network for wireless distribution of applications. It was able to distribute the Bloomberg application to convey important financial information to their securities business. Employees were able to get real-time news updates throughout the business day. The BlackBerry solution allowed employees to check emails, view attachments, and manage their schedule.