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From Caterpillar to Butterfly: Transformation Outsourcing in Japan's Financial Services Industry

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: TowerGroup
Published: September 2004
Product Code: R301-1032
Description
This TowerGroup Research Note analyzes the evolution of the outsourcing market in Japan as well as the underlying trends in the financial services industry that are precipitating this change. This Note also examines specific outsourcing deals inked over the past two years and the ways they differ from previous outsourcing arrangements. In particular, it outlines several examples of application-based shared utilities intended to support groups of regional banks. Finally, TowerGroup analyzes relevant IT spending trends that accentuate the market change discussed in this Note.
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Background: Outsourcing in Japan


Exhibit 1: The Changing Role of Outsourcing in the Japanese Financial Services Industry (2004)


Emergence of New Players and Beginning of Vendor Control

The Entanglement of Pursuing Cost Efficiencies




Recent Outsourcing Deals in Japan


Exhibit 2: Recent Outsourcing Deals by Japanese Financial Services Firms (2002-04)


Mizuho/Fujitsu

Tokyo Star Bank/Fujitsu

Mitsui Life Insurance Company/IBM Japan

Resona/NTT Data




Table Stakes for Banks and Vendors with Shared Outsourcing Utilities


Exhibit 3: One-to-Many Outsourcing Deals in the Japanese Financial Services Industry (2004)


IBM Japan/Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi

NEC/Japan Research Institute/Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Hitachi/UFJ Holdings

NTT Data/Regional Bank Utility




Outsourcing in Japan's Financial Services Industry: Market Sizing


Exhibit 4: Bank IT Spending in Japan, by Source (2004-07)




Enterprise Transformation Yields Sharp Maintenance Cost Savings


Exhibit 5: New, Replacement, and Maintenance IT Spending by Japanese FSIs (1998-2007)




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