Japan's Hitachi steps up tech pivot with help from GlobalLogic

Infrastructure maker and software developer eye joint projects in India, Japan

Nitesh Banga, president and CEO of GlobalLogic, believes that Hitachi's strength in the Japanese IT market can be replicated overseas. (Photo by Mitsuru Obe)

MITSURU OBE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

October 27, 2022 18:00 JST

TOKYO -- Hitachi has spent more than a decade shifting its focus to technology services in a quest to improve profitability at the 112-year-old industrial conglomerate. Now the company is attempting to speed up that shift with help from its biggest acquisition, U.S. software developer GlobalLogic.

"Together, we believe that Hitachi's IT business can and will become one of the global powerhouses," Nitesh Banga, president and CEO of GlobalLogic, said at a media roundtable in Tokyo on Thursday.