Kyndryl Japan and ID Holdings Corporation will announce to set up a preparation team to establish the "Next-generation System Management Consortium" for the purpose of solving a variety of challenges surrounding the IT system managements in Japan and providing value. Kyndryl Japan and ID Holdings Corporation will discuss how to establish the consortium. The preparation team will consider the specific activities of the "Next-generation System Management Consortium," build its organization and structure, and strive to invite companies and organizations to join the consortium, with the aim of establishing the consortium on October 1, 2023.

Several companies including Kyndryl Japan and ID Holdings will undertake activities during a one-year period after the establishment of the consortium and plan to become a general incorporated foundation in fiscal year 2024. After incorporation, the consortium will invite more IT companies and user companies to join it and expand the scale of its activities. The technological evolution makes social platforms more dependent on advanced IT technologies such as AI and virtual reality and, as a result, increases the importance of system managements.

The "Next-generation System Management Consortium" will undertake activities to help IT companies and user companies go beyond the organizational boundary and unite together as one, drive the advancement and automation of system managements, and foster human resources that support the effort. The activities include the following: Research for putting cutting-edge technologies for system managements (AI, VR devices, metaverse, etc.) into practical use. Case study introduction, information exchange, study, and lecture sessions about DevOps, NoOps, etc.

Advertisement and publicity of the above activities in order to increase their recognition. Through these activities, the consortium will try to solve immediate challenges, such as response to complicated system managements, operating cost reduction, and solution to the shortage of IT engineers. At the same time, the consortium will work to drive the integration of development and operation, the automation of operations utilizing AI, the skill development of new human resources that support the effort, and the workstyle reform, and solve social challenges, such as the shortage of human resources.