Beat Communication is a Japanese company that supplies software for enterprise social networking services. It has customers such as NTT Data, Canon Marketing Japan Inc., Japanese Consumer's Cooperative Union, All Nippon Airways Trading Co., Ltd. Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd., ITX Corporation, ITX, Reitaku University, etc.
In 2013, the company acquired the social networking blog site Socialnetworking.jp that started in 2004. In 2014, ITR, Research Company mentioned in the report that Beat Communication is the leading top company in the field of enterprise social networking industry in Japan followed by Microsoft.
The interview with global leaders about “technology and work style” has been picked up on the national media several times. Some of the interviews are Dr. Heizo Takenaka, ex- Minister at Japanese government, Dr. Jiro Kokuryo, chairman of Keio University, Mr. Seiichiro Hino of Microsoft Japan and Mr. Muneyuki Okawa of Salesforce Japan.
History 2003: Social graph experiment at KEIO SFC Incubation Village event in Roppongi Hills 2004: Beat Communication Co., Ltd. established; World's first internal SNS package launched 2005: "Beat Style" (SNS x Q&A package) launched; Provided "@my page" SNS for J:COM internet subscribers 2007: "Beat Office" (SNS + Wiki package) and "Eco Style" (world's first eco-system) launched 2008: Developed Eco-Volun, a green IT system for OMRON Corporation's global eco-activities 2009: "Nexti" SNS implemented at NTT Data wins IT Management Innovation Award; "Eco Style" selected as an excellent case study by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; Invited to speak at World SNS Forum in London 2010: "Beat Office English" launched 2011: "Beat Shuffle" SNS package launched 2013: Featured on "Nikkei CNBC" TV program 2015: On-premises provision of "Beat Shuffle" begins; iOS and Android apps for "Beat Shuffle" launched; "Beat Messenger" internal messaging service launched 2018: Global customized version of "Beat Shuffle" implemented in enterprises; PC version of "Beat Messenger" released 2023: Began sales of cutting-edge AI marketing platform for businesses in the Japanese market
Business activities Development and implementation of social networks and community sites Planning, development, customization, management, and sales of social software ASP and on-premises sales of social software Planning and management of social marketing and advertising Consulting for messaging services and IoT (Internet of Things) Global marketing consulting Development of IoT solutions including wearables Cross-border EC consulting Sales of AI marketing platform products Lectures on knowledge management and social networks
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