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Initial Phase(1964~)

Developed, manufactured and marketed own brand products, such as Japan's first Kanji processing office computers.

April, 1964 Japan Business Computer Corporation founded.
TOSBAC-1100D Developed and marketed TOSBAC-1100D, which set a precedent for microcomputers.
October, 1977 JBC System-1 Kanji Developed and marketed Japan's first Kanji processing office computer,"JBC System-1 Kanji".
April, 1982 Introduced Corporate Identity and adopted the new brand name "JBCC" , aiming to enhance its trusted relationship with the customers.
Founded a subsidiary UNICOS Corp., in order to specialize in marketing of optical character readers (OCR).
May, 1982 Developed and marketed a decision support system, "JUSMATE Series".
March, 1983 Established a marketing alliance with IBM Japan, Ltd., and started marketing of "IBM Multi-station 5550".
C-200 Developed and marketed Japan's first network distributed processing system, "C-200".

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Second Phase(1983~)

Strengthened business foundation, through cooperation with IBM Japan, Ltd.

August, 1983 Established a capital and business partnership with IBM Japan, Ltd.
October, 1990 Registered its shares as over-the-counter stock.
April, 1994 Founded JBCC Supply Corp., as a consolidated subsidiary.
November, 1994 Launched marketing of an enduser computing support tool, "WorkFriend".
July, 1998 For strengthening software development capabilities, established JBDK Corp. as a consolidated subsidiary, jointly with a Chinese company.
July, 1999 SMAC Opened an operations monitoring center (SMAC), in Kamata Office.
October, 1999 Listed in the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
September, 2000 Listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
April, 2001 Acquired stocks of APTi Corp. and turned into a consolidated subsidiary.
November, 2001 Started marketing of "CustomerVision" , an integrated CRM solution.
April, 2002 Established JBTS Corp. and JBSS Corp., as consolidated subsidiaries.
May, 2003 Moved SMAC to Yokohama Office, and enhanced its size and functions.
September, 2003 Started marketing of business component type ERP(EnterpriseVision).
October, 2003 Internally implemented an ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) system.
December, 2003 Acquired stocks of CIS Co. Ltd., and turned into a consolidated subsidiary.
April, 2004 Acquired stocks of ICAS Corp., and turned into a consolidated subsidiary.
June, 2004 Acquired stocks of BSC Corp., and turned into a consolidated subsidiary.
November, 2004 Founded JBCC Healthcare Consortium (JBHC).
February, 2005 SLCC Opened Solution Competency Center (SLCC), in Kamata Office.
April, 2005 Merged its consolidated subsidiaries, JBTS Corp. and UNICOS Corp., and established JBCC Technical Service Corp.
Merged its consolidated subsidiaries, JBC Supply Corp., ICAS Corp. and BSC Corp., and established Supply Bank Corp.
July, 2005 Started marketing of a Thin Client "Secure Terminal".
October,2005 Started marketing of a medical solution "MedicalVision".
November, 2005 Established "JBCC Company Separation Preparatory Corp." and "Partner Company Separation Preparatory Corp."
December, 2005 Acquired stocks of NS&I System Service Corp., and transformed into a consolidated subsidiary.

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Third Phase(2006~)

Under a holding company framework, further business growth was strived for.

April, 2006 JBCC Holdings Inc. was started as a pure holding company.
The group was named JB Group.
"JBCC Company Separation Preparatory Corp." was renamed as JBCC Corporation (JBCC).
"Partner Company Separation Preparatory Corp." was renamed iGUAZU Corporation (iGUAZU).
NS&I System Services Corp. was renamed as NSISS Corp.
February, 2007 SLCC and SMAC were opened in the West Japan area, in addition to the East Japan area.
April, 2007 JBCC's Service Business Division became a separate company and was founded under the name JB Service Corp.
JBSS Corp. was renamed as C&C Business Service Corp. (C&CBS).
August, 2007 One-stop shopping site, "JB marché" was opend.
November, 2007 Acquired stocks of SOLNET Corp., and turned into a consolidated subsidiary.
January, 2008 JB Group Solution Center was established.
March, 2008 JBDK Corp.(JBDK), a consolidated subsidiary, was liquidated.
April, 2008 The software business and the advanced-technology functions of JBCC Corp. were transferred to APTi Inc.
APTi Inc. was renamed JB Advanced Technology Corp. (JBAT).
October, 2008 iGUAZU Corp. and Supply Bank Corp. were merged, with iGUAZU Corp. as the surviving company.
November, 2008 Established JB (Dalian) Information Technology Co., Ltd., in Dalian, China.
March, 2009 Opened an operations monitoring center (SMAC Dalian), in Dalian, China.
April, 2009 Undertook reorganizations among JBCC Corp., NSISS Corp., and JB Service Corp.
NSISS Corp. was renamed as JB Enterprise Solution Corp. (JBES).
May, 2009 Acquired stocks of General Business Services Co., Ltd., and turned into a consolidated subsidiary.
July, 2009 Acquired stocks of Reed Rex Co. Ltd., and turned into a consolidated subsidiary.
October, 2009 CLIC Cloud Integration Center (CLIC)was established, by enhancing the functions of Solution Competency Center (SLCC).
November, 2009 Founded JBCN (Shanghai) in Shanghai, China.
February, 2010 Founded JB Partner Solution Corp.(JBPS), as a consolidated subsidiary.
July, 2010 Founded JBCC (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (JBTH), as a consolidated subsidiary.
August,2010 Founded JB Chaina(Guangzhou) as a branch of JB Chaina(Shanghai).
Juanary,2011 JB Enterprise Solution Corporation(JBES) acquired stocks of KEN System Consulting Co., Ltd.(KSC) and made it a consolidated subsidiary.
February,2011 JB Enterprise Solution Corporation(JBES) acquired stocks of Advanced Application Corporation(AAC) and made it a consolidated subsidiary.
July,2011 Opend a BtoB EC website "Suppliesbank.com" specialized in printer supplies.
December,2011 Started hybrid platform on-demand service "PoD Center".
April,2012 Merged JB Enterprise Solution Corporation(JBES) which is surviring company and Japan Business Computer Corporation(JBCC) absorbing a part of business of JB Service Corporation(JBS) related to IT intrastructure,and renamed the new company "JBCC Corporation", and merged JB Service Corporation(JBS) which is surviring company and JBCC Technical Service Corporation(JBTS).

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