PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

COSTCO JAPAN

Oct

29

One of the most successful COSTCO overseas operations is COSTCO JAPAN. This is one of several COSTCO stores in Japan. This is their Makuhari Store. I believe this was their No.2 store.

Because of the strong Japanese currency, selling products to Japan can be very profitable.

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Japan IT Week Expos.

Oct

27

I was at Japan IT Week expo today at Makuhari. It takes about an hour from my hotel to get to Makuhari Messe by train. I left hotel about 9:40am and got there about 10:30am. I had a quick lunch and walked around for about two hours and got on the train to get back to Tokyo. I was standing up almost all the time. I am little tired but I found some interesting products and ideas.

People attending this show were wearing ties ... IT looked very formal.

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Cloud Computing Expo in Japan

Oct

24

Starting tomorrow until this Friday, there is a Cloud Computing Expo going on in Makuhari. I will have time to visit it on Thursday. In addition to this Cloud Computing Expo, there are three other exhibitions going on. Those are

* Smartphone and Mobile Expo
* Information Security Expo
* Web & Mobile Marketing Expo

They all sound interesting.

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What makes PSPINC different?

Oct

18

We have been in business for 24 years. It is a very long time for a software development company. Why are we able to stay in business for so long? What makes us different from other companies?

Here are some of the things that I think makes us different.

(1) We are business software development company. All services that we provide over the Internet are developed by PSPINC. We do not just go out and buy some software and put them together and sell it.

(2) We have built the company from zero to current status without outside intervention or funding. We are ignorant enough to build the software and services other companies may not even try.

(3) We listen to customers. But we also say "No" to our customers if we are not capable or not willing or will not benefit customers.

(4) We have a pride in our service and ability to do things that other companies may not be able to perform.

(5) We earned our customers trust by constantly providing better service.

(6) We try to communicate with customer by listening. We do not sell things that customers cannot use or do not need.

(7) We are focused on products and services for business community, not consumer products.

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Web Site, SNS, Email are tools.

Oct

14

Web Site, Social Networking and Email are very important tools that you can use to promote your business. But remember, they are tools not your business. You are not building Internet (.com) company. You are what you are. And you now can use Web Site, Social Networking and Email to promote your business.

You cannot sell things on the internet you can not sell regularly. Internet is not a special world that you can sell anything. Internet is not a magic wand. It is a very useful tool but that is what it is. You must use them and use them well to stay ahead, but you are not transferring your business to cyber space.

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VISA BLACK CARD

Oct

13

I received the invitation to VISA BLACK CARD ... Cool!
I read the contract. It cost $495 annually ... No cool!

For $495, I get concierge service ... no cash back, no points ...
Other than the status of owning carbon fiber black card, you get nothing much.
They say only 1% of people qualify ... I say only 1 out of 100 is crazy enough to pay $495. And I am not one of them.

I wish a BLACK CARD is free and only presented to 0.001% of people instead of 1%. If I qualify, that means BLACK CARD is not that much of a status. Besides, PSPINC provide Domain Name, Web and Email hosting for small companies for $250 a year. That is about the half of this credit card costs. You got to be kidding.

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$84,000 and $108,000 for every hour

Oct

12

Cloud migration is cheap compared to IT downtime.

Hello Kenichi (Ken),

“On average, businesses lose between $84,000 and $108,000 (US) for every hour or IT system downtime.”
Assessing the Financial Impact of Downtime, IT Director, April 26, 2010

When you consider that 59% of Fortune 500 companies experience a minimum of 1.6 hours of downtime per week, the costs associated with the above figures can be staggering.

Investing in cloud services is the biggest step you can take toward mitigating those costs, maintaining business continuity and managing change in an evolving business environment. Experts agree that an investment in cloud services is a bargain compared to the alternative:

“Spending on IT will have to happen even if the economy is weak. Otherwise, many companies won’t be able to stay in business because of failing data centers.”
IDC: Boom In Global IT Spending Forecast Despite Short-Term Economic Concerns, Silicon Valley Watcher, August 3, 2010.

What is wrong with this quote that I got from the local telephone, Internet company?
"businesses lose between $84,000 and $108,000 for every hour ..."

We don't and most companies do not even make $84,000 and $108,000 for every hour. If you think fortune 500 companies are the average companies ... this company need to learn about the reality.

99% of companies that we work with has less than 10 email accounts. Ad they make a lot less than $84,000 and $108,000 an hour. They pay average of about $22 per month and they uptime is better 99.9%. If your company is making less than $84,000 and $108,000 an hour but still like to get >99.9% availability, call us.

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Did you know Applebee serves breakfast?

Oct

10

I went to Applebee for breakfast. Yes, Applebee. Did you know they serve breakfast on weekends (Saturday and Sunday). There were hardly anyone there. This might be a best kept secret.

For large chain of restaurant, they are not doing a good job marketing it.

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Web Hosting for Your Company

Oct

8

We are working very hard to provide the best web and email hosting service for your company.

http://www.pspinc.com/eng/page/hosting-web

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Business Card Scanning

Oct

7

I am scanning all my business cards into a computer using Fujitsu SnapScan. The scan itself takes less than a second but making sure every card is scanned correctly takes time. But you have to do it soon or later.

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