NEC opens new Australian HQ and innovation centre

NEC Australia has opened its new Australian headquarters and innovation centre in Melbourne’s Docklands.

The new 6000 m² office will be home to 600 staff. The innovation centre will offer customers hands-on experience with technologies including facial recognition, fingerprint scanning and enterprise mobility.

In addition, the new centre is supported by NEC’s software-defined networking technology to enhance the security, monitoring and visibility of network services.

NEC Australia Managing Director Tetsuro Akagi said the facility has been designed around the principles of activity-based working, to help foster closer collaboration and innovation across all aspects of the business.

“Our new headquarters is a benchmark in design and construction that reflects NEC’s transformation to a high-performance technology services company,” he said.

“It is a living showcase of a modern and flexible activity-based working environment which perfectly illustrates how we orchestrate NEC’s global innovations with local expertise and partnerships to deliver a smarter and safer Australia.”

NEC has been operating in Australia for 47 years. The company has spent over $200 million over the past 15 years on homegrown innovation.

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