Setting Up An Office in Tokyo

Here is a good general IT checklist when you're setting up an office.

• Check with building management that the building can support your Internet and telecommunication requirements.
• Arrange with telecommunications providers for telephone lines and numbers.
• Arrange a good-quality printing company for reprinting stationery with updated information.
• Liaise with HQ IT Department, and ensure they are kept up to date with all aspects of the plan, and that global IT standards are accommodated in your plans.
• Install cabling for phones, PCs, servers and communications devices.
• Arrange for PCs with localized settings and peripherals, i.e. Japanese keyboards, printers, etc. that can run a software image that global HQ provides.
• Test all systems comprehensively.
• Install and certify high-speed Internet line for email and Web traffic (e.g. 100 Mb BFLETS Internet connection).
• Arrange Internet Service Provider suitable for Internet requirements: email server, Web server, FTP server, etc.
• Negotiate, purchase, and arrange for delivery of servers, communications products, PCs, printers, photocopiers, software media, and licenses.
• Set-up maintenance support contracts with Japanese vendors for all products.
• Arrange for software updates, and document all license keys and relevant usernames and passwords for all services.
• Install communications cabinet and all communications devices.
• Undertake comprehensive soak test.
• Ensure that client PCs function correctly in the new environment and can connect to the Internet/VPN/server(s).
• Support users during "go-live" period and subsequent days.
• Assist with any local Japan issues that your global IT staff cannot support.

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