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THE JAPAN EDITION 2026

Japan’s
enterprise infrastructure industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping enterprise infrastructure in Japan. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Enterprise Infrastructure illustration
Companies tracked 460Enterprise Infrastructure ecosystem in Japan Disclosed funding $461M51 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 9With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 140 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore Japan’s enterprise infrastructure leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Enterprise Infrastructure company highlights in Japan, snapshot 2 September 2026
Company
Eaglyseaglys.com$56.65M———
ABEJAabejainc.com$45.52M—81—
Midokuramidokura.com$44.54M—80—
Stockmarkstockmark.co.jp$30.09M—54—
Yappliyapp.li$29.7M———
QUADRACquadrac.co.jp$27.03M———
Autifyautify.com$26.07M—67—
TRUSTDOCKbiz.trustdock.io$22.74M—50—
Seiko Epson Corpepsonconnect.com—5 roles——
NTT Global Networks nttglobal.net—2 roles536—
CollaboGatecollabogate.com—1 roles——
HENNGEhennge.com—1 roles269—
Micoworksmicoworks.jp—1 roles——
NodeXnodecross.io—1 roles6—
PieceXpiecex.com—1 roles——
Quiitacorp.qiita.com—1 roles17—
Allied Telesisalliedtelesis.com——219—
Babelbabels.jp————
Capycapy.me——15—
Dajdaj.jp——388—
Kagoyakagoya.jp——107—
LINE WORKSline-works.com————
PicoCELApicocela.com——19—
trend microtrendmicro.com——7,669—
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Company discovery

Recorded evidence only

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No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Enterprise Infrastructure industry KPIs in Japan

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

2 September 2026
Hiring participation2.0%

9 of 460 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation14.8%

68 of 460 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share31.8%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$3M

Midpoint of 67 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 31.8% of disclosed capital, while 85.2% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How Japan enterprise infrastructure has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

Japan enterprise infrastructure
$0$19.59M$39.17M$58.76M$78.35M2016: $32.63M20162017: $15.38M20172018: $55.81M20182019: $68.54M20192020: $31.17M20202021: $68.72M20212022: $20.62M20222023: $23.21M20232024: $58.89M20242025: $29.44M2025
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Annual enterprise infrastructure funding and company formation in Japan
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$32.63M224
2017$15.38M217
2018$55.81M275
2019$68.54M296
2020$31.17M318
2021$68.72M165
2022$20.62M208
2023$23.21M106
2024$58.89M79
2025$29.44M15
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Eaglys12.3%
  • ABEJA9.9%
  • Midokura9.7%
  • Other companies68.2%

Funding by stage

95 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel51 53.7%
Series A–B35 36.8%
Series C+ / PE6 6.3%
Grants, debt & other3 3.2%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
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Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
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Series A06/2019
Yappliyapp.li$27M

Backed by Eight Roads Ventures and SMBC Venture Capital and others.

Series B06/2024
Autifyautify.com$13M

Backed by Globis Capital Partners and LG Technology Ventures and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

No reviewed exact national-ID connector has yet been qualified for Japan; this is a checked implementation boundary, not evidence that filings are absent.; No reviewed exact national-ID connector has yet been qualified for Japan; this is a checked implementation boundary, not evidence that filings are absent.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the Japan companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

12 of the 460 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (2.6%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 132,331 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
VPN Gatevpngate.net1,633,8345040.1%
NTT Communicationsntt.com1,127,7776551.6%
Kagoyakagoya.jp282,2454714.3%
LINE WORKSline-works.com272,4345118.7%
Yappliyapp.li162,3543850%
Rubyruby-lang.org142,1565318.4%
Caccocacco.co.jp122,5064770.4%
DeployGatedeploygate.com103,0983065.3%
Yaritoriyaritori.jp81,7014131.7%
Forguncyforguncy.com45,4273649%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

61 of these companies (13.3%) publish at least one Android app — 188 apps in all, carrying 31.1M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Mobile Security & Antivirustrend micro7.5M4.6Tools
LINE WORKS: Team CommunicationLINE WORKS4.1M3.8Productivity
Look alike - CelebrityLook-alike3.3M3.8Entertainment
IAM＜アイアム＞IAM1.6M—Tools
Trend Micro VPNtrend micro1.6M—Tools
Mobile Security & Antivirustrend micro1.5M4.8Tools
QR Scanner-Safe QR Code Readertrend micro1.5M4.4Tools
DiXiM for Android(F-02G/F-03G)DigiOn1.2M—Entertainment
Trend Micro ScamChecktrend micro803K4.5Productivity
AOSBOX Home -オールインワンクラウドバックアップAOSBOX729.3K—Tools

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q1–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Cybersecurity7327.7MMobile Security & Antivirus 7.5M
Endpoint Security1714.6MTrend Micro VPN 1.6M
Enterprise Collaboration134.8MLINE WORKS: Team Communication 4.1M
Professional Consumer Services54.2MLINE WORKS AiNote - 文字起こし・議事録 73.6K
Security & Surveillance Technology64.2MLook alike - Celebrity 3.3M
Image Recognition53.7MLINNÉ LENS 367.4K
Artificial Intelligence33.3MHiFacE - ハイフェイス 3.4K
Computer Vision33.3MOPNTerm 2 978

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2022Q4: 12022Q4: 02022Q42023Q1: 12023Q1: 12023Q12023Q2: 22023Q2: 02023Q22023Q3: 12023Q3: 52023Q32024Q1: 12024Q1: 12024Q12024Q3: 12024Q3: 722024Q32024Q4: 22024Q4: 22024Q42025Q1: 22025Q1: 22025Q12025Q2: 12025Q2: 52025Q22025Q4: 12025Q4: 182025Q4

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 66 of 188 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2025Q4, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The Japan enterprise infrastructure market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Enterprise tech327
Enterprise software272
Saas147
Identity access management51
Data security43
Consumer digital40
Deep tech33
Biometric authentication28
Facial recognition software26
Biometric access control25
Native ai in software development25
Artificial intelligence25

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Enterprise tech

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

327companies
1.8%have hiring activity

6 companies hiring · $452.65M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Subscription353
Fee-for-service71
E-commerce - service34
Advertising27
E-commerce - product25
Commission on transaction21
Physical commerce15
Sponsorship2
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionsbabels.jp ↗

Babel, a multinational technology company of Spanish origin, announced the acquisition of the Colombian company Meraki, a firm specialized in services and technological solutions for the financial sector.

Mergers & acquisitionstrendmicro.com ↗

Trend Micro has entered into an agreement to acquire Hewlett-Packard's TippingPoint in a deal worth roughly $300 million.

Mergers & acquisitionspalmsource.com ↗

PalmSource, the company that was meant to become the software licensor, ended up being purchased by Japanese company ACCESS in 2005.

Funding roundsspideraf.com ↗

Spider AF has raised around ¥800M (~A$9M) from VCs including Headline Asia

Funding roundsissuehunt.io ↗

IssueHunt (Tokyo, Japan) - A bug bounty and AppSec management platform that connects companies with ethical hackers. IssueHunt evolved from an open-source bug bounty site to an ASPM solution called “Baseline,” and secured a Series A investment led by cloud security firm HENNGE to scale its code-to-cloud security offerings.

Funding roundsaironworks.com ↗

AironWorks (Tokyo, Japan) - An AI-driven security awareness startup that simulates sophisticated phishing attacks to train employees. Backed by SBI Investment and Salesforce Ventures (¥340M raised in Series A).

Funding roundsplainer.co.jp ↗

PLAINER, a Tokyo, Japan-based software enablement company, has raised approximately ¥400 million in a Series A round, bringing its total funding to around ¥570 million.

IPO activitypicocela.com ↗

Spirit Advisors LLC proudly announces the successful completion of the initial public offering (IPO) of PicoCELA Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLA), a pioneer in wireless communication technology.

Mergers & acquisitionspolarify.co.jp ↗

Elements acquired majority ownership in eKYC and authentication services platform Polarify, a joint venture between Daon, SMFG/SMBC and NTT Data.

Mergers & acquisitionsepsonconnect.com ↗

Seiko Epson Corp. has announced the completion of its acquisition of Fiery, LLC, a longstanding and prominent provider of DFEs and workflow solutions for the print industry.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 61 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Mergers & acquisitions
13
Company announcements
11
New products
10
Earnings
9
Leadership moves
8
Funding rounds
4
IPO activity
2
Job creation
2
Lawsuit
1
Buyback
1
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IPO pipeline

1 companies with recorded IPO activity

PicoCELA ↗

IPO · Nasdaq Capital Market2 reports

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

trend micro ↗
new channel partner programme

Channel Partner Program

trend micro ↗
Trend Vision One Endpoint Security (AI Factory Endpoint Detection and Response) with NVIDIA BlueField integration

Cybersecurity / AI Security

Allied Telesis Partner Network (APN)

Partner program

Litigation

1 tracked suits

Company
ntt group, ntt data v Jeremy Ord, Jason Goodall, Grant Bodley, Steven Nathan, Saki

fraudulent sale of The Campus property, illegal schemeCivil · Verdict

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Babel→merakiAnnounced2025-10-16Not stated in snapshot
access→PalmSource ↗2025-08-10Not stated in snapshot
trend micro→Hewlett-Packard\'s TippingPointAnnounced2025-08-10$300.0M
Bain Capital, Advent International and EQT→trend micro ↗Rumored2025-02-19$8.5B
Advent International, Bain Capital, EQT AB and KKR→trend micro ↗Rumored2025-02-14Not stated in snapshot
EQT AB→trend micro ↗Rumored2025-02-13Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

3 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 5-posting snapshot covers 3 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Infrastructure Engineer (Bilingual It Support) Jlpt N2 Or Above1
Global Engineers/Infrastructure Engineers (Jlpt N3 Or Above)1
1 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 5 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Infrastructure
3
Java
2
Oracle Database
2
Web/Ap Server
2
Web/Open Systems
2
Private Funds
1
Aws Cloud
1
It Software Software Services
1
Public Securities
1
Software Engineering
1
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

132 founders and chief executives across 117 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

2 profiles with education records.

Prior employers

2 profiles with prior-work records.

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

488,507 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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488,507articles in the measured year
103,783articles in 2026Q1
50.5%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Enterprise Infrastructure coverage across Japan · articles per complete quarter

054,755109,510164,265219,0202021Q2: 68,5432021Q22021Q3: 88,2362021Q4: 61,2502022Q1: 74,8052022Q2: 72,3162022Q22022Q3: 76,6412022Q4: 100,0712023Q1: 100,9262023Q2: 99,7992023Q22023Q3: 114,5572023Q4: 94,4322024Q1: 112,0592024Q2: 112,5412024Q22024Q3: 122,2902024Q4: 122,9162025Q1: 150,3132025Q2: 110,6812025Q22025Q3: 190,4522025Q4: 90,5832026Q1: 103,7832026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q268,543
2021Q388,236
2021Q461,250
2022Q174,805
2022Q272,316
2022Q376,641
2022Q4100,071
2023Q1100,926
2023Q299,799
2023Q3114,557
2023Q494,432
2024Q1112,059
2024Q2112,541
2024Q3122,290
2024Q4122,916
2025Q1150,313
2025Q2110,681
2025Q3190,452
2025Q490,583
2026Q1103,783

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
131,050 positive · 35,115 neutral · 65,980 negative
2022
179,642 positive · 54,913 neutral · 88,955 negative
2023
246,890 positive · 67,045 neutral · 95,283 negative
2024
260,982 positive · 101,388 neutral · 106,853 negative
2025
273,274 positive · 158,474 neutral · 109,703 negative

Leading coverage topics

Enterprise Infrastructure coverage across Japan · ranked by full-period article count.

International And Transnational Geographic Entities299,548 articles in the full recorded period
108,090 recent · 81,384 prior
Geopolitical Disputes And Contested Areas299,544 articles in the full recorded period
108,088 recent · 81,383 prior
Administrative And Political Subdivisions299,497 articles in the full recorded period
108,072 recent · 81,367 prior
International Sports Competitions37,577 articles in the full recorded period
6,877 recent · 7,631 prior
International Political Relations34,525 articles in the full recorded period
7,691 recent · 6,886 prior
Olympic Games Coverage26,994 articles in the full recorded period
3,649 recent · 5,912 prior
International Relations And Diplomacy23,987 articles in the full recorded period
4,886 recent · 4,827 prior
Security And Defense Policies23,252 articles in the full recorded period
5,330 recent · 4,481 prior
Trade Policies And Agreements22,796 articles in the full recorded period
9,458 recent · 7,369 prior
Trade Wars And Geopolitical Impacts18,731 articles in the full recorded period
6,528 recent · 5,519 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Enterprise Infrastructure coverage across Japan

KeywordRecentPriorChange
countries4,1931,858126%
trade dispute mechanisms2,6681,66860%
bilateral trade2,3571,38870%
preferential tariff1,8391,25846%
forex liquidity1,653418295%
exchange rates1,54790671%
tariff rate quota1,50996357%
mfn tariff1,37690752%
gold spot price1,218182569%
commodity futures1,072318237%
honda forums02,597-100%
olympic team selections8501,961-57%
olympic trials9051,674-46%
summer olympics athletics2381,142-79%
sports in summer olympics164968-83%

Event and signal lenses

Enterprise Infrastructure coverage across Japan

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

797,885 classified articles

territories, disputed islands, countries

24.8% critical · 17.4% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

81,139 classified articles

inflation reports fx, currency intervention policies, trade deficits fx

39.4% critical · 43.9% positive
Rising

Growth

221,341 classified articles

gdp growth rate, gdp acceleration, economic output growth

33.5% critical · 46.1% positive

Enterprise Infrastructure coverage across Japan. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What Enterprise Infrastructure research is working on

53,444 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.

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53,444papers
53,444worldwide comparison pool
—India-affiliated papers

Research orientation

Breakthrough
20,901
Promising
13,313
Descriptive
11,458
Problem-identifying
4,591
Comparative
1,508
Cautionary
1,382
Critical
291

Contribution mix

Methods-led
30,427
Reviews
10,697
Empirical
9,347
Position pieces
2,528
Theoretical
445

Tone counts: 50,556 positive · 1,330 neutral · 1,558 negative.

Common problems researchers identify
4,882 papers · 9.1% of this field
  • Cloud computing3,354 papers
  • Big data372 papers
  • Cloud computing security363 papers
  • Computer security318 papers
  • Scalability300 papers
  • Software deployment275 papers
  • Digital transformation265 papers
  • Internet of Things251 papers

Landmark: Edge Computing: Vision and Challenges

Cautions
1,382 papers · 2.6% of this field
  • Cloud computing824 papers
  • Aerosol94 papers
  • Scalability88 papers
  • Big data77 papers
  • Satellite76 papers
  • Software deployment61 papers
  • Cloud computing security58 papers
  • Digital transformation57 papers

Landmark: Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing

Opportunities
34,214 papers · 64.0% of this field
  • Cloud computing20,930 papers
  • Scalability4,293 papers
  • Point cloud2,452 papers
  • Software deployment2,051 papers
  • Encryption1,611 papers
  • Scheduling1,555 papers
  • Internet of Things1,544 papers
  • Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution1,535 papers

Landmark: MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms

Leading institutions

Google
55,049
King Abdulaziz University
49,779
Temple University
44,860
Tokyo Metropolitan University
39,745
University of California, Berkeley
37,457
Microsoft
32,602

Leading researchers

Sudhir Kumar
39,741
Glen Stecher
39,741
Koichiro Tamura
39,741
Michael Li
37,942
Christina Knyaz
37,942
Rajkumar Buyya
22,621
Stephen E. Fick
15,995
Robert J. Hijmans
15,995

Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers

  • MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms37,942 citations
  • WorldClim 2: new 1‐km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas15,995 citations
  • Google Earth Engine: Planetary-scale geospatial analysis for everyone13,362 citations
  • Caffe11,150 citations
  • SqueezeNet: AlexNet-level accuracy with 50x fewer parameters and <0.5MB model size5,918 citations

Common problems researchers identify

4,040 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Cloud Computing / ScalabilityCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Cloud Computing / Scalability

1,225 papers

30.3% of this theme group

Cloud computing (1,194) · Scalability (126) · Operating system (113) · Distributed computing (68)

Cloud Computing: Issues and Challenges

Cloud Computing Resource Scheduling and a Survey of Its Evolutionary Approaches

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YearShare index
20221888.2
20231820.5
20241392.9
2025997.1
Virtualization / Big DataCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Virtualization / Big Data

805 papers

19.9% of this theme group

Virtualization (56) · Big data (90) · Software deployment (66) · Cloud computing (214)

Comprehensive Survey on AI-Enhanced Software Systems: From Misinformation Detection to Distributed Infrastructure Optimization

Explainable AI and Multi-Agent Systems for Energy Management in IoT-Edge Environments: A State of the Art Review

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YearShare index
2022587.2
2023539.4
2024377.9
2025550.1
Cloud Computing Security / Computer SecurityCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Cloud Computing Security / Computer Security

802 papers

19.9% of this theme group

Cloud computing security (274) · Computer security (261) · Cloud computing (689) · Data security (59)

An analysis of security issues for cloud computing

Cloud computing security threats and responses

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YearShare index
20221615.7
20231661.1
20241296.3
2025737.1
Digital Transformation / Digital EconomyCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Digital Transformation / Digital Economy

452 papers

11.2% of this theme group

Digital transformation (209) · Digital economy (73) · Cloud computing (257) · Business model (29)

Digital Transformation and Economic Development: Opportunities and Emerging Challenges

Digital Transformation in Business: Opportunities and Challenges

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YearShare index
2022136.4
2023146.9
2024136.2
2025219.8
Internet Of Things / Cloud ComputingCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Internet Of Things / Cloud Computing

275 papers

6.8% of this theme group

Internet of Things (177) · Cloud computing (184) · Big data (46) · Smart city (21)

IoT and Cloud Computing Issues, Challenges and Opportunities: A Review

IoT–Cloud Integration Security: A Survey of Challenges, Solutions, and Directions

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YearShare index
20221386.9
20231437.9
20241561.4
20251468.6
Aerosol / Atmospheric SciencesCommon problems researchers identify · 06

Aerosol / Atmospheric Sciences

261 papers

6.5% of this theme group

Aerosol (49) · Atmospheric sciences (31) · Meteorology (24) · Radiative transfer (22)

Improving our fundamental understanding of the role of aerosol−cloud interactions in the climate system

Confronting the Challenge of Modeling Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics

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YearShare index
2022136.6
2023144.7
202498.2
202558.9
Enhanced Data Rates For Gsm Evolution / Edge ComputingCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Enhanced Data Rates For Gsm Evolution / Edge Computing

220 papers

5.4% of this theme group

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (132) · Edge computing (143) · Edge device (63) · Cloud computing (165)

Edge Computing: Vision and Challenges

Edge-Computing Architectures for Internet of Things Applications: A Survey

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YearShare index
2022341.3
2023347.8
2024290.4
2025353.1

Cautions

1,133 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Cloud Computing / Operating SystemCautions · 01

Cloud Computing / Operating System

248 papers

21.9% of this theme group

Cloud computing (216) · Operating system (48) · Distributed computing (20) · Virtual machine (15)

Performance Analysis of Cloud Computing Services for Many-Tasks Scientific Computing

On the Use of Cloud Computing for Scientific Workflows

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YearShare index
20221821.5
20231734.2
20241309.4
2025638.3
Satellite / Radiative TransferCautions · 02

Satellite / Radiative Transfer

184 papers

16.2% of this theme group

Satellite (43) · Radiative transfer (29) · Cloud computing (114) · Remote sensing (18)

Classifying clouds around the globe with the CloudSat radar: 1‐year of results

Reduced aerosol pollution diminished cloud reflectivity over the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific

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YearShare index
2022237.0
2023255.8
2024184.8
2025122.9
Cloud Computing Security / EncryptionCautions · 03

Cloud Computing Security / Encryption

171 papers

15.1% of this theme group

Cloud computing security (42) · Encryption (32) · Cloud computing (121) · Computer security (33)

Secure cloud computing: Benefits, risks and controls

A survey of risks, threats and vulnerabilities in cloud computing

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YearShare index
20221728.2
20231777.4
20241382.1
2025987.7
Climate Model / AerosolCautions · 04

Climate Model / Aerosol

146 papers

12.9% of this theme group

Climate model (31) · Aerosol (52) · Atmospheric sciences (43) · Climatology (25)

Aerosol Effects on Climate via Mixed-Phase and Ice Clouds

Challenges in global climate models to represent cloud response to aerosols: insights from volcanic eruptions

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202258.6
202370.2
202442.0
202532.4
Digital Transformation / Cloud ComputingCautions · 05

Digital Transformation / Cloud Computing

141 papers

12.4% of this theme group

Digital transformation (45) · Cloud computing (84) · Digital economy (14) · Audit (12)

The impact of cloud computing technology on cloud accounting adoption and financial management of businesses

The Impact of Digital Technology on Enterprise Operational Performance

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YearShare index
2022145.1
2023156.6
2024148.6
2025251.7
Big Data / Internet Of ThingsCautions · 06

Big Data / Internet Of Things

134 papers

11.8% of this theme group

Big data (28) · Internet of Things (24) · Analytics (15) · Sustainability (13)

Artificial Intelligence and Cloud-Based Accounting Information Systems: Enhancing Financial Reporting Reliability and Cybersecurity in the D

OPTIMIZING AI-DRIVEN IOT ECOSYSTEMS: ADVANCING SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND SECURITY

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YearShare index
20221436.3
20231484.9
20241600.3
20251526.8
Enhanced Data Rates For Gsm Evolution / Edge ComputingCautions · 07

Enhanced Data Rates For Gsm Evolution / Edge Computing

109 papers

9.6% of this theme group

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (31) · Edge computing (16) · Edge device (14) · Latency (12)

Characterizing Container Performance in Edge Computing

The Rise of Edge Computing: Driving Efficiency and Experience in Distributed Networks

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2022341.3
2023347.8
2024290.4
2025353.1

Opportunities

29,038 papers · 7 recurring themes
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Cloud Computing / SchedulingOpportunities · 01

Cloud Computing / Scheduling

1,730 papers

28.8% of this theme group

Cloud computing (1,648) · Scheduling (189) · Distributed computing (144) · Scalability (278)

AI-DRIVEN CLOUD COMPUTING: MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION, TASK SCHEDULING, AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION

Integrating Artificial Intelligence with Cloud Platforms to Optimize Performance, Scalability, and Reliability in Distributed Computing Syst

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2022767.3
2023763.6
2024486.5
2025567.3
Scalability / Software DeploymentOpportunities · 02

Scalability / Software Deployment

1,153 papers

19.2% of this theme group

Scalability (175) · Software deployment (94) · Virtualization (54) · Big data (70)

MAIS: Multi-Model Adaptive Inference Scheduling for Web-Based Intelligent Service Platforms

PLANAR: A Machine Learning Based Approach for Robust Network Resource Placement and Routing

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2022549.1
2023543.7
2024374.3
2025727.5
Encryption / Cloud ComputingOpportunities · 03

Encryption / Cloud Computing

975 papers

16.2% of this theme group

Encryption (242) · Cloud computing (744) · Computer security (155) · Cryptography (91)

A Secure and Intelligent Data Transfer System for Cloud Environments using Hybrid Cryptography and Deep Learning-based Intrusion Detection

MULTI-LAYERED AUTHENTICATION AND ENCRYPTION FOR CLOUD SAFETY

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20221699.2
20231743.9
20241356.8
2025971.8
Internet Of Things / Cloud ComputingOpportunities · 04

Internet Of Things / Cloud Computing

618 papers

10.3% of this theme group

Internet of Things (236) · Cloud computing (385) · Microcontroller (46) · Precision agriculture (34)

Application of Internet of Things (IoT) in Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Intelligent IoT: Leveraging Data Analysis, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning for Smart Systems

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20221273.2
20231335.9
20241478.8
20251358.7
Satellite / Radiative TransferOpportunities · 05

Satellite / Radiative Transfer

587 papers

9.8% of this theme group

Satellite (81) · Radiative transfer (44) · Aerosol (42) · Cloud computing (341)

Capturing Aerosol‐Cloud‐Precipitation Interactions: A Physics‐Informed Sparse Regression Approach for a Coupled Multiscale System With Time

Estimating cloud condensation nuclei from aerosol optical properties across diverse environments: observations, models, and prediction appro

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202289.3
202398.1
202472.4
202569.6
Enhanced Data Rates For Gsm Evolution / Edge ComputingOpportunities · 06

Enhanced Data Rates For Gsm Evolution / Edge Computing

474 papers

7.9% of this theme group

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (259) · Edge computing (221) · Edge device (100) · Mobile edge computing (53)

EdgeCloudSim: An environment for performance evaluation of edge computing systems

Secure Data Sharing and Searching at the Edge of Cloud-Assisted Internet of Things

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2022341.3
2023347.8
2024290.4
2025353.1
Point Cloud / SegmentationOpportunities · 07

Point Cloud / Segmentation

463 papers

7.7% of this theme group

Point cloud (425) · Segmentation (72) · Lidar (66) · Cloud computing (218)

PointAugment: An Auto-Augmentation Framework for Point Cloud Classification

Transforming Point Clouds: A Hybrid Approach for 3D Object Recognition

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2022354.1
2023393.7
2024287.8
2025330.2

How this field compares with the research baseline

Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Breakthrough39.1%26.3%
Promising24.9%37.0%
Descriptive21.4%17.7%
Problem-identifying8.6%9.9%
Comparative2.8%4.0%
Cautionary2.6%4.3%
Critical0.5%0.9%

Concerns receiving less research attention

Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.

Concern / example paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Privacy & surveillanceSecurity and Privacy Challenges in Cloud Computing Environments1,9614.88%409 (20.9%)4.88%
Energy & datacenter footprintHarnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices6001.49%93 (15.5%)1.49%
Carbon & emissions of computeMeasuring the Carbon Intensity of AI in Cloud Instances570.14%8 (14.0%)0.14%
Safety & misuseLocal AI Governance: Addressing Model Safety and Policy Challenges Posed by Decentralized AI490.12%9 (18.4%)0.12%
Bias & fairnessThe CALIPSO Lidar Cloud and Aerosol Discrimination: Version 2 Algorithm and Initial Assessment of Performance300.07%5 (16.7%)0.07%
Concentration of compute powerGeopolitical ecologies of cloud capitalism: Territorial restructuring and the making of national computing power in the 250.06%12 (48.0%)0.06%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chainDigital Detox: Reducing E-Waste Through Sustainable Technology Practices180.04%4 (22.2%)0.04%
Labour & data workThe Ethical and Human-Centric Integration of AI, Robotics, and Cloud Computing in the Future of Work130.03%8 (61.5%)0.03%
Water useAI-Optimized Cooling in Cloud Data Centers: A Feasibility Analysis; Environmental Strategies of the Cloud Computing Indu110.03%3 (27.3%)0.03%

Research orientation and citation rankings describe the covered collection. Its recorded publication dates do not support an overall publication-volume trend.

Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: worldwide. This may be broader than the company geography.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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Enterprise Infrastructure in Japan: key questions

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What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

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