our journey

Milestones

With humble roots dating back to 1981 , NCS has evolved to become a leading technology services firm with presence in Asia Pacific today. We partner with governments and enterprises to advance communities through harnessing technology. NCS provides differentiated and end-to-end technology services to clients with its NEXT capabilities in digital, cloud and platforms, as well as core offerings in application, infrastructure, engineering and cybersecurity. NCS also believes in building a strong partner ecosystem with leading technology players, research institutions and start-ups to support open innovation and co-creation.

Formation of National Computer Board (NCB)

1981

Incorporated as the IT arm of National Computer Board (NCB)

Corporatisation of NCS

1996

Became a business organisation and a key player in Singapore's IT industry

Acquisition by Singtel, one of the 4 major telcos in Singapore

1997

Joining the Singtel family brought the company private along with access to greater resources from infrastructure to manpower

Acquisition of Singapore Computer Systems (SCS)

2008

The purchase gave NCS added scale and extended its market reach, enabling it to achieve greater heights

Structured under Singtel Group Enterprise, together with Singtel Business Group and Optus Business

2012

Streamlined business operations and processes

Acquisition of KAI square's IP assets

2017

For intelligent video analytics and unified platform technologies

Creation of NCS NEXT

2019

NCS NEXT was created to drive the company’s new focus on digital, cloud and platform services.

Announced as a fully autonomous unit in the Singtel Group

2021

Identified as a new growth engine for the Singtel Group, NCS began operations in early 2021 as an autonomous unit in a strategic review, bringing into focus the expansion plans of NCS into the enterprise sector and major markets of Australia and Greater China.

Acquisition of 2359 Media

2020

Enhances NCS’ digital service offerings at a regional level, with a specific focus on agile development, design thinking and cloud native application development.

Launched Shenzhen Innovation Center

2021

To further accelerate cross-border collaborations in applications of 5G and other emerging technologies

Acquired Dataspark, a telco-centric data science and engineering subsidiary of Singtel Group

2021

This expands NCS' capabilities, specific to end-to-end advanced analytics and big data solutions.

Launched NEXT Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE) In Australia

2021

The CoE offers governments and enterprises greater support on accelerating their cloud initiatives.

Triple acquisition of ClayOPS, Velocity Business Solutions & Riley

2021

This trio of acquisitions boosted the capabilities of NCS' digital services organisation (NCS NEXT) in multiple key markets of Singapore, Greater China and Australia.

1981

Celebrating the people behind NCS

To commemorate NCS’ 40th anniversary, we have selected a sample of 40 stories, each to commemorate a year in NCS. They display the many aspects of NCS – the spirit and professionalism towards excellence, and how the people who represent the different segments of NCS have been instrumental to the prosperity of this company we call home.
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