WebPerformer-NX, a Platform Supporting Digital Service Construction, Launches New Version to Accelerate DX by Integrating Generative AI into Development and Operations

Canon IT Solutions Inc. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Hiroshi Suyama; hereinafter "Canon ITS"), a member of the Canon Marketing Japan Group, will begin offering a new version of "WebPerformer-NX," a platform that supports the construction of digital services, on March 30, 2026. This new version will include development support functions where generative AI proposes screen designs, and generative AI integration functions that promote the sophistication of business operations. The introduction of this version, leveraging generative AI, will support the acceleration of corporate digital transformation (DX) through system development and business improvement.

Background

As DX promotion intensifies, many companies are accelerating the use of digital technologies to improve operational efficiency and create new value. However, even when business challenges to be solved and desired outcomes are clear, many companies struggle with how to proceed with specific digitalization, often stalling in the early stages of DX promotion.

To address these challenges and support DX promotion through digital service construction, Canon ITS has provided "WebPerformer-NX," a platform that assists in building digital services. This new version enhances functions that allow generative AI to be utilized more practically, thereby boosting corporate DX promotion from both system development and operational use perspectives.

Features

This version enhances functions with the aim of improving development productivity and expanding AI utilization in business operations. Functions contributing to increased productivity in the development process include "AI UI Suggest" and "AI UI Modify." For AI utilization in business operations, a new function has been added that allows generative AI to be called from any component on a business screen and receive the response.

"AI UI Suggest"

When a screen layout (image data) is uploaded to "WebPerformer-NX," generative AI analyzes the screen composition and layout characteristics, and based on the image data, proposes a screen definition draft with the necessary components arranged.

This function can be utilized not only for new development but also for creating initial drafts during the reconstruction of existing systems or the review/renewal of UI designs. By allowing discussions to start from UI proposals that closely resemble the final image, it contributes to shortening consideration time and expediting consensus-building in the early stages of design.

"AI UI Modify"

Generative AI analyzes each component placed in the created screen definition and automatically corrects misalignments between elements and inconsistencies in margins.

By proposing layout designs that consider the overall screen balance and visibility, it achieves uniformity in UI quality and labor savings in adjustment work, thereby supporting user-friendly screen design.

Calling External AI from Applications

In the constructed business applications, a function has been added that allows generative AI to be called with pre-defined processing content, based on values input/displayed in various components such as text areas on the screen.

This enables highly compatible integration of generative AI-powered summarization/judgment support into business screen operations and processing flows, without the need for a dedicated chat screen. This realizes AI utilization that leads to the sophistication of business operations.

※To use the generative AI functions, you need to subscribe to an external AI service (Amazon Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Google Cloud Vertex AI)...