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HARVEY NASH
- FPT SOFTWARE PARTNERSHIP AND MICROSOFT FORGE SOFTWARE ALLIANCE
BETWEEN UK AND VIET NAM
Hanoi,
Vietnam, May 22, 2007
– Harvey Nash and its strategic partner FPT Software have teamed up
with Microsoft to lead an official visit to Vietnam today with
representatives from the UK Independent Software Vendor (ISV)
partner community. The delegation, which is supported by UK Trade
and Investment (UKTI) and chaired by Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft
Corporation, is the first of its kind to Vietnam and aims to
highlight the region’s emerging status as a destination for offshore
and outsourced services.
Vietnam had the second highest GDP growth (after China) with 8.4% in
2005 and 2006 and is now the third largest offshore software
services destination in South East Asia. Harvey Nash has been
working in Vietnam by successfully partnering with FPT Software to
manage a Software Development Centre located at FPT Software.
Paul Smith, Managing Director, Harvey Nash outsourcing, says: “For
the past ten years the UK and USA has been suffering from a skills
shortage within IT. Our clients are demanding skills that simply
aren’t available in their local labour market. With a growing and
youthful IT workforce and an ambition to develop its software
services, Vietnam was a natural offshore location. Seven years on,
in a joint venture with FPT Software we now employ a pool of
technology professionals, helping Microsoft ISV partners develop new
software applications and, in turn, helping boost the local software
economies of both the USA, European, UK and Vietnam.“
The Vietnamese government
has strongly promoted the software industry as a pillar of national
development. Harvey Nash and Microsoft have also invested heavily
in university programmes, helping boost the growth of a young,
highly-skilled workforce; over half of Vietnam’s population of 84
million is under 25 years old and 83% of all graduates are
science-based, compared to fewer than 13% in the UK.
Claire
O’Halloran, leading the strategy for ‘next generation’ partnerships
at Microsoft UK, said: “Throughout the world Microsoft ISV partners
are developing and deploying new and innovative applications which
make businesses and individuals more effective, efficient,
competitive and productive. These same ISVs are now asking us to
help them expand internationally and take their solutions to the
broader worldwide marketplace. If we can assist our partners access
new markets, Microsoft’s share will grow correspondingly.”
NOTES FOR EDITORS
About
FPT Software – Harvey Nash Software Development Center (SDC)
The SDC is a partnership between FPT Software and Harvey Nash, which
began in 2000 and was renewed for a further 3-year term in 2006.
The SDC focuses on offshore software development for Harvey Nash’s
clients outside of Vietnam – primarily in the UK, but also in
Europe, Asia and North America. The SDC has some 200 developers,
system architects and business analysts with the skills to meet most
client needs.
The center predicts stellar growth built on its successful delivery
to such demanding global clients as Capita (government sector),
Discovery (media), Honda (automotive) and London Scottish Bank
(financial services).
About
FPT Software
FPT Software
is among the largest software outsourcing companies in the South
East Asia with nearly 2000 employees based in three cities: Hanoi,
Ho Chi Minh City, and Danang. It is also Microsoft Gold-certified
Partner, and is CMM Integration Level 5, ISO 9001:2000,
BS7799-2:2002 certified. Its major services include software
development and maintenance, migration to Microsoft platform,
embedded systems development, QA test, and ERP implementation.
Please visit
www.fpt-soft.com
for more detailed information.
About
Microsoft
Founded in 1975,
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software,
services and solutions that help people and businesses realise their
full potential.
About
International ISV Assistance (IIA)
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About UK Trade and
Investment
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Media Relations
contacts:
Nguyen Thi Thu Huong
Public Relations Officer
FPT Software JSC
Email: huongntt@fsoft.com.vn
Phone: 8336742 – Ext: 630
Mobile: 0912 424 072
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