2008-06-16

On 13th June 2008, FPT Software Europe Ltd. (FEU) held its opening ceremony in Paris with the participation of senior leaders from FPT and FPT Software and representatives from FPT Software’s customers. The event marks an important advance for FPT Software into the European market and reflects an important global trend as corporations seek out partners with both high technical capacity and also the ability to provide services to customers on site at a competitive price.

FPT Software Europe was established to seize business opportunities brought about by the growing waves of software outsourcing coming from Europe, the largest IT market in the world, and also to provide better services to FPT Software’s existing customers in the region.

This establishment of FPT Software Europe featured heavily in Vietnamese newspapers after the announcement was made in a press conference on 4th June 2008.

2008-06-16

From July 1st 2008, FPT Information Systems (FIS) is going to operate under a new general corporate structure with the establishment of seven new subsidiary companies. This innovation aims to make FIS even more flexible and reduce the workload of FIS’s senior leaders.

The seven newly and soon-to-be established companies are FPT ERP Services Limited Company (FPT-IS-ERP), FPT Information System Services Limited Company (FPT-IS-SRV), FPT Information Systems Telecom & Government Limited Company (FPT-IS-TEG), FPT Information Systems of Financing and Banking Services Company Limited (FPT-IS-Bank), FPT FSE Information Systems Company Limited (FPT IS FSE), FPT Public Finance Solutions Company Limited (FPT IS PFS) and FPT Software Development Company Limited (FPT IS Soft).

2008-06-16

FPT Online Advertising Services Company (FPT Ads), a subsidiary of FPT Telecom, has officially become Yahoo’s advertising agent in Southeast Asia in May 2008. FPT Ads will supply all Yahoo’s advertising products on Yahoo’s global and Vietnam systems such as Yahoo main pages, Yahoo Messenger and Yahoo News Vietnam, Yahoo Music Vietnam, Yahoo question & answer, Yahoo Flickr, Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Finance.

According to research from Yahoo, Vietnam’s online advertising market has great potential because of its absolute advantage in creating an effective reaction between audiences and advertising templates and the boom of multimedia technology.

2008-06-16

Studying English is fun; this is evidenced by the English Contest which has just been organized by Operational Group 2 (G2).

G2 staff gathered in teams of five and participated in the Contest through two rounds. The first round comprised of four mini tests covering listening, grammar, idioms and vocabulary in a week. The six teams with the highest scores qualified for the final round which consisted of a series of interacting games. The juries for the final round were special guests from Tripwire – a traditional partner of G2.

English training has recently become one of G2’s priorities as this Business Unit is striving to expand its English speaking markets.

2008-06-11

FPT Software has recently announced the opening of FPT Software Europe Ltd. in Paris, France, the first office of FPT Corporation in Europe. The grand opening is scheduled to be on June 13^th, 2008. 

FPT Software has been established to seize business opportunities brought about by the growing waves of software outsourcing from Europe, the largest IT market in the world, and also to provide better services to FPT Software’s existing customers in the region.

In 2008, FPT Software Europe will focus on FPT Software’s traditional markets: England, France and Belgium; and concentrate on human capital development and operational management. The company plans to enlarge its business network to Northern and Central European countries, e.g. Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands in 2009. A second European branch is expected to come into existence by 2010.

The Europe technology industry has been growing rapidly in the last few years to become the largest IT market in the world (expected revenue for 2008 at €156 billion, according to CBI (http://www.cbi.eu/). Software outsourcing is considered one of the most important factors leading to the fast growth of the IT industry. Northern and Central European countries like Germany, England, France and the Netherlands are the largest IT markets in the region.