Sun Microsystems and BT Frontline have announced the official launch of Sun Vietnam, with the opening of its first Hanoi office November 12, state media has said.
The joint venture was established to take advantage of Vietnam’s rapidly growing interest and demand for enterprise-class IT services and solutions, said Gan Boon San, the president of Asia South, Sun Microsystems.
The Hanoi office is the world’s first establishment under the Sun Equity Partner program, he added.
“Sun is committed to assisting in Vietnam’s growth by providing access to enterprise-class technologies, as well as the development and cultivation of the community to rapidly adopt and adapt new technologies,” he also said, noting that Vietnam has been one of the key growth drivers in Asia Pacific for Sun.
“While we are celebrating the opening of Sun Vietnam, we have been investing and developing talent in Vietnam for years. Today, we have more than 17,000 developers from Vietnam signed onto the Sun Developer Network,” he added.
Established in 1982 in the U.S., Sun is one of the world’s leading network companies, operating in more than 100 countries.
While, BT Frontline Pte Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Telecommunications, is a provider of end-to-end IT services, mainly active in Asia.
Vietnam is now listed among the 20 most attractive IT and software markets in the world, noted a recent survey by the U.S. AT Kearney.
The annual growth rate of Vietnam IT market will hit over 11.4 per cent in the 2007-2011 period. Vietnam IT industry will gain revenues of US$2.1 billion in 2011, up US$0.6 billion compared to last year. (VNA)
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