FPT to welcome participants exploring Vietnam -- an alternative destination for Application Outsourcing Needs at the Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit 2013

HANOI, Vietnam, Sept. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As a Platinum Sponsor of the 16th Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit held from 23-25 Sept, 2013 in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. and the first software company from Vietnam ever to present at this event, FPT aims to provide executive and IT leaders participating with valuable insights and best practices in software outsourcing to Vietnam   an emerging destination with advantages in cost, quality, scalability, expertise and productivity.

This year Gartner Outsourcing Summit focuses on 'Re-imagine Sourcing: Align, Innovate and Execute' and provides actionable advice, the latest thought leadership and best practices to guide CIOs, sourcing executives and leaders in making the best informed decisions while enabling a new balance between value, cost and risk. The event covers such hot topics as vendor evaluation and selection, contract negotiation and renegotiation, vendor and performance management, Cloud and industrialized services, and re-imagining sourcing strategies; which is expected to welcome 700 participants who are CIOs, CFOs, COOs, Sourcing Manager, etc. from various global companies. 

With 250,000 employees currently working in IT industry and the number is expected to grow to 550,000 in the next five years, Vietnam is striving to be the next strong player in the global ICT Industry and highly competitive to China and India. In addition, competitive cost advantages have been evaluated by Gartner as Vietnam's strength as a destination for software outsourcing.

FPT welcomes participants to explore Vietnam and its software outsourcing potentials by attending a roundtable discussion on "Explore Vietnam for your Application Outsourcing Needs: Scale, Agility and Expertise" hosted by Mr. Truong Gia Binh- Chairman of FPT and Vietnam Software & IT Services Association, joining our VIPs dinner and visiting our exhibition booth with the presence of SmartOshin-our cloud robotics technology demonstrator. During the roundtable discussion, Mr. Binh will share his best advice on software outsourcing to Vietnam.

With 25-year-experience in software engineering and 14 years in application outsourcing, quality management compliant with CMMi level 5, FPT has worked with hundreds of companies globally to solve their business problems in lack of resources, lack of specialized skills, fluctuation in resources, and aligning business domain with technology. We provide world-class services in Mobility, Cloud, Embedded System, Q&A testing, Legacy Migration, Package Implementation, Application Service, and BPO for companies in industries as focus as satellite TV, manufacturing, semiconductors, healthcare, oil & gas and financial services. We offer innovative solutions through our scalable human resource, technology expertise together with cost effectiveness and quality that help global companies apply the Nexus of Forces (Cloud, Mobility, Big Data, Social Network) in timely actions to the market. With the world's hunger for these new technologies, FPT's recognition as Advanced Consulting Partner of Amazon Web Services together with various experiences in Windows Azure, Cloud Stack and Open Stack are keys to our clients' trust and accountability.    

Mr. Truong Gia Binh reiterates: "As the largest offshore IT outsourcing company in Vietnam and in the Southeast Asia region, we are delighted to attend this year Gartner summit and share our insights and advices. We would also want to invite them to come and explore Vietnam for countless opportunities in the future."

"We are very excited to learn about FPT's participation in the upcoming Gartner Outsourcing and Strategic Partnerships Summit. We have been very impressed by the young and enthusiastic workforce and the quality of services that FPT has to offer. We hope as many as global companies attending this event will get an opportunity to learn in great depth about FPT and to explore Vietnam as their next alternative software vendor through the advice of the company's leaders," stated an FPT client.

To learn more about FPT, visit http://fpt-software.com for more information or visit us at the Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit.

About FPT Corporation 
FPT (VNINDEX: FPT) is the largest IT Company in Vietnam with over US$1.2 billion revenue and 15,000 employees. Qualified with CMMI 5 & ISO 27001:2005, FPT delivers IT-enabled business solutions globally and has presence in US, Japan, Europe and Asia Pacific. FPT's domain expertise includes satellite TV, manufacturing, semiconductors, healthcare, oil & gas and financial services.

SOURCE FPT Corporation