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FPT heats up Southeast Asia’s race for self-driving cars

April 5, 2019 by HueLTM

The race for driver-less cars in Southeast Asia gets intense as its autonomous pioneer FPT has planned to kick off a new autonomous project next Thursday in Hanoi. It seems that the global IT firm has kept itself busy since its made-in-Vietnam autonomous solutions were introduced for the first time in 2017. FPT Global Automotive (FGA) - a strategic unit specializing on automotive technology solutions, has doubled the number of technology experts over the past two years. Some 2,000 employees [...]

FPT Corporation launches “Digital Race 2017-2018”

December 7, 2017 by LinhPTK

Not long after FPT Software introduced the autonomous technology in October 2017, the competition “Digital Race 2017-2018” has been officially launched by FPT Corporation with the theme “Programming Autonomous Car”. This competition is opened to all university students in Vietnam, providing participants a chance to research and experience latest autonomous driving technology. The winner will receive a one-week trip to Japan to learn new technologies as well as be recruited directly by FPT Software company to work in the desired field. […]

Vice-Minister of Japan experiences FPT’s autonomous driving technology

November 15, 2017 by LinhPTK

On November 10th, Mr. Masahiko Tominaga – Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, visited FPT Software Da Nang city and had such a notable experience with the driver-less electric car developed by FPT.

Vice-Minister of Japan experiences FPT's autonomous driving technology

November 15, 2017 by admindev

FPT’s autonomous car solutions introduced for the first time

November 8, 2017 by LinhPTK

On Oct 31st, the first autonomous car in Vietnam using FPT Software’s solutions was introduced in Ho Chi Minh Hi-tech Park. This driver-less car is able to self-navigate, avoid cars from the opposite direction, evade obstacles and re-direct where the roads bend. FPT has been investing in R&D activities on autonomous driving technology for the past few years and is also the first company to publicly introduce solutions for self-driving cars in Vietnam. Over the last 3 years, FPT has […]

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Digital Transformation: Lessons from gurus

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Digital Transformation: Lessons from Gurus

Digital transformation is hard. As reported by Forbes, more than 80 percent of digital transformations fail, with no exception to big names like GE, Procter & Gamble, and Nike. So last month, we gathered the strategic minds in digital transformation, thinkers and creators included, to the Global DX Summit 2019 and discussed how we should go about this process. These are things we learned from gurus at this exclusive event.

Digital Kaizen

Kaizen is a Japanese business philosophy that originates from two Japanese words: Kai (improvement) and Zen (good). Later it became known as “continuous improvement”, which means making incremental changes that yield major improvements over time. According to FPT Chairman Truong Gia Binh, digital transformation should be viewed as ‘Digital Kaizen’, where businesses constantly optimize their operations and eliminate inefficiency through innovative solutions. In that light, digital transformation isn’t necessarily a big bang, but rather, a series of quick wins that build towards long-term success.

FPT Chairman Truong Gia Binh

It’s all about people

While ‘digital’ involves the use of technologies to reinvent how businesses operate and deliver value to customers, ‘transformation’ is about people. As FPT’s DX Advisor Chief Phuong Tram noted, digital transformation has to begin with people engagement and creating an environment where they are willing to change. “If you want to change, you have to engage people in parallel, you have to motivate people and begin with their heart in mind”, he said. The former CIO of Dupont constantly stressed the importance of people engagement throughout the summit. “If people are not with you, no mission, no strategy, no technology in the world can change”.

FPT Chief Advisor in Digital Transformation

Data at the heart of digital transformation

Nikhil Dwarakanath, Grab’s Head of Analytics insisted that the key to navigate digital transformation is through data-driven insights. In a thirty-minute keynote speech, Nikhil shared how the ride-hailing startup leveraged the power of data to develop the Southeast Asia’s super-app. For instance, by analyzing millions of rows of GPS location data, Grab could track multiple metrics in real-time, including the customers’ travel patterns, their preferences, their likes and dislikes, helping the company constantly refine its products and enhance customer experience. Data-driven digital transformation, he added, is an extremely complex and time-consuming process, but customers must always be put at the core.

Agility

By its very nature, digital transformation is constantly evolving and inevitably the game of trials and errors. “You can spend a year or sometimes more to put your house in order, put your data together and feel good about it. And then two months later everything’s changed and it doesn’t work anymore”, Barret Brown, Head of APAC at Palantir Technologies spoke the hard truth. To conclude his presentation about data democratization, the DX practitioner stressed the importance of agility, that is being able to build a dynamic system and particularly “the ontology layer has to be the ontology itself”. “It has to be flexible, you can model it one way and then learn something new about the world and say “Oh I actually need to change that”, “OK no problem, that’s good”.

Barret Brown, Palantir's Head of APAC

While each guru had an unique view to digital transformation, one thing they all agreed on was that digital transformation should be an incremental innovation rather than a huge, cumbersome project that create radically changes to the organization overnight. It should be data-driven, flexible, and above all, centered around people, customers and employees included.

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Preparations are in full swing as the Global Digital Transformation Summit is scheduled to take place in Ha Long late April. Hosted by FPT, the event for the first time will gather CIOs and executives around the world to discuss how to reinvent themselves through digital technologies.

The Global DX Summit spans three days from 25 to 28 April this year, featuring guru talks, extensive networking sessions, and interactive workshops on a variety of topics from digital transformation challenges to organizational readiness. The event will be a great opportunity for innovation-led businesses to get insights from industry pioneers while engaging in meaningful conversations that may help them spark innovative ideas.

Featured speakers include Dr. Phuong Tram, Dupont’s former Chief Information Officer and currently FPT’s chief advisor on digital transformation, Google Deepmind’s research scientist Bui Hai Hung, and Palantir Technologies’s Executive Vice President — Mr. Josh Harris.

The Global DX Summit is an invite-only event, targeting digital transformation strategists in billion-dollar organizations from the US, EU, Japan and Asia-Pacific.

As a pioneer in digital transformation, FPT delivers world-class services in Smart factory, Digital platforms, RPA, AI, IoT, Enterprise Mobility, Cloud, AR/VR, Embedded Systems, Managed services, Testing, Platform modernization, Business Applications, Application Services, BPO, and more. Since 2019, under Dr. Phuong Tram’s advisory, the company has actively advised its clients to build digital transformation roadmaps and get them ready for the journey.

Representatives of FPT and SBI signed the three-million dollar deal in Tokyo on 17 April, 2019

TOKYO/HANOI, April 18th, 2019 – Tokyo-based SBI Holdings Inc. (“SBI”) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with FPT Corporation (“FPT”) to invest $3 million dollars in Utop, a FPT blockchain startup that bridges loyalty point programs among merchants. Utop makes it easy and convenient for users to garner and redeem loyalty points at retailers within the same network, thereby enabling small businesses to grow faster.

Utop was developed based on FPT’s enterprise blockchain platform akaChain^TM, which has been implemented in many countries and across various sectors from finance, insurance, retail, to supply chain. Through partnership with Utop, small businesses could link their reward programs with each other to reduce costs and keep data secure thanks to the multi-layered architecture of akaChain^TM platform. Utop also ensures high liquidity for end users by allowing them to redeem points at any merchants within the network. It helps improve discount and reward programs and, at the same time, enhances customer experiences.

Mr. Yoshitaka Kitao, SBI’s President and Chief Executive Officer said “SBI and FPT have cooperated effectively in many past years by leveraging the strengths of both sides. A majority of SBI’s companies in Vietnam are either invested or jointly operated by FPT through its subsidiaries such as FPT Securities, Sendo, or TP Bank. Based on FPT’s enterprise blockchain platform akaChain^TM, its technology capabilities, as well as strong network of customers, I am completely positive that this is the best time to launch Utop. I hope it has lots of potential to grow”.

FPT Chairman, Dr. Truong Gia Binh, noted: “The development of industry 4.0 technologies has created break-through opportunities for businesses, mushrooming so many innovative business models. We call it digital transformation. FPT has defined digital transformation as our key strategy, accompanying our customers worldwide in their digital transformation journey, helping improve their business processes and leverage their position. Utop will play its part in growing thousands of Vietnamese businesses, bringing convenience and interesting shopping experiences for millions of Vietnamese consumers, thereby contributing to the development of Vietnam’s digital economy”.

According to Mr. Pham Nguyen Vu, co-founder and director of Utop, “this platform has been running a pilot with FPT’s minimum viable ecosystem as well as various sectors such as retail, insurance, and finance since last December. The funding from FPT and SBI would be a great kick start to help Utop solidify its foundation and take bolder steps in the future”.

FPT, SBI Holding invest $3 million in blockchain startup

The deal helps transform customer loyalty programs through FPT’s blockchain platform

About FPT Corporation

FPT is the global leading technology and IT services provider headquartered in Vietnam with nearly US$2 billion in revenue and 33,000 employees. As a pioneer in digital transformation, FPT delivers world-class services in Smart factory, Digital platforms, RPA, AI, IoT, Enterprise Mobility, Cloud, AR/VR, Embedded Systems, Managed services, Testing, Platform modernization, Business Applications, Application Services, BPO, and more. FPT has served over 600 customers worldwide, a hundred of which are Fortune Global 500 companies in the industries of Aerospace & Aviation, Automotive, Banking and Finance, Logistics & Transportation, Utilities and more. For more information, please visit www.fpt-software.com.

About SBI Holdings Inc.

The SBI Group is Japan’s leading financial services company which was established in 1999 as a pioneer of Internet-based financial services, and currently has formed the world’s first Internet-based financial conglomerate, providing financial services in a broad range of fields including securities, banking and insurance. The SBI Group also globally manages a number of private equity and venture capital funds. As a pioneer in the Fintech industry and after years of actively investing in start-up companies in the sectors such as IT, mobile, bio-life science and Fintech, the SBI Group has now become a global leader in making active investments in the area of Fintech, artificial intelligence and Blockchain. With an aim to expand the Group’s footprint in Southeast Asia, SBI Group has invested in and added value to a number of technology and financial services companies in the region as well.

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International speakers from global tech firms including Palantir Technologies, Google’s Deepmind have confirmed their speeches at the upcoming Global DX Summit Ha Long.

Mr. John Harris, Executive Vice President at Palantir Technologies, will be guiding the audience through the journey of digital transformation at leading corporations. Google Deepmind’s research scientist, Dr. Bui Hai Hung, will be joined by Prof. Ho Tu Bao, Professor Emeritus at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), to shed light on the role of artificial intelligence as a driver of digital transformation across industries. Dr. Hung’s technical expertise and interests include probabilistic graphical models, deep generative models, Bayesian inference and machine learning, while Prof. Bao has had more than four decades doing research and teaching in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Mining as well as Data Science.

The occasion is graced with the presence of Dr. Phuong Tram, former global Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Dupont and currently FPT’s Chief Advisor on Digital Transformation. He will be kicking off the guru talk series, sharing the best digital transformation practices and Dupont’s success story after decades on the front line. Dr. Tram led DuPont to be the avant-garde and the first company to adopt Window 365 in the world replacing Lotus Notes, hundreds of Lotus applications, collaborations environment and repository. His seamless digitization strategy helped Dupont save half of billion dollars worth of IT costs and transform the legacy systems from 6,000 applications to 1,100 within three years.

The Global DX Summit spans three days from 25 to 27 April, featuring guru talks, extensive networking sessions, and interactive workshops on a variety of topics from digital transformation challenges to organizational readiness. The event will be a great opportunity for innovation-led businesses to get insights from industry pioneers while engaging in meaningful conversations that may help them spark innovative ideas. Following the guru talks, attendants will be invited to join group discussions that emphasize on how digital technologies could transform businesses, e.g. through customer experiences, operational excellence, and reshaping business models. Discussions will be moderated by digital experts from CapitaLand, Siemens PPAL, as well as Dr. Phuong Tram from FPT.

The Global DX Summit is an invite-only event, targeting digital transformation strategists at billion-dollar organizations from the US, EU, Japan and Asia-Pacific. Hosted by FPT for the first time, the event will gather CIOs and executives around the world to discuss how to reinvent themselves through digital technologies.

After two decades of leading Southeast Asia in IT services, FPT has decided to shift its focus onto digital transformation, starting from 2019. The company sets to be named in the world’s Top 50 digital transformation service provider within 10 years.

Digital transformation has moved from strategy to execution for major businesses around the world. To stay in the game, according to FPT Chairman Truong Gia Binh, it’s no longer a choice for businesses, “you either get on board or get left behind”.

According to a recent report by International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide spending on the technologies and services that enable the digital transformation (DX) of business practices, products, and organizations is estimated to reach nearly $2 trillion by 2022. In 2018 alone, DX spending was estimated at $1.3 trillion, growing four times faster than spending on IT services, the IDC’s report reads.

“In such a potential market, the opportunities are huge for first-movers”, Dr. Binh said at the FPT 2019 shareholders’ meeting last March.

It seems that the global IT firm have acquired all the materials needed to realize its ambition. “We have customer insights, top-notch experts in digital transformation and particularly the advisory of Dr. Phuong Tram who has led and implemented Dupont’s digital transformation activities – a classic success DX story of the world”, FPT chairman told the investors. “We are ready and confident to conquer the digital transformation challenges”, he affirmed proudly.

FPT’s capabilities to advise and implement digital transformation strategies have been proven through its collaboration with corporate clients around the world, many of which are Top Fortune Global 500 companies such as Airbus, RWE, etc.

In the period of 2019-2021, FPT aims to position itself as provider of a high-end services such as digital transformation consulting and strategizing. The company also pledges to transform itself to a real-world DX success story that could be showcased to potential clients.

FPT Chairman on Digital Transformation

Global IT company FPT has signed an agreement with Yamaha Motor and urban developer Ecopark to develop self-driving electric vehicles.

Hanoi, 11 April 2019 – Vietnam’s leading information technology company FPT, Japanese motorcycle maker Yamaha Motor (Yamaha) and urban developer Ecopark have entered into a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to develop self-driving electric vehicles through FPT’s autonomous technologies.

According to the MoU, FPT will develop autonomous driving software on a Yamaha electric vehicle based on a golf car, powered by Artificial Intelligence and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technologies. Yamaha will provide technical support and vehicle consulting during the road tests while Ecopark provides logistics and efficient infrastructures. The collaboration seeks to accelerate the adoption of autonomous vehicles technologies and realize the vision of smart public transportation in Vietnam.

The trio has set to improve the autonomous vehicle’s capabilities over time. On its first demo April, the vehicle will hit the road with original features such as traveling on a predetermined route; identifying lanes, returning to the starting point to complete a journey; stopping, parking, dropping off passengers as requested; or detecting and avoiding obstacles on the way. By the end of 2019, having been integrated with FPT’s autonomous technologies, the vehicle should be able to detect objects and vehicles on the road, slow down at sight of obstacles ahead, or handle the auto-parking function without passengers on board. At this stage, the users could also book autonomous vehicles via mobile apps.

“This partnership reflects our commitment to make a positive impact on the community through innovation”, said FPT Software’s Chairman Hoang Nam Tien. “We announced the launch of autonomous technologies in 2017, based on our in-depth research and capabilities in Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Internet of Vehicles, Cloud computing, and Image Processing, etc. The past two years has seen made-by-FPT autonomous technologies integrated into vehicles and successfully tested at high-tech zones. We hope this collaboration would bring us to the day where autonomous cars using our technologies could travel across urban areas, luxury resorts, factories and warehouses”, he asserted.

FPT has to date acquired Level 3 in driving automation and sought to upgrade one more notch by the end of 2019. The Southeast-Asia leading IT services provider looks to obtain level 5, the highest level of driving automation, and ISO 26262, an international safety standard for the automotive industry, within a few years.

“We chose FPT as the first partner in Vietnam to integrate advanced autonomous technologies into our latest electric cars based on their proven capabilities in digital transformation. We’re also confident that the Ecopark green city is one of the most suitable places for our vehicles to hit the road. Following two decades of research and development, we aspire to build low-speed, clean and smart vehicles that could shape the future of mobility, and the success of this collaboration would surely help validate our vision”, said Mr. Shoji Shiraishi, Fellow and Senior General Manager of New Venture Business Development Section, Advanced Technology Centre at Yamaha Motor.

The alliance with global firms FPT and Yamaha is also a big gain for Ecopark. As Mr. Nguyen Dung Minh, Deputy General Director of Ecopark noted, “this partnership helps us establish ourselves as a smart city that leveraging information technology and artificial intelligence to provide better living standards of our residents while utilizing energy and natural resources effectively. Apart from the greenery and urban landscape, the smart city initiative is our key strategy. Having big names like FPT and Yamaha as partners, we trust the latest technologies would be adopted to benefit our local residents”.

About FPT

About Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

Yamaha Motor (Tokyo: 7272) is a world-leading producer of land vehicles such as motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, and electrically power assisted bicycles, marine products such as boats and outboard motors, robotics products such as surface mounters and drones, as well as engagement in the finance business. The company’s diverse businesses and wide variety of products are built around its proprietary technologies focused on small engines, chassis & hulls, and electronic control. Yamaha Motor conducts global development, production and marketing operations through 140 subsidiaries and equity-method affiliates in 30 countries and regions, working to realize our Corporate Mission of being a “Kando* Creating Company”. About 90% of consolidated net sales are generated in more than 200 countries and regions outside of Japan.

Please visit https://global.yamaha-motor.com/

*Kando is a Japanese word for the simultaneous feelings of deep satisfaction and intense excitement that we experience when we encounter something of exceptional value.

About Ecopark

Ecopark is the biggest ecological urban area with millions of trees in Northern Vietnam. Located at the southeast gate of Hanoi, Ecopark is 500 hectares in area. After nearly 16 years of construction and development, Ecopark is known as the “Green City”, offering a wide range of residential products and facilities. Ecopark becomes a pioneer of sustainable green architecture, honored with many prestigious international awards. Ecopark expects to meet housing needs for more than 150,000 residents in the future.

With a vision of upgrading Ecopark from a green urban area to a smart – modern – green city, the developer had took many efforts to find effective energy solutions as well as the most modern technology. The autonomous electric vehicle using clean and eco- friendly fuel is one of Ecopark’s goals in 2019.

Please visit http:/www.ecopark.com.vn/

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As the first Premier Partner of Amazon Managed Services (AWS) in Southeast Asia, FPT joins AWS Summit 2019 today in Singapore to showcase digital services and cloud technology solutions.

AWS Summit 2019 is part of Amazon’s global event series in managed services, bringing together the cloud computing community around the world to connect, collaborate and learn about AWS. FPT was recognized an AWS premier consulting partner in April last year, the first ASEAN headquartered representative to be accorded its highest tier of partnership.

During the AWS Summit 2019, FPT has showcased Migration Factory & Cloud Managed Services, cutting-edged IT innovations, and especially demos of its digital solutions including akaBot and akaWORK. Giap Bui, FPT Software’s Head of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and his team would be introducing the company’s digital transformation capabilities to the Singaporean audience. According to the organizer, more than 10,000 people are expected to attend AWS Summit 2019.

As part of FPT’s akaMinds ecosystem, akaBot is a comprehensive RPA solution, helping to automate business process for enterprises in various sectors from logistics, health care, customer services, finance and banking, to telecommunications. Meanwhile, akaWORK provides professional DevOps solutions to help businesses achieve the harmony of collaboration among Product Owners, Developers, Testers, QA and IT Operators. Both solutions enable businesses to streamline significantly their operations and drive growth rapidly.

Visitors can find out more about FPT’s service offering and digital transformation capabilities at Booth S10, level 1, hall 2, Singapore Expo Convention & Exhibition Centre.

FPT and AWS began cooperation since 2016 and have worked together in mass migration, managed services and innovations using Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data and Blockchain technologies.

FPT team at AWS Summit 2019

FPT Global Automotive (FGA) – a strategic unit specializing on automotive technology solutions, has doubled the number of technology experts over the past two years. Some 2,000 employees have worked round the clock to make autonomous vehicles a reality. In October 2017, its first driver-less car hit the road, traveling at a speed of 20 km per hour and using various techniques such as artificial intelligence, radar, GPS, and computer vision to self-navigate, monitor their surroundings, automatically break, re-direct at the intersections and avoid obstacles. Japan’s Vice Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Mr. Masahiko Tominaga, was one of the distinguished guests who experienced the vehicle on its early days.

Japan Vice Minister experiencing FPT's self-drivingcar — Japan Vice Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Mr. Masahiko Tominaga, experienced FPT's self-driving car in 2017

With self-driving technologies tested successfully at high-tech zones and campuses, FPT has been invited to work on several automotive projects by demanding Singaporean and Japanese clients. To date, the company has managed to acquire level 3 out of five levels of driving automation and hopefully by the end of 2019 it would gain one more notch. That means, the vehicle would be able to travel with little or no human input under selected road conditions.

For nearly a decade, FPT has been offering numerous services and solutions to world’s top automakers, OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, and semiconductors in the industry. The global IT services provider leverages forefront innovations and provides engineering services to customers in multiple projects, ranging from In-Vehicle Infotainment, CAD/CAE, Connectivity to Middleware and Embedded Application. By utilizing extensive experience and accumulated know-how and employing a large pool of talents including 2,200 automotive experts and engineers, FPT implements solutions with processes and quality in accordance with AUTOSAR, Automotive SPICE Level 3, and other global standards. Discover more at https://www.fpt-software.com/industries/automotive/.

FPT inaugurated a new office last week in Toulouse, home of aviation giant Airbus and also the European capital of aeronautics and space industries.

The new office is conveniently situated inside Airbus’s Skywise campus, next to big IT names including Palantir Technologies, IBM, CGI, and Capgemini. These four companies, as well as FPT, were handpicked by Airbus to deploy its open data platform Skywise.

“Our colleagues are working alongside the world’s finest brains on artificial intelligence, big data analytics and cloud computing to change the global aviation industry”, FPT’s Chairman Dr. Truong Gia Binh affirmed proudly. “The opening of our new office in Toulouse is a testament to the fact that Vietnamese firms can compete globally”, he said.

According to Mr. Mathew Evans, Airbus Director of Global Skywise Project, the two companies have collaborated comprehensively and extensively. “Skywise is a global aviation industry project”, he said, “we are in this together not only at the early stage but also set for a long future ahead”.

FPT Software and Airbus signed a letter of intent in mid-December 2017 to develop advanced technologies in aviation based on Airbus’s Skywise platform. Three months later, the two reached a new deal to further strengthen the Skywise ecosystem in Asia. This agreement made FPT the first Southeast Asian firm to become Airbus’s strategic partner in digital transformation.

Launched at the Paris Airshow 2017, Skywise is the “beating heart of aviation”. In time, Airbus aims to extend Skywise to become the data platform of reference for all major aviation players, helping them to improve operational performance and support their digital transformation. FPT currently has nearly 100 engineers working with Airbus on this project and sets to triple the number of team members in a near future.

FPT’s Toulouse office is operated by FPT Software Europe SARL, headquartered in Paris. With a global presence spanning 33 countries and territories, FPT has attributed overseas markets to its rapid growth in the past decades. In 2018, the company recorded more than a billion dollars in revenue, 39 percent of which came from overseas markets.

FPT opens new office inside Airbus's campus in Toulouse, France

Do you know that the automotive industry is undergoing the most significant changes since Henry Ford industrialized automotive manufacturing in 1908? All these changes open up new growth opportunities and bring up big challenges concurrently, requiring YOU – companies in the automotive sector to acknowledge and manage them. Let’s take a look at the key challenges that Japanese automotive industry has to face in 2019.

Consumer behaviour continues to change drastically

According to Japan Times, the young generation in Japan, especially those living in the city, prefer to utilize public transport, giving up on car ownership altogether. Young Japanese are not as keen on automobiles as their elders were while the older generation – car enthusiasts – are rapidly aging. Young Japanese no longer view cars as status symbols but find car ownership an “economic liability“. Owning and operating a car involves numerous expenses, including compulsory inspections (shaken) every two to three years, yearly automobile taxes, mandatory and optional insurance, high parking fees, toll expressways and gasoline cost (Source: Japan Automobile Federation). This explains why more young Japanese are shifting their life styles from owning cars to sharing cars – which is more cost efficient. As a result, they have the tendency of falling out of love with cars due to changes in individuals’ values on cars and financial circumstances.

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This constitutes a structural obstacle to the business, leading to a decrease in car consumption domestically. The peak of automobiles sales was 7.8 million units in 1990 during the “bubble” economy, which has dropped to almost 70% of its peak now. There is little hope for major growth. The sales of automobiles will continue to decrease as the consumption tax keeps increasing.

Digital demands to increase

Just as phones got smart, so will cars. As digital is increasingly applied to the driving experience, cars now are equipped with safety applications, traffic information services, driver assistance and a vast of infotainment features. All these new technical features aim to deliver safety, comfort, connectivity and ultimately, autonomous driving in the future. Worldwide sales of connected vehicles are expected to grow to slightly more than 77 million units annually by 2022, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19% from about 19 million in 2014, according to IHS Automotive. In Japan, the connected-car related market is likely to expand to as large as a trillion yen by 2020. The market is projected to grow further by 2025 to almost twice the size of 2020 to 2 trillion yen, due to increasing number of connected cars and to wider acceptance of those services that use probe information or cloud ADAS (Source: Yano Research Institute Ltd.)

At present, only 10 percent of cars on Japan’s roads having embedded connectivity, compared with 49 percent in the U.S., 31 percent in Europe, and 20 percent in China, according to consultancy SBD Automotive. The threat to the Japanese carmakers is that they have to compete with competitors on a global level that have experience and have built the ecosystem and service platform. So far, the local carmakers have failed to come up with services that would draw users, according to Matsubara of IHS Markit. Toyota started its connectivity company in 2016 and aims to have 70 percent of new cars on the system by 2020. Nissan said last month it plans to offer connectivity for all new Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun cars sold in key markets by 2022. Honda hasn’t announced a target, but has said it’s in the progress of developing new connected technologies. The turning point will be around 2020 to 2025,” said Takao Asami, Nissan’s senior vice president in charge of research. “If we miss that period, we will have a big problem.”

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To respond to the growing demands on connected cars, Japanese automotive players are required to shift their concentration and pursue open innovations. They could turn these challenges into opportunities, but only if they could figure out how to make money from this desire. OEMs will have to manage shorter product and service development cycles, such as software and other technology updates while Tier 1 suppliers will need to add more values in alternative powertrain technologies and in innovative solutions for active safety and infotainment.

Labour shortage to go up

Another prominent problem of Japanese automotive industry is going out of skilled and efficient workers. Japan’s population is expected to decline from about 127 million to about 88 million by 2065, according to the National Institute of Population and Social Security. This issue has had huge impacts to every industry, especially Japanese automotive industry. People associated with cars company are near retirement age and automakers couldn’t find their equivalent replacement from young generation. As time passes, this subject becomes a serious concern and major issue for the Japanese automotive industry: replace the ageing engineering sector with young talents and encourage the young generations to pursue their career in the automotive field. That Japanese youngsters stay apathetic and indifferent towards cars or automotive division is definitely not going to be solved straightforwardly.

Gradually, this has caused labour shortage for Japanese automotive players and auto part suppliers, requiring them to change the traditional business management, operation or product strategy. They are facing with the challenges in optimizing efficiency and product quality despite declining employment. Robots and other automation have recently been utilized as resolutions to meet labour shortages.

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To mitigate challenges and capture future growth, Japanese automotive players cannot simply turn to their traditional toolbox. They need to review and adjust their strategic priorities, deploy the appropriate investments and resources, and establish cooperation with partners from outside the automotive industry. Discover more with FPT in the next newsletter!

FPT has officially opened a new office in Melbourne on Monday, extending its foothold in Australia and capitalizing on the rapid growth of the country’ second largest city.

FPT’s Melbourne office is located at the heart of the city’s emerging mid-town — the Rialto Towers at 525 Collins Street. It is part of FPT Australasia, the company’s Sydney-based subsidiary that has been around since 2008.

“The Melbourne office fortifies our commitment to digital transformation in Australia — with the focus on the East Coast. Combining FPT’s offshore and nearshore development resources, we aspire to help more international businesses optimize and digitize their IT operations in a cost-effective manner”, said Son Minh Nguyen, managing director of FPT Australasia.

According to Australia’s Herald Sun newspaper, Melbourne contributed 28.9 per cent of the national GDP growth. Financial services is the largest focus industry in the city, followed by the information and communications technology sector.

“Australian clients are sensitive to the latest trends in digital transformation, giving us lots of room for partnership and growth. Following this office’s inauguration, we are looking to extend our presence to the West Coast in the near future”, Nguyen added.

Over the past ten years, FPT Australasia has catered to roughly 40 businesses, many of which are ASX200 companies operating in various sectors from Communication & Media, BFSI, Retail, Logistics to Healthcare. In addition to the offices in Sydney and Melbourne, the company also employs local staff in Brisbane and Perth.

The Rialto Towers where FPT’s Melbourne office is being hosted

Across industries, AI is helping to amplify human ingenuity with innovative solutions that elevate people’s lives, grow business value and address society’s challenges. As the result, when enterprises increasingly opt for digital transformation and especially with artificial intelligence AI, the focus has shifted from ‘what’ to ‘how’.

Joining Microsoft’s AI conference this Friday, FPT brings in our stories of breakthroughs that are transforming the world. Deputy Director of FPT Software Hanoi, Mr. Tran Van Dung, will showcase our AI solutions as well as cross-industry intelligent technologies, from content to shopping personalisation.

Microsoft’s “FUTURE NOW” conference series is all about Artificial Intelligence, cross-industry intelligent technologies and the most innovative solutions that simplify everyday life, increase business productivity, address societal challenges and simply change the world as we know it. The event aims to explore how AI can be leveraged to address the rapidly evolving needs of customers, employees, vendors and communities.

The one-day event will attract more than 1,400 business leaders from across industries, and feature dynamic keynotes, breakouts, panel discussions, and success stories from partners as well as customers. Join us to know how FPT Software can help you achieve real business value with AI, and accelerate your digital transformation journey. Details about the event can be found here.

DANANG, Vietnam – Being a pioneer in the Digital Transformation journey, FPT was proud to be at Microsoft’s the Leadership Series 2019 as a Trusted Partner. FPT was delighted to share its DX expertise and innovation solutions with future-oriented platforms and next-gen solutions.

The leadership series is an annual event organized by Microsoft for their Partners & Enterprise customers to update on Microsoft technologies & to enhance its partnership with partner companies. At the two-day session event held in Da Nang, the attendees were given the opportunity to engage with Microsoft’s regional leadership team on the company’s business priorities, innovative product and service offerings. At the same time, as one of Microsoft’s most senior partners in the region, a speech about Smart Manufacturing was delivered by Phu Dang – FPT Software Solution Director, to showcase FPT Smart Manufacturing solutions, which received much attention from hundreds of audiences. Through the event, FPT reinforced the company’s vision for the region information technology sectors and the role a senior partner must play.

“FPT hopes to start the transformation journey keeping our customers at the centre to ensure our customers succeed and achieve above and beyond. FPT & Microsoft will embrace our partnerships that inspire innovation and transformation to enable greater engagement, transparency and reach.” – Nguyen Duc Quynh – Chairman of FPT Software Ho Chi Minh.

FPT is currently one of the most senior partners of Microsoft. With the history of 20-year cooperation, the two have collaborated to bring Microsoft’s powerful solutions to customers in Vietnam and other countries, such as ERP, CRM, Cloud etc.

With experience and capabilities recognized by 600++ global customers and partners, especially by a global technology leader like Microsoft, FPT will provide optimum DX solutions and services to the customers in the digital age not only inside but also outside Vietnam.

Dear Valued Customers,

FPT Corporation Board of Directors would like to announce the Board’s Decision to appoint Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa – Executive Vice President of FPT Corporation cum CEO of FPT Information System, to become the new CEO of FPT Corporation, succeeding Mr. Bui Quang Ngoc after his term. The appointment will take effect officially from March 29th, 2019.

Mr. Khoa is among the young leadership generation of the corporation who has been with FPT for 22 years and has proven his capability of fulfilling all the responsibilities through his devoted time. He has excelled in various leadership roles requiring a tremendous understanding of business operation, technology in both B2B and B2C customers. In 2012, Mr. Khoa was the youngest CEO of FPT subsidiaries when he was appointed as CEO of FPT Telecom. With the focusing on building core management staff, he led FPT Telecom to maintain within the Top 3 of Leading Internet Service companies in Vietnam. Under his leadership, from 2012 to 2017, FPT Telecom’s revenue increased by 2.6 times, the company’s profit increased by 1.6 times and number of employees doubled.

In March 2018, he was promoted as Executive Vice President of FPT cum CEO of FPT Information System Company (FPT IS) as part of the planning and training program of the next generation FPT Corporation’s leaders. Under his management, FPT Information System delivered hundreds of large-scale projects in public finance, oil and gas and banking sectors.

The FPT Corporation’s Board of Directors places great confidence in Mr. Khoa Nguyen Van’s proven experience as well as his passion and expertise, which will ensure the sustained success of FPT. We appreciate the great contribution from Mr. Bui Quang Ngoc to FPT’s double-digit growth through his two consecutive terms. He will continue his journey with FPT Corporate in the role of Vice Chairman and in major corporate projects. With the change of FPT Senior leadership as well as the strong focus on developing new value – added services and “plug and play” IT solutions, we desire to help you – our esteemed customers – to achieve more notable achievements in the future.

Once again, we would like to express our gratitude and appreciation for your ongoing support.

On behalf of The Board of Directors,

Sincerely,
Truong Gia Binh

Chairman, FPT Corporation

FPT Corporation is honoured to be in the Best of Global Outsourcing 100® List by IAOP®. Since 2013, FPT has been awarded this honour for the excellent performance and expertise for the 6^th consecutive year.

FPT is one of the world’s best outsourcing service providers and advisors which are recognized in the Best of Global Outsourcing 100 (GO100) for the 6^th consecutive year to be on the list. In the celebration of 10 years of the award, the special “Best of the GO100” program was announced, featuring companies that have led the development in the industry and have proven their place on the past of GO100 list.

“Companies, today, are facing a competitive and continuously changing business landscape; for that reason, the Global Outsourcing 100 and World’s Best Advisors lists are what organizations in our industry aspire to as these awards are a testament to those companies that have raised the bar,” said IAOP CEO, Debi Hamill. “I am proud to acknowledge the role of these leading organizations on IAOP’s 2019 Best of The Global Outsourcing 100 for continually being recognized on these prestigious lists.”

With more than 25 years of experience in software engineering and nearly 20 years in IT outsourcing, FPT is well-placed to assist clients with end-to-end services trusted by customers worldwide. Aside from providing added value services for clients such as next-gen technology solutions, digital platform solutions or consulting, outsourcing services are still offered to help customers focus on their core business, thus saving cost, optimizing resources, increasing efficiency and saving on infrastructure and technology. Through various available outsourcing services, FPT has distinguished itself among outsourcing providers through its relentless focus on improving clients’ business performance. The recognition has affirmed the company’s position as a leading IT service provider in the globe.

The Best of The Global Outsourcing 100 and The Best of The World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors, in the 10^th year, recognizes the world’s best outsourcing service providers and advisors. Results were based upon an evaluation of the scoring results over the entirety of The Global Outsourcing 100 and WBOA programs by an independent judging panel organized by IAOP.

FPT joined Digital Innovation 2019, a 2-day Business AI event organized by Nikkei BP Company, as a prestigious gold sponsor. In the event, our expertise in Advanced Analytics (AA), our RPA tool (akaBot™) and AI platform (akaminds®) are showcased to all visitors.

On February 19-20, FPT’s experts have introduced visitors to the latest technological capabilities to the Japanese market, such as akaminds® platform, RPA akaBot™ tool, Advanced Analytics services through success stories of various industries: Smart Production, Banking & Finance, Products Circulation and Distribution. A seminar entitled ” Advanced Analytics, a practical approach of Digital transformation”, delivered by a professional consultant of FPT Japan Mr. Nguyen Dong Dung, attracted more than 120 representatives of Japanese enterprises to participate.

“Digital Transformation is becoming a big wave that changes the business operation of all types of businesses. Some companies boldly adopt information technology (IT) and convert their business models, but there are also many companies that are forced to change if they don’t want to be pushed to the brink of survival. Even now whether success in business is clear or not, the use of IT is the key for businesses to continue to exist.” Mr. Dung said.

In the talk, Mr. Dung emphasised that implementing Digital Transformation services for businesses would enhance customer experience as well as create new value, with the Advanced Analytic service played the key role. At the end of the presentation, Mr. Nguyen Dong Dung introduced the akaminds® platform which is developed by FPT based on practical knowledge and experience and is known as the foundation for smart solutions to help customers’ Digital Transformation process to be implemented with low cost.

The event was organized by Nikkei BP – Japan’s largest economic newspaper. Nikkei BP is the world’s leading prestigious media company, with the highest number of subscriptions in Japan. The contents of all seminars will be published by well-known professional journalists on journals such as Nikkei Computer and Nikkei System.

Digital Innovation is an annual event organized by Nikkei Business Publication. Digital Innovation – Tokyo 2019 took place on February 19-20, with the aim of showcasing the latest technologies such as Business AI, Blockchain, Cloud, IoT, Security etc. Aside from FPT, the event attracted large sponsors including Microsoft, Lenovo, Dropbox Business, Google Cloud, Automation Anywhere, Sales Force, Line Works. Nikkei Business Publication will continue to host events in 4 locations: Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo.

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The rapid change of technology in Medical brings about spectacular breakthroughs and radical treatment approach which traditionally is impossible. Digital Transformation in general and AI in particular eventually helps healthcare businesses archive higher customer satisfaction by allowing more precise and in-depth diagnose, higher rate of successful treatment in shorter time and better service and convenience.

On Friday, 22 Feb 2019, the Medical AI Conference will be carried out by FPT Software and the Ministry of Health, to share and discuss about the latest trends of Artificial Intelligent (AI) in the Healthcare industry. The conference welcomes various high-profile guest speakers to deliver 7 different speeches regarding AI in Healthcare. The conference welcomes all Healthcare, Math-AI-IT experts and interested guests from the Healthcare industry and Information Technology industry.

The topics will be discussed in the conference includes the general AI technology implementation in Healthcare industry in Vietnam; the demand for AI in Healthcare from the perspective of doctors; applying Medical AI for analysing electronic medical records, for analysing fat muscle diagnosis through CT scans and for detection of skin diseases, skin cancer.

Date: 22 Feb 2019

Time: 1:30 PM – 5:35 PM

Location: InterContinental Hanoi Landmark, Plot E6, Cau Giay Urban Area, Hanoi.

Detail agenda:

Time	Activities
1:00-1:30 PM	Registering and welcoming
1:30-1:45 PM	Opening speech by the Ministry of Health
1:45-2:15 PM	Speech 1: Overview of Medical AI in the world Guest speaker: Prof. Nguyen Tien Dung, University of Toulouse, France
2:15-2:30 PM	Speech 2: The demand for AI in Healthcare from the perspective of doctors Guest speaker: Assoc. Prof. Dinh Van Han, Viet Nam National Institute Of Burns
2:30-3:00 PM	Speech 3: The demand for AI in Healthcare from the perspective of doctors Guest speaker: PhD. Pham Hoang Kham, Viet Nam National Institute Of Burns
3:05-3:45 PM	Speech 4: Applying Medical AI for analysing electronic medical records Guest speaker: Prof. Dr. Ho Tu Bao, Institute of Advanced Mathematics (VIASM) and John von Neumann Institute (JVN)
3:45-4:05 PM	Speech 5: Applying AI in analysing fat muscle diagnosis through CT scans Guest speaker: Dr. Nguyen Do Trung Chanh, FPT Japan
4:05-4:25 PM	Speech 6: Application of AI for detection of skin diseases, skin cancer; Demo Segmentation of 2D and 3D Medical images Guest speaker: Prof. Nguyen Tien Dung, Toulouse University and colleagues
4:25-4:45 PM	Speech 7: Develop a large database for the healthcare industry serving Medical AI Guest speaker: Ly Duc Doan, FPT
4:45-5:30 PM	Panel discussion
5:30-5:35 PM	Summary and Closing

Contact person:

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Mai

+84904992110

[email protected]

From 2019, FPT Digital Processing Service Company Limited (FPT DPS) is officially established as a subsidiary of FPT Software. DPS aims to deliver comprehensive services to support customers focus resources on core business development and saving effort in the process of Digital Transformation.

The founding members of DPS include Mr. Do Van Khac, Chief Executive Officer of DPS, who is also the Chief Delivery Officer of FPT Japan; Mr. Nguyen Tuan Phuong, Vice President; Mr. Ngo Pham Cong Thuan – The Top 13 Under 35 of FPT 2018 – & Ms. Nguyen Thi My Chi, Sales Vice President and Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha, Vice President of HR.

DPS’s service includes: data processing service, digital design solution, AI/ Data Science Service, Shared service and Call Center and Managed Service. DPS, as an independent company, provides specialized data services to support clients and also FPT Software. The ability to provide data processing for Digital Transformation and to provide stable, high-quality managed service is one of the factors helping FPT transform into an end-to-end Digital Transformation service providing company.

The experts of DPS have experience of working in business processing outsourcing (BPO) all over Vietnam and Asia since 2007. They liberated more than 50 clients in the regions from manual errors and physical management of business processes.

DPS is original known as Business Processing Solution (BPS), founded in 2016 to implement Business Process Outsourcing for FPT Software. Started with only 20-30 members in 2016, BPS grew up to over 1,000 people in 2018 with over 100 per cent in revenue with high profit. In 2019, BPS changed its name to DPS, offered additional services towards the Digital Transformation strategy. The firm now has set further challenges to keep expanding the BPO market with thousands employees objective in 2025. With the determination of reaching the high growth rate of 100 per cent, founding additionally new branches in Can Tho, Quang Nam, Ha Tinh, etc., DPS is expected to become the Vietnam’s leading BPO company in partnership with various valuable customers.

With more than 8 years of experience and the experience serving more than 50 clients in Vietnam and ASEAN region, DPS is believed to become a reliable partner providing auxiliary services for customers, helping the clients to focus on his professional operations and speeding up the Digital Transformation process.

Automotive World 2019 took place in Tokyo Big Sight Japan, with 1120 companies to participate and share in the 3-day event. FPT joined the fourth times in Connected Car Japan area along with 30 leading firms, to showcase the best practices of Automotive in the Japanese market.

Software development services for cars, such as Model-Based Design (MBD) service, Controller Area Network (CAN) solution, Internet of Vehicle (IoV) Platform and autonomous vehicle were introduced at FPT’s booth. Within the framework of the event, a seminar was organized to introduce Agile development in Automotive field. During 60 minutes, KDDI customers & FPT shared about Agile methods, the advantages of collaboration with offshore in Vietnam, and the benefits it could bring; the speech was well received and enjoyed by the majority of attendants. Over 600 customers visited FPT Japan’s booth and many questions were raised about Model-Based Design training program from FPT partners.

Mr. Nguyen Cong Hoang – FPT Japan Automotive & Manufacturing Industry Vice Director shared: “It’s conscious that FPT pursues the strategy of product & solution development under vertical industry. Our competitor such as Neusoft has started to follow this trend. FPT Software needs to maintain the quality as well as provide the comprehensive end-to-end service to customers. The training of Model-Based Design services would be a new direction which FPT Software is especially interested in.”

Automotive World is the world’s leading exhibition for advanced automotive technologies. The event is a combination of exhibitions & conferences covering important topics in the automotive industry such as automotive electronics, connected car, autonomous driving, EV/HEV/FCV, lightweight and processing technology. Every year, the event welcomes a large number of exhibitors and visitors from all over the world! Automotive World consists of 6 smaller events: CAR-ELE JAPAN, EV JAPAN, 10th Automotive Lightweight Technology Expo, 8th Connected Car JAPAN, CAR-MECHA JAPAN and 3rd Autonomous Driving Technology Expo.

For the last 10 years, FPT has been offering numerous solutions and services to world’ s top automakers, Equipment Manufacturer, Tier-1 suppliers, and semiconductor manufacturers in the Automotive industry. By utilizing extensive experience and accumulated know-how and employing a large pool of talents including 2,200 experts, FPT focuses on three main areas: Infotainment and, Smart applications and Facilitate support for Internet of Vehicles in accordance with the global standards.

The smart phone application “Japanese Language Training AI”, co-implemented by NTT Docomo and FPT Japan, was honoured with Good Design award 2018 the Japanese Institute of Design Promotion.

“Japanese Language Training AI” is an application training Japanese conversation skill for all foreigners interested in Japanese and foreigners working in Japan. Unlike normal language teaching applications which make learners memorize sentence patterns, this application with the support of AI technology encourages learners practice games. The application is equipped with a suitable function to evaluate and advise even if it’s not the perfect Japanese pronunciation, to reduce the learners’ anxiety when talking to Japanese people. The Artificial intelligence (AI) equipped in the application will judge user’s pronunciation and conversational skill, and give advice on how to express it naturally. The trial version is completely free and supports English and Vietnamese.

FPT received the award with NTT

The application is produced by NTT Docomo and FPT participated as the contributor by testing and giving feedback, which is a typical and important model in product development: to co-operate with customers to shape the final product.

“We believe in the future of application development! Hopefully the application can contribute to Japanese learning journey of foreigners!” FPT Japan CEO Mr. Nguyen Viet Vuong is optimistic about the development of Japanese Language Training AI application.

Mr. Vuong expects in the future the application will be easy to access for both Japanese learners living inside and outside Vietnam. FPT was invited to participate in the application development process based on the value positioning and technological capabilities of FPT, as well as a large number of workforce who learn Japanese, speak Japanese, and love Japanese.

“NTT Docomo’s technology is an AI technology that provides sound and natural language. The application for learning Japanese is only an initial test application, and many other applications can be developed on this technology.” Director of Digital Logistics Industry Group Mr. Bui Vinh Thang shared.

The “Japanese Language Training AI” application

Good Design Award is an annual award awarded by the Japanese Institute of Design Promotion for products enriching our lives and society through design. Since its establishment in 1957, the Good Design Award recognizes different designs around us, including industrial goods, architecture, software, systems, services, etc.

FPT Software successfully delivered the Manufacturing Execution System – the control system to manage and monitor work in the manufacturing process – for Carlsberg in Serbia with great results in just four weeks.

The Manufacturing Execution System related tasks were performed in two weeks and the project team project helps manage production lines and data flow at the factory, thus optimizing line performance and manufacturing process, detecting errors in the production process and maximizing production output. FPT has enhanced the company’s experience in delivering projects related to digital monitoring and controlling Smart Factory system.

Following the success of Carlsberg’s first Smart Factory project in Serbia, the scope of cooperation between FPT and Carlsberg in the field of Manufacturing Execution System will be rolled out China, Malaysia, Greece, and also Carlsberg’s digitalization program in Vietnam.

FPT & Carlsberg signed MoU in September 2018

Currently, Carlsberg is present in 25 markets globally with many of Carlsberg’s factories haven’t yet implemented with the Manufacturing Execution System system. Therefore, FPT Software proven technology capability through the implementation of Manufacturing Execution System is crucial for our journey accompanying Carlsberg in the brewery digitalization program. On January 15, FPT Software will continue to have a high-level meeting with Carlsberg in Copenhagen to plan a cooperation between the two sides in 2019.

Previously, FPT and Carlsberg signed a global framework contract whereupon FPT has officially become Carlsberg’s technology partner, providing Information Technology as well as Digital Transformation services for the global brewer. The two sides also planned to explore additional areas in Digital Transformation including Smart Brewery, Cloud Migration to Azure, Open API platform, Data strategy and analytics with many projects related to Manufacturing Execution System (MES); AI for Planning and Connected Bar. Carlsberg has been planning to roll out MES for 14 factories across this continent in the near future.

Background & Scope

Robotic process automation (RPA) is a revolution in business process automation with predicted global market growth from $0.9 billion in 2018 to $8.75 billion in 2014.

As a part of the FPT’s akaMinds ecosystem, akaBot is a comprehensive RPA Solution, helping to automate business process for enterprises in various sectors such as: Banking & Finance, Logistic, Health care, Customer care, Telecommunication, Manufacturing and Retail…This platform does not impact on existing IT landscape and adapt to any business changes.

This automation process can save up to 80% operation cost and increase productivity because of 24/7 operation which improve Turnaround Time from hours to minutes and minutes to second. In addition, RPA helps to reduce the rate of human errors and prevents information leakage thereby providing a lower level of operational risk. With reduced errors, improved efficiency and more accurate information, the quality of the customer experience is significantly increased, which increases customer satisfaction and loyalty. Besides, deploying RPA releases your high-value resources from tedious tasks and spend on more creative ones.

2. akaBot advantage

akaBot comes up with One-Stop RPA service of FPT including: Assessment & PoC (Proof of concept), Center of excellence (CoE) development, Implementation, and Maintenance.

On the other hand, akaBot is integrated with FPT’s AI platform, build-in domain packages of IT, Banking, Admin – BO, Procument, Retail…,24/7 worldwide support by domain experts so that it can adapt the high demand from enterprise not only the product features, but also additional service and business value.

Additionally, competitive price is a considerable factor. FPT Software provides most attractive offer in the industry with many added incentives.

3. Akabot features

Akabot has three features: Bot Studio, Bot Center and Bot Agent.

AkaBot Studio provides a wide spectrum of activities to model almost any business processes within an organization. Scale unlimitedly, from simple to complex, by connecting multiple platforms, automating within websites, desktop applications, working with databases, or even interacting with human activities.

Akabot Studio is designed friendly for user. Graphic-based workflow is highly intuitive, no coding required. Moreover, it can be reusable by ability to add workflows to central library. Especially, workflows can have multiple authors and components can be shared between teams and projects for easy collaboration.

AkaBot Center is a web application that enables you to monitor and manage AkaAgents during the implementation of repetitive automation processes such as scheduling, logging and queing. With AkaBot Center, the initialization, monitoring, and deployment of resources in your environment is always under your control.

Besides, with detailed logging and statistics functions, AkaBot Center provides valuable information so that your decision making can be easier, faster and more accurate.

AkaBot Agent is a live robot that implements the automation processes built from AkaBot Studio including web automation, app automation, data automation and centralized configuration. It can handle many different applications and data structures efficiently, quickly and stably. On the other hand, it is controlled by akaBot Center remotely. Therefore, managing and deploying the automation processes is easy and straightforward.

Here is Architecture for Enterprise-level.

4. How akaBot is implemented?

Assessment & Proof of Concept (POC)

Firstly, business processes in enterprises will be examined in order to assess the feasibility of applying akaBot. Then, a specific procedure is chosen and a trial akaBot is applied to test the effectiveness. According to it, customers understand that akaBot can be deployed in any process within the enterprise then assess the benefits based on the pilot application, especially to make the final decision for applying akaBot.

Implementation

When a business does not have CoE (Center of Excellence), FPT provides a package of akaBot deployment services which comprehends: analyzing requirement; developing RPA programs based on the chosen platform, testing robots (akaBot Agents) and establishing them into the working environment.

As a result, the business has a set of akaBot Agents ready to be at your service. By applying akaBot, enterprises would boost their productivity and quality as well as minimize operating and labor costs.

Maintenance & Support

Upon completion, we will continue monitoring the operations for a specified period of time as well as involving RPA experts to assist in troubleshooting when necessary.

MUNICH / HANOI / SINGAPORE, January 24, 2019 – Allianz today announces its intention to enter the general insurance sector in Vietnam through a digital joint venture (JV) to be set up with the FPT Group – driving long-term success in the market and expanding Allianz’s footprint in Asia. FPT Group, as the strategic technology partner, will support Allianz in the fast-growing insurance market in Vietnam to develop innovative digital insurance products and services to meet the protection needs of local customers.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) proposes bringing the two complementary businesses together, with Allianz providing expertise and advice on best practices in insurance product customisation, financial technology, and asset management. FPT will provide access to its distribution channels and affiliates, advise and assist Allianz with local market knowledge, and connect the firm with FPT’s subsidiaries and partners.

The signing ceremony took place on the side-lines of the World Economic Forum in Davos and was attended by Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Allianz SE Board Member Sergio Balbinot, and FPT’s Founder & Executive Chairman Dr. Truong Gia Binh.

Sergio Balbinot, Member of Board Management, Allianz SE, said, “We are delighted to embark on the next stage of our partnership with FPT Group at an exciting time for the development of the Vietnamese economy. Allianz is well-placed to support the protection needs of local consumers by delivering innovative digital insurance solutions for a demographic ready to adopt them.”

Dr. Truong Gia Binh, Founder & Executive Chairman of FPT Group, said, “FPT and Allianz are the perfect match to address the needs of the growing Vietnam market. Allianz has the protection expertise to provide accessible and innovative insurance services, while FPT provides the local knowledge and a digital network reaching an expanding, educated and youthful population. Our partnership is exciting for the future growth potential of Vietnam, and we look forward to many successes.”

George Sartorel, Regional Chief Executive, Allianz Asia Pacific, said, “Today’s announcement outlines our intention to expand Allianz’s world-leading digital insurance products and services into Vietnam – a key emerging market and one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. FPT is the right partner for Allianz to enhance its ability to build a strong market position in the country, and further underscores our ambitious growth strategy in the wider region. We look forward to contributing to the continued development of Vietnam’s fast-growing insurance sector, boosting financial inclusion for the under-protected, and reaching an expanding pool of digitally-minded consumers.”

As the leading IT corporation in Vietnam with more than 10 years of experience in the insurance industry, FPT is well-placed to assist clients with end-to-end services, which are trusted by customers worldwide. Moreover, FPT guarantees an extensive ecosystem with technology expertise in multiple industries.

Vietnam is one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, with a general insurance market which is expected to experience robust growth. Combined with Vietnam’s high internet and mobile penetration, the country is well placed for increased access to digital insurance solutions.

The MOU details both Allianz and FPT Group’s intention to enter into a JV agreement for the establishment of a newly incorporated general insurance company in Vietnam. In line with local regulations, regulatory approval will be sought at the appropriate time.

For further information please contact:

FPT Group:

Vietnam – Linh Pham +84-904-886-885, [email protected]

Allianz:

Munich – Holger Klotz +49 89 3800 90921, [email protected]

Singapore – Sean Ottley +65-8614-0997, [email protected]

About FPT
FPT Corporation is the global leading technology and IT services group headquartered in Vietnam with nearly US$2 billion in revenue and 33,000 employees. FPT is a pioneer in digital transformation and delivers world-class services in Smart factory, Digital platforms, RPA, AI, IoT, Enterprise Mobility, Cloud, AR/VR, Embedded Systems, Managed services, Testing, Platform modernization, Business Applications, Application Services, BPO, and more. Through its management consulting and technology services subsidiary, Intellinet, FPT provides Business and IT Strategy, Organizational Change and Human Capital Leadership, Program Execution, Customer Experience & Human-Centric Design, as well as other leading digital and technology solutions. FPT has served over 500 customers worldwide, 100 of which are Fortune 500 companies in the industries of Aerospace & Aviation, Automotive, Banking and Finance, Communications, Media and Services, Logistics & Transportation, Utilities, Consumer Packaged Goods, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Public sector, Technology and more. For more information, please visit www.fpt-software.com or www.intellinet.com.

About Allianz in Asia

Asia is one of the core growth regions for Allianz, characterized by a rich diversity of cultures, languages and customs. Allianz has been present in the region since 1910, when it first provided fire and marine insurance in the coastal cities of China. Today, Allianz is active in 14 markets in the region, offering its core businesses of property and casualty insurance, life, protection and health solutions, as well as asset management. With its more than 32,000 staff, Allianz serves the needs of over 18 million customers in the region across multiple distribution channels and digital platforms.

About Allianz

The Allianz Group is one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers with more than 88 million retail and corporate customers. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing over 650 billion euros on behalf of its insurance customers while our asset managers Allianz Global Investors and PIMCO manage an additional 1.4 trillion euros of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we hold the leading position for insurers in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2017, over 140,000 employees in more than 70 countries achieved total revenue of 126 billion euros and an operating profit of 11 billion euros for the group.

On Jan 32 (Jan 24 Vietnam time), the world’s powerful business and political leaders descend on Davos, Switzerland, as the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum began. FPT Group and leaders from top 24 global companies such as Airbus, Allianz, Facebook, Siemens, Paypal and more assembled in the Business Breakfast with Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in the framework of Davos World Economic Forum 2019.

The Business Breakfast were co-hosted by FPT Group and the Ministry of Information & Communication. Joining the Prime Minister were Vietnamese ministerial officials including the Ministers; Chairman of the office of the Government and Vietnamese ambassador of Switzerland. The Business Breakfast was joined by leading Vietnamese firms FPT Group, VinaCapital, Vingroup and Viettel to discuss about the global economic situations and opportunities of Vietnamese market.

In the discussion, the Prime Minister emphasised the importance of the 4.0 Industrial Revolution, as it was not only about technology but also a policy revolution. Vietnam has launched the “Make in Vietnam 4.0” program, which aims to promote industries on the base of new policies, management framework and novel technologies. Vietnam is ready to develop a policy framework to accept and allow new technologies, and apply a strong partnership model to create extraordinary, environmentally friendly services and products, in the 4.0 Industrial Revolution. According to Voice of Vietnam, the government aims to build a digital ecosystem with made-in-Vietnam products and services. Since 2017, Vietnam has made progress in various campaigns to build an effective e-government, aiming for Vietnam to become one of the top Digital Nations.

“Vietnam is ready to accompany you to facilitate and implement new strategies, programs, plans for promoting development in the Digital Transformation journey, thus building a successful 4.0 industry.” The Prime Minister stressed.

FPT, as one of 6 representatives from Vietnam, attend the Davos World Economic Forum to meet and discuss with global giants from different industries. As the co-host of the Business Breakfast, FPT showed its pioneer position in accompanying major corporations in the Digital Transformation journey. With 20 years of experiences, the company is pleased to assist both global and domestic firms in the 4.0 Industrial Revolution. On the side-lines of the event, under the witness of the Prime Minister, FPT & Allianz, the global Insurance and Financial group, had signed the MoU of establishing a joint venture in General Insurance.

World Economic Forum 2019 is taking place in Davos, Switzerland with the theme of Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. More than 3,000 participants from business, government, civil society, arts, culture and media reunite in the Swiss mountain town of Davos for five days on some of the most pressing global challenges.

Today, the world’s powerful business and political leaders descend on Davos, Switzerland, as the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum begins. Around 3,000 participants from business, government, civil society, arts, culture and media will reunite in the Swiss mountain town of Davos for five days on some of the most pressing global challenges.

The theme of this year’s meeting is Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Globalization 4.0 and the impact of novel technology, the future of work, education, and social mobility are some of the best topics discussed in World Economic Forum 2019.

A whole new wave of change is crashing on most people in the form of the high-tech digital revolution. New enormous challenges and opportunities are given to enterprises, especially to the leading technology corporations.

As one of six representatives from Vietnam, FPT Group will attend to in World Economic Forum in promising the collaboration with giant corporations of different fields: Banking & Finance, Insurance, Healthcare, etc. Accordingly, the signing ceremony MoU between FPT & Allianz will be organized in the framework of the in World Economic Forum in Davos under the witness of Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The two companies have been cooperating since 2018. FPT Group, as the strategic technology partner, will support Allianz in the fast-growing insurance market in Vietnam to develop innovative digital insurance products and services to meet the protection needs of local customers.

The Allianz Group is one of the leading integrated financial services providers worldwide. Allianz group offer 88 million customers in more than 70 countries a wide range of products, services, and solutions in insurance and asset management.

Photo sources: Bloomberg & Weforum

On January 11, 2019, FPT America (FAM) will open a new office in Detroit, which is known as The Automotive Capital of the World. FPT Software is delighted to welcome Detroit as our 37th offices in the world, on our 20th year of operation.

The grand opening will be held in the bustling downtown of Detroit and is welcomed by FPT America’s long-time automotive customers and executives. With the opening of the Detroit office, FPT America expects to be able to serve a novel huge promising market and stretch closer to the goal of FPT Software’s ideal target: to become a world-class IT firm. This is an event marking the beginning of FPT America’s 2019 fiscal year.

“It is very delighted to see FAM to start operation in Detroit, where we will work even harder to conquer new challenges partnering with a lot of world-class global companies in the industry. Let’s stretch for a more inspiring dream, to become a World-class IT Services Company. And with the new office opening, we have made our first step of the journey, together.” FPT Software CEO Pham Minh Tuan delighted.

Detroit is The Automotive Capital of the World and the U.S.’s big 3 Automobile. In Detroit, we are serving the Top 1 automotive semiconductor company, Top 1 tier-1 vendor and we are soon to close the deal with Top 2 US Car maker. The clients are excited at our experience in the Automotive industry and huge opportunities await in the promising land. The goals for the first year of Detroit are to target 3 new customers and to gain $1.5 million in the first year.

2019 marks the strong commitment from FPT Software to bring more values and world-class services to our customers. Detroit will contribute as a deciding factor in this mission and offer more values to our Automotive customers in the region.

FPT Corporation established its first representative office in the US in 2000, followed by the US subsidiary (FPT America) on October 13, 2008 and currently 2018, has offices in major US cities including Texas, Denver, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Renton and now Detroit, providing IT services in various sectors such as aerospace & aviation, healthcare, banking & finance, telecommunication, automotive, etc. In 2018, by joining force with Intellinet, an US-based management consulting and technology services firm, the company is expected to deliver comprehensive Digital Transformation services for global top companies.

Dear our valued customers, partners and friends,

Happy New Year 2019!

Thank you for your trust, partnership and continuous support to FPT Software throughout the year of 2018.

2018 has been a year of FPT Software’s strong determination to help rebrand our customers’ business in the Digital Transformation journey with Scale, Speed and Quality.

We made a strategic investment to become the major shareholder of Intellinet, an US-based consulting firm, to provide our customers worldwide with “one-stop” solutions that fully cover consultancy, requirement analysis, system design, development, implementation and maintenance.

We became the first ASEAN headquartered AWS Premier Consulting Partner for the recognized consultancy and mass migration competencies to customers worldwide.

We were chosen to implement significant Digital Transformation programs with Airbus – on its aviation big data platform; with Calrsberg – on Smart Brewery; with Toshiba – on IoT solutions for manufacturing; with Shinhan – on Digital Banking and FinTech; with Hanwa – on Multi Robot Data Acquisition and Monitoring System; with Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics (SPPAL) innovative software technology for Logistics, and many more. We kept on the growth rate of 30% and continued the geographical expansion with 36 offices across 16 countries to better enable our customers with the global delivery model.

2019 marks the 20th year of FPT Software journey and will also be a solid foundation for us to bring more values and world-class services to customers.

We are fully aware that the deep understanding of customers’ needs is the key to any solution. Thus, we do not only continue expanding our global footprint worldwide “to be where our customers are”, but we also accumulate the best practices and skills from our experience in Digital Transformation as well as develop our consultancy forces to help our customers faster identify feasible solutions to their pain points, to help monetize big data in large organizations and to power executives with data-driven business.

We understand that we can help customers succeed only by technology competencies and intensive domain expertise.

For years, we have been partnering with the global technology disruptors such as AWS, Microsoft, Siemens, and GE etc. Thousands of FPT Software engineers have been trained and have early adopted these technologies to help our clients. We invested in Digital Solutions to provide plug and play IT components using a combination of Proprietary, Open source capability and Digital commercial offerings from the chosen partners.

From the domain perspective, FPT Software has made remarkable organizational changes since 1/1/2019 to form focused groups for each vertical industry including Manufacturing, Logistics, Banking and Finance. The groups’ missions are to leverage FPT Software’s domain expertise and capabilities over the last 20 years to develop in-depth competencies, to be closer to customers worldwide in the industry, so as to cater their high-quality service offerings at a fast pace.

We have embraced the ambition to become the trusted digital enabler for our global clients. With the significant change in our organizational structure as well as the strong focus on developing new added services and IT solutions, we desire to help you, our valued customers, to transform your business in a fast and notable manner. Together we will be successful and make 2019 a great year!

Once again, I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation for your ongoing support.
Wish you and your family a happy and successful new year!

Yours sincerely,
Pham Minh Tuan
CEO, FPT Software.

FPT Software’s Digital Transformation service, which is one of the two awarded information technology (IT) products, was honored in the Top 10 Key Industrial Products of Hanoi in 2018.

Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee recognized the Key Industrial Products of Hanoi in 2018 for 61 products of 36 enterprises, with the recognition period of 3 years until 2022. Moreover, 10 products of 9 enterprises have been recognized by the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee as the Top 10 Key Industrial Products of Hanoi in 2018.

In the list of 61 Key Industrial Products of Hanoi in 2018, there are 13 products and services of 4 IT companies, including FPT Software with Digital Transformation services, VNPT Technology with GPON optical network equipment; and BKAV Joint Stock Company with Bkav Pro software and digital signature services. Notably, FPT Software’s Digital Transformation service and VNPT Technology’s GPON optical network equipment are listed on the Top 10 list of Key Industrial Products of Hanoi in 2018.

Enterprises recognized by Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee as the Key Industrial Products will be granted certificates of Key Industrial Products in Hanoi and certificate of the Top 10 Key Industrial Products. Enterprises are required to promote and honor the products widely on mass media of Hanoi as well as are given priority to participate in Hanoi’s promoting programs an events according to regulations. Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee asked enterprises of which products are recognized as Key Industrial Products of Hanoi to develop their production and business strategies to improve the technology production, optimize inputs and improve efficiency, labor productivity, product quality, expand the domestic market, and meet the requirements of export and international integration.

Since 2017, Digital Transformation has become a business direction of FPT Software, to bring benefit to both the customers and the company. Over the recent years, FPT’s capabilities and pioneering position of Digital Transformation have been proven by global success stories such as: applying the most up-to-date technologies on developing Airbus’s digital services platform Skywise, implementing Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Vietnam’s Oil & Gas Industry, etc. Gaining such global accomplishments has entrusted FPT as a Vietnam focal point in Digital Transformation journey. Earlier this year, by joining force with Intellinet, an US-based management consulting and technology services firm, the company is expected to deliver comprehensive Digital Transformation services for global top companies.

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