Beijing, China (5 September 2007)-Today, Asianux Consortium, which is founded by China Red Flag, Korea HAANSOFT, and Japan Miracle Linux, announced VietSoftware of Vietnam officially joins Asianux Consortium as 4th members.
Following Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Vietnam joined Asianux Advisory Board at 27th July 2007, a Vietnam company, VietSoftware, joins Asianux Consortium as pre-revealed. VietSoftware is one of the leading software companies in Vietnam with reputation in excellent software product development, quality service, innovative approach to client problems and elite management team with international education and professional work experience at international companies. Asianux will contribute in open source software development of Vietnam. In next 5 years, Vietnam Linux market CAGR is approximate 20 percent. After Joining of the VietSoftware and MOST Vietnam, Asianux covers 25 percent population in world wide. Through recruiting new members, Asianux expand successfully and make solid their representative Linux enterprise OS position in Asia.
VietSoftware will release Asianux Server 3 in the end of September in Vietnam nationwide, and they will start Linux OS business through Asianux in addition to their own open source software business. VietSoftware already secured variety open source technologies and delivered many solutions based on open source softwares.
Thanks to the unique '4-CO' business model of Asianux, that is co-development, co-brand, co-support and co-marketing, Asianux Consortium differentiates itself with other Linux vendors such as Red Hat and Novell. Asianux is contributing to establish an Asian standard Linux Platform in terms of combining Asia wisdom and taking advantages of integrated local resources. According to IDC, Asianux has developed into the 3rd large Linux vendor from 2006. Since most Asian countries have strong intension to promote local software industry and OSS technology, Asianux business model gets applaud from Asian countries. Asianux Consortium expects that other countries' companies will rush to Asianux after joining of VietSoftware. Already they have taken several inquiries from 3 ~ 4 countries and they are negotiating with one candidate. They expect that at least one more country will join in this year.
Jia Dong, President and CEO of Red Flag Software in China states: "The joining of Vietsoft is a great milestone for Asianux consortium. The quick expansion of Asianux in Asia has proved the outstanding advantage of our unique 4-Co business model. Next year Asianux consortium will recruit at least two more countries and then cover more than 6 Asia country markets. And we believe Vietsoft, as the leading open source company in Vietnam, will make great contribution to Vietnam IT infrastructure construction as well as Asianux consortium. "
Takeshi Sato President of Miracle Linux in Japan said that "Miracle Linux welcome VietSoftware, which commits the promotion of open source software, to Asianux Consortium. vietSoftware is one of the OSS leading company in the Vietnamese software industry, and we expect them as our important member to promote Asianux in the Asian market. Miracle Linux continues to work on Asianux business proactively in order to establish the stable position not only in Japanese but also in the Asian market."
J.J. Baek President and CEO of Haansoft in Korea said that "Vietnam is one of the best emerging country and they know the important of open source software to build national IT infrastructure. After Asianux appeared in Korea, we have many meaningful and important references based on Linux. I hope that Vietnam also take such kind of successful cases through Asianux."
Dr. Tran Luong Son, Chairman and CEO of VietSoftware said: "Joining as the 4th member of Asianux Consortium, VietSoftware is proud to be recognized in the country and by international community to become a part of this growing technology trend. Asianux Consortium represents a great partnership model and we thank our foregoers-partners Red Flag, Miracle Linux and Haansoft for their tremendous ground work they have done to date and continuous support to us. We are committed to expanding Asianux in Vietnam as well as contributing to further development of the Consortium.
About Asianux
The Asianux co-development project began in December 2003. Asianux will releases the third major version of their flagship OS, Asianux Server 3, in September 2007. Red Flag of China, Miracle Linux of Japan, Haansoft of Korea and VietSoftware of Vietnam each develop and sell an identical product with the Asianux brand in their respective home counties. Asianux is a unique software business project in Asia, which is based on the concepts of "Common", "Collaboration" and "Contribution". Asianux brings together the best development staff and know-how from leading enterprises from all over Asia to work together to establish a Linux standard for the Asian market.
About Asianux Consortium members
VietSoftware, Inc.
VietSoftware, Inc. was established in March 2000 as a software company with business in international outsourcing for foreign companies and software development for Vietnam market. Since 2004, the company has been structured as a group of companies in information technology with more than 250 employees, operating in most dynamic fields of information technology, VietSoftware in software development and services, VietSoftware International in software outsourcing and BPO, Alliant in software and IT training, Viettech in CAD/CAM/CAE, CyberVietnam in Internet business and e-commerce, and MobizCom in online payment technology. The company group is recently re-structured to become a IT company group under the name of VSI Corporation. VietSoftware is the member of VSI Corporation.
Red Flag Software Co., Ltd.
Since its founding on June 2000, Red Flag Software is growing rapidly and firmly to be the largest Linux company in Asia with more than 150 employees. Under headquarter located in Beijing, there are two subsidiaries in Guangzhou and Shanghai, and well-established sales channels and service networks are deployed nationwide. The product line includes high-end Linux server OS, cluster system, desktop OS, embedded system, technical support services and trainings. Red Flag Linux has been adopted by plenty of industries, including government, China post, education, telecommunication, finance, insurance, transport, power, logistics, media, manufacture, etc.
MIRACLE LINUX COARPORATION.
Miracle Linux Co. is a dedicated Linux distributor for server Operating System (OS) market in Japan, and since its foundation in June 2000 it has been an integral part in promoting Linux for Japanese enterprise users. Through its product, also named as MIRACLE LINUX, it has empowered Linux not only a cost-effective OS but also as an enabler to drive business forward. Adopting "Customer First" as its slogan, Miracle Linux offers a rich variety of support and service, from system consultation to end-user support, in order to satisfy even the most demanding requirements from customers. In particular, its specialty in kernel hacking and localization is highly regarded among the industry. Also, Miracle Linux is an enthusiastic admirer of Open Source Software (OSS) and it has been actively participated in a numerous OSS projects run by Japan Information-Technology Promotion Agency (IPA) and other OSS communities.
Haansoft,Inc.
Recognized as a national icon in Korea, Haansoft is the leading software vendor in Korea represented by its overwhelming success in the word processor market. Since its inception in 1990, over 10 million copies of Hangul word processor has been sold. Moreover, with the development of Hancom Office in 2004, it has been nibbling at Microsoft's dominance in the local Office Suite market.
Haansoft is the first listed company on KOSDAQ. On the Linux front, Haansoft has developed a variety of Linux solutions, such as Asianux, Office suites for Linux (Hancom office for domestic market and Thinkfree Office for world wide market), and Workdesk as a groupware. As a leading Linux company in Korea, Haansoft has 90% market share in public sector. Currently Haansoft will try to expand the business items with variety open source software.
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