'Pairing' with European enterprises to open source business!

That is the solution for Vietnamese small and medium enterprises operating in the field of open source software - when registering to participate in the project Foss Bridge EU - Vietnam. (abbreviated as Foss).

Foss is a business cooperation project in the field of free software and open source, by the Vietnam IT Institute together with InWEnt, (International Resource Organization, Germany) and INRIA (IT Research Institute, Auto national, French) jointly organized in Vietnam since the end of August 2007.

Mr. Peter Nagel - InWEnt Representative in Vietnam said, he hoped Foos Bridge would help Vietnamese enterprises "be stronger" in the field of open source software business.( The Phong photo )

This is the COSGov VN 2005 serial project to promote the development of Vietnam's software industry and strengthen relations with Europe through business development cooperation in the field of free software and open source.

From now until the end of 2009, Vietnamese enterprises participating in the project will be "paired" or cooperated to work in open source software projects with 1 (or a few) business partners in the same field. Europe.

First of all businesses will be invited to attend specialized training programs organized by the project for enterprises and software associations of Vietnam. At the same time, they will be trained in international standards in the field of software, copyright guidelines, opportunities to expand business networks .

The representative of the project, an IT Institute official confirmed that the project can also provide financial support to distant businesses so that they are willing to participate in training activities in Hanoi.

" Our initial goal is that about 20 to 30 businesses on each side (Vietnam and Europe) participate to pair, in fact, they hope that the more Vietnamese the better, so far there are 20 Vietnamese enterprises. register . " - Foss project representative said.

He also added, the biggest concern of the project is " how to make Vietnamese businesses familiarize themselves with European open source business models, cooperate with them to invest in open source applications and products. domestic market ", rather than aiming at" pairing "only for Vietnamese enterprises to seek foreign partners, outsourcing them.

Vietnamese businesses can find out more information at the official website of the project: Foss-bridge.org.

The Phong