The
opportunity to engage with these Chinese companies began in 2002
when Michael O'Duffy of the Centre for Software Engineering (CSE),
based at Dublin City University, met with a number of officials
from CITEF, the China International Talent Exchange Foundation.
He outlined how the software industry has evolved in Ireland and
how the CSE provides support services to these organisations. The
opportunity for the Chinese software industry was quickly recognised
by CITEF, and has resulted in a formal arrangement with the CSE
that will assist the development of this - already large - emerging
industry. The CSE devised a comprehensive software engineering programme,
tailored for China's top software organisations.
In
2003 the CSE will provide a range of services across the spectrum
of technical and management issues in technology organisations -
including working directly with over 50 Irish software organisations
in developing their capability to address their key current challenges.
The
CSE assists start-up and early companies, many fitting into high
growth or the high-potential start-up (HPSU) model to achieve business
organisation, clear focus and good technical base for product architecture
and use of technologies. Mature technology companies also draw on
CSE expertise, where more formal and structured capabilities are
put in place to achieve efficiencies and continued success. Other
significant software operations with whom CSE works include the
IT division of organisations in the public sector and a number of
the larger enterprises.
Organisations
maintain their association with the CSE to avail of keynote industry
developments through corporate membership.
The
CSE also enjoys ongoing relationships with educational institutes
with significant programmes in computing, and with the key state
support agencies such as Enterprise Ireland that provide invaluable
assistance to industry.
In
order to acquire and maintain its expertise, the CSE have engaged
in international projects and developed good working relations with
associations, institutes and companies in many other countries.
The
Chinese IT companies represented at the CSE include:
- Hunan
Computer Company (HCC) is part of the China Great Wall Computer
Group (CGC), a very large computer company quoted on the Shenzhen
and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges in China. CGC are the largest manufacturer
of PCs and hard disks in China and have strategic agreements with
IBM and Microsoft. The HCC New Star Computer System Corporation
develops applications for self-service banking, money exchange,
and a number of other banking applications. See www.hcc.com.cn/english/index.htm
and www.hccstar.com.cn
- Supertech
Data Systems develop smart cards readers and writers and related
applications. Applications include time and attendance, access
control, and identity cards, and e-payment. See www.supertechdata.com
- Hunan
Wilfar Information Technology develop software and manufacture
related devices for customer management services for electric
utilities, including tele-metering using GPRS, communications
to get data from meters, and data transfer through power lines.
See www.willfar.com/english
- CVIC
Software Engineering is the leading software development and
IT services company in China. It provides IT consulting, application
development, system integration services to satisfy the critical
IT needs of over 50,000 customers in such sectors as banking,
transportation, government, TV stations, and retail all over China.
CVIC SE has established branches in United States, Canada and
Australia to extend its business in the international software
market. See www.cvicse.com
- Wuhan
Gemway Information Systems develop GIS applications for telecomm
operators and electric utilities, using a GIS mapping information
platform.
- Hunan
Talkweb Information Systems develop applications for banking
and telecom operators in the areas of office automation, e-business,
and business intelligence.
- Wuhan
Zondy Information Engineering develop GIS applications for
land use, pipeline information, city planning, and telecomm networks.
- Sobey
Digital Technology provides a range of services to the media
industry, relating to marketing in the area of broadcasting. This
includes character generation and editing, using IBM digital media
middleware. See www.sobey.com
Note:
remaining web sites are Chinese language only.
The
personnel from these companies currently at the CSE look forward
to meeting software organisations in Ireland. Irish companies are
likely to impress them with a particularly successful and perhaps
groundbreaking feature of their operations, through their research,
their applications, their product portfolio structure, their technologies,
their skill mix, their management style, their market focus, their
partnership models. Chinese companies are likely to impress with
indications of the nature and scale of opportunities, the competencies
available, and the willingness to work with companies in Ireland.
This may prove to be an ideal opportunity to make contact with companies
in what will become the largest market for ICT products and services
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