Neusoft Group

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Neusoft Group Limited
Type Limited company
Founded 1991 (as Shenyang Neusoft Co., Ltd)
Headquarters Shenyang, China (Neusoft Park, Hun Nan Industrial Area, New & High-Tech Development Zone, Shenyang 110179, PRC)
Japan, and USA (registered in Shanghai)
Key people Liu Jiren, Chairman & CEO
Wang Yongfeng, President & Director
Kutsuzawa Gentaro, Vice Chairman of the Board
Products Software and middleware, medical equipment
Revenue ▲USD$355 million or ¥2.7 billion (2006)
Employees Approx. 12,000 (July 2007)
Website www.neusoft.com

Neusoft Corporation or Neusoft Group Ltd. (Simplified Chinese: 东软集团, Traditional Chinese: 東軟) is the largest software development and IT Services company in China. It was founded in 1991. It is a high-tech company with 12,000 employees as of July 2007. Neusoft is a publicly held company, its stock listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange with stock ID 600718. It is headquartered in Shenyang, China. The Chairman and CEO is Dr. Liu Jiren. Neusoft has established overseas subsidiaries in Japan and the USA, and service center offices in the Middle East, Europe and South Asia.

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[edit] History

Neusoft was founded by Northeastern University professors Liu Jiren and Li Huatian in 1988 as the Computer Software and Networks Engineering Research Laboratory of Northeastern University.

Neusoft Group's Headquarters in Shenyang, China
Neusoft Group's Headquarters in Shenyang, China

Incorporated at Northeastern University, China in 1991, Neusoft has rapidly expanded its scope from software and services, and IT education and training, to medical systems.

Neusoft is supported by a staff of over 12,000, providing high quality products and services to 9,000 large-size customers in and outside of China. The company has branches in over forty cities throughout China, and subsidiaries in the USA and Japan. It also has offices in Europe, the Middle East and South Asia.

"Neusoft" is an acronym for NorthEastern University SOFTware.

[edit] Divisions

There are three main divisions: Software and Services, Medical Systems, and IT Education.

[edit] Software and Services

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As the leading[citation needed] software and solutions provider in China, the core of Neusoft's business portfolio integrates implementation, consulting and services for: software and middleware, industry solutions, IT outsourcing, and BPO (business process outsourcing).

[edit] Medical Systems

Neusoft's technology accumulation and R&D experience in the fields of embedded software, image reconstruction and data processing expertise has provided key technical support to Neusoft and its partners in its development of medical equipment.

In 2004, Neusoft Medical Systems signed a joint venture with Philips (Netherlands) to develop and manufacture computed tomography (CT scanner), MRI, Ultrasound and x-ray equipment.

[edit] IT Education

Neusoft operates four IT Education and Training institutes in Shenyang, Dalian, Chengdu, and Nanhai. The four industrial development bases and service platforms are collectively known as Neusoft Parks or Neusoft Institute of Information.

The main university campus (where the company was founded) is Northeastern University Biomedical and Information Engineering School in Shenyang.

[edit] Dalian Neusoft

Neusoft Group's Development Center in Dalian, China
Neusoft Group's Development Center in Dalian, China

Dalian Neusoft Institute of Information is the largest of the three Neusoft Institutes. It was founded in 2000, and is situated in Dalian's Software Park, covering an area of 500,000 square meters with 350,000 square meters of buildings, etc. Dalian Neusoft has 9 buildings for classroom and education, 4 buildings for employees (including those from Neusoft, HP and Alpine), and 15 student dormitories. Beginning with 185 undergraduates in 2000, currently over 10,000 fulltime students enroll in Dalian Neusoft Institute. Dalian Neusoft Institute of Information is an independently run branch of China's Northeastern University.

Dr. Tao Wen is currently the President of the Dalian Neusoft of Information.

[edit] Majors

Dalian Neusoft currently offers the following Bachelor's Programs: Computer Science and Technology; Software Engineering; E-Commerce; Management Information System; Logistics Management; HR Management; Digital Arts Animation; Electronic Information Engineer Embedded System Engineering; English; and Japanese.

[edit] International

Many foreign students (primarily from Russia, South Korea, and Japan) study at Neusoft's Dalian campus to study Mandarin Chinese as well as receive an IT education and Computer Science.

In mid-July, 2007, the Japanese company SCS sent 96 new employees to study Chinese as well as IT systems for two weeks. 15 students from the Dalian campus studying the Japanese major at Neusoft assisted these 96 employees as guides and as translators.

Also arriving in July 2007 at the Dalian campus were Seoul college students who came to Neusoft University to study Chinese for approximately one month.

[edit] International partnerships

[edit] Neusoft USA

Neusoft's partners in the United States include: BEA Systems, Boeing, Cisco, EMC Corporation, HP, Hewitt Associates, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Oracle Database, Sun Microsystems, and Symantec.

[edit] Neusoft Japan

Neusoft's partnerships in Japan are with: Alpine Electronics, Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC, Panasonic, Sony, and Toshiba.

In 1991, Neusoft launched its first joint venture partnership with the assistance of Alpine Electronics.

[edit] Neusoft Europe

European partners include: Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, BMW, SAP AG, SkillSoft, Philips and Sony Ericsson.

[edit] Neusoft corporate campuses

Neusoft has four corporate software R&D campuses in China. The main university campus is located in Shenyang, as is the headquarters of the company. The others are located in Dalian, Nanhai and Chengdu.

[edit] Corporate culture

Neusoft's key values of transparency, directness, and integrity contribute to a close-knit community with high morale. A comprehensive employee website connecting the company's geographically dispersed workforce result in a strong bond. The company's stated values create trust and reinforce the way that software engineers work together to develop superior products.

Employees are provided with a good base salary, continuous learning opportunities and mentoring, and upscale housing on campus. Social events, entertainment, and organizing of sports teams are also part of the open culture at Neusoft.

Neusoft's talent strategy emphasises financial rewards, company culture, opportunities for growth and learning enabling it to hold on to its key employees.

When Neusoft went public in 1996, it gave a great majority of its employees stock ownership, creating some of China's first millionaires.

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