Neusoft Group

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Neusoft Group Limited
Type Limited company
Founded 1991 (as Shenyang Neu-Alpine Software 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 increaseUSD$355 million or ¥2.7 billion (2006)
Employees 20,000 (January 2012)
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, founded in 1991. As of January 2012, Neusoft employs over 20,000 employees. It is headquartered in Shenyang, China.

Neusoft has established overseas subsidiaries in Japan and the USA, and service center offices in the Middle East, Europe and South Asia.

Neusoft is a publicly held company, it is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange with stock ID 600718.

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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

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 20,000, providing 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 of Northeastern University Software.

[edit] Divisions

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

[edit] Software and Services

A software systems office and conference building on Neusoft's Shenyang campus

As a 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 has provided 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 Institutes of Information.

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

[edit] Dalian Neusoft Institute of Information

Neusoft Group's Development Center in Dalian, China

Neusoft Institute of Information in Dalian is the largest of the three Neusoft Institutes. It was founded in 2000, and is situated in Dalian Software Park, covering an area of 500,000 square meters with 350,000 square meters of buildings. Dalian Neusoft Institutes includes 9 buildings for classroom education, 4 buildings for employees (including for Neusoft, HP and Alpine), and 15 student dormitories.

Starting with just 185 undergraduates in 2000, 2008 enrollment was over 10,000 full-time students at the Dalian Neusoft Institute. The 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 Institute of Information.

[edit] Majors

Dalian Neusoft Institute 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 Students

Since the Neusoft Institute of Information began accepting international students studying Mandarin Chinese language in September 2004, students have come from countries as diverse as Japan, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, and the USA. Many international students study the Chinese language at Neusoft's Dalian campus, as well as receive an IT education in Computer Science.

[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 campus is located in Shenyang, as is the headquarters of the company. The other software R&D campuses are located in Dalian (in Dalian Software Park), Nanhai near Guangzhou, and Chengdu.

[edit] Corporate culture

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

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

[edit] See also

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