HANOI, VIETNAM-(BUSINESS WIRE)-At a time when the New Coronary Pneumonia (COVID-19) outbreak forced companies around the world to let employees work from home, Vietnam ’s leading technology company FPT helped them easily switch to new ways of working through automation.
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Over the next three months, the annual license for robotic process automation (RPA) of existing customers of its featured product akaBot will be extended for free for three months.
New customers who sign the RPA license agreement from now until the end of June will receive the same discount, plus the first free consultation service for business process automation.
Work easily at home
FPT's RPA solution, akaBot, enables companies to automate repetitive processes that need to be done manually, thereby freeing up human resources for remote work to maintain business continuity during COVID-19. It can also help companies improve work efficiency and reduce operating costs during the current challenging period.
akaBot's RPA solution has been provided to 13 companies in six countries. These companies are in various fields such as finance, manufacturing, retail and IT services. The demand for automation in a large number of background processes has grown rapidly, from responding to customer inquiries and loan processing to granting remote access to internal networks and dedicated resources through virtual desktop infrastructure, virtual private networks, Microsoft OneDrive, and more.
In early March, FPT also promised to provide free security monitoring and incident response solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam, which can help prevent network security attacks when remote workers access company servers from remote and unsafe locations.
The company also collaborated with the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam to deploy an AI-based mobile application to provide real-time data on COVID-19 and assess the risk of infection at home based on the user's location.
COVID-19 information update in Vietnam
On April 1, the Vietnamese Prime Minister officially declared COVID-19 as a national epidemic and forced people across the country to maintain social distance within 15 days. This measure may be extended to one month. The government calls on the public to "stay at home and work on the Internet" in addition to buying essentials or producing essentials.
The country has won foreign acclaim for its limited resources to contain the outbreak of COVID-19. As of April 7, the country has confirmed 249 positive cases, half of which have recovered and the number of deaths is zero.
But Vietnam ’s economy was hit hard by the crisis. A report released by the Ministry of Planning and Investment on Monday showed that nearly 35,000 companies were forced to close in the first quarter of 2020, and more than half of them were temporarily closed due to COVID-19.
About FPT Corporation
Headquartered in Vietnam, FPT Corporation is a leading global technology and IT service provider with revenue of nearly US $ 2 billion and employees of 28,000. As a pioneer in digital transformation, FPT provides world-class services covering smart factories, digital platforms, robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), enterprise mobility, cloud computing, augmented reality / virtual reality, embedded Systems, managed services, testing, platform modernization, business applications, application services, business process outsourcing (BPO), etc. The company provides services to more than 700 customers around the world, 100 of which are Fortune Global 500 companies, covering industries such as aerospace, automotive, banking, finance, logistics, and public utilities.
